www.nme.com/awards
You have to register (as many times as possible), but this is an attempt to mobilise the masses and get Geldof a Brat to go with his Brit! Of course, there will be the added pleasure of wiping the smile of the smug NME jounalists.
The other contenders...
Carl Barat
Pete Doherty
Liam Gallagher
Alex Turner
PS You can also vote for Live 8 as best event/DVD, and if you ain't too familiar with modern music, just vote for Franz Ferdinand in all the relevant categories.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
I Don't Like Mondays - Channel 4
The story behind the song..... (repeated on More 4 Wednesday 25th Jan 10.00pm)
On the morning of Monday 29th January 1979, 16-year-old schoolgirl Brenda Spencer took the .22 calibre gun her father had given her as a Christmas present and aimed it at the school playground directly opposite her family home. She killed two men and injured eight children. All she would say at the time was "I don't like Mondays, it livens up the day." The incident inspired the Boomtown Rats' number one hit song. It was the first school shooting of its kind, a phenomenon that would spread across America and culminate in the infamous Columbine tragedy. This film examines allegations surrounding a seemingly ordinary suburban family behind the eerie detachment of Brenda Spencer's original statement. I Don't Like Mondays secured unique access to Brenda's prison parole hearing in September last year and includes exclusive and revealing interviews with members of Brenda's family as well as her victims. The film traces the bizarre events of that day and asks how and why it happened.
The program started and ended with the song. At the end, the Police chief condemned the song as idiotic, and the NBC reporter had similar comments. Most incredibly, one of the girls shot refered to the fact that she heard the song every Monday at about 2pm, when she started work and enjoyed it!
Most interesting was the interview of her father, Wallace, in the last part. He still lives in the same house that faces the school and the time of the interview was when the kids were leaving school. He was in total denial of his part in the incident (interestingly enough, he married his daughter's cell mate), and didn't believe the way he raised his daughter had anything to do with it. His ex-wife believed he was the one who should have been in jail.
Brenda Spencer was tried as an adult rather than a minor. She pleaded guilty to killing two people, and did not face a jury. This may have spared her the death penalty, Obviously, many of those who were shot or who lost a family member all wanted her dead and believed she would do it again if released. This was not a view shared by those detached from the incident.
Ultimately she is a fairly stupid girl/woman whose ambitions were to find any excuse to get out of jail and work on a fork lift truck. A lot of her parole hearing related the shooting to the abuse she suffered at the hands of the father, though that seems to be de rigueur for elicting sympathy these days.
The Spencers were as a family made disfunctional by a father who wanted to have affairs yet be able to return to his wife and thought nothing of the consequences of giving a 16 year old girl a rifle for Christmas.
I don't believe she would reoffend if released. In the context of the light sentences handed out to the happy slapper murderers in this country yesterday http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view.php?ArtID=1964, she seems to have had a bad deal. I guess it all depends on whether you believe prison is to rehabilitate or punish. Her notiriety, the first school spree killer, has ensured she is still behind bars.
Having watched the programme, I do feel that Mondays, unlike Bowling for Columbine which condemned the lax US gun laws, came across as a nasty opportunistic song. People were affected by this incident, and hearing the song must bring back a lot of bad memories.
I never felt the song was apt for either Live Aid or Live 8. It's never been one of my favourite songs, but watching this, made it seem even lesser. Maybe it's time to retire it.
On the morning of Monday 29th January 1979, 16-year-old schoolgirl Brenda Spencer took the .22 calibre gun her father had given her as a Christmas present and aimed it at the school playground directly opposite her family home. She killed two men and injured eight children. All she would say at the time was "I don't like Mondays, it livens up the day." The incident inspired the Boomtown Rats' number one hit song. It was the first school shooting of its kind, a phenomenon that would spread across America and culminate in the infamous Columbine tragedy. This film examines allegations surrounding a seemingly ordinary suburban family behind the eerie detachment of Brenda Spencer's original statement. I Don't Like Mondays secured unique access to Brenda's prison parole hearing in September last year and includes exclusive and revealing interviews with members of Brenda's family as well as her victims. The film traces the bizarre events of that day and asks how and why it happened.
