Ratlife ep 10 inch vinyl

Mike menzies · V Deep

Ratlife ep 10 inch vinyl

Derek The Dane · In the Long Grass

So am I,will let you know if I find anything.

suss · In the Long Grass

Good news lazun gemmun, merchandising have unearthed the missing box of 20 (and that really is it!) so I asked for 2 to be put aside for Derek and Mike. They're currently unsigned so just need to wait for that, assuming you want to wait for that.

If anyone else wants one shout now and I'll add to reserved list. Would guess they'll go on sale at a gig over summer otherwise.

Also agreed with merch I'd co-ordinate orders so if definitely interested PM me your name/address to reserve. As soon as payment options sorted will update. Should be £20 + p&p.

Derek, let me know if you're in UK anytime or want posted to a UK address to save a bit.

Derek The Dane · In the Long Grass

Please please please make sure I get a copy.Thanks Suss for letting me know.I have sent a personal message with my address.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Me also suss let me know when and iwill send payment etc (go man go) was very good

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

Any mugs on sale this time?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

suss wrote:
Good news lazun gemmun, merchandising have unearthed the missing box of 20 (and that really is it!)

I was happy there were none left cos then I wouldn't be tempted when I turfed up at a gig ...

... must resist ...

suss · In the Long Grass

Mike/Derek, got your Ratlife ep's ready to send. Will PM you tomorrow.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Just received charmed lives 12inch ep from the states looking forward to playing this. And soon ratlife ep when it comes.

Mike menzies · V Deep

Just rec ratlife ep thanks suss looking forward to playing this later today

suss · In the Long Grass

Glad it arrived in one piece. Always sweat over posting vinyl!

Derek The Dane · In the Long Grass

GOT MINE,LUV YOU SUSS(if you know what I mean).I played it so loud the cat ran out of the house.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Derek The Dane wrote:
GOT MINE,LUV YOU SUSS(if you know what I mean).I played it so loud the cat ran out of the house.

i wouldn't blame the cat for running out of the house after hearing it.It's really that bad. smile

Yes lovely to have new Rats on vinyl but how about some proper songs worthy of the band. Surely Geldof can cobble together a few new songs that are worth playing live than we can be proud of. Normally I am pretty open to Geldof and his sometimes wayward solo career, but Rat life, for me, and most others on the forum, is really the pits. Ok The Boomtown Rats is sort of ok, but the rest is just insipid tosh.

I haven't bought the record or even downloaded the new songs, they are that bad.I feel strongly about this, but maybe that's just me.

They should have wrote a proper new single that would be worthy of radio play, to help the live touring. A good song should stand out, and be heartfelt, something the Rats always managed in the past. These 4 new songs have been the only real downside to the Rats comeback. Apart from the eponymous song which is still really not that good, the rest are real plodders, as if bob had od's on some Mogadon*.

*mogadon = type of sleeping tablet smile

-- Edited by noelindublin on Monday 15th of June 2015 03:01:45 PM

Mike menzies · V Deep

Sos Noel I disagree back to boomtown is great ASIs ratlife ratified is poor I agree there but it's nice to have something other than compilations( which I would still buy as I am an anorak in that way) but let's hope something is released for their40 th anniversary

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

noelindublin wrote:
Derek The Dane wrote:
GOT MINE,LUV YOU SUSS(if you know what I mean).I played it so loud the cat ran out of the house.
i wouldn't blame the cat for running out of the house after hearing it.It's really that bad.
Yes lovely to have new Rats on vinyl but how about some proper songs worthy of the band. Surely Geldof can cobble together a few new songs that are worth playing live than we can be proud of. Normally I am pretty open to Geldof and his sometimes wayward solo career, but Rat life, for me, and most others on the forum, is really the pits. Ok The Boomtown Rats is sort of ok, but the rest is just insipid tosh.
I haven't bought the record or even downloaded the new songs, they are that bad.I feel strongly about this, but maybe that's just me.
They should have wrote a proper new single that would be worthy of radio play, to help the live touring. A good song should stand out, and be heartfelt, something the Rats always managed in the past. These 4 new songs have been the only real downside to the Rats comeback. Apart from the eponymous song which is still really not that good, the rest are real plodders, as if bob had od's on some Mogadon*.
*mogadon = type of sleeping tablet

