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Boomtown revisited...
Posted by Andrew2 on 22 November 2010 - 2:24am.
So after reading the Bob Geldof article in the November 2010 issue - yeah it takes a long time to get here - I find myself on Sunday evening delving into the Boomtown Rats back catalogue.
Theres a couple of vinyl albums sitting in the basement - but I always felt a little ashamed - the perceived wisdom was that they had dated - they were "punk lite" - but damn it - theres some good stuff in there. Geldof had a great turn of phrase - very funny at times. Theres a couple of dubious moments (Banana Republic, Mondays, Clockwork) - but Rat Trap, Joeys on the Street Again, Looking After No 1 - they sound a new Hold Steady album (a good thing)
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Banana Republic
Couldn't be more appropriate for the day that's in it.
Sadly
that's very true
Hear Hear
I had a Rats Revisit a few months ago and St Bob could certainly write a song. They were one of my favourite new wave acts with some top tunes - Blind Date, Joey, She's So Modern, Someone Looking at You etc
Undeservedly airbrushed out of punk/new wave history...
... for having the timerity to be able to play their instruments, write tunes, and have two big number one hits on the trot. Unfortunately they never quite got the traction outside the UK to live down their uncool image at home, and once Band Aid happened, they were doomed to become a footnote to the Saint Bob phenomenon.
"A Tonic For The Troops" is my favourite album of theirs, though I have an especially soft spot for "Mondo Bongo" as I won it in a Smash Hits competition!