Hannah, my sister, bought me this book for Yuletide. Thanks, Hannah!
Having been on a longer than usual break from reading, I’m looking for’ard to getting stuck in to this! This isn’t a review of the book, obviously. How could it be, not having read it yet!? It gets glowing reviews. But I’ve found that’s not necessarily any guarantee I’ll like something!
Interesting that it’s named for a Lizzy fan favourite which, whilst perfectly good in a ‘standard fare’ way, is far from a being a favourite of mine. Were I to write a Lynott biog it’d prob’ be called Still In Love With You. Partly ‘cause that’s a blindingly brilliant song, and partly because it perfectly captures both how I feel about Lynott, and also the plaintive poetic heartache that makes a lot of his and Lizzy’s best music so good.
It’s that aspect I love most, about Thin Lizzy, in addition to their perhaps more usually celebrated rock n roll bombast. And then there’s Phil’s solo stuff. I don’t really know Solo In Soho very well (writing this has prompted me to remedy that, by ordering it off Amazon!). But I’ve long known and loved The Phil Lynott Album. A true classic, on which his mellower muse is allowed freer rein than it is on the final few Lizzy albums.
* I hope Theo K does actually dig Lizzy, and it’s not just a ‘funky tee’ thang!?