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Perfect song with summer just around the corner.
“Jailbreak” is another big hit from this band.
Yeah, those dual leads are iconic!
Phil Lynott Was one of the Best Frountman in Rock & Roll! what a underrated band!
Legendary Irish rockers. Nice to see you react to them.
A slight misnomer as the were predominantly Irish, but people don’t know that their longest tenured and best guitarist was American. Scott Gorham was from San Diego.
It’s kind off like the Police (Stewart Copeland is from New York City) and the Pretenders (Chrissy Hynde is from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).
one of the best Irish rock bands of all time if not the best
@@craighenry2351it's not a misnomer. They were an Irish band, plain and simple. And it widely known that SG is can American.
Scottish Drummer
Between "The Boys Are back In Town" "The Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" Thin Lizzy had a string of hits and had a large dedicated following for many years. Many fans still, great live band.
La meilleure ma préférence black Roses
BJ flashes that smirk when “ if the boys wanna fight you better let ‘em” line pops off. 😂. Every real dudes favorite line
Damn right. I caught that too! 👊
My favorite line is "If she don't wanna know ,forget her ! "
most widely known explanation for this song is that it refers to the Quality Street Gang - based in Manchester England. Lead singer Phil Lynott's mam owned a pub in Manchester which this gang would regularly frequent - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Street_Gang - the line "The boys are back in town" is reference to when they were released fom prison after serving time for some of their crimes
They came back from Paris not prison
About Thin Lizzy: I can't think of any other band who have so many songs that I would recommend for your channel:
1. Whisky in the Jar
2. The Rocker
3. Still in Love with You
4. For Those Who Love to Live
5. Suicide
6. Wild One
7. Cowboy Song
8. Emerald
9. Don't Believe a Word
10. Massacre
11. Bad Reputation
12. Waiting for an Alibi
13. Got to Give It Up
14. Róisín Dubh (The title is "Black Rose" in the Irish language)
15. Renegade
16. Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)
17. Thunder and Lightning
18. Cold Sweat
(All incredible...not a bad track on this list.)
I just visited Phils grave a few weeks back. Good to see fresh flowers on there and notes, drawings from fans. He's still missed.
I was there 3 years ago
Lovely, I’m glad. At college we had to write a contemporary script. I wrote a play based on Phil’s mum and how I imagined her journey with Phil was like. From baby to man. My tutor loved it.
SongFacts: Written by group leader Phil Lynott, "The Boys Are Back In Town" reflects Thin Lizzy's rough-and-tumble composure and working-class roots. The song was a way of connecting with their fans, who had similar sensibilities. Thin Lizzy would often stir up trouble and end up in fights - their roadies were chosen based in part on their pugilistic skills. The group also drank heavily and had a blast. The song became their calling card. This lifestyle took a tragic toll on Lynott, who died in 1986 at 36 after his body broke down from years of drug and alcohol abuse. Folks in Manchester, England, will tell you "The Boys Are Back In Town" is about the Quality Street Gang, a criminal enterprise not unlike the Mafia. Phil Lynott spent much of his youth in Manchester, where his mom ran a club called the Showbiz. The QSG would often hang out there, always "dressed to kill" (they were so named because of their fashion sense).
A key member of the gang was Jimmy "The Weed" Donnelly, the subject of a song on Thin Lizzy's next album called "Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed." The Dino's Bar And Grill mentioned in the song is probably a real place, but which one is up for debate. Deno's was a Manchester nightclub the Quality Street Gang would frequent; Dino's Lodge was a Hollywood cabaret with a Dean Martin theme (Martin was a business partner). It shows up in the opening credits of the TV series 77 Sunset Strip. Drink would flow at both establishments, but if you're looking for a place where blood would spill, it was definitely Deno's.
Fun fact: Bill Burr hates this song with a passion ua-cam.com/video/dzDd-U-gvbM/v-deo.html
You summed it up perfectly about the song meaning
Well they were Irish and their favorite three things to do is Fight, Fuck and sing.
Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the weed is about The quality street gang. So is Showdown from Nightlife album. The boys are back in town was inspired by troops coming home from Vietnam in the mid 70s. Dinos bar and grill is correct picked from 77 sunset strip. Philips facination with america was in full blossom around this time. Songs like Cowboy song and The boys are back in town was hugely inspired by that, and what is more amercan than Dean Martin and a Bar and Grill🙂
The name quality street is from a Tin of chocolates/confectionery.
