Gary Moore is one of those rare musicians that could play in ANY genre of music and excel as a guitarist. Rock, Metal, Fusion, Blues and even straight Jazz, Gary could glide easily from one to the other, and master them all.
Victims Of The Future was my introduction to Gary Moore. Heard it for the first time in '83/'84. I was fifteen or sixteen years old. When I first heard 'Murder In The Skies' ... Wow! Another great episode Pete.
Gary and Phil are playing (and possibly arguing and making up again!) somewhere in the afterlife. And I imagine their new music is still amazing!!! Rest in Peace, Guys...
Never forget the first time I heard Corridors of Power still to this day I get chills hearing End of the World. One of the all time greatest players. Glad you mentioned Black Rose such an underrated classic.
Gary Moore/Krokus/Def Leppard... Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT show...I was actually part of the stage crew and took the night off to see Gary specifically...he was electric, on fire, possessed, man on fire...most of the crowd weren't paying attention, halfway through the set, he had people's attention. By the end of the set, he'd won the crowd over...I remember watching him from side stage and the house...three, full 100 watt Marshall stacks raging behind him, pink strat on fire... killing it. I've seen Gary more than a dozen times, never saw him better than that night...
1 Wild Frontier. (Great blend of hard rock with a real celtic feel) 2 Victims Of The Future 3 Around The Next Dream 4 Corridors Of Power 5 Still Got The Blues 6 After The War 7 Run For Cover 8 Dirty Fingers 9 Back On The Streets 10 G Force.
Still In Love With You is my favorite Phil/Gary collaboration. Parisian Walkways is a close second but, nothing can touch Gary's solo on Still In Love With You. Brian Robertson refused to rerecord it when he was hired to replace Gary during the Night Life sessions. He redid all the rest of the stuff Gary had done before he left but, he refused to replace that one. He said it was perfect. He was absolutely right about that!
Saw Gary with Lizzy in '79 at the Southampton Gaumont ....still remember him holding the top note in Parisienne Walkways for what seemed like half an hour! I still really like Back on the Streets.
Gary Moore's solo on his cover of Shapes of Things is one of the top 5 greatest guitar solos ever recorded by anyone .... ever... in any genre. I was in high school when that album came out and that solo gave me chills ... and nearly 40 years later ... it still does.
Pretty good ranking Pete. First heard Gary in Colosseum II and always loved the jazz fusion stuff. Back On The Streets was a lovely mixture of Colosseum style and his own tracks. G Force was an interesting mix of hard rock melodic songs with insane guitar work and his 80s albums were exciting, heavy and pretty flawless. His work on the Cozy Powell solo albums was also pretty awesome.The first two blues albums were great but then it got too repetitive and I didn't listen very much. Saw him live a few times and the last time was High Voltage festival in London 2010. Still amazing. RIP Gary
"Victims of the Future" (with the alternate U.S. album cover and the track "Devil In Her Heart") was my first Gary Moore album, and will remain my number one from his catalog. And I agree, it was truly a sad day when I heard the news of his passing. What an incredible artist he was.
Back On The Streets is my favourite as it's a great mix of 2 of my favourite bands, Thin Lizzy and Colosseum II. I look forward to your Colosseum ranking and I'll share it in my Colosseum II facebook group.
I only recently got into Gary Moore and I feel like a criminal for that considering I used to live a 5 minute walk from his childhood home. But music never dies and he lives on in my headphones and promotion on this channel is a large part of that.
I've been waiting for this list!!! Came across Gary Moore by complete accident one day and immediately began buying his body of work. One of my great regrets is that I never got to see him live. RIP sir...
Always hated this poppy American styled version of the classic Aussie song. The original version by the Easybeats is still the best. George Young (brother of Angus & Malcolm)and Harry Vanda deserve more credit for their songwriting. They wrote a huge amount of hits in various genres in Australia in the 70s.
26:26 Unintentional pun? Not 'The End Of The World' Haha. Anyways huge Gary Moore fan here. I remember when he died I was watching Thin Lizzy's 'Waiting For An Alibi'. My father came home from work and told me Gary's death was announced on the radio. I was devastated. Here's my personal ranking of his albums: 1. Run For Cover 2. Wild Frontier 3. After The War 4. Corridors Of Power 5. Dirty Fingers 6. Victims Of The Future 7. Around The Next Dream 8. Back On The Streets 9. Still Got The Blues 10. G Force 11. Scars 12. After Hours 13. Bad For You Baby 14. Power Of The Blues 15. Dark Days In Paradise 16. Back To The Blues [I don't remember this one being mentioned] 17. Close As You Get 18. Old New Ballads Blues 19. A Different Beat 20. Grinding Stone 21. Blues For Greeny
Grinding Stone is my favorite, although I must admit I've only heard a hand full of them. As I have done after a number of Pete's videos, I have some stuff to listen to.
After Hours is my favourite... amazing album. Great solos (specially Story of the blues, Only fool in town and The hurt inside), great vocals, great production...
@@danielolson5378 You're both right: it's Mo Foster on the original studio version of Empty Rooms that's on Victims of the Future. Craig Gruber plays bass on the live version on We Want Moore.