The program started and ended with the song. At the end, the Police chief condemned the song as idiotic, and the NBC reporter had similar comments. Most incredibly, one of the girls shot refered to the fact that she heard the song every Monday at about 2pm, when she started work and enjoyed it!
Most interesting was the interview of her father, Wallace, in the last part. He still lives in the same house that faces the school and the time of the interview was when the kids were leaving school. He was in total denial of his part in the incident (interestingly enough, he married his daughter's cell mate), and didn't believe the way he raised his daughter had anything to do with it. His ex-wife believed he was the one who should have been in jail.
Brenda Spencer was tried as an adult rather than a minor. She pleaded guilty to killing two people, and did not face a jury. This may have spared her the death penalty, Obviously, many of those who were shot or who lost a family member all wanted her dead and believed she would do it again if released. This was not a view shared by those detached from the incident.
Ultimately she is a fairly stupid girl/woman whose ambitions were to find any excuse to get out of jail and work on a fork lift truck. A lot of her parole hearing related the shooting to the abuse she suffered at the hands of the father, though that seems to be de rigueur for elicting sympathy these days.
The Spencers were as a family made disfunctional by a father who wanted to have affairs yet be able to return to his wife and thought nothing of the consequences of giving a 16 year old girl a rifle for Christmas.
I don't believe she would reoffend if released. In the context of the light sentences handed out to the happy slapper murderers in this country yesterday http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view.php?ArtID=1964, she seems to have had a bad deal. I guess it all depends on whether you believe prison is to rehabilitate or punish. Her notiriety, the first school spree killer, has ensured she is still behind bars.
Having watched the programme, I do feel that Mondays, unlike Bowling for Columbine which condemned the lax US gun laws, came across as a nasty opportunistic song. People were affected by this incident, and hearing the song must bring back a lot of bad memories.
I never felt the song was apt for either Live Aid or Live 8. It's never been one of my favourite songs, but watching this, made it seem even lesser. Maybe it's time to retire it.
Rats on BBC Radio 6
The Boomtown Rats 1978 Peel session was broadcast tonight in its entirety! Starting with Like Clockwork at approximately 10.15pm and followed by Me & Howard Hughes at 11.10pm. Then just after midnight, came (Watch Out For) The Normal People and Living In An Island.
You can catch it for up to seven days at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/dream_ticket/
Don't miss it!
You can catch it for up to seven days at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/dream_ticket/
Don't miss it!
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Bootlegs
A list of bootlegs - I done have any, all MP3s gratefully accepted.
Eric's Bootlist: Boomtown Rats / Bob Geldof.
Email: groenewo@tiscali.nl
URL: http://eric.wolweb.nl/boots/boots.htm
Last updated: 1 Aug 2003
the Boomtown Rats
Date #disks Artw Qual Show
-----------------------------------------------
1977? F Yes A Studio, BBC Evening session (3 songs, filler on request)
??/09/1978 1 Yes A Live Middlesex Polytechnic - Don't Believe What You Hear bootleg
??/09/1978 1 No A- Live Middlesex Polytechnic (same show as Don't Believe.. + 1 track)
05/01/1980 1 No A Live at NHK-Hall Tokyo, Japan
17/03/1980 2 No A Orpheum Th., Boston Mass)
23/03/1980 1 No B Chicago
1980 1 No A- Germany 1980
25/05/1980 1 No A- King Biscuit Flower Hour
17/03/1981 1 Yes B Seattle, Washington
25/07/1981? 1 No A- Parkpop, Den Haag?
17/04/1982 1 No B Newcastle Exhibition Park - England
25/04/1982 1 Yes A London Great Brittain
03/10/1982 1 No A B.B.C College Concert
1982 1 No A- Radio One, Frankfurt
25/05/1982 1 No A BBC Rock Hour
1983 1 No A Westwood One
1984 1 No A- On A Night Like This (from video)
11/02/1984 1 No A- BBC Sight & Sound
21/06/1985 1 No A- Glastonbury Festival
Bob Geldof
Date #disks Artw Qual Show
-----------------------------------------------
??/??/1986 1 Yes B+ Milan 1986
??/10/1990 2 Yes A Hamburg 1990
05/12/1992 1 Yes A- Oldenburg
05/12/1992 1 No A Oldenburg
30/08/1992 1 No B+ Greenbelt Festival
1993 1 No B Phoenix Club Toronto
mixed 1994 1 No B+/A- Live in Italy
20/06/1998 1 No B Wetzikon Switzerland
16/03/1999 2 No B+ Teatro Tendo Florence
08/07/2001 1 No B+/A- Rock Circus San Vittore Switzerland
08/02/2002 1 No B Trento, Italy
28/03/2002 1 Yes A Villa Berg Stuttgart
The Boomtown Rats - BBC Evening Session (1977)
01 Mary Of The 4th Form
02 Looking After Number One
03 Joey's On The Street Again
Studio recordings, date unknown
The Boomtown Rats - Live Middlesex Polytechnic (Sep 1978)
01 Mary Of The 4th Form
02 Me And Howard Hughes
03 I Never Loved Eva Braun
04 Don't Believe What You Read
05 Rat Trap
06 Kicks
07 Joey's On The Street Again
08 Living In An Island
09 She's Gonna Do You In
10 Like Clockwork
11 She's So Modern
12 Looking After Number One
13 Do The Rat
Length: 00:52:25
All tracks live at Middlesex Polytechnic, North London.
Source: FM>DAT>ANA>HD>CD Great quality (A-)!
Also available as "Don't Believe What You Hear" bootleg, lacking track 13
Length: 00:49:45; Soundboard;Quality: A+
The Boomtown Rats - Live at NHK-Hall (1980/05/01)
! Track 7 cut
01 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 I Never Loved Eva Braun
05 Nice 'n' Neat
06 Joey's On the Street Again
07 I Don't Like Mondays (end cut, tape flip)
08 Rat Trap
09 Mary of the 4th Form
10 Blind Date
11 She's So Modern
12 Looking After Number 1
13 Diamond Smiles
Source: MC(gen 1)>HD>CD
Quality: A
The Boomtown Rats - Orpheum Th., Boston Mass (17-03-1980) (2 CDR)
! A radio-reporter is talking in between some songs
CD 1
01 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 I Never Loved Eva Braun
05 Nice 'n' Neat
06 Having My Picture Taken
07 Joey's On the Street Again
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Someone's Looking At You (very end cut)
CD 2
01 Keep it Up (very beginning cut)
02 Rat Trap
03 Kicks
04 Mary of the 4th Form (incl Band intros)
05 Blind Date
06 She's So Modern
07 Looking After Number 1
08 Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
Source: MC(gen 1)>HD>CD
Quality: A
The Boomtown Rats - Chicago (23/03/1980)
01 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) [missing start of song]
02 Like Clockwork [flaw]
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 I Never Loved Eva Braun
05 Nice 'n' Neat
06 Having My Picture Taken
07 Joey's On the Street Again
08 I Don't Like Mondays
Quality: B
Length: 38:34
The Boomtown Rats - King Biscuit Flower Hour (25/05/1980)
01 I Don't Like Mondays
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 Nice 'n' Neat
05 Having My Picture Taken
06 Rat Trap
07 Kicks
08 Someone's Looking At You
Tracks 1 - 8: King Biscuit Flower Hour (25 May 1980)
Source: LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
The Boomtown Rats - Germany 1980
01 I Don't Like Mondays (some hiss)
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happende Today
04 Nice 'n' Neat
05 Having My Picture Taken
06 Kicks
07 Someone's Looking At You
Quality: A-
Length: 29:42
The Boomtown Rats - Seattle Washington (17/03/1981)
01 I Never Loved Eva Braun [some dropouts]
02 Me And Howard Hughes
03 This Is My Room
04 Up All Night
05 Elephant's Graveyard
06 Nothing Happened Today
07 Having My Picture Taken
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Someone's Looking At You
10 Keep It Up
11 Rat Trap
Quality: B (track 1: some dropouts)
Source: FM
The Boomtown Rats - Parkpop, Den Haag (25/07/1981)
01 Like Clockwork
02 She's So Modern
03 House On Fire
04 Never In A Million Years
05 Having My Picture Taken
06 Rat Trap
Tracks 1 - 06: Parkpop, Den Haag (25 Jul 1981) (Dutch show, venue and source not sure)
Source: FM>MC>HD>CD (I own the MC)
Quality: A+
The Boomtown Rats - Newcastle Exhibition Park; England (17/04/1982)
01 Close As You'll Ever Be
02 Like Clockwork
03 Charmed Lives
04 House On Fire
05 Nothing Happened Today
06 I Don't Like Mondays
07 Joey's On The Street Again
08 Having My Picture Taken
09 Rat Trap
10 Someone's Looking At You
11 Keep It Up
12 Looking After Number 1
Source: MC(gen 1)>HD>CD
Quality: A-
I also have a second source of this show, having first 11 tracks;
Quality: B, Lenght: 56:53
The Boomtown Rats - London Great Brittain (25/04/1982)
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Up All Night
04 House On Fire
05 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
06 Never In A Million Years
07 Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Having My Picture Taken
10 Rat Trap
The Boomtown Rats - BBC Rock Hour (25/05/1982)
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Up All Night
04 I Don't Like Mondays
05 Rat Trap
Tracks 1 - 5: BBC Rock Hour (25 May 1982)
Source: LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
The Boomtown Rats - B.B.C College Concert (03/10/1982) (CDR)
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Up All Night
04 House On Fire
05 Nothing Happened Today
06 Never In A Million Years
07 Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Having My Picture Taken
10 Rat Trap
11 Keep It Up
LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
Quality: A+
Length: 51:42
The Boomtown Rats - Westwood One (1983)
01 Nothing Happened Today
02 Never In A Million Years
03 I Don't Like Mondays
04 Having My Picture Taken
05 Rat Trap
06 Keep It Up
Tracks 1 - 12: Westwood One (1983)
Source: LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
Quality: A+
The Boomtown Rats - On A Night Like This (1984)
01 Elephant's Graveyard
02 Charmed Lives
03 Lucky
04 Neon Heart
05 Someone's Looking At You
06 Dave (Rain)
07 Hold Of Me
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Talk In Code
10 Rat Trap
11 Drag Me Down
12 Looking After Number 1
Quality: A- Very small disturbances inbetween songs: probably a TAO recording corrected to DAO
The Boomtown Rats - BBC Sight & Sound (11-02-1984)
! some minor disturbances in track 1 and 2
! dropout in track 6
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Lucky
04 Tonight
05 Talking In Code
06 Someone's Looking At You
07 Dave
08 Rat Trap
source: FM
Quality: A-
Length: 38:53
The Boomtown Rats - Glastonbury Festival (21/06/1985)
01 Charmed Lives
02 Neon Heart
03 Wind Chill Factor
04 Dave
05 I Don't Like Mondays
06 Talking In Code
07 Hurt Hurts
08 Rat Trap
09 Drag Me Down
10 Looking After Number 1
Source: FM>ANA>CDR
Quality: A
Bob Geldof - Milan (1986)
01 Redemption Song (B.Marley)
02 In The Pouring Rain
03 Me And Howard Hughes
04 This Heartless Heart
05 Good Boys In The Wrong
06 The Beat Of The Night
07 Intermezzo
08 Hurt Hurts
09 Love Like A Rocket
10-11 This Is The World Calling
12 When I Was Young
13 Joey's On The Street Again
14 audience
15 Diamond Smiles
Lenght: 73:58
Quality: B+
Source: audience
Bob Geldof - Hamburg (Oct 1990)
CD 1
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 The Chains Of Pain
03 A Gospel Song
04 A Rose At Night
05 Love Or Something
06 Moving Slow
07 The Heat Of The Night
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Walking Back To Happiness
10 Looking After Number 1
11 Let It Go
12 Rat Trap
13 Big Romantic Stuff
CD 2 encores
01 The Great Song Of Indifference - reprise
02 Love Like A Rocket
03 Hole To Fill
All tracks live at Hamburg, oct 1990.
Quality: sndb
Note: I also have another copy of this show, only having the first 13 tracks.
Bob Geldof - Oldenburg 1 (05/12/1992) (CDR)
I have two different copies of this show
! track 10 cut at the end
01 Too Late God
02 A Hole To Fill
03 A Gospel Song
04 Love Or Something
05 I Don't Like Mondays
06 Room 19
07 The Happy Club
08 The Great Song Of Indifference
09 Roads Of Germany
10 Walking Back To Happiness [cut]
11 The Great Song Of Indifference (reprise)
12 Love Like A Rocket
13 A Hole To Fill
Quality: A-
Bob Geldof - Oldenburg 2 (05/12/1992)
01 backstage interview
02 The Great Song Of Indifference
03 Too Late God
04 A Hole To Fill
05 A Gospel Song
06 Love Or Something
07 I Don't Like Mondays
08 Room 19
09 Walking Back To Happiness
10 Let It Go [cut at beginning]
11 The Happy Club
12 The Great Song Of Indifference
13 Roads Of Germany
Length: 62:45
Quality: A
Bob Geldof - Greenbelt Festival (30/08/1992)
01 The great song of indifference
02 Too late God
03 The chains of pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 Love Or Something
06 The Beat Of The Night
07 I Don't Like Mondays
08 Room 19
09 Let It Go
10 The End Of The World
11 Rat Trap
12 Big Romantic Stuff / The Great Song Of Indifference ( reprise )
All tracks live at the Greenbelt Festival;30 Aug 1992
Quality: audience, B+
Bob Geldof - Phoenix Club Toronto 1993
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The chains of pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 Love Or Something
06 The Beat Of The Night
07 I Don't Like Mondays
08 Walking Back To Happiness
09 Rat Trap
Source: audience
Quality: B
Total: 48:34
Bob Geldof - Live in Italy 1994
01 The Great Song Of Indifference 5:36
02 Crazy 4:32
03 I Don't Like Mondays 5:12
04 Bob Interview 2:23
05 Crazy 5:06
06 Love Or Something 3:49
07 The Beat Of The Night 5:59
08 I Don't Like Mondays 5:01
09 Crazy (acoustic version) 3:59
10 I Don't Like Mondays 4:33
11 The Great Song Of Indifference 3:57
12 Crazy (acoustic version) 5:50
13 Too Late God 4:07
14 I Don't Like Mondays 2:55
Length: 63:01
Tracks 1 - 3 Rome; 1 May 1994
Tracks 4 - 8 Gimmi's; Milan; 2 May 1994
Tracks 9 - 11 Roxy Bar; Bologna(?) May 1994
Track 12 M Costanzo Show; Rome May 1994
Tracks 13 - 14 Recanati; May 1994
Quality B+/A-, mostly fm
Bob Geldof - Wetzikon Switzerland (20/06/1998)
! start missing
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The Chains Of Pain
04 Inside Your Head (version 1
05 A Gospel Song
06 Love Or Something
07 The Beat Of The Night
08 My Hippy Angel
09 I Don't Like Mondays
10 Banana Republic
11 Room 19
Source: audience
Quality: B
Total: 52:40
Bob Geldof - Teatro Tendo Florence (16/03/1999)
CD 1
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The Chains Of Pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 A Sex Thing
06 Love Or Something
07 The Beat Of The Night
08 My Hippy Angel
09 I Don't Like Mondays
CD 2
01 Banana Republic
02 Room 19
03 Attitude Chicken
04 The End Of The World
05 Rat Trap
06 Inside Your Head (version 2)
07 Huge Birdless Silence
08 A Hole To Fill
Length: 45:45 + 39:08
Source: audience
Quality: B+
Bob Geldof - Rock Circus , San Vittore Switzerland (08-07-2001)
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The Chains Of Pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 A Sex Thing
06 One For Me
07 Inside Your Head
08 Mudslide
09 I Don't Like Mondays
10 My Birthday Suit
11 Room 19
12 Attitude Chicken
13 A Hole To Fill
14 The End Of The World
15 Rat trap
16 Pale White Girls
17 Huge Birdless Silence
18 The Great Song Of Indifference
Length: 78:04
All tracks live at Rock Circus, San Vittore;Switzerland;8 July 2001
audience recording
Quality B+/A-
Bob Geldof - Trento (08/02/2002)
! fade in start
01 Too Late God
02 The Chains Of Pain
03 A Gospel Song
04 A Sex Thing
05 Walking Back To Happiness
06 One For Me
07 Mudslide
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 My Birhtday Suit
10 Room 19
11 Attitude Chicken
12 Inside Your Head
Source: audience
Quality: B
Total: 55:08
Bob Geldof - Villa Berg Stuttgart (28/03/2002)
01 radio intro
02 The Great Song Of Indifference
03 A Gospel Song
04 A Sex Thing
05 Walking Back To Happiness
06 introducing new songs
07 One For Me
08 Mudslide
09 I Don't Like Mondays
10 radio outro
Quality A
Eric's Bootlist: Boomtown Rats / Bob Geldof.
