ludurigan Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Why on Earth has Axl Rose never covered anything from Thin Lizzy or Phil Lynott? Or has he? Axl has said that Phil Lynott "saved his life" (or something along those lines) -- meaning that Lynott's/Lizzy music was very important to him Axl has got the Black Rose tattoo on his arm that he always wanted to show to Phil Lynott Axl wore a Thin Lizzy shirt on GNR's first major TV appearance on TV -- which, most likely, wasn't by chance -- and, after all these years, probably lead literally millions of people to listen to Thin Lizzy To make matters easy, Slash seems to like Thin Lizzy Slash has covered Jaibreak, Are You Ready and Cold Sweat live and he has even helped Ace Frehley to record a studio cover of Emerald Even the alien that plays guitar for the threeunion has played on the Lynott-less version of Thin Lizzy, right? Even one of the kids from One Direction is covering Lizzy these days! So why hasnt Axl Rose ever sung any Thin Lizzy or Phil Lynott song live? Or has he? Why hasnt Axl ever recorded any song from Lizzy/Phil? Why oh why hasn't Axl fucking Rose recorded a full album of Phil Lynott songs -- "The Irishman Incident", anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klay Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 That's a good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) Because nothing can ever be as cool as a black Irishman. I met Lynotts mother once, a real lady. Edited June 27, 2017 by Powderfinger Grammar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Gunner Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 maybe he considers that every song is a masterpiece and a masterpiece cannot be recreated? im personally not a huge fan. i mean i dig thin lizzy but definitely not my favorite... i just think that if axl fuckin loves every single song he might not wanna fuck with it... same way i would never ever try to cover anything off of afd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 dont forget thin lizzy where also GNRs support band in the uk(ricky warwick on vocals not lynott) i cant see it happening now after metallica have covered a lizzy song. with the beef between GNR and metallica they wont want to be seen as following in them dullards footsteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Slash and Axl doing Cold Sweat, fucking hell that'd be amazing... Also, since they're bringing back some of the old intro's and they seem to love adding more covers, Parisienne Walkways as an intro to Sweet Child would be really cool. Keep the blues jam/Johnny B. Goode and shorten or swap the Godfather for the Lizzy intro. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketfoot Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 20 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said: Slash and Axl doing Cold Sweat, fucking hell that'd be amazing... That would definitely be my choice if they ever covered Lizzy, fucking amazing tune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, bucketfoot said: That would definitely be my choice if they ever covered Lizzy, fucking amazing tune. Thunder & Lightning or This Is The One would be great too. Fight Or Fall would be really cool if they did it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketfoot Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said: Thunder & Lightning or This Is The One would be great too. Fight Or Fall would be really cool if they did it right. Yeah, Thunder & Lightning would be amazing, definitely, Killer On The Loose as well. Any of those could easily be Guns songs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default_ Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I dont know about Axl but your thread made me realize how fuckin important is Thin Lizzy to my life too. We will be Strong. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketfoot Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Are You Ready would be fucking incredible as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Cowboy Song would be my pick for a Guns cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hollywood Gunner said: maybe he considers that every song is a masterpiece and a masterpiece cannot be recreated? im personally not a huge fan. i mean i dig thin lizzy but definitely not my favorite... i just think that if axl fuckin loves every single song he might not wanna fuck with it... same way i would never ever try to cover anything off of afd that makes a lot of sense i think axl would do great versions anyway... not sure today... but surely anytime 1985-1994 the other day i was listening to "hey you" and noticed it has some theme/lyrics similarities to "jungle" and "move to the city" "got to give it up" also has a bit of theme/lyrics similarities to "bad obsession" and "brownstone" best thing is that (please someone correct if i am wrong) most of lizzy songs can be sung in low voice -- that would fit axl today can you imagine axl singing these tracks? Edited June 27, 2017 by ludurigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Hollywood Gunner said: maybe he considers that every song is a masterpiece and a masterpiece cannot be recreated? im personally not a huge fan. i mean i dig thin lizzy but definitely not my favorite... i just think that if axl fuckin loves every single song he might not wanna fuck with it... same way i would never ever try to cover anything off of afd i was never a big fan of Thin Lizzy cos all i ever heard was The Boys Are Back in Town but hearing more of Phil and loving Gary Moore....RIP both men...i have a better liking for Thin Lizzy. so if Axl ever does a cover just please don't let it be TBABIT! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) Richard could play the lead guitar on those songs because he was in Thin Lizzy for some time Edited June 27, 2017 by Sosso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lies They Tell Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I'm sure there's a whole lot of artists that Axl loves, but has never covered. There doesn't have to be a specific reason for that. It just hasn't happened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stress Fracture Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Let's not encourage more covers... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie82 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 10 hours ago, Gordon Comstock said: Slash and Axl doing Cold Sweat, fucking hell that'd be amazing... 9 hours ago, bucketfoot said: Are You Ready would be fucking incredible as well. What they said, although some people could have a heart attack if GNR include more covers to their setlist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 i hear they are planning the lasagna occurence. Spoiler made ya look! hope no one had a heart attack and thought that was real 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 12 hours ago, Stress Fracture said: Let's not encourage more covers... they could replace live and let die and knocking on heavens door and the seeker, right? imagine this one... and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEiVBdhiVs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, ludurigan said: they could replace live and let die and knocking on heavens door and the seeker, right? imagine this one... and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEiVBdhiVs wow. you just gave me a wonderful gift with that first song..still think about you. it is awesome. thank you Edited June 27, 2017 by AxlsFavoriteRose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzi your illusion Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Massive Thin Lizzy fan here, I have the Bad Reputation album cover tattooed on my forearm. I have always thought "Do What You Wanna Do" from Black Rose was probably a personal anthem for Axl and a big reason why he gravitated towards Black Rose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, uzi your illusion said: Massive Thin Lizzy fan here, I have the Bad Reputation album cover tattooed on my forearm. I have always thought "Do What You Wanna Do" from Black Rose was probably a personal anthem for Axl and a big reason why he gravitated towards Black Rose. that makes sense... if your thoughts are correct, that song must have been a sort of revelation for axl. another great one that he could cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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