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Piers Morgan was a Boomtown Rats fan
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I am sure Bob will love this. "Now when I was a teenager, the coolest, baddest band in Britain were The Boomtown Rats. I'd rip my jeans, stick a safety pin in my ear, hide from my mother and sing "I don't like Mondays" at the top of my voice in the local church youth club pretending to be my he...
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Casualty
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Just got Casualty on in the background while on the computer and suddenly heard yayayaya!! It's She's So Modern - only a few bars and lines but the Rats are there again!
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Can anyone help with this Rats/Geldof documentary?
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Got this message from a lady working for an American TV company. They are doing a docu. on Bob and the Rats. They particularly want info from anyone who saw/knew the Rats and anyone else who knew Bob in the early days. If you PM me your email, I will pass it on. I have also asked her for an email. "Hi Ir...
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So It Goes - The Tony Wilson Connection.....
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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1016766_factory_for_the_recordTony showcased new bands to a wider audience via local TV music show So It Goes. "I get a lot of credit for the 42 bands I put on television for the first time - but, to my real credit, on...
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PANT WETTING NEWS! GERRY COTT NEW MATERIAL!
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Don't believe me? Check here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGiQ-YJnjLc It's him alright! Looks like he's girding his loins for getting some material out. Well, suppose he's gotta be doing something outside of helping out with Harry Potter! One of the best pieces of news all year - welcome bac...
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Hurricane by Bob Dylan
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It sounds a lot like Rat Trap, and Joey.
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Rules
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Please read them before posting.
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Star Stories
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Comedy spoof tonight on E4. This week, they were making fun of George Micheal. They had someone playing Geldof saying that Wham would never be as big as The Rats. It ended saying that Geldof wanted to reform The Rats.
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Random blog about Monday
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http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-9dDCwPQ_eK7w.iQMVA--?cq=1&p=10194
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After show party 1979
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Thought you might like to see these 18 pics from 1979. I think Canada, or possibly USA Have asked for more info. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlacpo/sets/269990/
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The best album title ever
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http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/07/24/mixing-it-up-1-immortal-tunes/
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NOT RARE BR video on Ebay
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ADMIN: This breaks rule - Do not solicit or advertise. Had it acually been rare then I would have left it, but it isn't. The whole concert is incorporated into the Best of the Boomtown Rats DVD. -- Edited by ArrGee at 11:56, 2007-07-19
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Dave ---------Video Aid 1985
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Dont be put off by the intro. It is BRs and "Dave" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRRJi4-Iixs -- Edited by Scottie at 16:22, 2007-07-02 -- Edited by Scottie at 16:23, 2007-07-02
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Like Clockwork
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Sorry, if I am repeating these videos. "Like Clockwork" Simon Crowe was a good looking boy then, wasn't he? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfQ72KHOQs Also a good version of Rat Trap from the Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95fjmQ_tmmc Rats Live Minnesota 1981 Banana Re...
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1978 footage from Rotterdam & 1980 Aussie TV
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=106811641518369565&q=geldof&total=490&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8
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Simon Crowe's Highland Hooley.
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http://www.highland-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/2109/New_beat_for_'Rat'_drummer.html
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“singing is not his [Geldof's] forte” - Tony Visconti
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article1382601.ece TONY VISCONTI: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy by Tony Visconti, Foreword by Morrissey -- Ed...
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Rat Trap - Live Aid
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I found this earlier, its Rat Trap at Live Aid. Not a bad version, pity about the sound problems...
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Reviews on blogs and the like.
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The internet is great! Great to read other's opinions. http://starling.rinet.ru/music/temp/boomtownrats.html
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I can make it if you can
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boomtown-Rats-Remastered/dp/B00076SJNMthere are two problems. First, you'll notice that the running order is not that of th...