And there was a bill board poster when I was a kid.
With well dressed folks and it supposedly came from that.
But that's all pretty much bang on.
My sister lived next to Jimmy swords, and as a kid I played for jnr blues( Manchester city) kids team back in the late 70s.
And around platt lane in Moss side and Maine road football stadium,
The qsg were mentioned like folk hero's.
We all knew who they were.
It was a hushed thing amongst kids like.
😎
My older brother and his friends would play this song driving back home from college, Athens Ga to Atlanta. So I always associate this song with him. Perfect road trip song!
We can played it when we got back too college at Ohio State.
easily one of the greatest bands of all time.
One of, easily, good call 🤙
Thin Lizzy is criminally underrated.
Yep. They inspired so many bands, especially in the metal scene.
I don't think they were ever underrated, many well known metal bands still play their music
@@patrickbateman7369 probably 99% of the people on the planet only know the song "The Boys are Back in Town. Thin Lizzy has so much more music that hardly anyone's ever heard. But as a musician I can concur that I've been playing Thin Lizzy music my whole life.
@@neillenet291 I have "The sun goes down" on a playlist in my phone, they have alot of great songs
And here comes the first "underrated" parrot.
Emerald , Cowboy Song , are 2 fantastic Thin Lizzy songs. Phil Lynott was a amazing Irish vocalist. RIP Phil gone to soon 😢💔🙏🏻
Phil Lynott was unlike any artist we've seen. Singer, songwriter, arranger, bassist, Phil was the total package and I miss this man and his talent immensely.
Good call, he was also black
@@russellnorth1418 Like that matters.... SMDH
Back in the late 70s we play this when we were pre-gaming for clubbin'. Try Whisky in the Jar also by Thin Lizzy! Love ya both!
Love my whiskey 🧡🖤💛
THAT WAS THE DALLAS COWBOYS SONG WHEN THEY STARTED TO WIN THE SUPER BOWLS ..THE BOY ARE BACK IN TOWN. !!!!!
One of the best bands ever, lyrics, delivery, voice and guitar solos.
Agreed, good call
This band was so talented, and FUN. We lost Phil Lynott way, way too young.
Loved Phil. Soulful vocalist. Great band. Gary Moore also played with Thin Lizzy.
You guys ABSOLUTELY NEED to watch the live performance video of these guys playing song! You can get into the song so much more and see who's who when seeing them actually play this!!
ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!! The live version is MUST SEE 🎸🎸🎸
This was one of the few lucky groups that featured TWO lead guitarists. Phil Lynott was massively underrated. You should check out his story; he was also unique as a proud black Irish rock star.
@Peacelily He wouldn’t have to; he already knew he was black. But he definitely was very proud of who he was and where he came from. Sorry to trigger you but some people aren’t here just to make you feel better.
One of these days they’ll eventually get inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!!!!!, long overdue!!
This is another song that immediately takes me back to being at the public pool, summer of 1976 when I was 12. One other favorite Thin Lizzy song I remember at the moment is Dancing In the Moonlight.
i was 12 then too..great memories
Thin Lizzy just another great band of the 70's. The 70's the decade of Rock BANDS. Also check out Whiskey in a Jar.
most teenagers in the UK would play this as they were getting ready to go out raving having a few drinks before heading to the club, it was guaranteed to get you in the right mood. Thin Lizzy were a great live band Phil Lynott had great charisma
This is one of the few great bands that featured a "black" front man (Phil Lynott:) for a white band
As the story goes, the band invited Phil to join the band and sing on the condition that he was willing to play bass, which he agreed to.
So, with Phil they got a great singer and a needed bass player.
BTW, I saw them live once and they were great,
@@jamesjoyce1980
WTF are you referring to?
I saw Thin Lizzy's farewell concert at the Hammersmith Odean in London. 3 Black guys there, me, Phil Lynott and one other guy. They were absolutely brilliant, Phil was a brilliant singer and bass player and he had a presence like Hendrix, he just commanded the audience. One of the best gigs I ever went to.
Thanks for checking this out! Thin Lizzy is a ridiculously underrated band, and Phil Lynott was an incredible songwriter. The title refers to "the boys" coming back from war, and "don't have much to say" about it. My favorite TL songs are "Emerald" and "Whiskey in the Jar", which is their version of the Irish traditional song.
You guys are on fire! This is an exceptional group with exceptional music! I love this song so much! Great rabbit hole!
