Quadruple S Rank Dedication The Boys Are Back In Town Toughest Street in Town Jailbreak The Rocker Whiskey in the Jar Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight) Little Girl in Bloom Vagabond of the Western World A Song for While I'm Away Sisters of Mercy Waiting for an Alibi Got to Give it Up Growing Up The Holy War Old Town A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer Song for Jesse Triple S Rank Romeo and the Lonely Girl Running Back Don't Believe a Word Massacre Johnny Military Man Black Rose One Wish Thunder and Lightning Cold Sweat Freedom Song Gay Boys Mama Nature Said The Hero and the Madman We Will Be Strong My Sarah Double S Rank Rosalie Cowboy Song Fats Hollywood (Down On Your Luck) S&M No One Told Him Heart Attack Bad Habits S Rank Mexican Blood Little Darling Parisienne Walkways Baby Please Don't Go Cruising in the Lizzy Mobile The Pressure Will Blow Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed Southbound Do Anything You Want To Renegade Sweetheart Are You Ready? Cathleen Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo) Angel from the Coast Out in the Fields Remembering Pt 2 Gonna Creep Up on You Suicide Philomena For Those Who Love To Live Randolph's Tango Still in Love With You Crime Rate A Tribute to Sandy Denny It's Only Money Chinatown The Sun Goes Down Hey You Soldier of Fortune Fight or Fall Nineteen Sarah Emerald Angel of Death Someday She is Going to Hit Back Billy Why Do You Love Your Guns? A Rank This is the One King's Call Don't Play Around Bad Reputation Sugar Blues Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love) King's Vengeance Buffalo Gal Sha La La Wild One Speed King Borderline Fools Gold Derby Blues She Cries I Still Think of You Having a Good Time Hate Black Boys on the Corner Bound for Glory All Hell Breaks Loose Runaway Hey Judas A Child's Lullaby Right to be Wrong Ain't the End of the World Silver Dollar With Love Silas Rat Bird of Paradise Can't Get Away Harlem Honesty is No Excuse Things Ain't Working Out Down at the Farm Wings of Fire Call the Police The Farmer No More Killer on the Loose Solo in Soho She Knows Half Caste The Man's a Fool Long Road Don't Talk About Me Baby Together B Rank The Lady Loves to Dance Return of the Farmer's Son Boogie Woogie Dance That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart Ode to a Black Man Kissin' the Ground Just the Two of Us Tennessee Stud Banshee Showdown Step Into Your Shoes Fatalistic Attitude Gino Kingdom of the Lost Opium Trail Cold War Love Blackmail Underneath the Afterglow I Don't Want To Forget How To Jive Dancing with the Wrong Girl Jelly Roll Bloodshot Before the War Rockula (Rock Your Love) Girls Trouble Boys Under the Sun Heavy Fire What's The Matter Baby Valley of the Kings Downtown Sundown Blues Ain't So Bad Riot The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle A Merry Jingle Chatting Today Yellow Pearl v1 Yellow Pearl v2 Leaving Town Bass Solo Sing Children Sing Shades of a Blue Orphanage It's Getting Dangerous C Rank Ode to Liberty (The Protest Song) Look What the Wind Blew In Ballad of a Hard Man Diddy Levine Flyaway Broken Dreams Blue Murder Eire Spanish Guitar Dear Heart Me and the Boys Another State of Grace Gone Are the Days Killer Without a Cause Frankie Carroll Hoodoo Voodoo Charlie I Gotta Go Saga of the Ageing Orphan Revolution (People Get Ready) D Rank The Spirit of Man Baby Face Who Rides the Tiger Soldier in the Ghetto Ptolemy Sex Child True Blue Kid When the Night Comes In Cold Black Night F Rank Remembering Pt 1 Blues Boy Freedom Comes

This is a song writen by Phil about himself. He's witnessing his own decline in health due to the rock n roll lifestyle, and the chorus I remember him when were young telling him of the risk of that rock n roll lifestyle might actually catch up with you one day, and warning Phil of the dangers. But at that time Phil probably laughed it off. But now by 1981 when this song was recorded, Phil realised now his health isn't in such great shape, so he some how is able to rise above it and write a song called Its Getting Dangerous, because his situation is getting dangerous, and he only lived 4 or 5 more years. The song has deeper lyrics than is credited. I think its worthy of a much higher ranking, certainly higher than Rockula (Rock Your Love) It's miles better than that. But another great Thin Lizzy Thursday Greg. Thanks again 😊

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

I do respect the song more hearing everyone's interpretation of the lyrics. Thanks as always for your insight!

