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 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...
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.
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...
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!
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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...
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!..
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 🎸🤘
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
@@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.
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
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
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.
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 ...
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.🙏🏻🎸🇮🇪
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Hi mate, I’m a massive Moore fan and I remember where I was when he passed too.I have most of those albums but I disagree with your order. Here is my top 10. 1. Dark Days In Paradise 2.Victims Of The Future 3.Wild Frontier 4. Still Got The Blues. 5. Run For Cover 6. After Hours 7. Corridors of Power 8.Back to the Blues 9. After the War. 10.Rockn Every Night, Live in Japan. I don’t think you can beat that order.
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.
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)
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
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
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 !!!!
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! 👊🏽
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.
No one in my opinion plays with more feeling than Gary. The Messiah will come again gives me chills still. I was first introduced though with Victims of the Future it was all over after that for me I was all in. Gary lives as the guitar players guitar player.
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.
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.
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.
I could write a book on Gary. I always get into huge arguments with people about Gary Moore but to me there is the Gary Moore I love and the Gary Moore that really bored me and some fans can't handle that. He was my biggest influence (after Jimi) between '86 and '90 and probably my biggest influence on my playing style ever. To me Gary was at his best during the Victims of the future period. I've never heard a better Gary then on the live at the Emerald Aisles VHS ( Shapes of things anyone?). I rented that video every week because back then you still couldn't buy video tapes in the Netherlands. As soon as I could I bought it of course and wore it out. Then I bought live in Stockholm and I liked it but not nearly as much as the Emerald Aisles. After the war was good but not as strong as his previous albums. Still got the blues was great and you could see that Gary had found back his fire and inspiration. I learned the whole album by heart and played along with it every day. Cold day in hell was good but it was more or less the same but simply not as strong in my opinion. I loved BBM but I thought he lost his inspiration again towards the mid to late 90s. He experimented a bit, went back to hard rock and personally I couldn't stand the Scars album. I quite liked his last album where he added some new aspects to his playing. Overall I still prefer his rock playing to his blues playing ( no matter how good it was) but his blues playing became quite predictable and repetitive but that's just how I feel about it. But he was a unique player and a good singer and a very decent songwriter as well. I also vividly remember the day and the moment and the shock when I got a text from my best friend saying Gary had died.
Need to give some love to Wild Frontier which basically started the Gary Moore thing for me), also We Want Moore. The live Shapes Of Things absolutely blew my mind, Gary pulls out all the tricks! Also all/any of the early/mid-80's records: Corridors Of Power, Victims Of The Future, Run For Cover (every bit as good as Wild Frontier), Live At The Marquee. I'd substitute some/all of these for stuff like Dark Days, BBM, Close As You Can Get, Power Of The Blues, Bad For You Baby...
For me, it’s always been So Far Away/Empty Rooms that blew my head apart from We Want Moore. Gary’s vocals and solos are impeccably awesome and Craig Gruber’s bass solo adds such a build-up for Gary to serenade us on guitar. Sublime.
As much as I like Gary I really only know a handful of his records, so I'll just rank the ones that I own. 6) After The War 5) Run For Cover 4) Back On The Streets 3) Victim Of the Future 2) Wild Frontier 1) Still Got The Blues Also, I always thought that Gary and John C. Reilly kinda looked alike. :) Thanks, Pete!
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 😁👍
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 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...
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.
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. 🤘🎸❤️💯
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!
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
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 !
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
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, 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.
Gary’s solo on Shapes Of Things floors me !!.... Just pure brilliance !
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.
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.
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...
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.
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 is my favorite. So heavy and amazing solos. A master!!!!
Great stuff Pete, going to buy his earlier albums asap and can't wait to hear Corridors of Power...Grazie
my number 1 six-stringer. Saw him twice in his hard rock days. Gary was absolutely fierce!
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...
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!..
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.
Nuclear Attack is stellar Gary Moore track featuring incredible shreds and riffs. Captures 80s fear of cold war with this rocking song.
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 :)
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.
Met him once and he was an absolute gentleman.R.I.P.🇮🇪
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.
The more I see your videos, the more I deeply appreciate your personal approach to the music you so clearly love
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.
Corridors of Power, Victims of the Future, and Run for Cover will forever be my top 3 non-negotiable Gary Moore albums.
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.
Thank you for your ranking of the studio albums of Gary Moore.🎤🎸🎵🥁
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!
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 🎸🤘
Really liked your least favourite Dark Days in Paradise. Like Angels is absolutely stunning.
One of Gary’s best songs, for sure!
Thanks for doing this. Gary was a guitar force and influential in my life. Rest In Peace Mr. Moore.
Victims Of The Future is my favorite.
Tremendous album. So heavy !!!!
You missed 2001s back to the blues. One of my fav blues ones of his
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
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.
my top two are definitely Still Got The Blues and After Hours... but his whole catalog is stellar!
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.
I can hear Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher swapping licks in heaven as you speak.