-- Edited by noelindublin on Monday 15th of June 2015 03:01:45 PM

You took that bad. Buddy. Oddly enough I have yet to get this record. But I did like the two songs Back to Boomtown and The Boomtown Rats. Yet to hear the other two songs. I am sure some where down the line I will come across this ep and get hold of it. Just because it's a Rats record and I happen to like this wee band just a bit LOL

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
i wouldn't blame the cat for running out of the house after hearing it. It's really that bad.

Me neither.

manatthetop wrote:

You took that bad. Buddy. Oddly enough I have yet to get this record. But I did like the two songs Back to Boomtown and The Boomtown Rats. Yet to hear the other two songs. I am sure some where down the line I will come across this ep and get hold of it.

You can hear the other songs on Spotify or Deezer (both free) or just get them off iTunes/Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ratlife-EP-The-Boomtown-Rats/dp/B00FUMVZPW for £1.99 They may even be on You Tube. No need to get the record.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
I haven't bought the record or even downloaded the new songs, they are that bad. I feel strongly about this, but maybe that's just me.
These 4 new songs have been the only real downside to the Rats comeback.

Despite my dislike of the songs, I confess I did download the ep. It cost me 58p after I applied my free amazon mp3 credit. Still feel ripped off I had already got the full version of Back To Boomtown as an mp3 download with other amazon mp3 credit (which made it free).

I don't really see them as a downside. At least they are trying to do something new. The compilations and boxed re-issues were more of a disappointment. Especially my accidental ordering of So Modern. I suppose none cost me much and I have the upside of getting the MP3s on the Amazon cloud.

So much good has come out of the reunion, I will forgive them

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mike menzies wrote:
... it's nice to have something other than compilations( which I would still buy as I am an anorak in that way)

I think my anorak got lost about ten years ago. Though I will confess that in a moment of weakness I bought How To Compose...

It won't happen again.

PS How To Compose cost me £1.99p on eBay

-- Edited by ArrGee on Tuesday 16th of June 2015 10:12:33 AM

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

Well they never actually play any of these, except for the Boomtown Rats, so we don't get them forced on us. I've hardly played them.

Derek The Dane · In the Long Grass

I could not get it from Amazon as I live outside the UK and to make it worse itunes(Denmark)does not have it so I was pleased when I got a copy on cd sent from England.I really enjoy playing the EP and the vinyl I got today sounds great.The Boomtown Rats are back and can fart down the microphone for all I care.Just happy to have them back.

Mark L · Loudmouth

I am in the unpopular position then of thinking Back to Boomtown is a good track, with pertinent lyrics and nice sax work. I think the next best track is The Boomtown Rats but it is below par to poor and the other 2 tracks are in 'O' level terms, which many of us half centurians will understand, E or unclassified!

I'm a bit surprised at the ferocity of your view Noel on Ratlife. Traditionally, you seem to have been able to find something good to say about some of Bob's more questionable output (not that there is much that's questionable) and I've felt your loyalty to the group would have prevented vitriolic output such as that.

Not good but a fair try and could and should do better. But 'the pits' it's not. IMHO.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Back To Boomtown is OK as a self pastiche (an oxymoron if ever there was one), but the other three are pretty bad. Maybe just a little better than farting down the microphones. Ratified may not have been so toe curlingly awful if the words Rat and Boomtown hadn't been shoehorned in ad nauseam.

Mike menzies · V Deep

I think these aren't too bad. When you think of harmed lives the little death and horrendous man at the top. That were released in their heyday

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

They aren't THAT bad, just a long way from the old Rats, the Rats as we know them.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mike menzies wrote:
I think these aren't too bad. When you think of harmed lives the little death and horrendous man at the top. That were released in their heyday

I much prefer Charmed Lives. I like Man At The Top, one of the better B sides, as I have stated in the past...

