Thin Lizzy - Massacre

[michaelkyd]

the best



[BillyBocksfuss]

@cathumper not only did/does iron maiden fully and generally suck as a band, they also massacred one of my favorite thin lizzy songs

[pratolli]

@BillyBocksfuss There's a difference between a band that is bad and a band that you don't like.

Iron maiden are the latter.

[kingmarki]

I was fortunate enough to catch Lizzy at Day on the green in the 1970's and they were, and still are the most kick ass rockers. Phil Lynott was the fucking rocker.

[bestofmybest]

@kingmarki i was there too been hooked ever since july 4th 1979 lizzy lives forever

[foxwellable]

massacre live is powerfull



[PsionicContra]

Wow I'm 22, have been playing guitar for a few years, started my own band recently, and this is the first time I've heard Thin Lizzy other than their hits. HOLY SHIT! My mind is simply blown away right now. This is fucking brilliant! True music right there.

[Donkwoon]

@PsionicContra Ya, I'm not a musician but that's what I'm finding as well; I've only known their overplayed hits and didn't like them because of that. I'm going to see them Sunday. I was almost planing to show up late because they're the back up band. Now I'm not going to miss a song!

[flippyflyer]

and no RR hall of fame?????insane

[Grungadin]

@flippyflyer

Only because they're so damn hard to define. Rock, Heavy Metal(though not so heavy by today's standards), blues, jazz, hell they even made some country songs. But who cares what that organization says anyways, they just inducted Paul Mcartney a year ago didn't they?

[Danfrombackhome]

Thin Lizzy is one of the greatest of bands of all time. I'm 25 years old and love 'em. I wish I could have been alive during their hayday to see them live. That woulda rocked hard as fuck. When I tell people I like Thin Lizzy they look at me like I'm speaking Chinese. Thin Lizzy FTW!

[BlackSabbathory]

@Danfrombackhome Seconded. 

[nonotc]

i am a little to be nostalgic, but this group had the spark, not that rock bands these days.....

[Aveleyboi]

i have every lizzy album but i still go on youtube to look at there songs because normally there is some forgotten history mentioned in the comments :p

[smurftojohn]

Love it I want someone to do a heavy metal cover of this!

[OConnellsHeros]

Its even better live, what a band



[nonotc]

sublime....

[TheKerm1967]

hubcool i totally agree man these are the licks to learn as a guitar player ive been workin on whiskey in the bottle but this band and this band only has taken my guitar to the next level fuckin amazin band i dont even know what song to try to figure out next 11 kickass albums i think ? what happened to the world we dont here this because justin and 50 wouldnt have a job i guess lizzy rules

[zoist80]

When I was born this song was playing in the background. Yes I am an incredible ass-kicking bastard. Emphasis on bastard cuz I have no soul.

[Thinkingjelle]

Finally a song with 1 dislike

[serendipo466]

Totally superior to the Maiden cover version.

[WolfmotherSongs]

I fucking love this band

[Hubcool367]

LOL, listen to that intro, no wonder Maiden covered it, I wouldn't be surprised if they drew half their inspiration from this song alone

[sinbysin666]

@Hubcool367 They did. Almost everything Iron Maiden has done, they owe to bands like Thin Lizzy, and UFO.

[JayFFAFAlesanaES]

@Hubcool367 Agreed haha They had this style for a lot of their songs too, Iron Maiden probably only lsitened to Thin Lizzy xD They were so ahead of there time really :)

[1mwaring]

Fantastic !!!!! I was born in Belfast and had seen them heaps of times.

No Crap and No Shit Rock and Roll - Just great !

Have missed them and now listen to them more than ever - just to clear my mind of Lady Gaga and the Bieber boob.

For God's sake, Just enjoy Thin Lizzy. (Check out the Peel Sessions tracks, too.)

[MrCiapo93]

131 are unknown heroes and 1 is a coward!

[KonohanaVillager]

@MrCiapo93 You're the coward.

[ROONTANG]

@MrCiapo93 Aren't those sort of comments getting a wee bit old? Keep that shit off this video please. It's one of the few I've seen without the top rated comments bagging on people who disliked.