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Mondays documentary
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Has anyone seen this doc? Is it any good? Looks like all the original people who were involved are in it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778744/ nick
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Tom Petty Hates Boomtown Rats
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers toured the UK in 1977, with a little known Irish band in tow, who blew them off the stage! Terminal Romance UK Tour June 16, 1977 Birmingham Town Hall June 17, 1977 Cardiff University June 18, 1977 Aylesbury Friars Club June 19, 1977 Rainbow Theatre, London June 20, 19...
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Best of Boomtown rats video streams
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Try this site. you can get full video streams of some of BTRs greatest hits. http://www.hyperlaunch.com/boomtownrats/
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World's biggest Boomtown Rats fan
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Not me, nor Jules, no one here. Rob Smyth apparently.... http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/0,,2089787,00.html "Happy Mondays, Rob," says John Starbuck, not realizing that he's talking to the world's biggest Boomtown Rats fan.
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Bob Geldoff?
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So, maybe you've thrashed this out before, i'm new to this forum, but why does bob wear a badge with his name spelt wrong? 'Best of..' inlay sleeve.. there it is..'Bob Geldoff is cool' ?? I mean when I first heard the word I had trouble.. I was going around saying Jeldof, as in Jelly, until I was corrected....
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Up All Night - GC
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Gerry Cott is in the video of Up All Night yet it is from the album V Deep.
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May have been on you tube, but Rats interview...
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http://jdsundstrom.blogspot.com/2007/04/boomtown-rats-funny-interview.html
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Rat Chat
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I am now receiving posts from the Rat Chat group, but I can't post myself, my messages are being bounced back. 
I meant to send this days ago. Anybody from Rat Chat shed any light on this?
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Gary Moore on Geldof.... "he couldn't get arrested as a musician" (more complementary than you expect)
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What did Gary Moore do with Geldof ? I know Geldof was on stage with him for Self Aid ( they did Whiskey in the Jar), but did the collaborate on anything? The article is predominately about Phil Lynott, but had little snippets on Bono & Dylan as well. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/enterta...
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Born to Burn
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Who knows the lyris of 'Born to Burn' b-side of 'Lookin' after no.1'. One or two of the lines still get me..... What a great song though. nick
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Up all night
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Does someone have the video from the Tube "Up all night" ? It has obviously removed..... I do not know why. Thanks Petra
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Frist UK Gig - Lodestar, Ribchester
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On 6th May 1977, the Boomtown Rats played their first ever U.K. gig at the Lodestar at Ribchester. Apparently Geldof, and presumably the rest of the band, stayed at the Victoria Hotel in Clitheroe and charmed the locals in his inimatible manner! www.oldclitheroe.co.uk/page49.htm A very little kn...
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Self Aid video 1986 - the Rats last performance
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Came accross this video of the finale of Self Aid, Dublin, 1986, with I think the Rats' last performance. Bob is in there, a young Bono, Chris De burgh among others. Quite good quality http://youtube.com/watch?v=rvb5C9GyImY No prizes, but who can name the most stars, past and present? -- Edited by S...
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Banana Republic
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This was posred on youtube a couple of weeks ago http://youtube.com/watch?v=VgYjNEoINPU -- Edited by Scottie at 21:46, 2007-05-13 -- Edited by ArrGee1991 at 16:58, 2007-06-15
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BBC Archives ------Boomtown Rats
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/artists/b/boomtown_rats/index.shtml
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Crimbo Turkey Tour Dates?
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Boomtown-Rats-Seasonal-Tukey-UK-Tour-advert-1978_W0QQitemZ170105393989QQihZ007QQcatego...
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Who the **** is BP Fallon? - "He's brilliant, though I'm not sure what he does"
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http://bpfallon.com/about_bp.html After all, few on the showband circuit shared the resourcefulness of the Rats' publicist, BP Fallon. Would there have been a more inventive way of introducing DJs and journalists to the Boomtown Rats than by sending them a parcel with a dead laboratory rat dous...
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Picture for Pete
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Picture for Pete
Utrecht, Holland 1979.
Looks like he is going to be driving a formula 1 car.
