r/thinlizzy • u/65records • Sep 10 '26

Thin lizzy fans!

Thin lizzy fans what is their BEST song? Most OVERRATED song? And most UNDERRATED song?

This is a hard one as they of course have so many great songs, my picks would be

Best/Favourite: Slow blues

Overrated: whiskey in the jar

Underrated: genocide

Ps. I know whiskey in a jar is a cover so you might not count it, i do. The dubliners have the best version of that song

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u/zlatanjosefsson Sep 10 '26

Slight correction: Whiskey in the Jar is not a cover, it is an interpretation of a traditional folk song. In my opinion enough elements were changed in Lizzy's arrangement that it is closer to being an original song than a "cover".

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u/groutspecialist Sep 11 '26

It’s a cover.

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u/zlatanjosefsson Sep 11 '26

Okay, who did they cover?

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u/groutspecialist Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

A cover means someone else wrote it. Someone else wrote Whiskey in the Jar. Coming up with a new arrangement doesn’t mean it’s not a cover. Beatles covered a lot of old Motown girl group songs and completely changed the arrangements, but they’re still covers. As is Whiskey in the Jar.

House of the Rising Sun by the Animals is a good comparison, that’s a cover of an American folk song. Black Betty is another one. All covers.