Hi Tony here Thin Lizzy are actually an Irish band from Ireland talking about being back in Dublin Ireland and The Boys Are Back In Town recorded in 1976 . Look up on U TUBE A Tribute To Phil Lynott. Garry Moore a former member of Thin Lizzy who is since deceased who organised the concert Whatch out for his rendition of The Boys Are Back In Town and pay particular notice tithe guitar riffs in harmony at the end of the song enjoyed your channel keep up the good work. Best wishes from Ireland.
Thank you for bringing some Phil Lynott & the band back to our consciousness!
As a BIG Lizzy fan and former member of a Lizzy tribute band, the they have been away... it can mean whatever you want it to mean. Lizzy was famous for Phil's vocals & writing and also the 2 lead guitarists! Amazing twin guitar harmonies. The 2 guitarists I hired to do my tribute band were clueless and became awoke very quickly when they heard this stuff and had to learn to work together. Amazing stuff. Phil's story is amazing and sad. Check out more of their stuff.
There’s a guy on you tube says he wants to see a Lizzy trib band. American. Or Canadian.
It’s the guy on UA-cam from NicknLex or NicnLex can’t remember who wants to see a Thin Lizzy trib band as he’s nuts about the music. Tell me how you get on!
The tribute band I had was called Black Rose. I have a bunch of vids on my page. I am subscribed to NicknLex. I'll let them know!@@Saffy-yr8vo
One of the most underrated bands of all time
They had great songs and phenomenal guitarists
Namely: GARY MOORE
One thing I like about this tune is it has a pretty sophisticated chord progression for a hard rock song. I swear I hear a diminished chord in there and you don't typically hear things like that with crunchy distorted guitars.
The boys are back in town - get your knickers down.... The was a magic about Phil Lynott. This was an Irish band based in Dublin. This song for me is just about summer night magic in a typical town. Brings back memories to me.
An absolutely iconic song featured in movies and t.v. shows. Unforgettable.
Absolute banger. Loved this great song since what, late 70s?
Everything about this song is fantastic; perfect drum rolls! Perfect guitar w harmonizing leads! Great bass and Phils awesome singing and bass!!!
Asia & BJ, singer/bassist Phil Lynott is in a club of 1 - Black Irish Rock Stars!! Try their "Jailbreak"
Yes! Jailbreak please.
Thin Lizzy are very important in the development of British rock, hard rock and metal, in that they influenced many bands who followed, and in turn many bands worldwide. They used the 'twin guitar' sound - two lead guitarists playing the same lick/riff, while singer Phil Lynott played bass. That twin guitar sound was also used by other 1970s bands, such as Wishbone Ash, and Judas Priest. These bands inspired bands such as Iron Maiden who still use that twin sound, with two lead guitarists, to this day (in fact Iron Maiden currently have three guitarists plus bass!). It makes for a really sharp, melodic sound.
The LIVE version is a MUST guys !! 🎸🎸🎸 Unbelievable 💜
I grew up in the 70's. I am 64 yo now. It's fun to see young people listen to the different songs I grew up listening to. I might be bias, but the music of the late 60's & 70's are still the best. G.O.A.T.
This was actually the first band I ever saw in concert. It was in the 70s they opened for Queen.
I was a young iron worker when this was popular. Always on the road hanging iron. Winter months brought us back home.
Phil died in 1986 at 36 years old after years of heron and alcohol abuse. Most people think the song is a shout out to the fact that they were rowdy and got into a lot of bar fights just like their fans. Some think it might be about a gang in Manchester England where Phil spent much of his youth as his mom used to manage a bar there. There is a statue of Phil in Dublin Ireland.
Phil should not have been abusing wildlife
@@personalcheeses8073 😆😅🤣
I'm glad that you took the song in the way it was intended--a joyous and humorous expression of the surprising variety of different people there are out there! There really does seem to be someone for everyone...
This is one of those songs that you can't believe someone hasn't heard before. It's just so ubiquitous, in movie trailers or during sporting events. I think it might've been among Bill Burr's top three most overplayed songs.
This is such a criminally underrated band! The combo of the guitar sound and Phil Lynott’s voice make them so unique.
Please stop with this comment. The same one is repeated over and over again on every video.
@@personalcheeses8073 , try and STOP ME!
