Thin Lizzy - Still Dangerous
by Kevin Wierzbicki
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Still Dangerous is a companion live recording to Thin Lizzy's much-revered 1978 release Live and Dangerous. Touted as one of the best "hard rock" live albums of its day, Live and Dangerous was originally released as a two-disc vinyl set and is currently available on CD. So why would VH1 Classic want to release another recording from the same tour, especially when eight of the 10 songs performed can already be had on Live and Dangerous? Simple. Although the band clicked on American radio with songs like "Jailbreak," and "The Boys Are Back in Town," both performed here, it was not radio play that turned these songs into legendary anthems but rather tireless stretches of endless live performance. If not for the years of Lizzy's twin-guitar attack (here featuring Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson) scorching arena rafters while singer Phil Lynott moaned about his blue balls, "Cowboy Song" would be just another good but forgotten song about being horny. Some bands could not recreate their studio sound live; Lizzy on the other hand excelled on stage and that quality is on full display on Still Dangerous. Lynott introduces "Dancing in the Moonlight" as "A little sax and a little sex;" the song features the sensuous saxophone work of John Earle from the Graham Parker Band who, like Lynott, is now deceased. Songs on Still Dangerous that are not included on Live and Dangerous include the set-opening "Soldier of Fortune" and the danger-fraught "Opium Trail," a song that rings a bit sad considering it was probably Lynott's warning to himself about the peril of abusing hard drugs, something that would eventually play a major factor in his death. Still Dangerous ends with thirteen minutes of high-energy boogie courtesy of "Baby Drives Me Crazy" and "Me and the Boys."
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