[aidyspady999]

@bobmarleyisgod1 what about the 600?

[aidyspady999]

@bobmarleyisgod1 600 heros points to the charge of the light bridage however. Devil's Canyon could just be a name,

[al77051]

This is phonic FIRE SHIIIIIIT!

[kerry1574]

very nice mutherfucker yeahhhh!!!!

[NoRulesInNam]

The best band ever!

[HeadSnech]

@NoRulesInNam Yeah they are def up there with the greats. This album wasn't even one of "their" best sellers, and it's better than lets say 80% of all music that seems to come out in the last 20 years?

[NoRulesInNam]

@HeadSnech Yeah, it's pretty weird how they don't get a lot more acclaim than they do when they've inspired the likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden.

[Hypnails]

This is great.

[VuXman]

Can't say who is better version... :\ BOTH VERSIONS ARE AWSOME!!!

[IRAmichaelkpk]

i love it but this song is ment to be played fast

[edctgbujm123]

I've nothing against The Boys Are Back In Town and Jailbreak, but songs like Emerald, Massacre, and Holy War are just something else.

[AdamsApple1963]

@edctgbujm123 Yeah, I know what you mean. I used to have "Jailbreak" and "Johnny the Fox" on audio cassette before I wore them out a long time ago. Of the two, I preferred "Johnny.." It just had more BITE to it; the strongest album of the two. Unfortunately, it didn't get as much airplay as the "Jailbreak" album does nowadays!

[MegaPSPManiaC]

what are the lyrics of the song about?

[Studas2006]

@MegaPSPManiaC I *think* its about a battle in north america in the 1800s

[jamesravanal40]

@Studas2006 its about the charge of the light brigade like the trooper

[irishdan1000]

this song is epic

[Ultralism]

Superb drumming by Brian Downey in this one.

[GerryDisthename]

'At a point below zero...'

I don't know why but I love this lyric. :D

[KEBISONY]

as i watched this near the end i kept thinking

TIME SLOW DOWN!

[NPC514]

Ya' know for the longest time all I had known of these guys was The Boys are Back in Town and Jailbreak, which are awesome songs and I love them, but until I really dove deeper into their songs I had never realized how talented and truly advanced they are with song content. They really are a highly underrated band.

[fabfore4]

@NPC514 I hear ya NPC. they never got the attention they deserved.

They have a bunch of great songs other than the ones you hear on the radio.

[u1u0]

Demilich, it is actually not about the charge of the light brigade, but rather the massacre of native Americans, hence the Western "native" riff that opens the song.

The subject of the song is talked about in the band interviews on the "Live And Dangerous" DVD.

I know the line "600 unknown heroes" makes you (and I!) think about the charge of the light brigade, but alas, not so...

[Studas2006]

It may be about that as a subject but all the meanings transverse when there are artists at work. PEACE

[804pillow]

@u1u0 "SOLDIER BLUE" -1970-1 of 12

[ad1000z]

bet it took them ages to mix lynotts voice in pre computer software days...ace

[anDREasbeats]

have this on vinyl!

[turkeygrandpa69]

I have this album on cassette. It's an awesome album.

[beyondtheveilofdeath]

Great guitar-duo and a lot of passion from the black man behind the skid row...

[ACDC5400]

i like the song way better live

[MichaelMG711]

downey freakin' pounds on this one.....he's the best!

[MultipleScrotum]

great song.

[Donbour]

Phil Collins is doing some percussion on this one.

[stewux]

Why all the thumbs down for your comment, it's true that Collins featured on this track.

[daveACDC123]

live is better but still good thinlizzy fave band now RIP phil lynott

[mahmut0815]

Thanks for teh post

[MuIdoon]

Thin Lizzy is quickly rising in the ranks of my favorite bands.

[jakedev56]

@MuIdoon that was a year ago, they gotta be your favourite by now :)

[MuIdoon]

@jakedev56 Ha, just about.