Jeroen (Buffel) Meijerink | Pete Briquette, Boomtown Rats 1979
-- Edited by Scottie at 20:38, 2006-07-25 -- Edited by Scottie at 13:01, 2006-07-26 __________________ Chee...
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Japan 1980
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Bob in Japan with the Rats 1980. Nakano Sun plaza, Tokyo. Pic by Chet King. " Used with permission from the Stars and Stripes. c Stars and Stripes 2007 To buy a copy of this photo or other photos please visit http://www.stripes.com/webpages.asp?id=32 -- Edited by Scottie at 17:21, 2007-04-28
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House
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Looking through Youtube I noticed that an episode of House "Hugh Laurie, Channel 5 thurs 9am UK" has him and a patient (played by Dave Matthews as in the rock star) playinging the intro to I dont Like Mondays. Link is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFM27Jxm9a4
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Which Rats song is he talking about?
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A challenge from one of my friends on myspace. I have not got a clue, but I am sure somebody here has. Thanks I have a challange for you. I remember seeing the Boomtown Rats on American Bandstand in 1979 or 80 (not sure). I can't remember what song they did but I remember Bob jumping up and down on the bab...
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Did you know...
(Preview)
It is world Rat day today? Do the Rat!! There is a special species called the Boomtown which deserves particular mention, a very prestigious variety of rat. -- Edited by Jules at 18:39, 2007-04-04
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"This is the date"...
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"Tomorrow's Wednesday Today was Tuesday And this is the date March 28th... ... It happened today" Have a good 28th of March!  e.t.a.: This was of course supposed to go into the BTR section...^^ -- Edited by Katharina at 12:00, 2007-03-28
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Rats in San Diego 1979 - The first time Mondays was played
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http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/Concerts.aspx?stype=artist&id=896
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Newcastle gig ticket
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Don't know if this is possible. From Will. "I'm seeking a duplicate of the gig ticket for Boomtown Rats Newcastle City Hall 3rd October 1979 if anyone can help. " Why, I don't know. Can pass on a message. Any ideas?
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Arnold Layne
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For anyone who has a myspace page. A very nice man called Jesus (true), has posted a video of Arnold Layne on my comments page. Had to ask Jules what it was. Did not have a clue. Dont know exact date.
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Did Geldof shag Mary of the Fourth Form? (or not?)
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"Her name was actually Mary Preece. We used to hang out in a coffee bar and record shop in Dun Laoghaire called Murray's. After school, she'd come down and she'd have rolled up her skirt and she had legs for days. She was drop dead beautiful and I just wanted her so much and knew that I&#...
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An (over) analysis of Looking After No. 1
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http://theboomtownrats.blogspot.com/2007/01/looking-after-no-1.html"'Number One' was more general. It was a quintessential...
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Claire King
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Whilst flicking through Claire Kings autobiography, I noticed a chapter about her alleged fling with Bob Geldof. This must have been around 1980-82. She mentions Skin on Skin being written about her and the fact that she was asked upto Bobs room (which at the time he was sharing with Simon Crowe)
No...
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Reissues available on NotLame Recording Co.
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You guys probably already know this, but in case you didn't, I just found this on NotLame Recording Company. Tonic for the Troops Reissued CD: http://www.notlame.com/Boomtown_Rats/Page_1/CDBOOM1.html Best of The Boomtown Rats CD: http://www.notlame.com/Boomtown_Rats/Page_1/CDBO...
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Old cover versions!
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I just paid 59p for an old Parade of Pops album in a local charity shop. You remember these - like the Top of the Pops budget series, you could buy one of these for the price of a single through the 70s and early 80s, but the catch was that it wasn't the original artists performing the songs, but some anon...
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Jenny Lens Blog - Rats/Geldof
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You guys may have already seen this. It's Jenny Lens blog. She mentions taking photos of The Boomtown Rats and talks of Bob Geldof several times in this entry. There is even a photo of the photographer and Bob. http://jennylens.com/blog/2006/10/ Check out October 18, 2006 "I Don'...
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bootlegs
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anyone know anything about either of these?
