Any other Phil Lynott love out there?

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 7th, 2011, 7:41 pm

i gotta say phil lynott has to one of the most underated bassist imho the man was just an amazing talent great bassist great vocalist great song writter great frontman phil could do it all so i wanted to know is there any other phil lynott love on this site?

Post by **AzWhoFan** » June 7th, 2011, 9:02 pm

Pick me!
he never got his due AFAI am concerned. Loved by the musical community, generally unknown by the rest of the world.

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 7th, 2011, 9:11 pm

totally agree man

bugsy · Post by **bugsy** » June 7th, 2011, 10:55 pm

i could never get over how he could play those basslines and sing at the same time

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 8th, 2011, 6:00 am

bugsy wrote:i could never get over how he could play those basslines and sing at the same time

i know right i think about that all the time

Matt R. · Post by **Matt R.** » June 8th, 2011, 6:29 am

Love Thin Lizzy.

amimbari · Post by **amimbari** » June 8th, 2011, 7:42 am

a group of friends in Pittsburgh have a ThinLizzy trib band. The drummer used to play for us in 2008. The guitar player used to play in a IronMaiden band with me in the early 2000's. The bassist I have known for years.

just a happy musical community around here among musicians and friends.

and why nobody does this TL song on youtube as a bass cover I'll never know :
"Bad Reputation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cjWm8o ... ideo_title

yes I was playing my bass with the string orientation correct on this one since there are no fast moving riffs or runs in it...

fivebass52 · Post by **fivebass52** » June 8th, 2011, 8:35 am

Great song! I'll have to look more into Thin Lizzy... you've all piqued my interest and curiosity!

danomite64 · Post by **danomite64** » June 8th, 2011, 8:53 am

I love Thin Lizzy, esp. Dancing In The Moonlight & Waiting For An Alibi.

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 8th, 2011, 1:08 pm

amimbari wrote:a group of friends in Pittsburgh have a ThinLizzy trib band. The drummer used to play for us in 2008. The guitar player used to play in a IronMaiden band with me in the early 2000's. The bassist I have known for years.

just a happy musical community around here among musicians and friends.

and why nobody does this TL song on youtube as a bass cover I'll never know :
"Bad Reputation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cjWm8o ... ideo_title

yes I was playing my bass with the string orientation correct on this one since there are no fast moving riffs or runs in it...

great cover man your awsome love the bass in the video what kind is it?

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 8th, 2011, 1:08 pm

amimbari wrote:a group of friends in Pittsburgh have a ThinLizzy trib band. The drummer used to play for us in 2008. The guitar player used to play in a IronMaiden band with me in the early 2000's. The bassist I have known for years.

just a happy musical community around here among musicians and friends.

and why nobody does this TL song on youtube as a bass cover I'll never know :
"Bad Reputation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cjWm8o ... ideo_title

yes I was playing my bass with the string orientation correct on this one since there are no fast moving riffs or runs in it...

great cover man your awsome love the bass in the video what kind is it?

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 8th, 2011, 1:08 pm

amimbari wrote:a group of friends in Pittsburgh have a ThinLizzy trib band. The drummer used to play for us in 2008. The guitar player used to play in a IronMaiden band with me in the early 2000's. The bassist I have known for years.

just a happy musical community around here among musicians and friends.

and why nobody does this TL song on youtube as a bass cover I'll never know :
"Bad Reputation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cjWm8o ... ideo_title

yes I was playing my bass with the string orientation correct on this one since there are no fast moving riffs or runs in it...

great cover man your awsome love the bass in the video what kind is it?

Carmine · Post by **Carmine** » June 9th, 2011, 4:10 pm

Are you kidding me? I loved Jack Bruce, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, etc. etc. as bass players, but the only guy I ever idolized was Phil. He was EVERYTHING to me in my teens- absolutely the essence of cool, and the consumate triple threat (player, singer, writer). Thin Lizzy was (and still is) my #1 all time band.

: phil lynott studio.jpg (87.56 KiB) Viewed 10984 times

PunkRockBassist · Post by **PunkRockBassist** » June 9th, 2011, 4:20 pm

Carmine wrote:Are you kidding me? I loved Jack Bruce, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, etc. etc. as bass players, but the only guy I ever idolized was Phil. He was EVERYTHING to me in my teens- absolutely the essence of cool, and the consumate triple threat (player, singer, writer). Thin Lizzy was (and still is) my #1 all time band.
phil lynott studio.jpg

hell yeah carmine great pic btw

Carmine · Post by **Carmine** » June 9th, 2011, 5:26 pm

Thought it might be kinda cool to try to post a chronology of Phils basses- he is of course very closely associated with the Fender Precision (and that mirror pickguard)-- but he used a few different basses at various times over the course of his playing days. There are a few other things he posed with or played in videos (BC Rich, Yamaha), but these are the ones he actually played live...

Carmine · Post by **Carmine** » June 9th, 2011, 5:33 pm

cont...

Carmine · Post by **Carmine** » June 9th, 2011, 5:45 pm

cont...

bajito · Post by **bajito** » June 10th, 2011, 4:43 am

Count me in ! I love Phil Lynnot pway of playing bass. I had a good expereince in a band, playing TL covers, very interesting ! And he was a very good bass player

Retag · Post by **Retag** » June 10th, 2011, 8:47 am

It has been many years since I have listened to Thin Lizzy, but I always loved what I heard. Back then, I was not a bassist (a guitard), so I always loved his songwriting and vocals. Need to go back and listen to his bass playing.

Carmine · Post by **Carmine** » June 10th, 2011, 2:36 pm

I think of the three areas (playing, singing, songwriting) it took me longest to learn to really appreciate Phils playing. In my youth I was focused on trying to emulate the more flash guys playing styles (Lee, Squire, Bruce, etc.), but I was totally in love with Thin Lizzy as a band (the songs, Phil's vocals, the twin guitar attack). As my playing matured I started to pay more notice to Phil's bass work and really got into it. He was never flashy but he came up with some very clever bass lines, and his propulsive (for lack of a better term) playing style really drove the momentum within what Lizzy was doing musically. In that regard Phil and drummer Brian Downey complemented each other perfectly in that way the happens when you grow up playing together as they did. And Phil always had great tone and definition! Even with a guitar on both sides you never had any problem hearing what he was playing- yet it never got in the way of all the dual guitar action.