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Would be easier to list the ones I don't like, but if I was forced to have a top twenty or so...
He Watches It All, Dave, House on Fire, Banana Republic,Fall Down,Me & Howard Hughes,Rat Trap, Kicks, Clockwork, Someone's Looking At You, Number 1, Mary, Joey, I can make it, She's gonna do you in, Eva Braun, Living in an Island, Do The Rat, Go Man Go, Drag Me Down, Mondays, This is My Room.
But there are many more I like a lot.
Songs I truly hate are Another Piece of Red, Charmed Lives, The Little Death, Talking in Code, Walking Downtown and Skin on Skin.
And very few others I dislike to any degree (though they do tend to crop up around Mondo Bongo/V Deep!)
Hi Bob, my favorite rats songs are, bannana republic, house on fire, looking after number one, the elephants graveyard, diamond smiles and mary of the 4th form. L'n'S Kaz. X
If you can smile in the midst of pain
And laugh at the cares of mankind
You're out of the mire
You're out of the rain
And you're probably out of your mind
Can't choose a fav - not possible - still love Rat Trap. Boomtown Rats songs still sound great even after all these years. Diamond Smiles is another big fav and all of the early stuff. Told you - not possible to choose!
quote: Originally posted by: ArrGee "Songs I truly hate are Another Piece of Red, Charmed Lives, The Little Death, Talking in Code, Walking Downtown and Skin on Skin. "
Crikey, everyone else loves them as favourites! (except Skin on Skin)
lol, I actually heard Skin on Skin for the first time yesterday (still relatively new to hearing all Rats songs) and it definitely stood out - in a good way! That's the first song I've heard Bob use his vocals that way, I was a little taken aback. Some of the lyrics are pretty bad IMO (esp. breath tasting like rotten feet - disgusting lol), but the tune/sound of the whole thing overrode that for me. I'd say it's probably in my top 20 or so.
While I'm at it, time to update my fav Rats songs since I've heard a lot more of 'em since last time I posted...in random order:
Like Clockwork Rat Trap Can't Stop Living In An Island (I Never Loved) Eva Braun Never In A Million Years Skin On Skin He Watches It All Banana Republic Whitehall 1212 Diamond Smiles Someone's Looking At You I Don't Like Mondays ...and pretty much the entire (remastered) In The Long Grass album, excluding Walking Downtown and She's Not the Best.
quote: Originally posted by: MMbullybuddyGP "lol, I actually heard Skin on Skin for the first time yesterday (still relatively new to hearing all Rats songs) and it definitely stood out - in a good way! That's the first song I've heard Bob use his vocals that way, I was a little taken aback. Some of the lyrics are pretty bad IMO (esp. breath tasting like rotten feet - disgusting lol), but the tune/sound of the whole thing overrode that for me. I'd say it's probably in my top 20 or so.
If you want to hear how it should have been done, check out Pulp's My Legendary Girlfriend (or most of Pulp's His 'n' Hers esp. Pink Glove)
unfortunately I couldn't download Pink Glove, there was an error of some sort...
while My Legendary Girlfriend is not a bad song with some good emotion in it, I still prefer Skin on Skin I just loved the singing in/tune of it, esp in all the 'right or wrong' verses.
thanks for posting the songs anyway, I always like listening to new music!
oh, and you aren't the only one who doesn't like that song!...David Clancy said it 'turned him off' from listening to V Deep (along with a couple of other tracks). and I'm sure there are others...
The version of Legendary Girlfriend is not the final version (you have to get the proper CD for that, though I could put it up on RatChat2005), it's just gives a idea of the song.
Pink Glove is there just a space is incorporated on the link (pul p should be pulp) !!!!
ah, the CD version of Legendary Girlfriend is better than the nonfinal version
thanks for letting me know about the space in the URL lol, I should've noticed that! That's a very nice song (Pink Glove), I liked it a lot.
Both of those Pulp songs were...hm, better mixed than Skin on Skin. They sounded overall more well-done in general. Still though, I like Skin on Skin the best b/c of the tune, and the singing randomness that I've never heard before from the BTR.
and actually now I'm wondering...I said before how I liked Geldof's vocals in that song, but is it? I'm talking about the parts that say "nothing more or less than....I want to lick the sweat off...I want to cut in deep in...I want to sink my teeth in..." etc., those parts that have that oddly unique vocal sound. but now I'm thinking it could be Simon Crowe doing that part, I've been 'fooled' by him before (Crowe singing song parts that I thought Geldof sang). Who's singing those parts, anybody know?
They were most definately sung by Simon Crowe. I once upon a time had a tape magazine (SFX I think it was called - basically a magazine on a tape. Interviews, music etc) To cut a long story short, there was an interview with Bob geldof. In it he mentioned the superb singing of Simon. In fact Simon had a very good singing voice and did most of the backing vocals.
with the SFX mag, was Bob specifically referring to 'Skin on Skin' when praising Simon, or was he just saying he had a superb voice in general? I am aware that Simon does do most of the backing vocals, especially the higher-pitched ones, and I'd like to think I have a decent ear for who's who in the voice dept of Bob n Simon... I'm just really torn over this song though lol. it's giving me the most trouble. it really sounds like it could be either one!
