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Hi all, Can anyone tell me when the Rats played the Lees Cliff Hall in Folkestone? I went and think it must have been in the late 70s possibly 78. Remembering it this evening (husband bought a rat trap strangely)! Thanks Tess
For years i thought the Walking Downtown lyric went 10,000 streets under a Norwich sky! I could never work out why Norwich, maybe i thought Bob and Pete wrote it whilst on tour in Norwich. Then i saw the lyrics printed out in the re master cds and it was under an Orange sky not Norwich! I still prefer Norwi...
Hi everyone, First of all, I'd like to say how heart-warming it is that everybody on this forum has gone into high action about the new record and tour in 2020. It's really exciting the buzz among us for the release. Obviously, I'm delighted to have a brand new album by The Boomtown Rats (something I n...
Checking out the trains to Brighton and I am on the 1.25. Shame I cant get the 5.15, always sounded like fun. Just wondering what I should do on the way down... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5:15 Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been? Ou...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_oq1k67XoU From Australias Countdown in March 1981. Towards the end of the clip. Hope we can be saying back in business about Citizens of Boomtown and 2020 generally. -- Edited by Mark L on Friday 3rd of January 2020 03:51:10 AM
Hello, Forgive me if this isn't quite 100% accurate and I am talking in broad strokes here... Part of the problem seems to be the type of events The Boomtown Rats are being booked to appear at. In past years they've played on bills such as Victorious, Isle of Wight Festival etc where the festivals thems...
https://www.list.co.uk/article/113180-the-boomtown-rats-announce-2020-uk-tour-find-out-how-to-get-tickets/Gabi Garbutt and the Illuminations Thu 26 Mar Brighton Dome Fri 27 Mar Cheltenham Town Hall Wed 15...
After waiting a couple of decades for these guys to get their asses back to NYC, I suffered a four-hour wait of opening acts to see The Rats rush through a ONE HOUR set? It was a great one hour, but c'mon... for those of us who waited 30 years, a full set is the least we should expect. Hope it happens... By comp...
Hello, The history of Geldof's guitar playing is intriguing... (I'm predicting an onslaught of barbs about the quality his guitar playing... but putting them on one side.... I'm curious on the history of it). The earliest time I have seen him with a guitar (well prancing around with one) is the 'Som...
https://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2020/default.htm2020 Male Metal Rat is a ship in the ocean against the strong wind.Like a ship that's going under. Bring me home in rain and thunder...
https://www.jambase.com/article/bruce-springsteen-john-mellencamp-eurythmics-sting-rainforest-benefit sang I Dont Like Mondays from his The Boomtown Rats days and covered (Whats So Funny Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding,
A case of quality over quantity this year for me. Not one bad show. But ranked as follows (though all of them were at least 9/10)Mon 28/10/2019 Damned London Palladium ; Quite possibly the greatest concert ever. Front row seats with 2,000 audience members dressed as vampires, Dave Vanian going ful...
Bob can sometimes unfairly be accused of having magpie - type tendencies, but anyone who suggests Down in the Boondocks 'inspired' Diamond Smiles, must surely be consistent and suggest 1997's Midnight in Chelsea from Jon Bon Jovi was 'inspired' by Diamond Smiles' playout element. We know Jon is a b...
Guys seems to be some movement here The A Tonic for the troops 2005 cd remaster has been reissued on Friday passed. HMV says that its limited and is Ł5.99. My wife seen it on the web and thinking that it was the LP being reissued had ordered it for me. So maybe the start of things to come.
Thread for suggestions on how all of these people can help the environment with no impact on their lives and not be called hypocrites.Comic Steve Coogan: 'Extinction Rebellion is a grass roots movement that should be applauded for putting this issue at the top of the agenda where it belongs. I stand i...
Just trying to think of some Rats songs where this is employed to great effect. Love the line in Dave where thats too cheap is sung twice and in Million Years where dont stop now receives the same treatment a couple of times, almost pitch shifting or some kind of pitch modulation is taking place, where th...
https://www.irishecho.com/2019/09/scanlon-shortlisted/Seamus Scanlon of City College Downtown has been shortlisted by RTÉ for the 2019 PJ OConnor Radio Drama award. The Butterfly Love Song s...