ArrGee wrote in 2011:
Do The Rat (10)
DUN LAOGHAIRE (10)
So Strange (8)
Late Last Night (8)
Barefootin' (live) (7)
Born to Burn (7)
Man at the Top (6)

I also think The Little Death edges three of the four Ratlife tracks. So IMHO they are that bad

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

They do lack something, but there is an awful lot worse around.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Back to Boomtown worse than Charmed Lives? Never in a million years.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

manatthetop wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
Derek The Dane wrote:
GOT MINE,LUV YOU SUSS(if you know what I mean).I played it so loud the cat ran out of the house.
i wouldn't blame the cat for running out of the house after hearing it.It's really that bad.
Yes lovely to have new Rats on vinyl but how about some proper songs worthy of the band. Surely Geldof can cobble together a few new songs that are worth playing live than we can be proud of. Normally I am pretty open to Geldof and his sometimes wayward solo career, but Rat life, for me, and most others on the forum, is really the pits. Ok The Boomtown Rats is sort of ok, but the rest is just insipid tosh.
I haven't bought the record or even downloaded the new songs, they are that bad.I feel strongly about this, but maybe that's just me.
They should have wrote a proper new single that would be worthy of radio play, to help the live touring. A good song should stand out, and be heartfelt, something the Rats always managed in the past. These 4 new songs have been the only real downside to the Rats comeback. Apart from the eponymous song which is still really not that good, the rest are real plodders, as if bob had od's on some Mogadon*.
*mogadon = type of sleeping tablet

-- Edited by noelindublin on Monday 15th of June 2015 03:01:45 PM
You took that bad. Buddy. Oddly enough I have yet to get this record. But I did like the two songs Back to Boomtown and The Boomtown Rats. Yet to hear the other two songs. I am sure some where down the line I will come across this ep and get hold of it. Just because it's a Rats record and I happen to like this wee band just a bit LOL

Rafified and Ratlife are both here on Youtube. 23 views about sums up the level of interest.

Ratified has a sort of Led Zep type riff but is so unlike the sound of the Boomtown Rats. Ratlife starts with a lame sax intro. Not sure what the sax has to do with the Rats sound. Nobody in the band plays the sax so why bother? It's probably Alan on the keyboards with a synth sax anyway. i give up. smile Of the 2 songs Ratified is the 'better' IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71AMS8UAR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Te6ktx-TEQ

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mark L wrote:
Back to Boomtown worse than Charmed Lives? Never in a million years.

I was referring to the other three tracks. Back to Boomtown is OK.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
Of the 2 songs Ratified is the 'better' IMHO.

A better piece of rubbish! If the lyrics were amended to remove all references to Boomtown and Ratified, there wouldn't be much else but it would be a lot better. It would then merely sound as bad the self indulgent cocaine influenced garbage Oasis had on Be Here Now.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Mark L wrote:
I am in the unpopular position then of thinking Back to Boomtown is a good track, with pertinent lyrics and nice sax work. I think the next best track is The Boomtown Rats but it is below par to poor and the other 2 tracks are in 'O' level terms, which many of us half centurians will understand, E or unclassified!

I'm a bit surprised at the ferocity of your view Noel on Ratlife. Traditionally, you seem to have been able to find something good to say about some of Bob's more questionable output (not that there is much that's questionable) and I've felt your loyalty to the group would have prevented vitriolic output such as that.

Not good but a fair try and could and should do better. But 'the pits' it's not. IMHO.

I sort of like The Boomtown Rats thought it's way off being a classic. The funny thing is that prior to hearing the Ratlife ep I can honestly say that there were only 2 or 3 Rats songs I actively disliked, in all their output. The Ratlife ep doubled those figures in one go!

Maybe I think it's important for the band to get some feedback as to how people think about their new music. If they bother to bring out a 4 track ep and expect people to pay £20 or whatever then maybe fans have the right to say what they think.

Maybe I naively thought they'd take off from where they were around ITLG and come up with something a lot better. Obviously I've nothing personal against anyone in the band, I don't even know them so how could I? It's a lot more to do with huge disappointment than vitriol. I can call a couple of their songs 'tosh', but they will always be my favorite band , and that's not about to change anytime soon.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
They do lack something, but there is an awful lot worse around.

