What are Rats fans Listening to .

Beistovin · Rat Trap

What are Rats fans Listening to .

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

Marilyn Manson is my favorite band, and The Boomtown Rats are up there. I also enjoy Danny Elfman, David Bowie, Ozzy Osbourne, Eminem, Elton John, George Michael, Pink Floyd, VNV Nation, solo Geldof material, lots of 80s music, certain movie soundtracks, and other various songs of pretty much all genres except country. (this is also written out in my profile)

-- Edited by MMbullybuddyGP at 03:56, 2005-01-19

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Right now (for the time being)

Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Razorlight, Killers, Libertines/Babyshambles/Client/Wolfman, Kasabian, Super Furry Animals, Happy Mondays, Streets

and umpteen other bands I could care to mention....

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

The Rats and BG, U2, Queen, Franz Ferdinand, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, REM, Elton John, Bowie, Gabrielle, Cher, Tina Turner, Katie Melua, Bon Jovi, 80's, punk rock and loads more

Rita · House on Fire

I'm a big U2 fan and, apart from that I really like The Thrills, Damien Rice, Thin Lizzy, Meat Loaf, Peter Gabriel, Keane and the Darkness. With Bob's music I tend to listen to his solo stuff more than the Rats stuff but I do listen to that as well.

Tina McBain · Administrator

Just to hack you off. We are listening to the 6 re-releases as I am typing this message. We have recieved promo copies from Universal today (no artwork yet).

There is a competition to win the first album (Boomtown Rats) on the website.

Good luck

Tina

Jodie · Banana Republic

I like:

The Clash, Green Day, U2, McFly (i'm not joking), Pearl Jam (earlier stuff better), Guns N' Roses are ok, Razorlight are good although i own non of their music.... that's about it really

Yushi · Lookin' After Number 1

My recent favourite music video is "Hot Night Crash" by Sahara Hotnights, a Swedish female punk band. Please try.

http://www.saharahotnights.com/dev/videos/

BobGeldof · She's So Modern

U2.AC/DC.Queen.Oasis.RadioHead.Paul Simon and garfunkle.Lynyrd Skynyrd.Bob Dylen.Led Zepplin.Beatles.Rolling Stones.Iron Maiden.The Rats[Duh].The Doors.David Bowie.Chuck Berry.The Who.The Zutons.Velvet Underground.Tears for Fears.The Smiths.Talking Heads.

Lots More

Kirstin · Lookin' After Number 1

I'm only 20 so at the moment am really into stuff like the killers, hope of the states, libertines, babyshambles, kasabian, hot hot heat, Paddy Casey, Radiohead. Older stuff like the kinks, Queen, rolling stones, smiths, velvet underground, donovan, bruce springsteen, paul simon, bob dylan, johnny cash and loads and loads more and ofcourse cant forget Woody Gutherie, boomtown rats are named after one of his stories after all

Malteserat · Diamond Smiles

First of all BTR & BG I also like Elvis Castello, Adam ant, and wonder what happend to Jilted John. Gordon is a moron.

Mark Boyle · House on Fire

Well, apart from Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats...

...Toy Dolls, Waterboys/World Party, They Might Be Giants, Jim Bob & Carter USM, REM, XTC/Dukes of Stratosphear, Squeeze, Sex Pistols/PiL, Midnight Oil, ELO, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Curve, Sisters of Mercy, Fields of The Nephilim, Mission, Merry Thoughts, Peter Gabriel/Genesis, Peter & the Test Tube Babies, Macc Lads, Frank Black & the Pixies, Marilyn Mansun, Oasis, Blur, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army & a few hundred others...

Mark Boyle · House on Fire

quote:
Originally posted by: Malteserat
"First of all BTR & BG I also like Elvis Castello, Adam ant, and wonder what happend to Jilted John. Gordon is a moron."

After Jilted John's (Graham Fellows) debut album "True Love Stories" bombed, he was dropped by EMI. He appeared for a while in Coronation Street as Les Charlton in 1982, reprising the walk on role he'd done in 1978 in trying to chat up the baboon faced Gail Tisley.

He tried making a musical comeback under his own name with a few soppy sounding records in the late 1980s, but his future lay in his John Shuttleworth act - which is apparantly a cult comic classic ironic ****-take of the world of the over-the-hill wannabe star still convinced he's gonna make it, but personally I think is about as entertaining as a bowl of diarrhoea.

Hayley · Diamond Smiles

At the moment I normally listen to:

The Rats/Bob Geldof of course, U2, David Bowie, The who, Oasis, Green Day, Guns 'n' Roses, Queen, Bon Jovi, Blur, The killers, George Michael.

Geldofpunk32 · Lookin' After Number 1

Anything punk rock...and uh marilyn Manson isn't a band...he is a guy...

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

well, that's half true...