Listen to "Business as Usual", from "Dark Days in Paradise", he sings about growing up in Ireland, early days with Skid Row, becoming influenced by Greeny, probably his most personal song ever.❤🍀💚
Corridors of Power sounds so raw. Like he went into the studio,plugged in & recorded the whole album in one take. Love it. Saw him twice i Belfast many moons ago. Awesome. Phil Lynott even put in an appearance. 1 of the most under rated guitar players ever!!!!
Yes, it does. I love the guitar tone he has there - tried to re-create it many times when I was a kid without any success. When I became a session player, I used to play some large venue gigs - always rented a 2x Marshall JCM800 4x12 cab rig and turned up the volume to around 8 or 9 so I could control the volume and amps overdrive with he guitar's volume knob. Had a Boss DS01 (distortion) and an Ibanez TS808 (tube screamer) with my 1970s Fender Strat which I'd customised with a locking tremolo (Floyd Rose Mk 1) and a humbucker (Seymour Duncan Hotrails direct replacement) - there it was, that Corridors of Power sound ... just needed to turn it all up to deafening !! Of course, I can do it now in the software amp I have and listen in the headphones :)
I've been watching the show for almost two years now. It's been fun learning from all of the panels and being able to go back to earlier videos you've done to check out rankings for bands/artists I have now gotten into because of the show. Kind of an unintentional loop you've created.
The back to the blues album from 2001 i an AWESOME album. Did you forget that amazing album? Great video and Gary Moore is my hero to.. Rock on from sweden 🎸🤘
Thanks Pete, for giving Gary Moore some love. My top 3 is identical to yours. Got the Corridors cassette in '83, "End Of the World" video was playing at the time, was the first song I heard by Gary. Love the Coliseum II LP's, and also "Variations", by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a classical type release w/ Gary on guitar. I kind of like Dark Days in Paradise, very unique sounding.. So, Top 15.. 1. Corridors Of Power 2. Victims Of the Future 3. Back On the Streets 4. Dirty Fingers 5. Wild Frontier 6. Grinding Stone 7. After The War 8. Run For Cover 9. Still Got the Blues 10. After Hours 11. Blues For Greeny 12. Dark Days in Paradise 13. BBM 14. G- Force 15. Power Of the Blues The others I have not heard yet.. Thanks. Pete, check out "Variations".. you will probably love it!..
Gotta agree I still remember when he passed had just discovered his music 3 years prior by randomly stumbling on the AFTER THE WAR vid and was hooked ever since! So bummed I didn’t get to see the legend life!
I totally agree with your #1 favorite "Corridors of Power". Gary is one of my all time favorite guitar players, and like you I prefer his hard rock era and your top four album picks. Thank you for this episode.
You have been a busy boy the last few days Pete, killing the content dude !!! I own about half his material, but for me give me Victims of the Future, Corridors of Power, Dirty Fingers, and Blues Alive and I'm set !!!!
What a wonderful trip down Memory Lane. The first concert I ever saw was Gary Moore's Wild Frontier gig at Birmingham's NEC arena. My favourite album was Run For Cover but Victims of the Future and Corridors of Power are fabulously powerful beasts. I stopped listening to Gary's music sometime after I had purchased After Hours. I saw him in concert three times. He always seemed like a really great guy. A few years ago I met a lady that dated him.
Thats interesting. I bought all Gary's albums when I got into his music in the early 80's - my parents had a copy of Parisiene walkways single which started me off in the late 70's - I loved the way he played and he was probably my biggest influence for my playing before I went professional (as a session player, your influence was whatever someone was paying you sound like). I was a rocker at heart, loved the million notes a minute metal stuff. So I was disappointed with Still Got The Blues album when it came out in 1990 and didn't buy After Hours. I left Moore behind as a guitar player - save for a couple of his albums, I hardly listened to him for years but I was gutted when he died suddenly as he had been such an influence on me. A few years ago, after a guitar hiatus for several years, I started to record again and I found I liked the more melodic playing styles and got back to Moore's blues albums, which are now absolutely brilliant to me. I guess it's age related. I remember what I loved about his playing - he's probably always been my no.1 fav guitar player, but now I've gotten older, I appreciate his playing much more than I used to and I do realise his influence on my playing was much more than I thought. I saw him 5 times live - his live work is the best of all. Simply inspired ...
Love your videos, a lot of really good top 10 song videos and ranking the studio albums u do. I think it's so awesome that some of ur favorite groups r kind of forgotten 70s and 80s groups. It feels like 4 once there is someone who likes MSG, UFO, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gary Moore, Dokken, and Roth-era Scorpions. So cool.
The first one that I bought was "Still Got Those Blues." Then I went on to get more and more. "Run For Cover" would make my all-time faves list. Memorable video for "Out In The Fields." I was totally shocked and dismayed by his death. Thanks for reminding me of the GM albums that I am missing. Rock On, Pete! - Heather
Your description of G-Force intrigued me... WOW! I love this unique blend of hard rock and power pop. Reminds a bit of Hughes/Thrall from '82. Also helps that G-Force features a couple of my favorite musicians in Willy Daffern and Mark Nauseef!!!
