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just listened to the rats albums in order. On vinyl is it me or do they sound better on vinyl than on cd or MP3 ..? Ready to start listening to singles in order oh happy days
this was 1983they did the college circuits played Aston university you had to be signed in by students Pete briquette came out to talk to fans and old geezer on door would not let him back in until student rep arrived . They played a lot of songs from it'll and v deep &da couple of older songs they were...
Stumbled across some recent Johnnie Fingers activity on You Tube under banner of the above. Can't quite make out if it's just a project name or what. Seems to be a combination of music, original and other artists, and fairly arty videos, predominantly in Japan by look of it. Worth a look and listen. The...
David 'Kid' Jensen presents Bonnie Tyler, Sally Oldfield, Paul Evans, the Shadows, Steve Allen, Driver 67, the Village People, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays and Legs & Co. No Boomtown Rats 'til July
For die hards prepared to suffer the other acts on the bill. https://www.gigantic.com/artist/boomtown-rats Reload Norwich - Sunday 13th September 2015 Boomtown Rats, Level 42, Jimmy Somerville plus loads more... Let's Rock Bristol - Sunday 7th Jine 2015Billy Ocean.The Boomtown Rats.Howa...
Guys if you have never head of this band (They are from North side of Dublin) Try to get to hear them you will find them on YouTube Best known song Crazy world. Just a great wee band They have been going for a long time now. The lead singer is now sick
I was listening to the Rats for the first time in like 20 years - and Someone's Looking is a REALLY GREAT song - very powerful lyrics about paranoia. Did Bob say what inspired the song?
Some of the lyrics were not printed in the record.
Do you know why Up All Night is not on the compilation albums...
Rat fans. Just have to say how great this wee single is. I am so used to hearing the LP one now I forgot how much of a kick this wee single has, much better than the album. Away to give this wee gem another wee blast
Watching the reruns of TOTP from 1976 and having looked at an appearance on TOTP by the Rats in 1980 (when SLAY was at 45), it is clear you did not have to be in the top 40 to be offered a slot on the show. I remember on his breakfast show the next day DLT saying the SLAY performance from TOTP was 'one of the best'...
Seeing as everyone's talking favourite Rats albums again over yonder, I started making a mental list of general favourites. And now I'm nosy as to what everyone else's are. 10 is probably too many for a nice neat thread, but it's hard to draw a line once you start, so my current rough top 10 are: 1. A Toni...
I confess my fave is in the long grass tis shouldve been massive hit someof the tracks are absolute genius(hard times lucky etc)well thats just my opinion
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlp5-NPRK4 Ian Meldrum listens to the formation of Band Aid story, most of which we've heard before. It's not new, but it seems different.
When I 1st heard Tonight I was going happy days this song has to be a hit. But when it stiffed. I new that Drag me down when it came out had no way of being a hit
Forgot to say after excitement of the gigs, there are limited edition 10" vinyl copies of the 4 track ep for sale, £20 signed by the main four, or £12 without autographs. Not aware of these being available outside the gigs yet so if anyone is keen but not gigging drop me a PM and I'll take orders. --...
Perhaps a little loose of the definition of a gig in one of two cases, but before I start in 2015 ...Boomtown Rats - Maida Vale - Totally unique one off discussed at length elsewhereFranz Ferdinand - Somerset House - In a courtyard on a summer's eveningArcade Fire - Earl's Court - The biggest party...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHdNt5Lsh It fell the previous week from 3 to 5. A further fall from 5 to 7 is barely a surprise and hardly a 'plummet'. I'd have said at Christmas, with intense competition and John Lennon's terrible death having a sales impact, this was a very credible performance...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9q-6l2238OI About 9:05 in and Bob makes an appearance on the '81 Kenny Everett Christmas Show Wonder if the Rats were booked for Never in a Million Years but it couldn't be justified?
Not sure if anyone else has seen this extract from the US series SCTV from 1982. Its The Boomtown Rats preforming or miming to the full album version of Elephants Graveyard. Bit of a weird one, not helped by my general failure to understand Americian humour {Simpsons and Seinfeld and Woody Allen accec...
Wife tidying up wardrobe. Found my old 5deep thirst still looks ok but don't fit no (a bit mor chunkier as I get older ) but shall keep t shirt fork sentimenta l .. reasons
I have been undoing the work of Pete Briquette circa 2005 and now have what I consider to be the "proper" albums. So Album by Album... The Boomtown RatsCured the wobbly I Can Make It if You Can with a direct recording off the LPCured the fast Joey's On The Street again by taking the version from...
worked for John menzies for 18years till take over bywhsmiths then worked till 2008when I got tumors on sine so anow house Lund due to lots of ops and radio pherapy so hello
Sorry if this has been pointed up before, but found this quite funny whilst wandering around You Tube and I don't recall seeing it before http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a0td55jfdvk
Just to say Rats gigs over weekend went down very well with (surprisingly responsive) German crowds. Venues couldn't have been more different. Friday night under the massive and highly impressive canopy of Berlin Tempelhof (former) airport terminal, with at least 2000-2500 assembled even at t...