Marilyn Manson is the lead singer's name (his real name's Brian Warner), but it's also the name of his band consisting of members Madonna Wayne Gacy (keyboards), Ginger Fish (drums), and Tim Skold (bass guitar).

franna · V Deep

Vertigo tour bootlegs.

Oh, and latest discoveries Matisyahu and Ozomatli

-- Edited by franna at 03:30, 2005-04-05

Malteserat · Diamond Smiles

thanks for the info Mark Boyle

-- Edited by Malteserat at 08:31, 2005-04-19

Derek The Dane · V Deep

I am listening to a Danish rock band called L A .Why,because I am on one of the tracks talking.

My friend plays drums with the band and asked me to talk in the background to one of the songs.So I did and they used it.Great day out and hey I am on a cd.

Cindy · She's So Modern

That is sooo cool Derek the dane! I wish i was on a CD!!

well, i have a very broad taste in music....so.....BTR & BG (obviously) Greenday, Jamie Cullum, U2, Queen, Beatles, Elvis and then what ever comes out and I like today in the charts. Cindy xxx

sun · Lookin' After Number 1

U2, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Police, Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher and many more...

Beistovin · Rat Trap

I just discovered a group called Flogging Molly! Oh my God ! I love them ! Anyone else out there into them . If you have never heard them you should , they are a lot of fun . Mixture of traditional irish , folk and punk . Awesome!

camilladk · Tonight

quote:
Originally posted by: Beistovin
"I am a huge Rats fan but I have lots of artists that I like . The Kinks,Queen,XTC,Squeeze,Howard Jones,Midnight Oil, just to name a handful . "
Hey I just wanted to say, that some of my favorite bands and artists will be shown on VH1 today, at 12:30 PM. The Artists will be:

boomtown rats, Kate Bush, T-Rex, Tori Amos, Wham, ABC, Blur, The Clash, David Bowie, Blind Melon and Foo Fighters.

camilladk · Tonight

Nirvana, Coldplay, bob marley and danish 80's music

iluvbobgeldof · Never In A Million Years

music...i love most music from the 70s and 80s (some 60s), but i also love the beatles (a day in the life is brilliant)

but my faves: crowded house, talking heads, the rats (obviously), duran duran, billy joel, DAVID BOWIE (hes a genius), the who, the doors, status quo, skyhooks, cold chisel, richard clapton, dire straits, rod stewart, the yardbirds, manfred mann, small faces, australian crawl, flock of seagulls, etc

okay ill stop now

Tango · In the Long Grass

-- Edited by Tango at 13:24, 2005-08-12

Beistovin · Rat Trap

Just recently discovered The Decemberists . Great band! Anyone hear of them?

Tango · In the Long Grass

my Chemical romance are rather good as are taking back sunday, the libertines, jimmy eat world, mcfly, system of a down, A.i could go on

Tango · In the Long Grass

i also like the sex pistols the clash the jam adam ant led zeppelin suzie and the banshees amongst many other 70s stuff.i like mcfly but theyr hardly my fave band.the rats take that title.iv plasterd one of the under the influence industrial sized posters over there old posters on my wall.its sooooo cool.tho it is a little scary waking up face to face with bobs left foot.

_johanna_ · Drag Me Down

Tango wrote:
suzie and the banshees

ahh, you mean Siouxsie and the Banshees?

Tango · In the Long Grass

thats the one!

Tango · In the Long Grass

its his foot that i see when i wake up that scares me.i have nothing against his face.come to think of it i have nothing against his foot but it does give the impression your being kicked on the nose.

Tango · In the Long Grass

its off bobgeldof.info its one of the 17 limited edition under the influence poster things.yeah its the album cover with the release date on top and other under the influence albums at the bottom.but its huge!!!!!!!!!!

Cazzy · Drag Me Down

i've just discovered My chemical romance it seems quite cool does any one else no bout this band

Tango · In the Long Grass

yeah theyr brill, their album is really good,specially ghost of you

Stipey · Like Clockwork

Apart from BoomTown Rats I listen to alot of R.E.M. And basically from that point some 70s and 80s music. patti smith,blondie,ramones.to name a few. but my fav is R.E.M. And BoomTown Rats!

Derek The Dane · V Deep

I have just got the new Simple Minds cd "Black and White 050505".Superb,there best album in nearly 15 years.Look forward to seeing them in Copenhagen next year.

Drunc · She's So Modern

Uriah Heep

camilladk · Tonight

Oh I totally forgot Guns and Roses

-- Edited by camilladk at 15:00, 2005-09-24

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

Currently listening to The Killers & George Michael, solo.

Cazzy - I've only heard one song of My Chemical Romance and wasn't a huge fan of it. I liked the video (forgot the song's title); the band's "getup" is kinda cool but kinda average sounding IMO. Saw them sing that same song live on...the MTV awards I think?...and...wasn't impressed with that either.