@@timpafundi6321 🥊
U2 are the great band ever to come out of Ireland but Thin Lizzy were considered to be the gereatest hard Rock band irelands ever produced they wrote so many classics RIP Phil Lynott
The "boys" are the band!
Presumably, they were out on tour, and are now returning to kick some local ass.
Thin Lizzy, formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. The song was released in 1976. No one has ever said what the song is about. Since Phil Lynott died in 1986 and he wrote the song we may never know for sure. This song in 2004 was listed on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs of all time at 499. This song has been used in 2019 in Applebee's commercials. It was also used in Toy Story and Toy Story 2 trailers. "Jailbreak" was on the same album. See Danny Casson's comment for more on "Jailbreak". Thank You for your reaction of this song, Asia and BJ.
It should be ranked much higher than #499, in my opinion. It has everything a great song should have, but most importantly, it has the vibe, swagger, authenticity, and energy that so aptly depicts the rock and rock/pop era. AND...it has stood the test of time very well.
The music structure of this song is timeless in that it could have been written just yesterday.
The band was on tour. Now, they're back in town!
"Down at Dino's bar and grill" Sounds like my kind of place !!
Phil Lynott was so proud to be the first black Irish rock star. He was freaking sexy handsome!!!
One of the great of black singers great songs like the bus boy and the bad brain 🧠 and in living color
“Jailbreak” has one hell of a main riff to it. Gotta be your next Thin Lizzy reaction.
“Wild One” and “Dancing in the Moonlight” are great ones too!!!
Thin Lizzy has some of the best dueling guitars. And Phil Lynott was such a great frontman and talent. Even cooler human being that left us too soon. Great band.
Wild One is in my top 3 favorites of theirs
@@kimdeese6410 Agreed!!! Me too.
They played this song at the end of Super Bowl XXVI, when the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills. I thought it was a great choice of songs, that really fit the occasion. Great job guys.
This is one of those songs that transcends generations and will forever.
It also transcends cultures. Most people at least like this song, no matter what hi they are.
I hope you get to read this Asia and BJ.
This song is about gangsters from here in Manchester England in the 60's and 70's
They were called the quality street gang, named after a Tin of confectionery/candy. my sister lived next door in failsworth north side of town, he was called Jimmy swords (for obvious reasons).
I actually laid a carpet for him in a bedroom.
He was a old dude by then, hell I'm old now.lol
But they are legendary around here.
They even ran the krays out of town.
Nobody messed with them.
And where had they been to 'be back in town'..
Spain ...they were laying low in Marbella Spain..
Oh and Phil lynott was a Irish black kid here in Manchester and they befriended him.
And of course..no body around moss side said a cross words to Phil..
Welcome to Manchester..😎🤘🙏
Should do Dancing in the Moonlight from this criminally underrated band. Phil was an Irish legend.
Dude was a true poet. Love how his lines just flow like water.
This comment again 🥱
Thin Lizzy- whiskey in the jar. It’s an excellent song by a very underrated band. Glad you enjoyed this song
Saw Thin Lizzy live in 77. Top three for me live performances. They rock. “The Cowboy Song” is absolutely so underrated. BANGER!!!! Starts slow but the guitars 🎸 kill it…
those memories of listening to Thinn Lizzy and playing pool and pinball with so many guys who could of took your life because i was 11 or 12! they treated me well! they took me in and called me little man! they taught me a lot about life!
another killer UK band , Irish if memory is still working. Great sound!!!!
man, loved these guys !
Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy were incredible, You should listen to more of them (personally and maybe just because I'm a biker I always took this to mean bikers were back in town, and yes Asia,,, Those were some of the Golden Days of the biker culture)
Summer of '76, Freshly graduated from high school, best friend and I hitchhiked from Breckenridge, Minnesota to Colorado Springs, and then back. Total trip including time spent partying in Colorado Springs was just under 3 weeks. We got back to within about 40 miles of Breckenridge, when we broke down and used a payphone to make a collect call to his parents, who came and picked us up for the last leg of the journey. Riding in the back seat of their car, we didn't say much. We were both pretty pleased with ourselves for having made the trip, but were, quite frankly, kinda sick of each other's company after 19 days out. Just as we entered the outskirts of Breckenridge, this song came on the radio. We looked at each other and grinned, and high-fived. Oh, yeah! The Boys, us, were back in town!
We still talk about that day when we get together.
Beautiful day here and this song takes me back to alot of dirt roads and days just like this. Fortunate enough to have been in high school in the 70's....the music was so kick azz.