BOOMTOWN RATS-Where's Linda Live 1982
Live show by the Boomtown Rats in Europe 1982.
1. Clockwork
2. Charmed Lives
3. Up All Night
4. House On Fire
5. Nothing Happened Today
6. Never In A Million Years
7. Sleep (I'm So Tired)
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searching for 'It's All The Rage'
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Hello all,
I'm have scouring the web for a digitized version of the b-side of "I don't like Mondays", but in vain...
If anyone has this tune ("It's All The Rage") as an mp3, it would be greatly appreciated if you could send it my way. It is not on any album.
boldzz at netzero dot com
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Alas poor Garrick, Bob knew him well....
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http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2006/9/19/428891.htmlTuesday 19th Sep 2006.
RIGHT, let's get the jokes out of the way fi...
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Do you agree?
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From a 2006 review of albums
9 RAZORLIGHT Razorlight
Reminding us that the Boomtown Rats didn't sound so bad. Johnny Borrell and his cohorts perfected the sound made by Live 8 pal Bob Geldof. In The Morning and America are proof positive.
Do you agree?
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FREE DOWNLOAD - Rat Trap: Live At The Dominion Theatre 1985
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This appears to be a HMV exclusive. Look up Boomtown Rats and under singles, there is this little gem.
If you use the code DLX06, yo can download it for free. (or you could pay 79p for it if you download other stuff)
http://www.hmvdigital.com
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if you like The Boomtown Rats try these .....
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Just on the HMV site and the bands you may care to try if you like the Boomtown Rats are....
ABC
Joe Jackson
The Jam
Bob Geldof
Status Quo
Heaven 17
Re-Flex
Ultravox
The Stranglers
Kajagoogoo
Big Country
The Beautiful South
Squeeze
Showaddywaddy
Adam Ant
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Rats Gigs
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Maybe the saddest website ever ? (Wish I did it!)
http://www.raysgigs.com/search.php
1977
332 Boomtown Rats,Yachts Hammersmith Odeon, London 17.12.1977 8 1978
416 Boomtown Rats,Young Ones Hammersmith Odeon, London 09.07.1978 9 1978
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Borell/Geldof Razorlight/Rats
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Mmm, why are the Rats hated so much?
http://www.wessexscene.co.uk/article.php?sid=1730
Two Minute Hate: John Borrell Wednesday, 11 October, 2006 Just how seriously are we expected to take a man in a white man-sized baby grow? He looks like he’s just stepped of th...
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Rat Recipes
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The Boomtown Rats did 'Rat Recipes' and one was for 'Coc Au Rat'.
I think it was part of a press pack they did to promote a record or tour. I saw it on ebay years ago but I forgot to bid on it.
If anyone has a copy of this then I'd love the details.
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Close As You'll Ever Be?
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Hi folks,
Does anyone know the chords/music to Close As You'll Ever Be?
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DVD for £2.00
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boomtown-Rats-Live-Hammersmith/dp/B0001DI4RM/ref=pd_sbs_d_h__1/026-62...
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Jackie Interview
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There is a book out now with what looks like a young Leslie Ash on the cover.
Not very interesting apart from a couple of pics of the Rats and a short interview with Geldof on p112. The interview was just prior to Tonic's release.
Go and read it @ HMV in your lunch hour.
http://www.whsmith.co...
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Rats to Sue Geldof
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I have just read on the bbc that the former Boomtown Rats members are going to sue Bob Geldof for royalties.Sham Sham Shimmey Sham.
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Old rat, new tricks
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http://www.herefordtimes.com/display.var.920566.0.the_boomtown_rat_who_now_likes_mondays.php
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The Boomtown Rats
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I just found a book with Rats lyrics and music in it and a few pictures called the Boomtown Rats. It has about 8 or so songs in it including Mary, No 1, Do The Rat (Yes it's even got that), Rat Trap, Like Clockwork. Now if only I could play an instrument properly.
