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The Wall Street Journal last week, my "Anatomy of a Song" column was on Thin Lizzy's 1976 hit, The Boys Are Back in Town (go here). Thin Lizzy isn't well known today, but they were a driving band and a group now worth re-exploring. Here's their No. 12 Billboard pop hit, The Boys Are Back in Town, which today can be heard on the sound system at most t…

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