Your favorite rats songs

BobGeldof · Mary of the 4th Form

Your favorite rats songs

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

Like Clockwork
Never In A Million Years
Dave
Rat Trap
Banana Republic

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

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!)

Kaz · Someone's Looking At You

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

I like Eva Braun. Chris (Kaz's better half)

Beistovin · Like Clockwork

Hate ! Another Piece of Red? Talking In Code? The Little Death ? OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Needless to say I love these songs .

Jodie · Someone's Looking At You

At the moment my very favourite is probably... erm... Someone's Lookin' At You... possibly

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

My favourite is Dave, it really stands out. Then everything...

Sometimes I forget how good Banana Republic is until I play it again.

stuart · House on Fire

Fav Rats songs at the moment are Diamond Smiles, Someones Looking at You, Dave and Rat Trap (live)

Mark Boyle · House on Fire

Never In A Million Years

Diamond Smiles

Drag Me Down

I Don't Like Mondays

Someone's Looking At You (Single Version)

Sleep

Like Clockwork

When The Night Comes

Rat Trap

The Little Death

Ian D · House on Fire

Tough to choose, but if i had to pick a top 6, they would be

Mondays

Dave

Straight Up

Walking Downtown

Banana Republic, live at Cardiff

Talk In Code, from the video and soon to be DVD On A Night Like This

Andrea · Lookin' After Number 1

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!

Malteserat · Diamond Smiles

House on fire

Another Piece Of Red .........Those steaming nights (knights) of Malta ........

-- Edited by Malteserat at 20:50, 2005-02-12

Slim · I Don't Like Mondays

Crazy-

Beautiful- shoving your nose into true artistry- elllo

maybe some other day- its all out there- go listen and learn.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

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)

Slim · I Don't Like Mondays

SKIN ON SKIN

Sounds as good as be my dam bowie-love- by little forest.

always prizing, what a fing group/ie

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

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.

-- Edited by MMbullybuddyGP at 16:02, 2005-03-18

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Must be just me who hates Skin on Skin

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

RE: Your favorite rats songs

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

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) !!!!

ftp://jnk.homedns.org/Music/MP3s/Groups/PulpMania/Live/1994/Frisky/pulp%20-%2006%20-%20pink%20glove%20-%20live%20astoria%20london%201994.mp3

-- Edited by ArrGee at 00:22, 2005-03-20

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

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?

-- Edited by MMbullybuddyGP at 07:39, 2005-03-21

Steve · I Don't Like Mondays

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.

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

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!

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

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...

Hayley · I Don't Like Mondays

At the moment my favourites are:

Like clockwork, Someones looking at you, Rat trap, I don't like Mondays

But I also like so many more!

franna · V Deep

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.

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

yikes, choosing one is just hard for this poll...hmmmm...

fodleg · I Don't Like Mondays

well MY fav is "keep it up" BG told me when I told him that -that he"doesnt remember it"

Also fond of Bannana republic-esp the live version.........

Cindy · She's So Modern

I can make it if u can

i dont like mondays

rat trap

banana republic

mary of the 4th form

she's gonna do u in

she's so modern

(out of these ones: she's gonna do u in)

joegravellese · Rat Trap

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.

camilladk · Tonight

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.

-- Edited by camilladk at 20:14, 2005-06-24

motema2004 · Tonight

Looking After Number One, because it's so cheerful in a cynical way...hard to believe it's the same Sir Bob!

iluvbobgeldof · Never In A Million Years

nothing can beat 'i dont like mondays'

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

kathp89 · Rat Trap

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

Tango · In the Long Grass

its a tough one.i like i can make it but do the rat is just fun.

Drunc · She's So Modern

Top 10

1 Rat Trap

2 Mondays

3 Someone's looking At You

4 A Hold Of Me

5 Diamond Smiles

6 Skin On Skin

7 I Can Make It If You Can

8 When The Night Comes

9 Keep It Up

10 Hurt Hurts

Stipey · Like Clockwork

My favourite? although to be honest I love them all, but my number one favourite is I dont like Mondays........

camilladk · Tonight

kathp89 wrote:

prefer Talking in Code, and i reckon that is my favourite all time rats song, especially the way it is performed on the dvd

Yeah, it's just soooo great. It has A good beat in it

rekamakovics · In the Long Grass

My favourite is :DAVE

MrsRatSinger · Dave

My favourites are Rat Trap, Lucky, Mondays, She's So Modern, Another Piece Of Red, Nothing Happened Today etc.

Finolaaa · Lookin' After Number 1

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!!

Hanna · Mary of the 4th Form

i like Rat Trap .. and Someone's looking at you. don't like Mary of the fourth form

leonor · Lookin' After Number 1

wrote:

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.

Next is someone's looking at you.

windchill · Mary of the 4th Form

1 Joey

2 Do the rat

3 Living on an Island

4 Diamond Smiles

5 Whitehall 1212

6 Looking after No 1

7 Dave

8 Another piece of Red

9 Neon Heart

10 Under there thumb

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

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.

MMbullybuddyGP · Drag Me Down

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)!

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

They are great songs, but to diehard fans like us they are a little boring and there is so much better out on the albums.

I think that poll was done in 2003, it was when the Best of came out. He said it at a concert I was at, must have been 2003.

-- Edited by Jules at 18:33, 2006-02-13

Mark Boyle · House on Fire

Mouse wrote:

what!? weird. I LOVE THAT SONG!

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.

KOD · Mary of the 4th Form

My favorites:

1. Joey's on the Street Again - perfect lyrically and musically

2. Close as you'll ever be - most underrated - live version is even better

3. Looking After No.1 - ironic prologue for Bob

4. Rat Trap - Joey 2

5. Me and Howard Hughes - second most underrated - so well structured and performed

6. I Don't Like Mondays - Everything - music, lyrics, timing, the video - eternal classic for hardcore and casual fance (probably even non-fans)

7. Keep it up - Simple and satisfying - never get tired of it

8. Diamond Smiles - I love the way it builds - very few bands can create a song like that

9. Up all Night - best beat of any Rats song - perfect for a remix

10. Banana Republic - experimental yet accessible - very pleasing to listen to - again the live version is even better

11. Dave - classic single - don't know how this wasn't huge - perhaps that God-awful album cover did them in.

13. A Hold of Me

Least favorite:

1. Like Clockwork - I keep trying to like it but I find the begiining too irritating - does not stand the test of time like other songs

2. Having My Picture Taken -campy and cringeworthy - rhymes with "Kinks"

3. This is My Room - and these are my earplugs

4. He Watches if All - "fell in love with a lighthouse keeper, spends his time bringing home the beacon" - shades of Spinal Tap

Tango · In the Long Grass

if we're going for least fave as well then it has to be fall down.disaster.

kathp89 · Rat Trap

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? ?? ?

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

Charmed Lives is my least favourte, but I wouldn't turn it off or skip it.

Jacki · I Don't Like Mondays

Shes So Modern

Rat Trap

Like Clockwork

I Don't Like Mondays

Diamond Smiles

Dave

I love them all!

TheTopHat · The BoomTown Kid

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

londonson · Mary of the 4th Form

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)

Lord Draco · Mary of the 4th Form

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.