RECORD THAT SHIT!!!!!
I love all Garys albums, All different" Dark Days still sounds fresh in 2020,
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
Great show Pete!!!
I'm wondering if you could rank any of these:
Little Feat, Fleetwood Mac, Pretty Things, Focus, Manfred Mann EB, Spirit.
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
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.
Really enjoyed your run thru the Gary Moore albums. Pretty much on the same page with your review.👍
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 ...
.. played 'Corridors..' all day just yesterday...all-time classic
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!!!
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
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.🙏🏻🎸🇮🇪
Run For Cover is my number one with Nothing To Lose my favorite song. After that it's After The War.
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!
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
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.
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
Gary Moore and John Sykes..the 2 best players ever..pure magic man..pure magic.
Totally agree, Gary was a big influence on Sykes!
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.
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
Gary Moore is simply a legend , no one could make the guitar sing like him , a complete one off , very sadly missed.
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
Great review. My top three:
1. Victims of the future
2. Dirty fingers
3. Corridors of power
Love this list. I wouldn't change a thing.
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 💔
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.
Hi mate, I’m a massive Moore fan and I remember where I was when he passed too.I have most of those albums but I disagree with your order. Here is my top 10.
1. Dark Days In Paradise 2.Victims Of The Future 3.Wild Frontier 4. Still Got The Blues. 5. Run For Cover 6. After Hours 7. Corridors of Power 8.Back to the Blues 9. After the War. 10.Rockn Every Night, Live in Japan. I don’t think you can beat that order.
It’s not a competition.
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.
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)
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
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
ALL of Gary's albums from the 80's are my favorites. Pete, I know someday you will rank Johnny Winter's albums.
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 !!!!
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!!
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.
No one in my opinion plays with more feeling than Gary. The Messiah will come again gives me chills still. I was first introduced though with Victims of the Future it was all over after that for me I was all in. Gary lives as the guitar players guitar player.
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.
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.
He left us 10 years ago on this day, miss you Gary.
Gary Moore you are still missed🙏, Wild Frontier is a great album.
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.
Thanks Pete. I really love Gary Moore's Music.
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.
My favourite guitar of all time, we love you gary...
1-wild frontier
2-corridors of power
3-victims of the future
I could write a book on Gary. I always get into huge arguments with people about Gary Moore but to me there is the Gary Moore I love and the Gary Moore that really bored me and some fans can't handle that. He was my biggest influence (after Jimi) between '86 and '90 and probably my biggest influence on my playing style ever. To me Gary was at his best during the Victims of the future period. I've never heard a better Gary then on the live at the Emerald Aisles VHS ( Shapes of things anyone?). I rented that video every week because back then you still couldn't buy video tapes in the Netherlands. As soon as I could I bought it of course and wore it out. Then I bought live in Stockholm and I liked it but not nearly as much as the Emerald Aisles. After the war was good but not as strong as his previous albums. Still got the blues was great and you could see that Gary had found back his fire and inspiration. I learned the whole album by heart and played along with it every day. Cold day in hell was good but it was more or less the same but simply not as strong in my opinion. I loved BBM but I thought he lost his inspiration again towards the mid to late 90s. He experimented a bit, went back to hard rock and personally I couldn't stand the Scars album. I quite liked his last album where he added some new aspects to his playing. Overall I still prefer his rock playing to his blues playing ( no matter how good it was) but his blues playing became quite predictable and repetitive but that's just how I feel about it. But he was a unique player and a good singer and a very decent songwriter as well. I also vividly remember the day and the moment and the shock when I got a text from my best friend saying Gary had died.
Need to give some love to Wild Frontier which basically started the Gary Moore thing for me), also We Want Moore. The live Shapes Of Things absolutely blew my mind, Gary pulls out all the tricks! Also all/any of the early/mid-80's records: Corridors Of Power, Victims Of The Future, Run For Cover (every bit as good as Wild Frontier), Live At The Marquee. I'd substitute some/all of these for stuff like Dark Days, BBM, Close As You Can Get, Power Of The Blues, Bad For You Baby...
For me, it’s always been So Far Away/Empty Rooms that blew my head apart from We Want Moore. Gary’s vocals and solos are impeccably awesome and Craig Gruber’s bass solo adds such a build-up for Gary to serenade us on guitar. Sublime.
As much as I like Gary I really only know a handful of his records, so I'll just rank the ones that I own.
6) After The War
5) Run For Cover
4) Back On The Streets
3) Victim Of the Future
2) Wild Frontier
1) Still Got The Blues
Also, I always thought that Gary and John C. Reilly kinda looked alike. :)
Thanks, Pete!
A massive influence on me and my Wife,Saw him live and cherish those Gigs
Wow Pete, didnt know Gary had So many solo albums. Thanks for the Rankings.😎
PETE/ your Top 5 would’ be mine/ slightly different order ! Awesome show/. I know your love for G. M.
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!!!
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 😁👍