I came across this performance of Like Clockwork recently. Hadn't seen it or flagged it up before. I think it's from a German tv performance in 1978. Another one for my Rats usb stick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IymBW5WzMyk
Just like to wish everyone on this forum a very merry xmas and a very happy new year. And to all the rat fans around the world. Lets hope 2015 turns out to be just as good as 2013/14. In the rat world
A retelling of the Christmas storyAngel stoopedWant king low-down?Star, so embarkGot hintOne king en route for lambA crap bauble InnBirthed me unhurt / numbed their hurtA new Godhead, huh Mrs?All in inn, diva singEpic vintage Kraut hymnEach white stallNeon tonight, dead happy (In case you hadn...
This is an article by Sam Delaney in the Big Issue magazine a couple of weeks ago or so (not online so I had to type it out)- and I concur: Geldof's been swearing on the news again. Bono's joined in on another BAnd Aid. Russell Brand is all over the box trying to incite revolution. Myleene Klass went on the Ag...
Thought it would of been worth mentioning The Rats are on the radio 2moro, but all it has is a link to buy the latest Rats rip off hits CD. Last tweet was in August. And that was to flog tickets in USA. Why is it so crap.
ArrGeeJoey StreetBoomtownB12 ATS Santa Claus,Santas Grotto,Reindeerland,XM4 5HQ Dear Santa, I know you are extremely busy at the North Pole, making sure all the presents are ready and wrapped for Christmas Eve. But I have one small request. I see Gabrielle Aplin is having a Christmas Party at Th...
Pick of the Pops featured 1978 and great to hear the Rats riding high with Rat Trap Not so good was the thought that this is now 34 years ago and if the next 34 years passes as quickly as the last, and I'm still here, I will be 80. Doesn't time fly? Still, Tony Blackburn - who was 35 when he presented them on TOTP...
That's all I know - Line up looks interesting. On sale at Ticketmaster Live At Heartlands 2014 - Saturday Details: Live At Heartlands, Boomtown Rats, Gang of Four, Peter Hook and the LightHeartlandsPool, GBSat 13/09/1413:00£36.75*(£35.00 Ticket + £1.75 Fees)
http://www.metropolitanpubcompany.com/our-pubs/the-assembly-house/. Sorry for getting ahead of myself here, going to be a little busy in the coming days.
This mornings Nicky Campbell Phone In was one hour dedicated to asking if the new Band Aid single is good for Africa and the ebola crisis, or is it just western pop stars interfering and trying to claim credit and attention for themselves? Lots of good calls, both pro and anti. Geldof comes in for some st...
Saturday 13th December 2014 - Bob Geldof & BandAuditorio Mar de Vigo Vigo, Spain Tickets : www.servinova.com-- Edited by iang on Monday 24th of November 2014 01:43:47 PM
Having latched onto the Rats a little late in the summer of 1978 and only managing to see them live a couple of times in 1979 and 1980, I am starting to believe it is far better now. Ok, it lacks the thrill of making number one, and hearing songs for the first time, but since The Barton Rats played the 100 club...
Meeting Place - The Gerry Cott Arms (a.k.a. Truscott Arms), 55 Shirland Rd, London W9 2JD4pm - pre queue; 9pm - post queue The Boomtown Rats will be the featured artists on a forthcoming edition of BBC Radio 4s Mastertapes, the series which looks back at a key album from an artists career. This reco...
On a scale of 1 to 10, it's about 26 for me So far we have....Small gigs at Polo club and a pubBig gigs at the Isle of Wight and Cork, plus ChagstockTwo new songsLots of good interviewsA UK and Ireland tour where they play virtually sold out dates in London and DublinAnd a rarely broadcast concert on TV a...
There are few of us (well at least five) heading to Maida Vale next Tuesday. So does anyone have have any questions they'd like to ask? ...there will be a chance for you to put your questions to Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Simon Crowe and Garry Roberts themselves.Questions could be about A Tonic...
Having a clear out and came across a gig review from March '78. Half of it is unfortunately missing, but the reviewer talks of 'Clockwork' - emphasises the Rats' understanding of light and shade and then two other songs 'Blind Date' and 'Hospital World' which sounded pretty ordinary compared to 'Eva...
decided I needed to get more of a life..... instead of criticising Bob's suits and indulging in other nothingness, meaningless and shallow thoughts about this and that..... I went to see In Conversation With Russell Brand at the cinema. I was at the Ritzy in Brixton. place barely half full, but anyw...
hi there! I'm looking for a quote from Bob geldof. The quote is "and the girls On the scene, were very ..... Women full on." I was wondering what the full quote was if anyone knew.
Walked into a second hand record shop today and spotted 12" Tonight. Difference being that it was a remix version done by renowned reggae producer Dennis Bovell. It was a white label for promotional use but it had the usual cover but with remix by Bovell. So it seemed like it was due for public rele...