Would love to see a video on the history of the “Greeny” Les Paul, change of ownership, etc. Totally love the BBM album and love Gary’s blues albums over the other stuff in his catalog. We miss Gary every day.🙏🏻🎸🇮🇪
Gary never wanted to record like the same album twice. For example the Wild Frontier album was a huge success with the Celtic influenced songs. When he and Neil Carter began writing songs for the After the War album they wanted it to sound different. Although with one exception the epic Celtic killer track Blood of Emeralds!! The single Still Got the Blues stayed 16 weeks at #1 on the charts here in Sweden!
I think Blood of Emeralds was Gary’s best Celtic rock song of all, even though it came after Wild Frontiers, which was dedicated to Phil Lynott. “I was down and out on Skid Row, but I held onto my pride, The darkest son of Ireland, he was standing by my side, Dublin scene in ‘69, there could’ve been no better place, there was no better time, Through the thunder and the rain, the deepest blood of emeralds was running through our veins.” R..I.P., Philo and Gazza; so sorely missed.
@@crusheverything4449 Speaking of tribute to Phil Lynott when Gary wrote Wild Frontier it was with Phil in mind. The original idea was for the song to be their next duet but as we know before the song was recorded Phil had already passed. In the music video for Wild Frontier there's a black rose falling down when Gary sings "and i remember a friend of mine, so sad now that he's gone. They tell me I'll forget. As time goes on". That is a homeage to Phil.
1. Corridors of Power (first album I heard & bought from him in -82. Still have that finnish pressing LP & Still great!) 2. Victims of the Future 3. Run For Cover 4. After the War 5. Wild Frontier 6. Back on the Streets
Pete, Pete, Pete.....you should listen to Dark Days In Paradise again. It really is a great album. Upon first listen I was not impressed, but this one grows on you.
I've heard it plenty (though not sure why you are commenting about Europe on a Gary Moore video)-I don't hate it, but it's one of my least favorites by them.
Very good list. Corridors of Power is my favourite: great songs and the production really showcases his sound. Just listen to the 'ambient' sound as he finishes the solo on Always Gonna Love You, and the main melody kicks in: it's as if you're inside the guitar.
May 1979 Gothenburg Sweden, Thin Lizzie play the concert house. Gary Moore was in the band! (He was to leave two months later) His presence on stage was amazing (not easy next to Phil Lynott) atmosphere was electric. I’d seen Lizzie before with Eric Bell, that was good but with Gary Moore it was a whole new level. Sadly missed, Peter Green also.
I'm more into his rock playing with a great celtic style mixed in so for me top 5 are 1. Wild Frontier 2. Victims of the Future 3. Corridors of Power 4. Run For Cover 5. Back on the Streets
Thank you Pete, I've been looking forward to this one. 10. Grinding Stone 9. Still Got The Blues 8. After The War 7. G Force 6. Dirty Fingers 5. Corridors Of Power. 4. Victims Of The Future 3. Back On The Streets 2. Run For Cover 1. Wild Frontier
Run for cover is a great album - Gary never plays a bad or throwaway solo, they're always fantastic, even with his "pop" albums (I use the word pop with much trepidation since he always just played what he wanted, it just so happens that his music and pop aligned for a few years)
Pete,your awesome Thanks for all the insights,and the ability for us to bounce around our opinions,no one is right or wrong.I love the show mate Cheers to ya
Love me some Gary. Been a fan ever since I started to (badly) play guitar in the early '80s. His solo on "Shapes of Things" is one of my favorite power-solos of all time and his solo on the extended verion of "Empty Rooms" is one of my favorite slow solos. Thanks. Pete......and thanks, Gary.
Really enjoyed that Pete. Like you I can remember where I was when I heard Gary had passed away, as I can when Phil did too, and both just stopped me in my tracks. I totally agree with your top ten but not quite in the same order. I remember when I first heard the first play of Over the Hills on the late Tommy Vance's Friday night rock show on Radio 1 in Nov 1986 and I just thought it was amazing and I thought this is the music I wanted to hear Gary make. Equally like you Pete I do really like After the War. I was 16 in 1985 when Run For Cover came out and I really like that, but you are right with you numbers one and two. I cannot disagree on that. It is such a shame Gary did not get the recognition he so richly deserved. The day after he died I was in a town not far from where he lived in Brighton and it was a crisp bright sunny February day and a 18 or 19 year old was in the outdoor shopping precinct in Terminus Road Eastbourne with his Les Paul and a little amp playing The Loner and he played it really well. I went up to him we had a little chat about Gary. In March 2011 I was in Northern Ireland and saw on BBC N.I. TV Stuart Cosgrove's tribute to Gary which was OK but I don't think it did Gary or his incredible talent justice.
1-Run for cover .2.Corridors of power 3-Victims of the future 4.dirty fingers 5 Back on the streets 6.G-force..7Wild Frontier 8 After the War 9 Grinding Stone 10 -all his 80's live albums
20. A Different Beat 19. Old New Ballads Blues 18. Dark Days In Paradise 17. Close As You Get 16. Power Of The Blues 15. Back To The Blues 14. Scars 13. Blues For Greeny 12. Grinding Stone 11. Bad For You Baby 10. G-Force 9. Back On The Streets 8. Dirty Fingers 7. After Hours 6. Corridors Of Power 5. Victims Of The Future 4. After The War 3. Still Got The Blues 2. Run For Cover 1. Wild Frontier
Got 1982-2001 studio albums apart from Dark Day in Paradise (1997) and including the platinum collection on CD. Paid around £40 for the lot on Ebay here in the UK 😁👍
Saw Gary with Colosseum 2 and Thin Lizzy, never saw him doing his own stuff. Siggi Schwarz & Friends Still got the Blues, a tribute to Gary Moore. Featuring Neil Murray, Geoff Whitehorn, Steve Lukather, and Tom Croel, buy this album it’s an absolute killer, you won’t regret it.
Wild Frontier is hands down my favorite Gary Moore album. He's my fourth favorite guitarist of all-time. You talked about how you might've thrown in the Thin Lizzy, Greg Lake & Colosseum II. Could have possibly included Skid Row, Grannies Intentions and Dr. Strangely Strange.
Glenn Hughes also sings ‘Out Of My System’ on the Run For Cover album. That is actually my 2nd favourite track on that album, and Military Man is 1st! Great album! 👊🏽
My top 3, and they are really ranked the same, love all 3 the same... Corridors of Power Run for Cover Wild Frontier My intro to Gary was Corridors of power. Then went and got Dirty Fingers and G-force. This was around 82.
Had he not gone into blues, Corridors Of Power would also be my favorite. However, Still Got The Blues changed my life and the way I play guitar, so it's my number one. I much prefer the blues period of Gary Moore than the spandex period of the 80s. JMHO
Hey Pete - you may be pleased to know that a new Gary Moore CD was just released (April 2021) "How Blue Can You Get" ~ pieced together from his archived music. I think it's great! According to the articles I read, the family says there is lot more there - so hopefully it will keep coming.
Top marks ! Yep Corridors of Power no.1 yes! AND I first heard GM via the radio with Always gonna love you and the solo just stunned me . I was 16 Lol. Thks for this great faves vid. Best from Liverpool uk
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Gary Moore is one of those rare musicians that could play in ANY genre of music and excel as a guitarist. Rock, Metal, Fusion, Blues and even straight Jazz, Gary could glide easily from one to the other, and master them all.
Gary played from the soul. There is guitarist out there today who just can't match that.
Victims Of The Future was my introduction to Gary Moore. Heard it for the first time in '83/'84. I was fifteen or sixteen years old. When I first heard 'Murder In The Skies' ... Wow!
Another great episode Pete.
Gary and Phil are playing (and possibly arguing and making up again!) somewhere in the afterlife.
And I imagine their new music is still amazing!!!
Rest in Peace, Guys...
Never forget the first time I heard Corridors of Power still to this day I get chills hearing End of the World. One of the all time greatest players. Glad you mentioned Black Rose such an underrated classic.
Saw Gary opening for Def Leppard on their Pyromania tour. He had Ian Paice with him on drums. Phenomenal set! Blew the Leps away!
Saw That Tour In Québec City,Canada (June 7,1983) Ian Paice & Neil Murray !!!
saw him with thin lizzy when brian robertson cut his arm in a barfight. opening for queen.in ,77
Damn how did I miss that.
Gary Moore/Krokus/Def Leppard... Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT show...I was actually part of the stage crew and took the night off to see Gary specifically...he was electric, on fire, possessed,
man on fire...most of the crowd weren't paying attention, halfway through the set, he had people's attention. By the end of the set, he'd won the crowd over...I remember watching him from side stage and the house...three, full 100 watt Marshall stacks raging behind him, pink strat on fire... killing it.
I've seen Gary more than a dozen times, never saw him better than that night...
Saw him at Rock City in the 90's just the best guitar player live I ever seen, miss him loads. 🤘🎸❤️💯
1 Wild Frontier. (Great blend of hard rock with a real celtic feel)
2 Victims Of The Future
3 Around The Next Dream
4 Corridors Of Power
5 Still Got The Blues
6 After The War
7 Run For Cover
8 Dirty Fingers
9 Back On The Streets
10 G Force.
Dark Days In Paradise is the best
Still In Love With You is my favorite Phil/Gary collaboration. Parisian Walkways is a close second but, nothing can touch Gary's solo on Still In Love With You. Brian Robertson refused to rerecord it when he was hired to replace Gary during the Night Life sessions. He redid all the rest of the stuff Gary had done before he left but, he refused to replace that one. He said it was perfect. He was absolutely right about that!
Gary's live in Japan is extraordinary absolutely amazing, I can't wait until tomorrow is the highlight
Gary was one of those guitarplayers that could make me cry with his heartfelt solos....
My fav is Victims of the Future.
absolutely !
Gary, Lemmy, Neil. My collection of tears for the past ten years.
Saw Gary with Lizzy in '79 at the Southampton Gaumont ....still remember him holding the top note in Parisienne Walkways for what seemed like half an hour!
I still really like Back on the Streets.