I've heard Bob say at concerts that Simon has a voice like a choir boy, so I guess he's talking generally in that case. We requested Fall Down and Bob said he didn't think he could make such a good job of it as simon...
quote: Originally posted by: MMbullybuddyGP "...and pretty much the entire (remastered) In The Long Grass album, excluding Walking Downtown and She's Not the Best."
Now that I'm finally being exposed to the Rats for the first time, and slowly makng my way through the reissues, well...unsurprisingly, my choices are completely opposite.
In The Long Grass: Walking Downtown is my favorite, followed by She's Not The Best, and Up or Down. I don't even like Up or Down that much, but it does succeed in making me nostalgic for a certain time. None of the other tracks work for me.
The Fine Art of Surfacing: Nice N Neat (favorite), When The Night Comes. Maybe, if I'm feeling really really generous Someone's Looking At You.
Haven't really listened to most of the other CDs yet. So far, I thank God for the solo stuff.
Lordy, that's tough. I voted for Diamond Smiles in the poll.
Once in Math class or something I jotted down like #1-36 the rankings of the Geldof/Rats' songs I had known of at the time.
My Top Seven, which I consider to all be amazing songs, remains unchanged:
1. Diamond Smiles ; 2. Someone's Looking At You ; 3. I Never Loved Eva Braun ; 4. Fall Down ; 5. I Don't Like Mondays ; 6. Drag Me Down ; 7. Dave.
Due to the sheer variety of the Rats, however, I of course get mini obsessions with songs over the course of the months; presently my mini-obsession is Nice 'N' Neat, which I've been listening to religiously [no pun intended]. More recently it was When the Night Comes and also Up All Night, two more songs that, along with Nice N Neat, fall into my second-tier of Rats songs, which I consider to be really, really good songs but not on the level of the top 7.
There's a few I am indifferent toward - Elephant's Graveyard, Nothing Happened Today, I Can Make It If You Can.. and some I don't care for - Neon Heart, She's So Modern, Like Clockwork, and , my personal least-favorite, Wind Chill Factor Minus Zero.
All in all, however, with the exception of Wind Chill Factor, which is somewhat woeful, all of the songs, even my low-rated ones, are great listens and much better than 99.9% of the music out there today. I'd rather listen to She's So Modern or Neon Heart than the best of many other bands.
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Yeah, it's very hard to choose. But I voted Drag me Down, but I really like them all. Also Love Joey's on the street again. It depends on what mood I'm in. I don't like mondays allways makes me cry, so I try to avoid it, on good days, cause it's so beautiful, in a sad way.
it doesnt make me cry, it makes me smile, because when u hear how much effort bob puts into the vocals i just start to smile and sometimes laugh...its the enjoyment of such a moving song
As good as rat trap and i dont like mondays are, I much much much prefer Talking in Code, and i reckon that is my favourite all time rats song, especially the way it is performed on the dvd
i love " i dont like mondays" to bits! its such great song considering how he came across it. also rat trap, best ever and after hearing Dave again live i love it and banana republic great!!
I dont like mondays,Like clockwork,Rat trap,House on fire, What is yours -- Edited by ArrGee at 10:19, 2005-04-01 -- Edited by ArrGee at 15:49, 2005-07-26 -- Edited by ArrGee at 15:50, 2005-07-26
I dont like mondays is one of the musics of my life. it remeid me the good days of my teenage life.
Looking at this stats, there seems to be something a little weird. When we voted for the Best of the Rats album recently, Bob said Dave was the top song?? scratches head.
Maybe Bob said that awhile ago....when was the vote?
Even so, I guess song preferences change frequently for all music and artists. It is an interesting observation. Rat Trap...I Don't Like Mondays...there are so many BTR songs I like better than those two (highest %s on this poll)!
And it comes in two excellent versions, the raucous single, & the most thoughtful "telling a story" album version.
Same song, two different moods to suit.
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If you can smile in the midst of pain
And laugh at the cares of mankind
You're out of the mire
You're out of the rain
And you're probably out of your mind
i quite like fall down, it could do without the recorder interlude if you ask me, but apart from that i really like it. My favourites have gotta be talkin in code, joey, rat trap, nothing happened today, among lots of others. OOOO and i love keep it up. The only song i dont get, which isn't even a song is episode 3, I mean wat is that all about? ?? ?
You can hear the rasp of the snare drum as the acoustic guitar strums out the first few chords.......(obviously recorded as studio live) a bit of 'Na na' harmonising from Himself..... Then huge compression when the bass and drums kick in. Driving rhythm, Gerry Cott lead.... The lyrics, so paranoid 1980..... Already Gods with No.1, Clockwork, Rat Trap, Mondays...... and now this... 1980...... its on every radio station... TOTP everywhere And they're walking on clouds.....with a swagger
'Thres a spy in the sky, theres a noise on the wire......'
That was a moment...
nick
-- Edited by TheTopHat at 22:03, 2007-09-29
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there you go, big hand for the boomtown rats, music will never be the same again, i think........
my faves: Never in a Million Years (alone for the line "I´ll tear down the sky") Elephant´s Graveyard (for all the reasons in the world) Dave (sheer elegance)
Impossible to choose a favourite...but my top favs (in no particular order) would have to be I don't Like Mondays, When the Night Comes, Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero), Diamond Smiles, The Elephants Graveyard, and Banana Republic.