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He famously made the news in Britain one year when he was number one in Ireland with Rat Trap (a cover version of the Boomtown Rats song which he sang with Bob Geldof, and made fun of him throughout), when in just about every other country the Christmas number one spot went to the Spice Girls with their song 2 Become 1.
A few other bands I like have Torrent sites for their fans...small but dedicated audiences. Would it be possible to work something like this out for Bob/Rats stuff? What's needed?
Hmm I tried to sign up for an account with one, but then I'm stuck. It is asking for a URL to pick up tracks from. Given the trouble I had trying to write a webpage on one those easy they do it all for you sites, I think I give in there!
AGM155 wrote: A few other bands I like have Torrent sites for their fans...small but dedicated audiences. Would it be possible to work something like this out for Bob/Rats stuff? What's needed?
I don't know, but ratchat2005@yahoo.co.uk is a good repository... (send PM for access details)
Boomtown Rats_In The Long Grass_17_Rain (US Version of Dave). Wed 23 Feb 2005 13502k Track 1 DBWYR Sat 26 Feb 2005 13381k Boomtown Rats_Drag Me Down [US]_01_Drag Me Down.zip Tue 22 Feb 2005 12770k FW: Track 12 Tue 08 Mar 2005 12416k Man At The Top Thu 17 Feb 2005 9707k stream_rats_peeleditpt2 Sun 29 Jan 2006 9650k Track 2 Wed 02 Mar 2005 9398k Rat Trap Sat 29 Oct 2005 9353k "Rat Chat" Tokyo Wed 09 Aug 2006 9349k FW: Track 11 Tue 08 Mar 2005 9176k stream peel session 1978 part 1 Sun 29 Jan 2006 8926k "Rat Chat" Live Aid Wed 09 Aug 2006 8008k Rat Trap live at The Dominion Theatre 1985 Wed 20 Dec 2006 7227k Videos2 Sat 19 Nov 2005 6962k Emailing: Slade_Crackers - The Christmas Party Album_09_Do You Believe In Miracl... Thu 03 Feb 2005 6658k mp3 Wed 16 Nov 2005 6355k Sex Age & Death - The US only tracks? Sun 20 Mar 2005 6244k Missed track 12! Sat 29 Oct 2005 5842k Final batch of videos Sat 19 Nov 2005 5543k Sex Age & Death - The US only tracks? Sun 20 Mar 2005 5411k Lockhard Geldof/Dustin Thu 21 Dec 2006 4706k In The Long Grass [US]_08_Lucky europe looked ugly
I'm sending Rat Trap again. I don't think it sent the first time.
The Torrents thing is a good idea, because it is on another website which picks up other people all over. But failing that we do have Rat Chat, which has been useful! I'm sure I'm still missing some B-sides which weren't on the anthology...
The version of Rat Trap is amusing (even if it's rubbish!), but Walk This Way is unbelivably cr@p! Geldof must have still been in his diddly diddly stage. You have to hear it though
Perhaps this hasn't been spotlighted before, but seems Bob didn't confine himself to fun and frolics with Dustin, managing as he did to get included on Lemon's Christmas video some years back (frightening where it goes) which was pointed out to me over the week-end: