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Subject: Re: Long Lost Lizzy Album

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Davey m

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Date Posted: 00:01:01 12/23/03 Tue
In reply to: Fred 's message, "Re: Long Lost Lizzy Album" on 18:54:50 12/22/03 Mon

>>
>>While it appears a hoax is being played, I'm fairly
>>sure there is somewhere a holy grail of lost
>>Lizzy-Lynott recordings. I'm also willing to guess
>>that they're not very good. I mean if Lizzy had truly
>>outstanding songs in the can during their later years,
>>would they have included dreck such as Bad Habits or
>>Heart Attack on their legitimitely released albums.
>>Those songs are awful.
>>As for the unreleased stuff, I almost wish I never
>>heard the collaborations Lynott did with Huey Lewis.
>>Still Alive and Can't Get Away are both appalling, and
>>I can't imagine there's anybody--aside from
>>Huey--whose regularly pulling those out to liven up a
>>party.
>>I love the Man and His Music Series, but it's pretty
>>clear to me why tracks like Rockula, Cold Black Night
>>or Ghetto Woman weren't released, even as B-sides.
>>It's because Lizzy had plenty of betters songs and
>>didn't think these experiments should be continued.
>>
>>Call me a heretic if you will, but while I welcome the
>>release of a set of truly outstanding tunes, the
>>historical record provides a pretty convincing case
>>that such a treasure trove simply isn't out there.
>
>Hi!
>
>Everyone loves different music and that's good, but I
>can't believe that you don't like tracks like 'Bad
>Habits' (I think this would have been a better single
>compared of 'Cold Sweat')
>'Can't Get Away' is one of the best songs Phil wrote.
>Great guitar work, bass and drums really play together
>and a great voice (imageine that this was a demo.. A
>real studio version would have been KILLER!!)
>'Rockula' or 'Rock your love' is a great track that
>goes directly into your ear. Cold Black Night has this
>cool lynott-style shuffle rhythm and I think it would
>have been a good song to jam with live. And again I
>have to say that these were only demos, listen to
>Waiting For an Alibi Demo or Military Man Demo and
>look how the songs have developed.
>
>Just my two cents
>Fred

I agree with Fred on this one, the arrangement of "Can't get away" on the demo is much more focused than the version Grand Slam played live. Let's not forget that the song is at least 50% a Laurence Archer effort.. I think he demo'd a version of it with Stampede.

"Still alive" well you can tell that it's not really anything Phil would have ever written.

As for T&L other than "the Sun goes down" and maybe "Baby please don't go" I can barely listen to it.

My 2p's worth!

Davey m

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