There in spirit anyway. They kept showing a guy in a absolutely fcuking mega Rats T Shirt. Where can I get one of them? Eva BraunClockworkNeon HeartShe's Gonna Do You InSomeone's Looking At YouLookin' After No 1Mondays All above were broadcast on You Tube. Which I guess leaves She's So Modern, Mar...
Does anyone know if the Rats did a normal studio performance of Mondays on TOTP or did they just show the video. I know video performances were fairly new at that stage so people may have been more impressed with the video than the band turning up in the studio. I have never seen a studio performance for TO...
Just noted that they have started to publish details of the Live at the Marquee series for 2015. Given that the best reunion gig (well in my opinion it was) took place there, should they return? They haven't played in Ireland at all this year, whilst last year they played to two full houses in Dublin an...
In recent years I have become a fan of Kate Bush's work, specifically Aerial onwards, though I dip into her back catalogue and 'greatest hits' occasionally. Seeing her 'Before the Dawn' show at the Hammersmith Apollo in September was well worth the £150 (though in doing so I've blown my gig allowance...
Pete promised a few 'surprises' in London. Fingers-crossed Gerry Cott is one of them. I wondered if like last year they will have a saxophone player for Rat Trap so perhaps, Joey will be back as well? Hope so. It's great to have Howard Hughes in the set. Personally, just so I get to hear as many Rats songs l...
There are a number of Tweets (including one by Chris Evans) that the Rats have confirmed CarFest 2015. That's both North and South - Hampshire and Cheshire. I'm hoping so, this 2014 South was over my birthday weekend. . Time will tell if this is true. -- Edited by Jules on Monday 22nd of September 20...
All the reviews of the concerts have been very complimentary so far......LIVE REVIEW: Boomtown Rats, o2 Academy, BournemouthLIVE REVIEW: Boomtown Rats, o2 Academy, Bournemouthshare on Facebookshare on Twittershare on Google+email(0) commentsprint First published 14:23 Saturday 8 Novemb...
No forgotten sound for Boomtown RatsPublished on the 02 November 2014 15:43Published 02/11/2014 15:43 comments Be the first to commentThe Boomtown Rats performing at The Assembly, Leamington Spa, October 28 2014?On A Night Like This...? Thirty five years on, almost to the day, having last...
An old article I've found mentions the Rats being banned from the Dublin National Stadium and then Dublin Corporation went and banned them from playing some Christmas concerts at the city's Tivoli club (with the support of the local police, a residents' association and a local trade association....
I don't know if anyone else was listening to 5 Live this evening at around 6.30pm, but the Boomtown Rats had a very bizarre mention during the news programme. A reporter was building up to the Crystal Palace versus Sunderland match that was kicking off later that evening, and whilst referring to Su...
If you are planning to go to Cambridge, it has almost sold out. I did my usual messing around on the website and tried to book 10 tickets and was told there weren't that many left. Only when I went down to 6 did they become available and then the site showed it as sold out until I released the tickets. Now t...
Meet up from 3.30 pm - very early doors at 6 pm http://www.youngs.co.uk/pubs/angel-and-greyhound Beware that parking might not be easy for this. There was a car park behind the pub we are meeting in, but I'm not sure whether it is still open. student accommodation is being built there. I will try to...
Happy 62nod birthday to Sir Bobby of Boomtown. The offer is still for doing a gig in our local village hall, now there won't be ant Rats rocking out with the dinosaurs -- Edited by Jules on Saturday 5th of October 2013 07:19:16 AM
MR. BEER BLADDER Gender: Male Species: Guy seated next to you who spends the whole concert A. getting up to buy more beer B. getting up to whiz C. passed out with drool running down his chin Habitat: Jimmy Buffett, Ted Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd concerts Call: "Hey, remember when beer was only a buck-fifty...
http://www.u2theearlydayz.com/boomtown-rats.html The band were working under the name of Mark Skid and the Y Fronts. They were offered the chance of a gig at Bolton St. Tech. This was a "free gig". Geldof turned down the offer on the rule that "we'll do nothing for free we're not h...
As suss suggested, twenty songs to choose from, but feel free to nominate others. I have picked the previously unaired songs from the first two LPs, singles and some B-sides, in fact those that realistically could be performed. You can vote for all twenty, but then the poll has little or no point. M...
The Us sets were pared down, but now it looks like the UK sets are going the same way. I reckon about half a dozen songs have fallen by the wayside since the Polo Club only to be replaced by the eponymous song. The Barton/Bradbury Rats were longer. By the time they get to London, it'll probably Eva Bra...
Hi, I'm going to Dublin for the first time. And wanted some advice of unmissable places of Rats history. I don't know the town. I am thrilled to be going to such a fantastic city. Thanks for your help.
So far we have....Small gigs at Polo club and a pubBig gigs at the Isle of Wight and Cork, plus ChagstockTwo new songsLots of good interviewsA UK and Ireland tour where they play virtually sold out dates in London and DublinAnd a rarely broadcast concert on TV a...
