The Boomtown Rats

[Theblip]

A 90 minute documentary on BBC2 on a Saturday night....really? Were The Boomtown Rats as good and significant as Bob Geldof thinks they are?

[douglas9401]

A bit too mickey mouse, in my opinion.

[ynnafymmi]

Was there any mention of the many Syrian refugees Saint Bob took in to his palatial,multi roomed mansions?

[New Judge]

//Was there any mention of the many Syrian refugees Saint Bob took in to his palatial,multi roomed mansions?//

There were none left for him. They were all taken in by Nicola Sturgeon and Yvette Cooper-Balls.

[iluvmargie]

Can't stand Bob Geldof. Loved 'Summer Nights'.

[Zacs-Master]

They had some great singles and I really liked them at the time but they weren’t outstanding and Bob seems to have a bigger opinion of their influence than they really had, possibly due to people like Sinead O’Conner.

[mallyh]

shame midge ure didn't get the same coverage as geldoff

[naomi24]

//Were The Boomtown Rats as good and significant as Bob Geldof thinks they are? //

I never thought so.

[NickorWan]

I was never a fan of their music. Bob Geldolf did help me once though, unknowingly. He is about the same age as me, a year or so younger, and his mum died when he was about six, as did mine. He was explaining a sadness that is still there after all these years and it helped me knowing that I wasn’t the only person who felt that.

[Gromit]

The BTR were good and I bought several singles at the time. But they were not the best band in the world, they weren’t even the best band in Ireland (Stiff Little Fingers and the Undertones were better).

[elliemay1]

The Undertones were fab!

[ynnafymmi]

Just like last time i asked,no-one seems to know what happened to all the Syrian refugees that Bob took in.Especially at this time.

[iluvmargie]

Nickor - must be absolutely dreadful to lose your Mum so young, sorry for you x