Saturday 23rd May 2020 - for those who wont be at Stone Valley watching Happy Mondays. Wet Wet Wet headline, might be too apt if weather is anything like it is right now. Ł33 rising to Ł60 depending on when you purchase. https://letsrocknorwich.com/
i thought i read somewhere that he had, but cant seem to see anything online. i dont mean like awards for achievements, i mean a proper degree or phd or stuff like that
I was reading that Ric Ocasek died on Sunday, so of course I started listening to their back catalog on Amazon. I had forgotten how good they were. A prototype for The Strokes. Best Friend's Girl on picture disc was the first I ever saw, never got it as it was as rare as hen's teeth back in the day. https:...
saturdays show asked for top40songs with the word I in noticed mondays (which was one of the biggest hits of 1979) was not on their list although a lot of obscure ones were have they conveniently forgot about rats rant over
I see that The Boomtown Rats are playing at Chilfest in Hertfodshire weekend of 5th and 6th Jul 2014. The line up is full of 80's bands. I do not know anything about this festival as I have never heard of it before. It seems that there are festivals everywhere now In the UK. Some big some small some mid si...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12258976Playing It Strange, Geldof v Fleetwood, hosted by Kiwi artist Mike Chunn and Herald editor Murray Kirkness, will include a Q&a...
Greetings fellow rodents- does anyone know if Bob Geldof has sung the track Fall Down or has it always been sung by Simon Crowe at live concerts? It would be interesting to hear Bob sing it himself or add it to his live set. Obviously Simon is a good singer,with a pure voice and it would be interesting to he...
some time ago I went to the cinema to watch a move called "That Summer" or something like that,There where some tracks of the Rats along whit the Police, don't remember the tracks but I am sure they where from the first album.
if I'm not mistaken it's roughly 40years since mondays and we have the chance of a new album where has the time gone we've all aged and gone through life's bumps but now the rats are back and the world is a better place again. Ha Ha
For thoso who haven't heard it Gerry Cotts 1982 single The Ballad Of The Lone Ranger is on You Tube, heard part of it once on the radio when it was released so its great to hear it in full, good song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8oVh4Xshzo
Feel free to nominate others to add to this list, I just took what was on the other thread... -- Edited by ArrGee on Wednesday 12th of September 2012 04:29:18 PM-- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 11th of July 2019 03:17:15 PM
just listened to live target and about listen to Toronto 12/12/93 so from happy clubs days bob seems in his element live some good songs played over the years rats/bob are still my faves live
Solo stuff aside, personally my list of songs that weren't that popular (this also depends where you live..i'm looking from an american standpoint!), that I do enjoy, are: Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) Please Don't Go Man At The Top Europe Looked Ugly ( I didn't even know this existed until I stumble...
Why did the Rats become so unpopular in the early 1980s? Why do I still love them? I'm a new member so forgive me starting a new thread straight away, I'm a lifelong fan of the band who only recently read Bobs autobiography I am ashamed to say! Incredibly, I just didn't buy it at the time and always resiste...
i noticed about 6songs on roger Taylor on YouTube with bob baby's going down battersea morning just get on etc are these available as mp3does anyone know? Thanks mike
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/24/joseph-oconnor-on-dun-laoghaireWe kids took a certain pleasure in the emptiness of Dún Laoghaire, its jagged, unswimmable inlets, its broken-down boarding houses. When local band the Boomtown Rats began to make it big, their success belo...
According to Pete Briquette the Rats are to record a video for a new song next week. No song title or other details given. Check PB Facebook for confirmation.
I think there is an argument that The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks and The Who are the greatest bands full stop. Anyway pick your favourite. -- Edited by ArrGee on Wednesday 19th of June 2019 06:45:17 PM
I remember his Amex ad on his trout farm. I recently read he has never used cocaine. I saw him telling the audience off for smoking pot at his gigs. And he voted to leave the EU. He cant be a rock n roll star, can he? Roger Daltrey says Brexit wont affect British musicians.The frontman, who has previous...