Great stuff Pete, going to buy his earlier albums asap and can't wait to hear Corridors of Power...Grazie
Corridors Of Power has always been my favorite by him, the songs: The End Of The World & Cold Hearted had killer solos.
The production is top notch also.
Best album , ever made. Amazing solo all the Way .
Gary’s solo on Shapes Of Things floors me !!.... Just pure brilliance !
Gary Moore's solo on his cover of Shapes of Things is one of the top 5 greatest guitar solos ever recorded by anyone .... ever... in any genre.
I was in high school when that album came out and that solo gave me chills ... and nearly 40 years later ... it still does.
Pretty good ranking Pete. First heard Gary in Colosseum II and always loved the jazz fusion stuff. Back On The Streets was a lovely mixture of Colosseum style and his own tracks. G Force was an interesting mix of hard rock melodic songs with insane guitar work and his 80s albums were exciting, heavy and pretty flawless. His work on the Cozy Powell solo albums was also pretty awesome.The first two blues albums were great but then it got too repetitive and I didn't listen very much. Saw him live a few times and the last time was High Voltage festival in London 2010. Still amazing. RIP Gary
His 1994 album with Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker (BBM) is one of my alltime favorites & absolutely flawless....
"Victims of the Future" (with the alternate U.S. album cover and the track "Devil In Her Heart") was my first Gary Moore album, and will remain my number one from his catalog. And I agree, it was truly a sad day when I heard the news of his passing. What an incredible artist he was.
Back On The Streets is my favourite as it's a great mix of 2 of my favourite bands, Thin Lizzy and Colosseum II. I look forward to your Colosseum ranking and I'll share it in my Colosseum II facebook group.
I only recently got into Gary Moore and I feel like a criminal for that considering I used to live a 5 minute walk from his childhood home. But music never dies and he lives on in my headphones and promotion on this channel is a large part of that.
I've been waiting for this list!!! Came across Gary Moore by complete accident one day and immediately began buying his body of work. One of my great regrets is that I never got to see him live. RIP sir...
Victims of the future is my favorite. So heavy and amazing solos. A master!!!!
my fave is Wild Frontier....his version of 'Friday on my Mind' is super!
Always hated this poppy American styled version of the classic Aussie song. The original version by the Easybeats is still the best. George Young (brother of Angus & Malcolm)and Harry Vanda deserve more credit for their songwriting. They wrote a huge amount of hits in various genres in Australia in the 70s.
26:26 Unintentional pun? Not 'The End Of The World' Haha. Anyways huge Gary Moore fan here. I remember when he died I was watching Thin Lizzy's 'Waiting For An Alibi'. My father came home from work and told me Gary's death was announced on the radio. I was devastated. Here's my personal ranking of his albums:
1. Run For Cover
2. Wild Frontier
3. After The War
4. Corridors Of Power
5. Dirty Fingers
6. Victims Of The Future
7. Around The Next Dream
8. Back On The Streets
9. Still Got The Blues
10. G Force
11. Scars
12. After Hours
13. Bad For You Baby
14. Power Of The Blues
15. Dark Days In Paradise
16. Back To The Blues [I don't remember this one being mentioned]
17. Close As You Get
18. Old New Ballads Blues
19. A Different Beat
20. Grinding Stone
21. Blues For Greeny
Grinding Stone is my favorite, although I must admit I've only heard a hand full of them. As I have done after a number of Pete's videos, I have some stuff to listen to.
When Peter Greenbaum gives you his les Paul to use… well I don’t think anymore can be said!! He was the best!! He could do it all!! Thanks Pete
After Hours is my favourite... amazing album. Great solos (specially Story of the blues, Only fool in town and The hurt inside), great vocals, great production...
Craig Gruber's fretless bass solo on empty rooms is sublime.
I believe it's Mo Foster doing that solo on the Victims of the Future version.
@@danielolson5378 You're both right: it's Mo Foster on the original studio version of Empty Rooms that's on Victims of the Future. Craig Gruber plays bass on the live version on We Want Moore.
Listen to "Business as Usual", from "Dark Days in Paradise", he sings about growing up in Ireland, early days with Skid Row, becoming influenced by Greeny, probably his most personal song ever.❤🍀💚
The more I see your videos, the more I deeply appreciate your personal approach to the music you so clearly love
Corridors of Power sounds so raw. Like he went into the studio,plugged in & recorded the whole album in one take. Love it. Saw him twice i Belfast many moons ago. Awesome. Phil Lynott even put in an appearance. 1 of the most under rated guitar players ever!!!!
Yes, it does. I love the guitar tone he has there - tried to re-create it many times when I was a kid without any success. When I became a session player, I used to play some large venue gigs - always rented a 2x Marshall JCM800 4x12 cab rig and turned up the volume to around 8 or 9 so I could control the volume and amps overdrive with he guitar's volume knob. Had a Boss DS01 (distortion) and an Ibanez TS808 (tube screamer) with my 1970s Fender Strat which I'd customised with a locking tremolo (Floyd Rose Mk 1) and a humbucker (Seymour Duncan Hotrails direct replacement) - there it was, that Corridors of Power sound ... just needed to turn it all up to deafening !! Of course, I can do it now in the software amp I have and listen in the headphones :)
Victims Of The Future is my favorite.
Tremendous album. So heavy !!!!
I've been watching the show for almost two years now. It's been fun learning from all of the panels and being able to go back to earlier videos you've done to check out rankings for bands/artists I have now gotten into because of the show. Kind of an unintentional loop you've created.
The back to the blues album from 2001 i an AWESOME album. Did you forget that amazing album?
Great video and Gary Moore is my hero to.. Rock on from sweden 🎸🤘
Nuclear Attack is stellar Gary Moore track featuring incredible shreds and riffs. Captures 80s fear of cold war with this rocking song.
.. played 'Corridors..' all day just yesterday...all-time classic
Thanks for doing this. Gary was a guitar force and influential in my life. Rest In Peace Mr. Moore.
my number 1 six-stringer. Saw him twice in his hard rock days. Gary was absolutely fierce!
Thanks Pete, for giving Gary Moore some love. My top 3 is identical to yours. Got the Corridors cassette in '83, "End Of the World" video was playing at the time, was the first song I heard by Gary. Love the Coliseum II LP's, and also "Variations", by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a classical type release w/ Gary on guitar. I kind of like Dark Days in Paradise, very unique sounding.. So, Top 15..
1. Corridors Of Power
2. Victims Of the Future
3. Back On the Streets
4. Dirty Fingers
5. Wild Frontier
6. Grinding Stone
7. After The War
8. Run For Cover
9. Still Got the Blues
10. After Hours
11. Blues For Greeny
12. Dark Days in Paradise
13. BBM
14. G- Force
15. Power Of the Blues
The others I have not heard yet.. Thanks. Pete, check out "Variations".. you will probably love it!..
Corridors of Power, Victims of the Future, and Run for Cover will forever be my top 3 non-negotiable Gary Moore albums.
Met him once and he was an absolute gentleman.R.I.P.🇮🇪
Thank you for your ranking of the studio albums of Gary Moore.🎤🎸🎵🥁
Saw him 5 times.I was at the recording of We Want Moore
I was also at a show in Detroit that is on UA-cam (Wild Frontiers Tour). I was also at the After Hours Tour in L.A. where they recorded for Live Blues
I can hear Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher swapping licks in heaven as you speak.
RECORD THAT SHIT!!!!!
Really liked your least favourite Dark Days in Paradise. Like Angels is absolutely stunning.
One of Gary’s best songs, for sure!
Gotta agree I still remember when he passed had just discovered his music 3 years prior by randomly stumbling on the AFTER THE WAR vid and was hooked ever since! So bummed I didn’t get to see the legend life!
I totally agree with your #1 favorite "Corridors of Power". Gary is one of my all time favorite guitar players, and like you I prefer his hard rock era and your top four album picks. Thank you for this episode.
Great show Pete!!!
I'm wondering if you could rank any of these:
Little Feat, Fleetwood Mac, Pretty Things, Focus, Manfred Mann EB, Spirit.
You have been a busy boy the last few days Pete, killing the content dude !!! I own about half his material, but for me give me Victims of the Future, Corridors of Power, Dirty Fingers, and Blues Alive and I'm set !!!!
You missed 2001s back to the blues. One of my fav blues ones of his
What a wonderful trip down Memory Lane. The first concert I ever saw was Gary Moore's Wild Frontier gig at Birmingham's NEC arena. My favourite album was Run For Cover but Victims of the Future and Corridors of Power are fabulously powerful beasts. I stopped listening to Gary's music sometime after I had purchased After Hours. I saw him in concert three times. He always seemed like a really great guy. A few years ago I met a lady that dated him.
Thats interesting. I bought all Gary's albums when I got into his music in the early 80's - my parents had a copy of Parisiene walkways single which started me off in the late 70's - I loved the way he played and he was probably my biggest influence for my playing before I went professional (as a session player, your influence was whatever someone was paying you sound like). I was a rocker at heart, loved the million notes a minute metal stuff. So I was disappointed with Still Got The Blues album when it came out in 1990 and didn't buy After Hours. I left Moore behind as a guitar player - save for a couple of his albums, I hardly listened to him for years but I was gutted when he died suddenly as he had been such an influence on me. A few years ago, after a guitar hiatus for several years, I started to record again and I found I liked the more melodic playing styles and got back to Moore's blues albums, which are now absolutely brilliant to me. I guess it's age related. I remember what I loved about his playing - he's probably always been my no.1 fav guitar player, but now I've gotten older, I appreciate his playing much more than I used to and I do realise his influence on my playing was much more than I thought. I saw him 5 times live - his live work is the best of all. Simply inspired ...
Love your videos, a lot of really good top 10 song videos and ranking the studio albums u do. I think it's so awesome that some of ur favorite groups r kind of forgotten 70s and 80s groups. It feels like 4 once there is someone who likes MSG, UFO, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gary Moore, Dokken, and Roth-era Scorpions. So cool.
The first one that I bought was "Still Got Those Blues." Then I went on to get more and more.
"Run For Cover" would make my all-time faves list. Memorable video for "Out In The Fields."