The worst song around is Distant Past by Everything Everything which even the XFM DJs rip the pi$$ out of. They must have paid a massive bribe to get on the playlist. That is worse than the Ratsh!t ep.

For me, the best song around, and I never ever thought they had it in them, is Mumford & Sons The Wolf. Also worth an honourable mention are Catfish & The Bottlemen. Though I seem to have gone uber retro on my MP3 with The Who circa 1971.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Tuesday 16th of June 2015 01:13:53 PM

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
Of the 2 songs Ratified is the 'better' IMHO.
A better piece of rubbish! If the lyrics were amended to remove all references to Boomtown and Ratified, there wouldn't be much else but it would be a lot better. It would then merely sound as bad the self indulgent cocaine influenced garbage Oasis had on Be Here Now.

Ratified,as I've said sounds a bit like a Led Zep riff ripoff. There's at least an attempt at a tune, unlike the other track.Still it's pitiable and a bit of a legacy wrecker. smile

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
The funny thing is that prior to hearing the Ratlife ep I can honestly say that there were only 2 or 3 Rats songs I actively disliked, in all their output. The Ratlife ep doubled those figures in one go!
Maybe I think it's important for the band to get some feedback as to how people think about their new music. If they bother to bring out a 4 track ep and expect people to pay £20 or whatever then maybe fans have the right to say what they think.

Harsh but fair! I would say that three of the four worst tracks they ever recorded are on the ep, and I think Another Piece of Red has moved out of the relegation zone.

The £20 thing should be qualified (not ratified). It was possible to get the unsigned vinyl ep for £12, it was the signed version that sold for £20, and of course you can obtain the MP3s for less than £2 or just listen to them on spotify/deezer/you tube for free. The only reason to pay £20 would be to get something collectable, but my anorak disappeared into storage along with all my other stuff sometime about eleven years ago when my daughter was born after forty years of hoarding.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
The funny thing is that prior to hearing the Ratlife ep I can honestly say that there were only 2 or 3 Rats songs I actively disliked, in all their output. The Ratlife ep doubled those figures in one go!
Maybe I think it's important for the band to get some feedback as to how people think about their new music. If they bother to bring out a 4 track ep and expect people to pay £20 or whatever then maybe fans have the right to say what they think.
Harsh but fair! I would say that three of the four worst tracks they ever recorded are on the ep, and I think Another Piece of Red has moved out of the relegation zone.
The £20 thing should be qualified (not ratified). It was possible to get the unsigned vinyl ep for £12, it was the signed version that sold for £20, and of course you can obtain the MP3s for less than £2 or just listen to them on spotify/deezer/you tube for free. The only reason to pay £20 would be to get something collectable, but my anorak disappeared into storage along with all my other stuff sometime about eleven years ago when my daughter was born after forty years of hoarding.

Don't get me wrong. i don't think there is a Rats rip off thing going on. Infact the 4 new songs were originally on the classic Rat****s cd a few years ago, before they came out on vinyl.

Something has to qualify as the Rats worst output and it just happens to be the Ratlife ep. I don't want to go on about it.As ever musical opinion will always be divided.

Mike menzies · V Deep

I am in the minority here. I like the ep and as a house bound fan anything that I can listen to that. I enjoy They hadn't done anything for years and 10years ago if you said rats would be back now I would not believe you so to me anything is a bonus that is available I don't have the luxury of going to gigs so for me this is the next best thing

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

I was going to buy the ep, but the price has gone up to £30 now. I can't even play it. And I find it fairly mediocre. So I declined.

. The MP3s are on my iPod, but seem to rarely come up, even on shuffle.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mike menzies wrote:
I am in the minority here. I like the ep and as a house bound fan anything that I can listen to that. I enjoy They hadn't done anything for years and 10years ago if you said rats would be back now I would not believe you so to me anything is a bonus that is available I don't have the luxury of going to gigs so for me this is the next best thing

Next best thing is probably the Concert Live CDs. They are really good, though not exactly family listening when you are in the car.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
I was going to buy the ep, but the price has gone up to £30 now. I can't even play it. And I find it fairly mediocre. So I declined. . The MP3s are on my iPod, but seem to rarely come up, even on shuffle.

£30! A fcuking record player would cost less! I'm in two minds about spending £18 on the FFS double LP. Hoping the kids have picked up my heavy hints and get it for Father's Day, though in all likelihood it's more likely to be socks and pants.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Tuesday 16th of June 2015 02:38:55 PM

Mike menzies · V Deep

Concert live cds are great. Also rockin conct ones ut till love new stuff I hpe they find some more stuff to release live in Germany is. Great playing all the while

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee wrote:
Jules wrote:
I was going to buy the ep, but the price has gone up to £30 now. I can't even play it. And I find it fairly mediocre. So I declined. . The MP3s are on my iPod, but seem to rarely come up, even on shuffle.
£30! A fcuking record player would cost less! I'm in two minds about spending £18 on the FFS double LP. Hoping the kids have picked up my heavy hints and get it for Father's Day, though in all likelihood it's more likely to be socks and pants.

I hope these are all sold out. If not, I can see myself bringing one back from Dublin and wasting more valuable beer tokens. Just about to hit the most expensive week out of my life; two gigs, two football matches and two parties, luckily I get Monday night off cos I didn't get free Noel Gallagher tickets.

Praise be all the Adele tickets have gone. Well, they have in the presale. Should never have mentioned it to Mrs. ArrGee...

IrelandCalling · Never In A Million Years

I still haven't heard 'Ratlife' or 'Ratified', and only this past week finally heard 'Back to Boomtown' and 'The Boomtown Rats'.

I can understand the thoughts and feelings above, but I really like 'The Boomtown Rats' - and funnily enough, it went over extremely well live, at least where I was standing. The techno/disco groove, the irresistible chant - people really got into it, and where I was at the Olympia last Sunday it did very well.

'Back to Boomtown' is okay, more like a Bob solo number than a Rats tune.

Lisa · Mondo Bongo

I really like "The Boomtown Rats" chant too and think it comes across well live. I wasn't so keen on the Happy Birthday intro in Dublin though - I thought it went on just a little bit too long.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

IrelandCalling wrote:
I still haven't heard 'Ratlife' or 'Ratified', and only this past week finally heard 'Back to Boomtown' and 'The Boomtown Rats'.

I can understand the thoughts and feelings above, but I really like 'The Boomtown Rats' - and funnily enough, it went over extremely well live, at least where I was standing. The techno/disco groove, the irresistible chant - people really got into it, and where I was at the Olympia last Sunday it did very well.

'Back to Boomtown' is okay, more like a Bob solo number than a Rats tune.

They are all on Spoitfy or Deezer or Apple Music (for 3 months) or Google Play (for three months) for free.

I think 'Back to Boomtown' is a Rats pastiche and sounds nothing like any Geldof solo material.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Agree with this but I really like it. Best of the 4.

Mike menzies · V Deep

I know I sound like a broken record but I love this ep. And am pleased they released something. New look forward to more new stuff & ifit was same calibre as this ep. I would be happy & first in the queue to purchase it still thin k they're better than the garbage out there in the music scene bu that's just my opinion

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mike menzies wrote:
... better than the garbage out there in the music scene bu that's just my opinion

Whenever I see those old ToTP episodes, I am reminded that there has always been garbage.

There is good new music being produced at the moment and all streets ahead of the RatSh!t ep. In the last year or two there have been great records by Royal Blood, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Alt-J, Kasabian, Maccabees, FFS, and Noel Gallagher (though I acknowledge he's not a fave around here). Bowie and Suede have some good material on its way. The problem for all of the above is precious few ways of getting exposure. Just have to discover stuff on Spotify.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Has anyone seen the vinyl version for sale anywhere? Seems to be pretty rare.

Derek The Dane · In the Long Grass

I think I have seen one on EBay but thats it.