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Old Grey Whistle Test
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Seemingly, series 3 of The Old Grey Whistle Test is available on DVD, Including Bob and the rats. This is an American site, but presume it is available world wide.
If you like your thrills a little less cheap, pull up a chair for volume three of The Old Gray Whistle Test. The venerable live music progra...
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Mary of the 4th form correct lyrics anyone?
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Hi, does anyone know the correct lyrics to Mary of the 4th form? I've looked everywhere but can't find them, it's driving me NUTS! Not even the official site has them, how goddamn shoddy is that?
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please,&...
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Banana Republic
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I keep hearing it in trendy clothes shops - not that I ever buy clothes from them.
At the time of release I didn't think much of the song, but it still sounds modern and fresh even today. It's very different to any other song I've ever heard.
What's think?
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A rare moment
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I just heard She's So Modern on TV - Top Gear. So excited I had to mention it. They were looking at the Vauxhall Chevette and talking about the 70s and punk explosion. Cool!
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LIVE Rats' CD's???
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Greetings & Salutations to one an' all here in 'Caislean Geldof'(Geldof's Castle^),
Ever so curious,and hopefully many-a-fan here will be more 'In the Know' about it than me'self and can offer a wee bit of info -- how many Rats bootlegs,or,Radio Shows,are available? I'...
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Any Rat Fans speak italian?
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Is there any Rat's/Geldof fans out there who speak italian? I would like to chat whilst learning the language - that is if you have the patience to help me along. I can speak a bit, but would like to improve further.
I would welcome any english speakers too. I have been a Rats fan forever & was...
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Some good rats pics in concert
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http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/hennessyphotography/pages/Boomtown-Rats078.html
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Rat tracks to resurface?
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Considering the recent reissues were on Universal, this could mean lots of rare Rats stuff like Rock Goes to College, the Peel sessions, Top of the Pops appearances and other stuff broadcast on the BBC will be available
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5165184...
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I give you the stars of the Gnarls Barkley promo for Smiley Faces
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What Geldof/Rats song lyric do you relate to?
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What Boomtown Rats or Bob Geldof song lyric do you like, get a kick out of, or relate to?
"She's a rose that blooms at night" - This song expresses truths.
I really get a kick out of "I was despaerately searching/For my feminine side/But my feminine side/Was on a morning coffee break" -...
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YouTube videos
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Hello:
I don't know if any of you have seen these (most of you probably have), but since some of these were new to me (being in the US and all), I thought I'd post them here.
I've found some Boomtown Rats videos on YouTube.
Elephant's Graveyard (A great sendup of beach a...
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Rats' Genre
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They are always considered/categorised as Punk. Bob says they aren't. As much as I love punk, most of it was pretty much talentless noise and the only talented bands of that (supposed genre) were Blondie, The Stranglers and The Boomtown Rats. Personally I'd say all these bands were more contemporar...
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Rats stuff
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Well you can only listen to the music if you're in the States http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theboomtownrats
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Down by the Jetty live...
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Dr. Feelgood were absolutely central to the Boomtown Rats. When I heard Down by the Jetty, it just fcuking blew me away. The Feelgoods were in it for me. Our early live set used to be their entire first album. When I heard the line 'Stand and watch the towers burning at the brea...
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Peel Sessions
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Grab da 1977 & 1978 sessions anyfink 4 u me Julie! -- Edited by Bobi G at 23:27, 2006-07-01
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Don't believe what you Hear
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Bobyakashah -- Edited by Bobi G at 11:16, 2006-06-27
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Glastonbury BBC Transcription Album
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I unsuccesfully bid for 1985 Glastonbury BBC Transcription album. If the winner of that item is on this list can they PM me.
Alternatively, does anyone else have a CD of this.
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Is Tory Dave a Rats fan?
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http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=690072006
In the June edition of a glossy lads' mag David Cameron will project himself as "one of the boys", claiming he once won a karaoke competition in Portland. You've guessed - Oregon's Portland, not Dorset's. If it's not a terribly obvious hamm...
