Where Gary Moore got he remaining Lizzies together for a blast through the classics and I can safely say that Scott Gorham now looks EXACTLY like Billie Whitelaw.

I remember seeing Midge Ure in the Lizzy line up in 1980 . Phil threatened an audience member , who had spat at him . Stiff Little Fingers were support .

Good to hear the band countering Tony Visconti's claims that this album was almost totally re-recorded in the studio. Some of the recordings used on L&D were released on the Still Dangerous cd released a couple of years ago which is completely free of overdubs and on comparing the two only the odd bum note and the backing vocals have been tweaked. Mr Visconti seems overly eager to take the credit for the success of Live and Dangerous and it was good to hear the surviving band members putting the record straight.

much more than I thought it would. It's easy to forget how strange and exotic Phil was when Lizzy emerged in the mid-70s; Prince, for one, certainly owes him a debt in terms of image and stage persona. Just a crying shame that he subscribed to the clichéd rock'n'roll lifestyle and wouldn't accept help.

and although I enjoyed it and feel better informed about the band I could have done with an extra 30-45 mins at least. I wanted to know more about Lynott rather than the comings and goings of various guitarists. 'Robbo' cut a rather sad figure nursing his pint with all those horrible fruit machines flashing away behind him, I felt we never got to know what was going on with him either.

From Solo In Soho, Phil at his hard rockin' romantic best (backed in this case by er...Thin Lizzy):

A strange place that sold poor quality 2nd hand music equipment and old cameras. He cut rather an intimidating figure, but he did have amazing hair

anyone know where on the web I might borrow a copy?

..pity there weren't the resources available to the makers of this film to do the subject justice.

Within the confines of a BBC4 music doco it was a good job & well done to all concerned for doing a professional job. It was great to see the archive, especially the TOTP promo for 'Boys are back...'.

But I can't help thinking that an approach along the lines of Dr Feelgood's 'Oil City Confidential' by J Temple would have been more worthy of the subject, particularly a character like Phil Lynnot and a location & culture like the Ireland of the 60s & 70s.