Geldof interview in September issue of Mojo

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Geldof interview in September issue of Mojo

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

http://www.mojo4music.com/3997/bob-geldof-the-rocknroll-age-is-dead/

I think its lost its relevance, he opines. The rocknroll age is dead. Those cultural wars have been won. Elvis won. Little Richard won. And having won, its Pyrrhic, cos rocknroll needs a context in which to exist.

Maybe there will be a new rocknroll invented by the Chinese to let those 800 million in extreme poverty into the Chinese dream, he continues. When you have an autocratic, authoritarian regime that locks up anyone whos got an alternative dream, its ripe for rocknroll. But will it be as we know it, or will it be the blanded-out X-Factorisation? I dont know.

As regards The Boomtown Rats, who have reformed with all original members barring guitarist Gerry Cott and nefarious pyjama-wearing pianist Johnny Fingers, Geldof declares himself revitalized and refixated.

Id honestly forgotten what a fcuking great band it was, says Geldof. I started singing Looking After Number 1 and I thought, I still feel exactly like that.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Got this yesterday. Back to Boomtown is billed as more classic Rats (sax and piano) than The Boomtown Rats and mention of another couple of songs having been written. The interview content bodes well for a new cd I'd say but nothing concrete mentioned.