Thin Lizzy - Black Boys On The Corner (Peel Sessions '74) video free download
Lyrics & Information
This is one of the most fantastic live studio sessions of this song I think I've ever heard. Thin Lizzy made around 43 individual recordings, featuring 41 different songs, with two tracks recorded twice, for the Stuart Henry radio programme and then released via the BBC. I will be putting up more tracks from these sessions in due time. But for now rock out with this explosive rendition of Black Boys on the Corner!
Lyrics :-
Hey man what you doin?
I think I'll go on down the corner
One of the black boys said
I need none of your pity!
It's your mama that don't
Like you loose in the city
But stick about, take note
Take a tip, and take no back lip
Come a closer
Let me see you snap your fingertip
Because standing on the corner
It might suit you
Or maybe baby
Theres something else you wanna do yeah
Like rolling dice, nice!
Like shooting pool, hey thats cool
Black boy
And I don't know my proper place
I'm a little
Black boy
And I just got to play my bass
I'm a little
Black boy
And I don't recognise a face
I'm a little
Black boy
Ain't no much fun ain't no disgrace
I'm a little
[Solo and drumming]
One of the black boys said
Im a giving a warning
People been putting me down
Im so tired Im yawning
A new suit, pretty boots to boot
Im feeling slick
Gonna go to town, look around
Pull a chick
'Course standing on the corner
Might suit ya
Or maybe baby there's something else
That ya wanna do yeah
I like a playing poker
Joker
I like to back a race
Ace!
Black boy
And I don't know my proper place
I'm a little
Black boy
And I just got to play my bass
I'm a little
Black boy
And I just throw my spaded ace
I'm a little
Black boy
Won't you recognise the face
I'm a little
[Outro Solo]
Comments
9 years ago
yohodi
Loved the original...this is fkin' awesome...10 years ago
Shnarf Le Cat
Althought Nightlife is my favorite Lizzy Album...for me there are just some older Eric Bell Lizzy tracks that Gorham and Robertson could never come close to performing such as 'The Rocker' and 'Black boys on the corner'...as Eric Bell simply was Eric Bell - basically was Irelands answer to Hendrix and only Eric Bell can do Eric Bell but in saying that 'Nightlife' is my favorite all time album of any band and I feel it was one or two storming tracks away from being a world wide sensation so I have a deep love for Robbo and Gorhams style.....Can you imagine for example if the track 'Frankie Carroll' on nightlife instead had 'Johnny the fox' in it's place......then Nightlife would have been one of the best selling albums of all time10 years ago
Keith Harris
I my opinion, this is the most fantastic live studio session of this song......10 years ago
Keith Harris
This is raw lizzy before they went mainstream so to speak....I liked the band as soon as I first heard this track on the Peel show "or was it on the tommy Vance radio slot" way back in 74..... Is it too late to get the track in this untouched Vance format out there? cos it still sounds great even after all these years.....10 years ago
Lena Stamenkovic
#ThinLizzy Black Boys On The Corner (Peel Sessions '74) ← THE BEST version I've ever heard. And #ScottGorham amazing as usual!11 years ago
Tod Kener
THIN LIZZYBLACK BOY ON THE CORNER12 years ago
Ryan Sweeney
And another...Thin Lizzy - Black Boys On The Corner (Peel Sessions '74)13 years ago
KTEELKTEEL
Fuckin' shit hot stuff!!! RAAAAAAW POWER!13 years ago
spideyjiri
im 16 and i fucking adore this epic band theyr just so real! srry 4 my english xP im a finnish 16 year old gimme a break xD anyway 1 everyone should love this band!13 years ago
geht nixan
einfach nur WOW . Thank you, never heard this version before. Dance :)13 years ago
kuejay
nice peel session are so diff from album versions. life without thin lizzy-i dont think so14 years ago
liamnag01
Leave it to Downey to take up another notch Powerful Stuff14 years ago
Chamomileable
@Studas2006 wouldn't you just love to see a resurgence of this crazy awesome music? god i wish people would see the light, don't you?14 years ago
JtheBs
I've been looking for this version of this song for over 35 years!!! Saw Lizzy play with Gary Moore in very early '74 at Bracknell stadium (a fantastic gig, one of the very best I've ever seen) and this is the version they played. Heard it briefly on the radio shortly after (must have been this session) but I haven't heard it since. Thanks a million for posting it!14 years ago
backthisway
4th april is Gary's birthday too ! Great version. He had only had Green's les paul a few months here.14 years ago
99theinvertedmoron
thats what im doing! just enjoying all the stuff you uploaded. Dont be shy and keep up all the good work. there's always people who will feel defensive about things they may not be too sure about. Personally I think they will end up missing out an awful lot!. the stuff you are posting is pure joy. BTW, some of the Peel sessions (J. the Fox, Bad Rep) they sound like karaoke-d to a backing track dont they? probably they hated loud amps (in order to get the crunch) in radio studios. :(14 years ago
sbyrne1
Exactly. I've had quite a few people say they love or hate this. But in my opinion 2 versions of the same song is always a bonus. I like to upload a lot of their early stuff. So feel free to have a look round my channel. Thanks again friend!14 years ago
99theinvertedmoron
no objections to Moore at all. Just enjoying myself a lot. I like both and its actually amazing to see how quickly Gary made the songs 'his' . Cheers cheers cheers. this is really cool14 years ago
sbyrne1
Hey bud thanks for all your comments! Yeah the exact date is the 4th April 1974. Eric Bell had left on New Year's eve 1973. So it's great to hear Moore doing these songs, he manages to keep the same vein of the song but spices it up a little. I've no doubt Bell would have been the best for these studio sessions but thats only my opinion cos he did the original song. Glad you're enjoying the stuff!14 years ago
99theinvertedmoron
Thanks so much for this mate! do you know the actual date of this? CheersRelated Videos
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