You absolutely must listen to Thin Lizzy’s “Roisin Dubh” Black Rose-A Rock Legend” and “Emerald”.
Both of these tracks celebrate the bands Irish roots and demonstrate their Rock/ Folk genius!
Phil Lynott was a poetic god!
There were bands back then like Steppenwolf and Bachman Turner Overdrive that were called biker bands, because their music appealed to bikers and biker gangs.
This song is actually about the boys being back in town from the war at the time. Not a gang thing, or Irish thing, just the boys are back from war.
Thanks for clarifying, I assumed they're singing about band members returning from touring on the road
You got it right BJ.
Thin Lizzy ‘s singer Phil Lynott wrote this song about the soldiers coming back from the Vietnam War.
The original title of this song was: G.I.Joe is back in town.
But Thin Lizzy changed it to: The boys are back in town
I saw Phillo on Grafton street when I was a kid .. he had huge charisma and was one of Ireland’s greatest ever musicians .. cried when we heard he had died.
Thin Lizzy wasn't the first band to feature dueling guitar solos in the seventies, but they took it to the next level and in the process defined the sound of hard rock for the next ten years. When you're ready for more from them, check out "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak", and "Cowboy Song" along with many others.
They may not have been the 1st but they were one of the best known for it early on. Status Quo usually gets credit for being the 1st and Judas Priest also did the dual leads about the same time . Lizzy began as a 3 piece and evolved onto a twin lead band.
Biker gangs were very serious back in the 60s and 70s. The Hells Angels were notorious. I am not sure about England or Ireland (Thin Lizzy are Irish band) but in the US there most definitely biker gangs. As for more Thin Lizzy songs: Whiskey in the Jar, Chinatown, Cowboy Song, Black Rose, Emerald, The Rocker to name a few.
I saw them when I was 10 years old in 1977 at the Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas. I LOVED this song. The "boys" sounded so cool to me. I especially liked the part where they got in fights and the blood was spilling. What's funny is that in real life I was (and still am) a wimpy guy who never fights. I don't even like tough biker kind of guys, yet Thin Lizzy made them seem so likeable to me.
Love this song. Several years back, myself and several co-workers had to keep taking business trips out to the same town. I remember thinking a number of times as the plane was coming in for a landing " The Boys are Back in Town!" Perhaps a coincidence, but thanks for reacting to an Irish band so close to St. Patrick's Day.
Phil was a black bass playing singer from Ireland , how rare is that ??? After listening to Thin Lizzy for forty years I am still amazed that they were not more famous then what they were ! Thin Lizzy does jam !!!!!!!
They were very famous in most of the world. Not so much the USA. But there were some absolutely amazing bands at the time. You know, when raw talent was essential.
The amount of melanin in Phil Lynott’s skin isn’t worth a mention. He was just a talented man
Famous?? They're LEGENDS....
Totally underrated. Of course the boot of English politics was harsh as it still is.
The way I always interpreted this song was it was about a bunch of itinerant workers....you used to get guys like that...they'd work resort towns on the coast during summer...sometimes work in fairs....just follow the work around the country...so yeah summer's here...the boys are back...maybe in a town like Brighton maybe. (UK)
Such a great rabbit hole you guys have discovered for yourselves... Im a bit jealous, I'd love to be hearing there songs for the first time again... Great band, so many great songs.
According to singer Phil Lynott (R.I.P.) "The Boys Are Back in Town" (1976/US#12, UK#8, IRE#1) is about a crew of dudes that just got out of jail for something rowdy. In my mind's eye, I always imagined it was a biker gang, which really *were* a big deal back in the 1970s. From the late '60s to the early '80s is probably the most motorcycle culture ever permeated the mainstream, while films, cartoons, and comic books used them as interchangeable minions and fodder and a sort of cultural shorthand for "the worst kind of criminal" at the time. And Thin Lizzy was an Irish band who made Party Rock for hell-raisers. Bikers already loved their hit version of "Whiskey in the Jar" (1972/UK#6, IRE#1) for years before "The Boys Are Back in Town" came out.
