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Thin Lizzy: Thunder and Lightning

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Vertigo Records
Released: 1983.03.01
Time:
 40:37
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.thinlizzyonline.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2000.03.07
Price in €: 5,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Thunder and Lightning (Downey/Lynott) - 4:54
[2] This Is the One (Lynott/Wharton) - 4:03
[3] Sun Goes Down (Lynott/Wharton) - 6:18
[4] Holy War (Lynott) - 5:11
[5] Cold Sweat (Lynott/Sykes) - 3:06
[6] Someday She Is Going to Hit Back (Downey/Lynott/Wharton) - 4:05
[7] Baby Please Don't Go (Lynott) - 5:08
[8] Bad Habits (Gorham/Lynott) - 4:04
[9] Heart Attack (Gorham/Lynott/Wharton) - 3:39

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


PHIL LYNOTT - Bass, Vocals
SNOWY WHITE - Guitar
JOHN SYKES - Guitar
BRIAN DOWNEY - Drums
SCOTT GORHAM - Guitar
DARREN WHARTON - Keyboards, Vocals

CHRIS LUDWINSKY - Engineer
CHRIS TSANGARIDES - Engineer
ANDREW WARWICK - Engineer
EDDIE SHREYER - Digital Remastering
BRIAN SLAGEL - Digital Remastering
BOB ELSDALE - Photography
DENIS O'REGAN - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


For this album Thin Lizzy went all out and recorded what is arguably the heaviest album in their career, partially due to the intricate guitar work of John Sykes (who would later work with Whitesnake and form his own group called Blue Murder). Phil Lynott's voice is in top form on the album, which contains "Holy Wars," "Cold Sweat," and "Baby Please Don't Go."

John Book - All Music Guide



Was kann diese Band für Superlative auf sich vereinigen! Im Verlauf ihrer knapp fünfzehnjährigen Karriere haben Thin Lizzy nicht nur die doppelläufige Gitarrenarbeit, die später Metal-Ikonen wie Judas Priest oder Iron Maiden nachdrücklich beeinflussen sollte, perfektioniert, sondern ebenfalls eine ganz neue Art des Songwritings geprägt. Phil Lynott, Basser, Sänger und Hauptsongschreiber in Personalunion drückte jeder Veröffentlichung der Band seinen ganz ureigenen Stempel auf. Ob zerbrechlich oder gnadenlos agressiv, Lynott beherrschte geradezu spielerisch leicht alle Facetten des modernen Hard Rocks. Zwar avancierten Thin Lizzy nie zum großen Aushängeschild der Rockszene, aber ihr enormer Einfluß ist unbestritten. Vielleicht wurden sie das Opfer der eigenen Progressivität, denn ihr abwechslungsreiches Songmaterial - heute das größte Lob, das man einem Künstler machen kann - war seiner Zeit weit voraus. Thunder And Lightning war das letzte Studioalbum, das die Band vor ihrem Split veröffentlichte, und es zeigt Thin Lizzy in absoluter Hochform. Mit John Sykes hatte man sich einen bis dato recht unbekannten Gitarristen in die Band geholt und verdankt dieser Frischzellenkur Kracher wie den Titelsong, das speedige "Cold Sweat" oder "Heart Attack". Da Sykes auch in der Lage war, weitaus akzentuierteres Material wie das poppige "Baby Please Don´t Go", das Groove-orientierte "The Holy War" oder die düstere Ballade "The Sun Goes Down" brillant in Szene zu setzen und sich auch Lynott letztmalig aufraffen konnte, ein durchgehend starkes Album abzuliefern, steht Thunder And Lightning auch heute noch ganz oben in den Alltime Heavy Metal-Charts. Alles ein Verdienst des früher kritisierten, aber auch heute noch packenden Songwritings von Phil Lynott, der am 4. Januar 1986 an einer Überdosis verstarb.

Thomas Kupfer - Amazon.de
 

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THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

Locked up in the classroom waiting for a break
Down to the studio knocking the gate
Into the alley meet up with the boys
Waiting for the weekend to make a little noise

Thunder is strong, lightning is death
Kicking the girls and it's starting to blast
Sweeter than the heavens and the fate means stumble
But it's Saturday night and every night is small

Like thunder and lightning
god damn, it's so exciting
It hits you like a hammer
god damn

It was Saturday night I was ready for the dance
My girl walked in the door holding another guys hand
He look six foot six you know to my mind
I was taking baby little sugar and took her outside

I was madder than hell and fit to burn
This guy would break a leg before but now he's got to run
Standing in the corner giving him a bruise
You can keep your lover honey, but he's got to pay the bill

When I crazy started walking it was Saturday night
I was dressed to kill I was doing alright
Alright in the middle of the night
I wasn't ready for a rumble but the mood was right

You've got to believe absolutely this way
I said love that's the price you have to pay
Then the going gets tough up against the wall
When you bring your heavy racket then I'd rather have a ball

We started to rumble and stumble
It is we were rocking and rolling and rolling
I fumbled and started to win
When the greater than wicked then I hit him again

I hit him again and I couldn't hit him anymore
My head was all black and blue and my jaw was sore
Sweeter than the heavens and like a frightening stumble
It was Saturday night when every rock was stormed


THIS IS THE ONE

I've got to find an occupation
I've got to get myself employed
It's a bad situation
My brain was destroyed

I've got to find a new vocation
I feel it burning down inside
Such a low down abrasion hurt inside
That's why I lost some pride

I hear it, I know it, I touch it, I feel it, I see it
So dead I will be gone
I can feel it in my bones
This is the one

I've got a bad situation
I can feel it feeling up inside
Got a certain reputation
Outside outside

I've got lover situation
I can feel it building to my soul
Helpless, helpless situation
I feel it in my soul


