Thin Lizzy – Still Dangerous
April 16th, 2009
Still dangerous…
Still Dangerous is a companion live recording to Thin Lizzy’s much-revered 1978 release Live and Dangerous.
The boys are back in town…and wil never leave!
Touted as one of the best “hard rock” live albums of its day, Live and Dangerous was originally released as a dubble disc vinyl set. Today we can buy Thin Lizzy’s Still Dangerous on CD. So why would VH1 Classic want to release another recording from the same tour? Simple. Although the band clicked on American radio with songs like “the boys are back in town” and “Jailbreak,” it was not radio play that turned these songs into legendary anthems but rather tireless stretches of endless live performance.
Live performance is art and so is Lizzy:
Some bands could (and still can) not recreate their studio sound live; Thin 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.
Songs that were to dangerous:
Songs on Still Dangerous that are not included on the Live and Dangerous DVD are the set-opening “Soldier of Fortune” and “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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