I was totally shocked and dismayed by his death.
Thanks for reminding me of the GM albums that I am missing.
Rock On, Pete! - Heather
One of my four favorite guitarrists. My favorite album is Dirty Fingers! Curiously I was in NYC on the day he died, very sad day indeed!
Your description of G-Force intrigued me... WOW! I love this unique blend of hard rock and power pop. Reminds a bit of Hughes/Thrall from '82. Also helps that G-Force features a couple of my favorite musicians in Willy Daffern and Mark Nauseef!!!
Would love to see a video on the history of the “Greeny” Les Paul, change of ownership, etc. Totally love the BBM album and love Gary’s blues albums over the other stuff in his catalog. We miss Gary every day.🙏🏻🎸🇮🇪
Really enjoyed your run thru the Gary Moore albums. Pretty much on the same page with your review.👍
Gary Moore and John Sykes..the 2 best players ever..pure magic man..pure magic.
Totally agree, Gary was a big influence on Sykes!
I love all Garys albums, All different" Dark Days still sounds fresh in 2020,
Gary never wanted to record like the same album twice. For example the Wild Frontier album was a huge success with the Celtic influenced songs. When he and Neil Carter began writing songs for the After the War album they wanted it to sound different. Although with one exception the epic Celtic killer track Blood of Emeralds!! The single Still Got the Blues stayed 16 weeks at #1 on the charts here in Sweden!
I think Blood of Emeralds was Gary’s best Celtic rock song of all, even though it came after Wild Frontiers, which was dedicated to Phil Lynott. “I was down and out on Skid Row, but I held onto my pride, The darkest son of Ireland, he was standing by my side, Dublin scene in ‘69, there could’ve been no better place, there was no better time, Through the thunder and the rain, the deepest blood of emeralds was running through our veins.” R..I.P., Philo and Gazza; so sorely missed.
@@crusheverything4449 Speaking of tribute to Phil Lynott when Gary wrote Wild Frontier it was with Phil in mind. The original idea was for the song to be their next duet but as we know before the song was recorded Phil had already passed. In the music video for Wild Frontier there's a black rose falling down when Gary sings "and i remember a friend of mine, so sad now that he's gone. They tell me I'll forget. As time goes on". That is a homeage to Phil.
@@danielolson5378 - I know 💔
1. Corridors of Power (first album I heard & bought from him in -82. Still have that finnish pressing LP & Still great!)
2. Victims of the Future
3. Run For Cover
4. After the War
5. Wild Frontier
6. Back on the Streets
my top two are definitely Still Got The Blues and After Hours... but his whole catalog is stellar!
Run For Cover is my number one with Nothing To Lose my favorite song. After that it's After The War.
Pete, Pete, Pete.....you should listen to Dark Days In Paradise again. It really is a great album. Upon first listen I was not impressed, but this one grows on you.
I've heard it plenty (though not sure why you are commenting about Europe on a Gary Moore video)-I don't hate it, but it's one of my least favorites by them.
Gary Moore you are still missed🙏, Wild Frontier is a great album.
Very happy the mighty Skid Row was mentioned. What a fantastic band they were . Gary Moore - Victims of the Future was a great album also
Very good list. Corridors of Power is my favourite: great songs and the production really showcases his sound. Just listen to the 'ambient' sound as he finishes the solo on Always Gonna Love You, and the main melody kicks in: it's as if you're inside the guitar.
Love this list. I wouldn't change a thing.
Gary Moore is simply a legend , no one could make the guitar sing like him , a complete one off , very sadly missed.
May 1979 Gothenburg Sweden, Thin Lizzie play the concert house. Gary Moore was in the band! (He was to leave two months later) His presence on stage was amazing (not easy next to Phil Lynott) atmosphere was electric. I’d seen Lizzie before with Eric Bell, that was good but with Gary Moore it was a whole new level. Sadly missed, Peter Green also.
*Lizzy
I'm more into his rock playing with a great celtic style mixed in so for me top 5 are
1. Wild Frontier
2. Victims of the Future
3. Corridors of Power
4. Run For Cover
5. Back on the Streets
Thank you Pete, I've been looking forward to this one.
10. Grinding Stone
9. Still Got The Blues
8. After The War
7. G Force
6. Dirty Fingers
5. Corridors Of Power.
4. Victims Of The Future
3. Back On The Streets
2. Run For Cover
1. Wild Frontier
Back on the Streets - simply superb - rock, blues, soul, fusion, pop, speed, restraint, tone ... and Phil Lynott.
Run for cover is by far my favorite, followed by after the war, victim of the future then Corridors of power.
I'm with you on that one.
Run for cover is a great album - Gary never plays a bad or throwaway solo, they're always fantastic, even with his "pop" albums (I use the word pop with much trepidation since he always just played what he wanted, it just so happens that his music and pop aligned for a few years)
Pete,your awesome Thanks for all the insights,and the ability for us to bounce around our opinions,no one is right or wrong.I love the show mate Cheers to ya
Thanks Pete. I really love Gary Moore's Music.
