Nah. Good bands both, but "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy is the song that always reminds me the most of summer--it's a rare June indeed when at some point in the first couple of weeks I don't give "The Boys Are Back in Town" a listen. Released in 1976 on their Jailbreak album, the song peaked at #12 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100 on...July 24th.
Which, appropriately enough, would be the middle of summer.
Thin Lizzy formed in 1969 in their native Ireland. Led by frontman Phil Lynott, the band had a little more success in the U.K. than they did here in the States, though they toured often across America. Thin Lizzy broke up in 1983. Sadly, Lynott died in 1986 at the age of thirty-six from complications from both drug and alcohol abuse.
Written by Lynott, the song itself is a portrait with music--lifestyles of the young and rowdy. Lynott's joyous vocals carry the song and give it an anthemic feel. The chorus is--emaycee favorite!--repeated often and features a wondrous echo (they're also whispered at one point adding one of those little extras that make a song just that much better). But the true beauty of the song is the twin guitars which swirl like a corkscrew throughout the song, giving the portrait its raucous and rousing undertone. I'm telling you, I've been listening to this song for thirty-nine years and it never gets old.
Needless to say, "...it won't be long till summer comes...."
Enjoy:
Peace,
emaycee
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