It's hard to get your head around the fact that Phil Lynott left us 40 years ago. He was just 36. No age at all. But I guess when you're addicted to heroin you tear up any long term plans you may be carrying. In the relatively short time he was around he wrote and recorded some seminal songs - songs that have become part of the rock and roll firmament. Walk into any self respecting rock club on the planet and it's only a matter of time till you hear the strains of Jailbreak or The Boys Are Back in Town. Bankers both.
But I loved it when he dropped it down a gear.. Dancing in the Moonlight was sublime. And, funnily enough, was always destined to be a jazz standard! If you don't believe me, take a listen to what Loah's done with Lynott's mini masterpiece.
Loah: Dancing in the Moonlight (2026)
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Phil Lynott (1949-1986)
Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI always laugh at the line about chocolate stains on your "pants" as we always seemed to do that.
Fantastic version
ReplyDeleteThat's rather lovely
ReplyDeleteA - It's a great line.
ReplyDeleteW - You're not wrong.
CC - It is. It positively shimmers.
This is a really lovely performance. I love it when a song is so good that it completely stands up, whatever the genre context.
ReplyDeleteOn flicking through my back pages, I realise that I've never shared my one, very brief, interaction with Phil Lynott. I'll make myself a note.
It's a clean sweep! Show me a better cover version this year and I'll show my arse in Burton's window.
DeleteA Phil Lynott story, you say? Sex? Drugs? Rock & Roll? Do tell!