I'm a bigtime music nerd. I know a lot of stuff and I like to categorize things. I'm good at it. But Think Lizzy are one of those bands that makes it a challenge for me. I have3 no idea what genre they are, besides Rock. I mean, they are clearly "Classic Rock", but that's not really a genre. It's a radio/streaming format. And yeah, this and a few other Thin Lizzy songs have been played in steady rotation on every Classic Rock platform for the last 45 years. But they aren't really a part of any overarching trend in popular music from around that time, except that they had long hair and guitar solos. Metalheads love them, but they definitely aren't Metal. There's a lot more Punk in Lynott's vocal delivery than one might expect from a year before Punk Rock even happened. And the lyrics feel like a more macho version of UK Glam anthems like "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John (1973/US#12, UK#7), "Street Life" by Roxy Music (1973/UK#9), or "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople (1972/US#37, UK#3). They even feel like Power Pop at times. Great band.
Wow, what memories! This song reminds me of the summer of 76. The song just dropped and it was played on the radio all the time. What a year! Thanks for picking this classic!
Was a cool year, all around.
I don't know about Ireland but the US had motorcycle gangs-the most notorious being the "Hell's Angels." This song comes from the album Jailbreak so the "boys" could also be ex-cons.
Thin Lizzy inspired so many Grunge and Rock bands.....Rip Philo, still missed in Dublin....Up da Dubs!!!! Check out Oldtown, Sarah, Parisienne Walkways by Phil....excellent stuff.
Great tune.. part of my growing up as a teenager in the UK . Thin Lizzie top band with this iconic classic. i have to say i love your vibe and chemistry between the pair of you ..it's so enjoyable, and relaxed , long may it continue . Keep up the good work.
Same thing growing up in the US
I used to play this when I first got back to Ohio State in the fall. My friends on my floor were all back after being gone for the summer and it was a celebration, like you mentioned. I have heard it used in many movie soundtracks to depict a similar idea.
Phill had incredible stage presence .. you should find the live version of this .. at a gig in London he asked the crowd .. Any ladies got any Irish in them? (lots of cheers) .. then he said, any ladies want some more Irish in them? (crowd erupted)
I remember this song from the 70's, but it was our theme song when we got home from our first combat tour.
I always just took it to be about a bunch of friends that went away after high school to work on a pipeline or road crew or something all returning to party in their home town again.
The GREATEST ☘️Irish🇮🇪 rock n roll band ever! Another tune that leaves me feeling so homesick.🥹
To Doug Ford: What’s good about the Boys Are Back in Town is that it can refer to anyone. When I was at Ohio State, when we returned in the fall from summer break, we were the boys and Iused to crank that as soon as I got my stereo set up. And the song ages well and in different versions. Did you hear the cover Bonjovi did for the end credits on The Expendables? It wasn’t as good as the original, but it wasn’t bad.
Phil Lynott was Irish by birth and by heart... drinking at pubs, football (soccer) games, and hanging w/ the lads... He was a storyteller in his songwriting and lyrics.
Irish by heart I’m sure, and was very much an Irishman, but he was born in West Bromwich.
Love Thin Lizzy. Phil Lynott is the definition of a rock and roller!
Works both ways " the drinks will flow and the blood will spill" or "the blood will flow and the drinks will spill".
This was also a song written that I know of from Thin Lizzy when all them came off with the tour and they were back home in Ireland they celebrate
I always liked to imagine that maybe this was the atmosphere that would arise around the band when they returned to play some shows in their old hometown, after being away on the road...
The "boys" were the members of the Quality Street Gang, the "town" was Manchester, UK. The QSG was a group of "businessmen" from Manchester UK in the late 1950's-1980's and that used to frequent the Clifton Grange Hotel (the Whalley Hotel at Brookes Bar, Old Trafford), which was run/owned by Phil Lynot's mum, Philomena. The song is, according to one of the lead members of the QSG, a song about the group returning from one of their regular trips abroad to avoid police investigations following their involvement in crime and/or violence. Dino's was a bar/restaurant in Manchester city centre where the group would meet, drink, eat and fight.
Thin Lizzy broke the mold by having 2 lead guitarist, fantastic band 👌
No, Boston, Kansas, Aerosmith and The Scorpions were all doing that back then (The Scorpions actually had two guitarists in 1971.). One thing Thin Lizzy did pioneer, though, was harmony lead guitar. The seemed to use it more than most bands at that time.
The 1970s was the greatest decade for rock music
Most definitely
One suggestion...any more Thin Lizzy reactions should be off the "Live and Dangerous" album. You can thank me later...
One of the greatest opening riffs ever
When they asked the singer, Phil Lynott, what it was like to be Irish and black, he answered: “rather like a pint of Guinness”.