Comments on: Shades of a Blue Orphanage http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:24:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: anarchaeologist http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73877 anarchaeologist Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:08:55 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73877 Conor got there before me but Eric Bell was in the last Them line-up before Van went solo. He then played in a band called Shades of Blue, where Lynott and Downey had been in Orphanage, hence the title of the second Lizzy album. I wonder if they would've continued in the same direction if they hadn't had the hit with Whiskey... just after Orphanage was released? The photograph Conor kindly posted is certainly iconic. That part of the Green hasn't changed to this day and the shot expresses something of the 'us against them' vibe you get in bands, in this case the 'them' being the Dublin rain evident in the silly umbrella and the light reflecting on the footpath in front of the boys. Conor got there before me but Eric Bell was in the last Them line-up before Van went solo. He then played in a band called Shades of Blue, where Lynott and Downey had been in Orphanage, hence the title of the second Lizzy album.

I wonder if they would’ve continued in the same direction if they hadn’t had the hit with Whiskey… just after Orphanage was released? The photograph Conor kindly posted is certainly iconic. That part of the Green hasn’t changed to this day and the shot expresses something of the ‘us against them’ vibe you get in bands, in this case the ‘them’ being the Dublin rain evident in the silly umbrella and the light reflecting on the footpath in front of the boys.

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73874 Conor McCabe Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:47:27 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73874 Had a quick goo on Wikipedia and yeah there was a Them link alright. Had a quick goo on Wikipedia and yeah there was a Them link alright.

]]> By: Brian Hanley http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73871 Brian Hanley Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:52:15 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73871 Weren't a couple of the band ex-members of Them? Weren’t a couple of the band ex-members of Them?

]]> By: ec http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73869 ec Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:21:01 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73869 Never checked out thin Lizzy much beyond the obvious. This is really great. And yeah - I can hear the Wilco in it (coming from under the Van). Never checked out thin Lizzy much beyond the obvious. This is really great. And yeah - I can hear the Wilco in it (coming from under the Van).

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73861 Conor McCabe Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:49:06 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73861 Yeah I noticed that as well Seán. A bit of the Dominic's Preview to it alright. Probably drinking from the same well, as they both came out the same year. and no bad thing either. Yeah I noticed that as well Seán. A bit of the Dominic’s Preview to it alright. Probably drinking from the same well, as they both came out the same year. and no bad thing either.

]]> By: Seán Báite http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73859 Seán Báite Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:21:54 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73859 Sounds like Philo had been listening to Van a good bit from that track you have up Conor. Even seems to me he says a couple of words with a Belfast cowboy accent ('jarred' for ex.). Sounds like Philo had been listening to Van a good bit from that track you have up Conor. Even seems to me he says a couple of words with a Belfast cowboy accent (’jarred’ for ex.).

]]> By: anarchaeologist http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73857 anarchaeologist Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:47:22 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/26/shades-of-a-blue-orphanage/#comment-73857 Ah Conor, fair play to yeh! Play the whole lpee and you'll see where Wilco's last few are coming from! Ah Conor, fair play to yeh! Play the whole lpee and you’ll see where Wilco’s last few are coming from!

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