I love a band that can sing/play instruments just as well live as it does in an album. Another good thing about the BTR...

So yes, I've heard of them Cazzy.

Tango · In the Long Grass

youv probably heard im not ok.in the video theyr at a school and words flash up on the screen like 'if you ever felt...wrong' that sort of thing.helena is in a church and ghost of you is the army.

I totally forgot to mention the pogues.an amazing band,my mates going to see them but only cos she likes the support bandi was shocked that they were touring as shane's kinda lost it.

rekamakovics · In the Long Grass

I usually listen too.

Boomtown Rats

Bob Geldof

Bon Jovi

The Rolling Stones

Bob Dylan

Musicals (The phantom of the opera, My fair lady, Padlas,Valahol Europaban (Attick,somewhere in Europe, Hungarian musicals)

Folk music (Irish,Scottish, Greek)

Bob Marley

John Lennon

And other bands from the 60s 70s and 80s.

MrsRatSinger · Dave

Attic? Sadly I haven't seen it but I know one of my favourite actors played in it! (Koncz Gabor )

I listen to Bob Geldof, BTR, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Unicorn and KFT. and sometimes Modena City Ramblers.

FingersLullaby · Like Clockwork

Bernie Torme! Gmt, Newton Faulkner, The Morrigan, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Dream Theater, Blue Drift, (old) Manic Street Preachers, UFO, Kirsty MacColl, AC/DC, Madness, Syd Barrett, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, Rainbow, Boston, Perry Como, The Fratellis, Nirvana, Adam and the Ants, The Hoosiers, Blur, Jim Steinman, Mika, Visage, Hawkwind, Motörhead, Peter Gabriel, The Who, Wishbone Ash...

I'l also getting into new metal :] Bring me the horizon, The Black Dahlia Murder, We Butter The Bread With Butter & Tench

Ian MD · The Elephant's Graveyard

Nowadays into Marillion (Steve Hogarth era), Porcupine Tree and Rush. At the time of the Rats it was bands such as Queen, Tubeway Army, Elvis Costello, Big Country, All About Eve and Cry Before Dawn.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee wrote:
Right now (for the time being)

Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Razorlight, Killers, Libertines/Babyshambles/Client/Wolfman, Kasabian, Super Furry Animals, Happy Mondays, Streets

and umpteen other bands I could care to mention....

Recently, The Velvet Underground, Ramones, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Scott Walker, Stranglers, Elvis Costello, Last Shadow Puppets/Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand (a rare constant), Jarvis C0cker/Pulp, Julian Cope, The Editors, MGMT and a few others.

I suspect Ian Dury may be heading into my listening forthwith......

-- Edited by ArrGee on Monday 4th of January 2010 03:39:35 PM

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Please do not laugh but I am having a Leo Sayer flip at the moment.

FingersLullaby · Like Clockwork

Derek The Dane wrote:

Please do not laugh but I am having a Leo Sayer flip at the moment.

Contrast! Nice :] Good choice too...

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Derek The Dane wrote:

Please do not laugh but I am having a Leo Sayer flip at the moment.

I can't think of ANYTHING from Leo Sayer I would want to listen to. I still remember his stroppy performance in Big Brother.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 7th of January 2010 11:15:00 AM

FingersLullaby · Like Clockwork

ArrGee wrote:

Derek The Dane wrote:

Please do not laugh but I am having a Leo Sayer flip at the moment.

I can't think of ANYTHING from Leo Sayer I would want to listen to. I still remember his stroppy performance in Big Brother.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 7th of January 2010 11:15:00 AM

I REMEMBER THAT! Ha haaaa! It was so funny... Is i on youtube?

stuart · House on Fire

iv got madness on my ipod at the moment

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Post Pop Depression - Iggy Pop ; Well worth a repeated listen or two.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Ian listening to birdy (her voice is amazing ) also like heart just reca 4cd live 1978 to1989. Set brilliant vocals from the Wilson sisters also guilty pleasure is taylor swift1989 album but the rats and bob. Are my tops and always will be

diffbrook · House on Fire

New Squeeze Album out next week, so will be listening to that.

They have consistently released excellent stuff and the reviews of "The Knowledge" are very postive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrGsaJvdxc

-- Edited by diffbrook on Sunday 8th of October 2017 12:03:05 PM

Mark L · Loudmouth

Great band and this sounds fresh and up to date

Still think Some Fantastic Place is one of the best songs of the 1990s

kla_ge · Mary of the 4th Form

Tom Waits (almost always)!!!

And a German 80th band I like a lot is: m. walking on the water - who classify their music as "short-distance-psycho-folk"

and I just listened to Flogging Molly for the first time and also liked I as it reminded me of m. walking.