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Thin Lizzy Live Album Tops Poll
- Posted on Mar 4th 2010 8:00AM by Chris Cope
It might be over 30 years old, but Thin Lizzy's seminal live album 'Live And Dangerous' has come out trumps in a public poll to find the top 40 live albums of all time.The 1978 record, winner of the vote organised by radio station Planet Rock, sees the Dubliners take on Toronto and also London's Hammersmith Odeon, playing classic tracks such as 'The Boys Are Back in Town' and 'Jailbreak.'
Phil Lynott and company beat off competition from the likes of Deep Purple, runners up with 'Made In Japan' and UFO, who took the bronze medal with 'Strangers In The Night.'
Other bands to hit the top 40 include Pink Floyd, Kiss and the Who, whose 'Live At Leeds' record landed at number four. Here's the top 20 for your browsing pleasure:
1. Thin Lizzy 'Live & Dangerous'
2. Deep Purple 'Made in Japan'
3. UFO 'Strangers in the Night
4. The Who 'Live at Leeds'
5. AC/DC 'If You Want Blood, You Got it'
6. Iron Maiden 'Live After Death'
7. Pink Floyd 'Pulse'
8. Peter Frampton 'Frampton Comes Alive'
9. KISS 'Alive'
10. Genesis 'Seconds Out'
11. Status Quo 'Live!'
12. Yes 'Yessongs'
13. Jethro Tull 'Bursting Out'
14. Hawkwind 'Space Ritual'
15. Cheap Trick 'At Budokan'
16. Wishbone Ash 'Live Dates (1973)'
17. Led Zeppelin 'The Song Remains the Same'
18. Queen 'Live Killers'
19. Rush 'All The World's a Stage'
20. Rush 'Exit Stage Left'
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wade hardin
What about THE Doors Live in New York???.Janis Joplin at Winterland.
April 16 2010 at 7:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Fran
Relax, guys! If you go on radio station Planet Rock's website, you'll see that their slogan is "The UK's Best Classic Rock Station", so of course the selections are going to be slanted towards older English and European bands. But we here in the states know better!
April 12 2010 at 8:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
ANTON
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Having seen nearly all these bands live and having or heard each live recording I as most here would make a few changes and leave a few of these off. For sure DP "Made in Japan should be #1, if you never heard it, get it. It is worth it and should be #1, being in the book of world records as the loudest band and still sounding great. Aerosmith sucked live, at least back in the 70's and early 80's, probably because of drugs. The 3 times I seen them they were booed off the stage after 2 or 3 songs. One concert at the Hollywood sportatorium someone threw a fire cracker on stage at they left. Growing up in Miami there were concerts every week back before assigned seating when you could rush the stage to get a great spot and usually held at the orange bowl. Most any album from the Filmore east was awesome, Hendrix is not listed. But all in all, Made in Japan is the best live recording ever, 3 days of rock history and the best drum solo ever with a 4 piece drum set. KILLER, KILLER, KILLER, every song rocks!!!! If you never heard it you have to get and listen to it before you can vote... HEEHEEEHEEEHEEEE!!!!!!
March 08 2010 at 8:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dirty South TV
Anton: I'm from Hollywood, born and bred (Hollywood Memorial to be precise). I went to the Hollywood Sportatorium a bunch of times. I saw Journey there (the best band I saw there), Loverboy, Aerosmith (who did suck both times I saw them. The other time was in Miami with Brian Adams-who was way way way better than anything I ever heard from him on the radio, Sammy Hager-who's crazy ass was jumping from scaffold to scaffold like a wild chimp-I was hoping he wouldn't fall to his demise that day, Aerosmith who sucked so bad I was heart broken-talk about over dosing, they were the damn poster children and Journey who was a complete and total dream to experience live), I was there the night that asshole Neal Pert came 45 minutes late in a helicopter and the entire crowd ended up getting tear-gassed because as you know, them people from South Florida don't play that disrespect game too well. Man, what a great music venue that was, it's still my favorite of all time that I got to go to. I still remember those unbelievably long lines on Hollywood Blvd going out there, but we always knew where to park, and how easy it would be to get back into that traffic after the concert/s. Man, that was back when you could get a great t-shirt for 20 bucks, and it would last years!
Clean South: If ever there was a person that could play the Allman Brothers music and make it sound even better, believe me-it's Barry Richman. It does not matter to me if you do not like the fact that I say this, or the thought that anyone could ever play better than them or any other insecurity that you may have. I have seen Barry literally hundreds and hundreds of times since 1991, and since Djando, he is THE guitar player-period, and I could care less who else knows it or not.
Have a nice "Clean" life,
Super Dirty
Dirty South TV
3 replies to Dirty South TV's comment
What knuckle-head poll is or was this?
The ENTIRE music, music creating and music loving world knows that there are only 2 albums that are on top of any credible "Best Live Album In Recorded Music History" list, and they are The Allman Brothers Live at The Filmore East and Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive. It's the oldest argument in music actually-which one of these 2 really is the best of all?
Who is this, and why are you trying to get publicity to Thin Lizzy now? There's someone's money on the line for you to make this false claim. Real people in and behind music know the truth. As for people who somehow stumble upon your fake list, I feel sorry for them.....There's nothing like bad information.
guardman305
Ted Nugent - double live Gonzo! should be right somewhere on top!
March 07 2010 at 7:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
steve sweeney
My apologies to the B.O.G live at the Fillmore.If you don't understand B.O.G,Message of Love,Machine Gun,Changes.Or how about the only man to totally master the guitar,thanks Jimi,sorry i forgot won't happen again.
March 07 2010 at 6:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
steve sweeney
O.K lets get down to buisness.#1-A.B.B at Fillmore East[if you have to ask what A.B.B means you don't know real music].#2Eric Claptons Rainbow Concert[great lineup-the most powerful rhythm on tape].#3-Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group[i reccomend Earth[Still our only Home] and Darkness/Earth in search of a Sun],volume up very high.Lynyrd Skynyrd-One more from the road-Did someone lets kick some butt,well Skynyrd it big time.Stones-get yer ya ya's out,recorded when blues meant something,don't forget a little Carol so we can ROCK-OUT before we get a little bluesy.My personnel TOP-5
March 07 2010 at 6:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
steve sweeney
You've got to be kidding with kiss.The A.B.B IS REAL MUSIC,play them blues.
March 07 2010 at 6:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Gene Ammirata
Allman Brothers "At the Fillmore"?
March 07 2010 at 5:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
TomG
yessongs should be at the top of the list, ABB (almost like ABBA) at Fillmore East next, sure Stones, Led Zep. way down the list (cuz they said it was just an alright night, RP was on something, off key), PFrampton is off the list like at the back of the cutouts box in the sky.
March 07 2010 at 5:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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