The lyrics aren't terribly complimentary (clue's in the name), so when I heard BG and Nigel Farage mentioned in the context of the same news item I guessed BG would be in the Leave camp. Of course, I guessed wrong. Have I completely misunderstood the lyrics (e.g. Europe as a metaphor?) or has BG's views...
As I made my rounds to listen to Alphabet Town a couple of weeks ago, I had spotted that someone uploaded Cott playing a handful of songs from his album Urban Soundscapes (plus a couple others...Amazing Grace, Summertime..). I hadn't seen these before, and they were uploaded shortly before I found th...
As many of us had predicted the High Court case over the authorship of I Don't Like Mondays was settled out of court. I have always thought Fingers must have had a pretty big input into the song, and where would we be without Fingers performing the song live from 1979-1986. Anyway here's an interesting f...
Thought I should introduce myself! I'm Jess, from Bristol, I'm 17 and like the rest of you.. I love Bob Geldof
I get to see him for the first time on Dec 9th, at the Colston Hall, which I'm very much looking forward to!
Anyway, hello everyone, I hope to get to know you all -- Edited by Arr...
Have to say what a great wee album this was/is. In my opinion completely overlooked on it's release. Dave. A Hold of me, Drag me down.Tonight,Hard times. How this album and the singles that came of it were never hit's I will never understand to this day In my top 3 best of Rats LPs
Can't believe how fast time flies went to this low key gig on18/6/83 they were in brilliant form seems like yesterday hope we get something this year as the time is ticking and 2019 is halfway through and no activity at all still we live in hope
http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1995_1999.htm I was looking through a list of Number ones and believe I pretty much had tuned out by 1997 It all seems to get patchy from May 1997 onwards. Olive??? http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/2010.htm And as for 2010 the only ones I know are Shout and He...
Not one I will be attending with a ticket price of 735 euro. 15th May 2019 Warsaw, Polandhttps://wbj.pl/boomtown-rats-with-bob-geldorf-at-2019-ceeqa-gala-in-warsaw/post/122524THE BOOMTOWN RATS featuring Bob Geldof, Garry Roberts, Peter Briquette and Simon Crowe to headline live en...
Spotted this rare item on YouTube: Gung Ho cassette from 1987. Features short 'interview'/promo by Simon, Johnnie and Yoko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHqH2roksQk Tape also contains Japanese/German version of Play to Win. Seems first verse is in Japanese and rest is in German. Wonder...
Always first with the news Seems Bob has been recording a new video for 'his next tour' according to 9 News Perth. Very short clip of spaghetti western type scene, four guys on horseback. Hard to identify any of the guys in the shot, was thinking it maybe it could even be a new Rats video or does Geldof go...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbvduZDE5a0 Ive not seen this before, probably because this TOTP edition was fronted by Dave Lee Travis who appears briefly at the end. Gerry on drums, Garry on keyboards and Fingers on guitar! But Bob as ever on lead vocals.
Why isn't the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world (from Dún Laoghaire) headlining this? https://mcd.ie/tickets-for-deacon-blue-madness-primal-scream-are-on-sale-now/3 OPEN AIR SUMMER CONCERTS ANNOUNCED FOR DUN LAOGHAIRE PIER ON JUNE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND31 MAY 2019 - DEACON BLUE,...
Here's the full gig from Wexford last Halloween weekend. I've met Andy the guy who filmed it, a few times. Excellent camera work which gives a real feel for what the Rats are like, live, in a fairly intimate setting. Bit of an old Moran's Hotel vibe going on here, full on performance so can't really ask f...
Maybe a little late, but a few shows on BBC Four tonight featuring Irish bands including The Boomtown Rats. Just watching a pre #1 performance of Rat Trap from TOTP. In many ways better than the Travolta photo ripping one.
Some poor camera work possibly caused by badly arranged and therefore annoying lighting, but interesting nevertheless and courtesy of YouTube which is regularly now hosting little-seen vintage bits and bobs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmaB4fuK8OM a brief offering of Mondays prece...
Roger Daltrey says Brexit wont affect British musicians.The frontman, who has previous... 
I get to see him for the first time on Dec 9th, at the Colston Hall, which I'm very much looking forward to!
Anyway, hello everyone, I hope to get to know you all 
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