I was watching the Live and Dangerous gig today and it struck me how damn good they are and how underated they are too. Starting out with a slight folk tinged Rock and then growing into those infamous twin guitar harmony sounds that were their trademark. In Phil Lynott they had one of the most charismatic frontmen in Rock and his lyrics were pure poetry sometimes.
You would be surprised how many tracks you know even if you think you don't know anything about them. Here is their trademark guitar sound:
Here is a track that was a little from the norm for Thin Lizzy but this really is a classic track:
They were never groundbreaking but what they did, they did so damn well. Classic rock at it's finest.