499. More Thin Lizzy

I've just spent some time watching/listening to this song. Wow. It's amazing to me how I could hear a song hundreds of times and never really listen to it. Listening to Classic Rock radio for years allows you to sing along to this song, but have you really heard it?

The first thing I noticed is that the chord pattern is really unusual. Also, the song has a unique rhythm, and the vocal kind of swerves around on top of it, like a car on a slippery highway. The singer shows a high level of comfort with losing his place and finding it again, telling a story about nothing in particular.

The words are really nothing much, which makes me think that this band is kind of a "party" band. I don't know any of their other material, so I wonder if they wrote music with any serious lyrical content. Not that the words aren't perfect for the song. Who cares what it's about when it rocks as hard as it does? The words really fit the "funness" of the song. When I watch and listen, it's clear that they are having a good time.

Watching their performances makes me think that they weren't a typical 1970's rock band. They have an edge, which perhaps shows an early metal or punk vibration. The crowds don't sit and sway in a drug-induced trance, but bounce up and down and slam up against the stage. The band doesn't bite its lips and roll its eyes back into their heads, reaching for ecstasy. They are right there, playing those instruments, singing those words, in your face, whatever.

I am now officially a fan. This is a great song. Way juicier than #500.