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No more tickets anymore....
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http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1787872,00.html?gusrc=rss... The first one I ever proudly clutched, for the Boomtown Rats at the Rainbow in 1977, isn't there. Which is appropriate, because when my friend Paddy and I emerged at Finsbury Park tube station, w...
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SelfAid
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It's twenty years since the SelfAid today, and correct me if I'm wrong, the the last gig that a certain band played...
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Report of the Rats on the radio
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We switched over to Arrow the other day. For a moment I thought a CD had been put on. I couldn't believe it when I heard a Rats song. It wasn't Mondays, not even Rat Trap.
It was Like Clockwork. How long is it since you heard that on the radio? Must be about 20+ years!!! I'll be tuning in again. Any other...
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Pyjamarama
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=690113
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40 years of rock photography
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http://www.photofeatures.com/boomtownrats/index.html
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Does anyone remember the Rats at Kalvoya, Norway in 1982?
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I have discovered this wonderful Norwegian Rock n' Roll picture site, with good pics of Bob and the Rats from 1982, and U2 from 1983 , playing in Norway. The photographer, Hans Arne Nakrem has kindly given permission to put some of them on my flickr site. In return I said I would provide a link.
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The perception of the Rats in England...
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... as opposed to Ireland and the rest of the world is quite marked.
Whereas in England they were perceived as the Bay City Rollers of Punk, elsewhere they were seen as anything but.
Example (in an article about Daniel O'Donnell of all things!) ....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/m...
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Barwell Court - The Rats' House!
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Barwell Court has achieved fame and immortality in the well-documented annals of pop history, the Boomtown Rats lived here for a year prior to releasing their first single Barwell Court -- Edited by ArrGee at 14:55, 2006-04-04
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Beautiful Day: Forty Years Of Irish Rock
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The Rats have their own page here!
http://corkuniversitypress.typepad.com/beautiful_day_40_years_of/the_boomtown_rats
1978 features Rat Trap by the Boomtown Rats, the first song by an Irish pop group to get to the top of the British charts.
Each song is also attributed a "Best Bit'',...
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Rats DVD coming soon?
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Acording to Chris at the B.R. site, there is a production in progress of a DVD, called at present, The Story of ----the Boomtown Rats. This will include rare footage of the Rats in the USA and other clips, interviews with all band members, and with guests such as Bono. Sounds promising. No mention yet as...
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BOOMTOWN RATS babygrow
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And I thought I'd seen everything.......  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BOOMTOWN-RATS-babygrow-PUNK-new_W0QQitemZ7603709548QQcategoryZ42443QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemA RATS Babygrow. Babygrow is available in sizes 3-6 months OR 6-12...
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First names
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Trisha, Joey, Mary, Johnnie, Suzie, Magenta, Jean, Mona, Charlie (F), Howard, Adolph, Eva, Billy, Judy, Jack, Jill, Diamond, Dale, Barbara, Harry, Ray, Frankie, Fifi, Charlie (M), Ian, Louise, Johnnie (again) and Dave.
Did I miss anyone?
Jamie.
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sad death of Rats roadie, Billy
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I spoke to Bob about this last night in Glasgow, and all the Rats know about it, so I think it is ok to put it here. Roadie and guitar techician Billy passed away last week at the premature age of 53 in Scotland. He suffered a massive heart attack and died suddenly but peacefully at home. He is s...
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Rats albums remastered! pfft...
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last weekend i set out to buy tonic for the troops cos i recently lost my original album so.. i got to hmv and found all the rats albums remastered, picked up tonic und went.. it wasn't till later when i looked at the bk of the case and heard the cd when i realised tht 3 songs were missing and a bunch...
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Rats are 26th in People's Choice Top 100 Irish albums...
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26th! What is that all about?
http://www.hotpress.com/top100albums/
But these comments are so true!
E O'Connor, hotpress.com: "My older brother got A Tonic For The Troops free with a hotpress subscription back in 1978 and we just played it like crazy. This was the sound of Ire...
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