The Boys Are Back in Town

(the boys are back in town)

Dec 05, 2023

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For the inaugural installment of IN THE ABSENCE OF, I want to do a close-reading of one of the stranger lyrics in rock history: Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back in Town.” Note that, in keeping with the general vibe of this substack, this has no special peg, is apropos of nothing—which, come to think of it, would have been a good title for this substack. …

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