Love me some Gary. Been a fan ever since I started to (badly) play guitar in the early '80s. His solo on "Shapes of Things" is one of my favorite power-solos of all time and his solo on the extended verion of "Empty Rooms" is one of my favorite slow solos. Thanks. Pete......and thanks, Gary.
Really enjoyed that Pete. Like you I can remember where I was when I heard Gary had passed away, as I can when Phil did too, and both just stopped me in my tracks. I totally agree with your top ten but not quite in the same order. I remember when I first heard the first play of Over the Hills on the late Tommy Vance's Friday night rock show on Radio 1 in Nov 1986 and I just thought it was amazing and I thought this is the music I wanted to hear Gary make. Equally like you Pete I do really like After the War. I was 16 in 1985 when Run For Cover came out and I really like that, but you are right with you numbers one and two. I cannot disagree on that. It is such a shame Gary did not get the recognition he so richly deserved. The day after he died I was in a town not far from where he lived in Brighton and it was a crisp bright sunny February day and a 18 or 19 year old was in the outdoor shopping precinct in Terminus Road Eastbourne with his Les Paul and a little amp playing The Loner and he played it really well. I went up to him we had a little chat about Gary. In March 2011 I was in Northern Ireland and saw on BBC N.I. TV Stuart Cosgrove's tribute to Gary which was OK but I don't think it did Gary or his incredible talent justice.
Gary Moore is one of my all-time heroes. His top 3 for me are Corridors of Power, Victims of the Future and Back on the Streets.
Wow Pete, didnt know Gary had So many solo albums. Thanks for the Rankings.😎
1-Run for cover .2.Corridors of power 3-Victims of the future 4.dirty fingers 5 Back on the streets 6.G-force..7Wild Frontier 8 After the War 9 Grinding Stone 10 -all his 80's live albums
20. A Different Beat
19. Old New Ballads Blues
18. Dark Days In Paradise
17. Close As You Get
16. Power Of The Blues
15. Back To The Blues
14. Scars
13. Blues For Greeny
12. Grinding Stone
11. Bad For You Baby
10. G-Force
9. Back On The Streets
8. Dirty Fingers
7. After Hours
6. Corridors Of Power
5. Victims Of The Future
4. After The War
3. Still Got The Blues
2. Run For Cover
1. Wild Frontier
Got 1982-2001 studio albums apart from Dark Day in Paradise (1997) and including the platinum collection on CD. Paid around £40 for the lot on Ebay here in the UK 😁👍
He left us 10 years ago on this day, miss you Gary.
Saw Gary with Colosseum 2 and Thin Lizzy, never saw him doing his own stuff.
Siggi Schwarz & Friends Still got the Blues, a tribute to Gary Moore. Featuring Neil Murray, Geoff Whitehorn, Steve Lukather, and Tom Croel, buy this album it’s an absolute killer, you won’t regret it.
I’m a solid 80’s kid so to me every album during the 80’s are the best! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽I can put those in any order!!!
Wild Frontier is hands down my favorite Gary Moore album. He's my fourth favorite guitarist of all-time. You talked about how you might've thrown in the Thin Lizzy, Greg Lake & Colosseum II. Could have possibly included Skid Row, Grannies Intentions and Dr. Strangely Strange.
Glenn Hughes also sings ‘Out Of My System’ on the Run For Cover album. That is actually my 2nd favourite track on that album, and Military Man is 1st! Great album! 👊🏽
Military Man - Gary and Phil at their best!! Awesome song!!
My top 3, and they are really ranked the same, love all 3 the same...
Corridors of Power
Run for Cover
Wild Frontier
My intro to Gary was Corridors of power. Then went and got Dirty Fingers and G-force. This was around 82.
Really love your videos!!!
G force is not so high rated but I like that album very much. We want Moore is an amazing live album.
We Want Moore is GREAT!
Empty Rooms from WWM is my favorite Gary solo ever. I still get chills every time I hear it.
This album is so underrated. Some great songs. I love Tony Newton's bass playing also. Check out TonyNewtonMusic.com for more great 🎶
G Force record
Had he not gone into blues, Corridors Of Power would also be my favorite. However, Still Got The Blues changed my life and the way I play guitar, so it's my number one. I much prefer the blues period of Gary Moore than the spandex period of the 80s. JMHO
Love gary moore solid guitar
Love the version of Fire on A Different Beat. I like that album. But Blues for Greeny and Back On The Streets are my favourites.
ALL of Gary's albums from the 80's are my favorites. Pete, I know someday you will rank Johnny Winter's albums.
Hey Pete - you may be pleased to know that a new Gary Moore CD was just released (April 2021) "How Blue Can You Get" ~ pieced together from his archived music. I think it's great! According to the articles I read, the family says there is lot more there - so hopefully it will keep coming.
Pete probably had that cd before any of us.
Hello Pete love all your shows. Gary had a killer tone. Hey man if you get bored check out the band kick axe.from Canada .
Top marks ! Yep Corridors of Power no.1 yes! AND I first heard GM via the radio with Always gonna love you and the solo just stunned me . I was 16 Lol. Thks for this great faves vid. Best from Liverpool uk
Corridors of power is my absolute favorite too!!
He's a legend. 7 assholes have to give a thumbs down.....FU.