THE SUN GOES DOWN

There is a demon among us
Who soul belongs in hell
Sent here to redeem us
She knows it all too well

He comes and goes, he comes and goes
She knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down

She tries her best to leave him
But she is still capture by his spell
She knows now she must deceive him
He knows it all to well

She comes and goes, she comes and goes
He knows it all too well
But when all is said and done
The sun goes down

There is a demon within us
The sun goes down
She tries her best to deceive him
The sun goes down


HOLY WAR

If you will adore me
Bow before me and praise my name
If you place no god before me
Then all I have is yours to claim

And if God is in the heavens
Why did God let children die
If you don't ask these questions
There is no reasons why

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

All the visions shown before you
All the kingdoms and the thrones
All are yours if you bow before me and adore me
All this you can own

There are those that will go to Heaven
There are those that will never win
No one knows what will happen
There are those that turn to sin

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

(Solo)

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

We are chosen

The devil is in hell with the demons
This is the Holy War

They lead us to our temptation
Lead us, take our souls
There is no evil in salvation
There is evil in us all

Just as Satan tempted Jesus
And Jesus slips and falls
He is a station on The Cross now
He is dying to save us all

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

We are chosen
We are one
We are frightened of no one
And no one will win this war
This is the way
This is the law

If God is in Heaven, won't You save me now
Oh Lord forgive them for what they've done
Lost children of Babylon
Oh Allah oh no oh no (?)

This is the Holy War


COLD SWEAT

I put my money in the suitcase
And headed for the big race
I felt a chill on my backbone
As I hung up the telephone

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
To lose means trouble, to win pays double
And I got me a heavy bet

Cold, cold sweat

They say chances on the outside
Are looking very slim
I've been so lucky on the inside
I feel I'm going to win

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
Take a little money, there's nothing left to lose
And I got me a heavy bet

Cold, cold sweat

I've got me a whole month's wages
I haven't seen that much in ages
I might spend it in stages
And move out to Las Vegas

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Running down the back of my neck
To lose means trouble, to win means double
And I got me a heavy bet

Cold, cold sweat

I put my money in the suitcase
They say chances on the outside
I got a whole months wages

Stone cold sober and stone cold sweat
Stone cold crazy
Place another bet


SOMEDAY SHE IS GOING TO HIT BACK

Woman don't like it - hurting her this way
Someday she is going to hit back
The woman don't like me in her own way
Someday she is going to hit back
Woman don't like it - treating her like this
Someday she is going to hit back
The woman she don't love the lonely
Someday she is going to hit back

Woman don't like it - begging on her knees
Someday she is going to hit back
Oh please, please, don't desert me
Someday she is going to hit back
Woman don't like it - treating her this way
Someday she is going to hit back
There is tenderness in the heart of the lonely
Someday she is going to hit back

(Solo)
Someday she is going to hit back (4 times)
Woman don't like it (4 times)
Someday she is going to hit back (4 times)

She feels so lonely
Woman don't like it
She feels so blue
Woman don't like it
He has lost her now
Woman don't like it
Oh... woman, you knew what she could do
Woman don't like it

Woman don't like it - says it has to stop
Someday she is going to hit back
The woman she says she doesn't love me
Someday she is going to hit back
Woman don't like it - the woman don't say a lot
Someday she is going to hit back
With one last kiss she leaves him lonely
Someday she is going to hit back


BABY PLEASE DON'T GO

I tried to warn you baby
I tried to tell you I was down
Oh yeah yeah

You would not listen baby
You would not hel pme when I was down
Oh no no

He tells her "Doesn't anybody understand I love her?"
That girl she holds my heart in her hands
Oh baby, oh baby baby baby baby

Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Baby please don't go
Oh no no no no no
Baby please don't go

I tried to warn you baby
I tried to tell you "Don't let me down"
Oh no no

You would not listen baby
Baby you would not leave me go down
Oh no no

He tells her there is foolish there is wise
The young ones hold their heart up to the skies
And dance the night away

There is foolish, there is wise
There is anger in his tone
There is truth behind the lies
His heart has turned to stone

Wherever you may be, he loves her
Wherever you may stand
He loves her in this land

Baby please don't go
Don't hurt me so
Don't leave me now
Baby please don't go


BAD HABITS

I seen you walking down the street with another man
Girl you're really shocking
I seen you walking down the street with another hand
Held in your stockings

Boys will be boys and girls will be trouble
And I'm a man of bad habits
I seen you walking down the street with another man
Girl I had to have it

Bad habits
Bad habits
Bad habits

You and I we should meet
Yeah, you and I we should get together
Me and you and I should meet
In the rain and stormy weather

Bad habits
Bad habits
Bad habits

No messing around
Now's the time to start

Boys will be boys and girls will be trouble
And I'm a man of bad habits
I seen you walking down the street with another girl
Man I had to have it

I know it gets into your brain
Sometimes it dribbles and goes in your veins
I tell you this boys is the same
This boy's got bad habits

You and I should meet
You and I we should get together
You and I, you know we should meet
Hey babe, check it out the stormy weather

Bad habits
I got bad habits
I got bad habits


HEART ATTACK

Mama I'm dying of a heart attack, heart attack, heart attack
I love that girl but she don't love me back
My girl she tells me that we're breaking up, breaking up, breaking up
My heart can't handle the strain that's shaking it

She tried to tell me no so long ago
I would not listen but now I know

Papa I'm drinking for an overload, overload, overload
The gun in my pocket is all ready to explode
Papa I'm dying of an overdose, overdose, overdose
I tried to warn you don't come too close

I tried to tell you way back when we were young
I tried to warn you there was something wrong
Mama I'm dying
Oh Papa I'm dying, dying

Heart attack

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