@quolizzy1554

3 ай бұрын

​@@gregtroyanyour welcome bud, have a nice weekend 👍

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

@@quolizzy1554 You too!

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

I respect it more as well....because I know it's not about Gary Moore or about Philip himself. Want proof? Go to Scott Gorham who co-wrote it with Phil. Now, you may say, Scott was mainly involved in the music side of writing, but he does know what Philip had in mind here lyrically.

Lyrically, one of the most honest and self biographical of Lynotts lyrics. The story of the position he was at that time of his life.

This is probably my favourite song from Renegade. I think it's one of the best integrations of synths into the band. Brian Downey is stellar, and I think the chorus is very strong and really well supported by the keyboards. Lyrically it's patchy but it does have some very good lines, and Phil's vocal really sells them. It's about someone who has an older wiser friend who looked out for him when they were growing up, but hard times have made that person into someone cold and ruthless no longer recognises. Someone who has gained materially but lost his humanity, the very danger he is talking about in the beginning. Whether Phil was looking internally and musing on some of the choices he made along the way, I don't know.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure we agree on the strength of the chorus, but I do like your view of the lyrics. That, combined with elzorro's will help me a lot when I re-listen to this piece.

This was written at the time he seperated from his wife and lost contact with his kids and fell out with some of his old friends. He lived in Kew in London on his own surrounded by hangers on. His addictions 'The Danger' is taking control. 'The Rain the sleet the snow' the drugs. His solo career, sees him 'A little Thinner' - less of Lizzy career. I have a feeling the person who he remembers 'way back then...when we were young' was Gary Moore. Gary would always try and lecture Philip about drugs and the danger they lead him too.

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

Don't be that guy that thinks everything Philip wrote was autobiographical. No offense, but you couldn't be more wrong here.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

Great analysis of the lyrics! I'll have to revisit the song with that context in mind. I think it'll make me appreciate it more.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

@@Michael----- I dunno, I can see where he's coming from with this piece in particular. That makes a lot of sense to me and is a great read of the song, IMO.

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

​@@gregtroyanI appreciate his personal interpretation. It can be about what ever he wants it to be about.

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

I did come off crabby here. I apologize. No wrong interpretations in art! I defend his take!

I thought the lyrics were great and very heartfelt from Phil. Thought the drum fills were good also. This is an altogether different sound from Lizzy but Phil could spring a few surprises and this was one of them. It worked imo and it's certainly grown on me over the years.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

I'm hoping it grows on me too. A lot of the comments here are helping shine a new light on it for me.

This is a fantastic track, one of my favourites from a great album imo.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

One of my least favorites from a great album, but still a good track.

I actually think B rank is a fair slot for this song. It's fine, but it isn't blowing any skirts up. Greg putting No One Told Him in Double S made him realize Renegade does have some songs not worthy of writing home about.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

Renegade has a lot of songs I love. This one I just like.

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

​​​@@gregtroyanI like Renegade as an album also. I said B rank is fair here. Now, there is no way in hell this song deserves to be way above Killer Without A Cause. Your C rank is a complete dumpster fire.

While this doesn’t indicate every song was autobiographical or about a person Phil knew, it certainly was part of his repertoire. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eax7pNOoddqWZ7A.htmlsi=gCHMS_A8GJL2U-9q

I like the bridge!

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

The bridge is cool.

I strongly disagree. No way this is below Shades. I think it’s very strong lyrically. As mentioned previously I too think Phil was perhaps at least thinking about Gary in these lyrics. The falling out they had over the drug use. Musically I think it’s strong. Not every song has to be a pop song. I’m guessing you don’t like Mozart as he didn’t have catchy choruses! 😊

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

Mozart was one of the poppiest composers of his day. His work is know for being deceptively simple and focusing on repeating strong melodies to ingrain the musical motifs in the heads of his listeners. Of all of the classical composers, one could argue he is one of the closest to traditional pop music.

@patrickcatlett2981

3 ай бұрын

@@gregtroyan I often find myself humming the chorus to The Jupiter Symphony 😀

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

Schumann>>>>>Mozart

@Michael-----

3 ай бұрын

Well damn, comment removed, no Schumann love here. I see how it is. The insane composers and commenters get shunned.😙😏

It's never a good sign when Greg starts popping cough drops mid-reaction. Overall Greg seemed annoyed with this song. I basically feel the same way about it. I would never choose to listen to this song over any other.

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

Hey, when you gotta cough, you gotta cough!

Bottom of B rank?!?! I’m going to have some strong disagreements on this one…

@gregtroyan

3 ай бұрын

Looking forward to your commentary!