The Rocker (5:16)
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“The Rocker” is a song by Irish rock group Thin Lizzy, included on their 1973 album Vagabonds of the Western World. It was also released as a single in an edited format, the original album track stretching to 5:17, most of the extra length being taken up by an extended guitar solo by Eric Bell. There is an accompanying promo video to the song which features Gary Moore recorded during his short spell with the band during 1974.
The B-side of the single in most territories was the album track “Here I Go Again”, but in Germany the non-album track “A Ride in the Lizzy Mobile” was featured. This track later appeared on the 4CD box set Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels as “Cruising in the Lizzy Mobile”.
The single failed to chart in the UK, but reached #11 in Ireland. However, it became a live favourite and was the final track on the band’s 1978 live album Live and Dangerous.
Recently, the song was remixed for the PlayStation 3 video game Gran Turismo 5: Prologue.
The B-side of the single in most territories was the album track “Here I Go Again”, but in Germany the non-album track “A Ride in the Lizzy Mobile” was featured. This track later appeared on the 4CD box set Vagabonds, Kings, Warriors, Angels as “Cruising in the Lizzy Mobile”.
The single failed to chart in the UK, but reached #11 in Ireland. However, it became a live favourite and was the final track on the band’s 1978 live album Live and Dangerous.
Recently, the song was remixed for the PlayStation 3 video game Gran Turismo 5: Prologue.
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wanderer44 wrote:
Born a Rocker !!! Die a Rocker !!!!!
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rosgoill wrote:
GREAT \m/
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Marciodnmoraes wrote:
O solo é muito fodastico :D
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Zero-74 wrote:
great solo
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purple-dirk wrote:
Lizzy the Rocker ...
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cansiu wrote:
i think its live in berlin 197something
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Mikja57 wrote:
This version isnt on my copy of 'Dedication'......... Wish it was :-(
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supersorina wrote:
Awesome guitar play...;-))
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andygore1 wrote:
what an absolutely f*****g brilliant version by king phil :-))
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slipstream3 wrote:
grew up with this, thank the fucks it was there otherwise i would have killed myself.
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NisseEriksson wrote:
Eric Bells sick solo rocks my socks off. Great song.
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phthoggos wrote:
that guitar tone is completely nuts. it just jumps out of the speakers.
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rosgoill wrote:
GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT 2 !
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psykotronik wrote:
great !
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DekeDastardly wrote:
Just about the best opening riff ever. Thank God i'm hearing the album version which though long is so much better than the truncated single version, the incredible Eric Bell solo is so important to the context. Never ever fails to get the adrenaline up.
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RAYJAY999 wrote:
Dont makem any better than this !!
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GERRYGUITAR wrote:
Phil Lynott obviously influenced by Jimi Hendrix... with the Rock Voice-over thing.... a fantastic Bass guitarist who complemented every guitarist from Eric Bell through to Gary Moore and that pretty-boy American Scott Gorham! A fantastic band to have seen live... I saw them twice , once as a three piece with Bell and as a four piece with Gary Moore and Scott Gorham. Tasty!!!
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settlehead wrote:
The solo kicks my ass every time.
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laikath wrote:
mmmhhh...<<<~~~<<<
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michciu4 wrote:
amazing solo!!!
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