[Jorsalfar]

@MuIdoon Mine too. I didn't hear more than a couple songs before, but then recently I started listening to them thru a music software and was HOOKED! Now im a lifelong fan!:)) Hail Phil Lynott/Scott Gorham/Brian Robertson/Brian Downey/Gary Moore/Snowy White/John Sykes/Darren Wharton/Eric Bell!

[Apathesis0]

@MuIdoon Good to hear. The album Bad Reputation reeled me in and I have been a huge fan since.

[kwakedesigns]

@MuIdoon nice, enjoy your voyage of discovering the greatest ROCK band of all time

[SoldierofFortune07]

johnny the fox. Great album but it has a real bleak outlook throughout most of it. Great stuff on there though, massacre, fools gold, borderline.

[gooshoo]

I'm used to the live version, I can't seem to get in to this one as much!

[maidenfer05]

yeah this song is great one of the beast of thin lizzy

[jcdenton7]

Massacre is a great song on a great album. Even the album art on Johnny the Fox is phenomenal.

[xwakingthefallenx]

so i's chillen wit my brotha'

mista felix for shelix,

he's my main man he can

do more jumping jacks than a maniac',

[PaBasser]

This song is about how the "White Man" massacred the American Indian. Listen to the words and the drum beat, and the part at the 1:42 to 1:55 mark, which is a melody used in some western movies, when the Indians get ready for battle.

[MuIdoon]

Maybe this is where Iron Maiden got the inspiration for run to the hills.

[UltraPic]

The trooper you mean :D.

[protuberance]

Or maybe the cover of Massacre that they did.

[MultipleScrotum]

lol Yea, maybe that.

[PaBasser]

Great song from a great album and great band. Love the bass. Takes me back to 1976 in West Germany while in the Army.

[matt666heafy]

i cant decide if i prefer this version or live and dangerous version

[ynot4tony2]

Iron Maiden is my favorite band, and they covered this one. Both versions rock, and I can definitely hear Thin Lizzy's influence in other Maiden songs. Thanks for posting this.

[monkeymagoo47]

@ynot4tony2 I knew this song influenced Maiden! The first thing I thought when I heard this was "Wow, this reminds me a lot of The Trooper."

[PAULOcbi]

@ynot4tony2 too bad they passed the torch to talentless bunch `o twats like U2..rIp ThinLizzY

[AgentFour]

@ynot4tony2 - Especially Gary Moore's style with Dave Murray.

[BillyBocksfuss]

the iron maiden version sucks

[downwiththemaster]

@BillyBocksfuss fuck you

[catshumpcats3]

@BillyBocksfuss fuck off kid, A band doesn't cover a song to make it better, they do it out of respect. this was one of maidens influences, so shut the fuck up.

[midgetdrunkman]

What's this song about?

[mrfenderbenderman]

the english army killing the irish while they sleep I think

[firebee1]

charge of the light brigade I think

[mrfenderbenderman]

I really dont know, just ive heard that thats what its about,

[DUDEplayer69]

no thats 'The Trooper' by Iron Maiden

[Demilich84]

It's about the charge of the light brigade which included men of the Royal Irish Hussars and Irish Dragoons, 120 of which died. The war was to put an end to Russian expansion into Europe. Read a bloody book ffs. So the song is a tribute to the men who died, it's about the bravery of the men who took part. They knew it was certain death to charge the Russians, but they still went.

[mrfenderbenderman]

as i said in my comment,

i didnt know,

that was just what ive heard what its about,

you dont have to be an asshole about it,

its not like it clearly references it,

[Demilich84]

Apologies mate, I didn't mean to sound like an asshole.

[SerchTV]

I think is better the maiden cover, but this ROCKS!!!

[GizzleWithTheSizzle]

this song is so powerful! This is why i got myself a custom made t-shirt with Phil Lynott playing the bass

[AkpostedUp]

We need pics. D:

[Brucev7]

Another Gem from the Lads from the Emerald Isle. Peace

[Blomm4n]

A piece of pure awsomeness!:p

[dnozzle88]

ROCK!!! Lynott sure was freakishly talented!