L'irlandais au grand coeur
C’est vrai, le document date un peu et n’est pas de qualité extraordinaire… Mais enfin, retrouver cet irlandais au grand coeur et au sang chaud, c’est un plaisir dont je ne me lasse pas. Encore un qui est mort trop jeune, usé par une vie trépidante et un succès relatif à l’époque. Phil Lynott, donc, était un bassiste chanteur, ou un chanteur bassiste, à la voix puissante et chaude, et pas manchot sur son manche. Mais, la grande particularité de Thin Lizzy, ça reste la qualité de leurs textes, chroniques sociales ou militantes, sur une musique moins simpliste que chez bien de leurs contemporains, qui place Phil Lynott au même plan qu’un Bob Dylan ou un Jim Morrison.
Pour votre karaoké du dimanche...
Guess who just got back today? / Them wild-eyed boys that had been away / Haven't changed, haven't much to say / But man, I still think them cats are crazy / They were asking if you were around / How you was, where you could be found / Told them you were living downtown / Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town / The boys are back in town / I said/ The boys are back in town…
You know that chick that used to dance a lot / Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got / Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot / I mean she was steaming / And that time over at Johnny's place / Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face / Man we just fell about the place / If that chick don't want to know, forget her
The boys are back in town / The boys are back in town / I said / The boys are back in town…
Spread the word around / Guess who's back in town / You spread the word around
Friday night they'll be dressed to kill / Down at Dino's bar and grill / The drink will flow and blood will spill / And if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them / That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song / The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long / Won't be long till summer comes / Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town…
Spread the word around / The boys are back in town / The boys are back in town / The boy's are back, the boys are back
The boy's are back in town again / Been hangin' down at Dino's / The boy's are back in town again