Email: groenewo@tiscali.nl
URL: http://eric.wolweb.nl/boots/boots.htm
Last updated: 1 Aug 2003
the Boomtown Rats
Date #disks Artw Qual Show
-----------------------------------------------
1977? F Yes A Studio, BBC Evening session (3 songs, filler on request)
??/09/1978 1 Yes A Live Middlesex Polytechnic - Don't Believe What You Hear bootleg
??/09/1978 1 No A- Live Middlesex Polytechnic (same show as Don't Believe.. + 1 track)
05/01/1980 1 No A Live at NHK-Hall Tokyo, Japan
17/03/1980 2 No A Orpheum Th., Boston Mass)
23/03/1980 1 No B Chicago
1980 1 No A- Germany 1980
25/05/1980 1 No A- King Biscuit Flower Hour
17/03/1981 1 Yes B Seattle, Washington
25/07/1981? 1 No A- Parkpop, Den Haag?
17/04/1982 1 No B Newcastle Exhibition Park - England
25/04/1982 1 Yes A London Great Brittain
03/10/1982 1 No A B.B.C College Concert
1982 1 No A- Radio One, Frankfurt
25/05/1982 1 No A BBC Rock Hour
1983 1 No A Westwood One
1984 1 No A- On A Night Like This (from video)
11/02/1984 1 No A- BBC Sight & Sound
21/06/1985 1 No A- Glastonbury Festival
Bob Geldof
Date #disks Artw Qual Show
-----------------------------------------------
??/??/1986 1 Yes B+ Milan 1986
??/10/1990 2 Yes A Hamburg 1990
05/12/1992 1 Yes A- Oldenburg
05/12/1992 1 No A Oldenburg
30/08/1992 1 No B+ Greenbelt Festival
1993 1 No B Phoenix Club Toronto
mixed 1994 1 No B+/A- Live in Italy
20/06/1998 1 No B Wetzikon Switzerland
16/03/1999 2 No B+ Teatro Tendo Florence
08/07/2001 1 No B+/A- Rock Circus San Vittore Switzerland
08/02/2002 1 No B Trento, Italy
28/03/2002 1 Yes A Villa Berg Stuttgart
The Boomtown Rats - BBC Evening Session (1977)
01 Mary Of The 4th Form
02 Looking After Number One
03 Joey's On The Street Again
Studio recordings, date unknown
The Boomtown Rats - Live Middlesex Polytechnic (Sep 1978)
01 Mary Of The 4th Form
02 Me And Howard Hughes
03 I Never Loved Eva Braun
04 Don't Believe What You Read
05 Rat Trap
06 Kicks
07 Joey's On The Street Again
08 Living In An Island
09 She's Gonna Do You In
10 Like Clockwork
11 She's So Modern
12 Looking After Number One
13 Do The Rat
Length: 00:52:25
All tracks live at Middlesex Polytechnic, North London.
Source: FM>DAT>ANA>HD>CD Great quality (A-)!
Also available as "Don't Believe What You Hear" bootleg, lacking track 13
Length: 00:49:45; Soundboard;Quality: A+
The Boomtown Rats - Live at NHK-Hall (1980/05/01)
! Track 7 cut
01 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 I Never Loved Eva Braun
05 Nice 'n' Neat
06 Joey's On the Street Again
07 I Don't Like Mondays (end cut, tape flip)
08 Rat Trap
09 Mary of the 4th Form
10 Blind Date
11 She's So Modern
12 Looking After Number 1
13 Diamond Smiles
Source: MC(gen 1)>HD>CD
Quality: A
The Boomtown Rats - Orpheum Th., Boston Mass (17-03-1980) (2 CDR)
! A radio-reporter is talking in between some songs
CD 1
01 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 I Never Loved Eva Braun
05 Nice 'n' Neat
06 Having My Picture Taken
07 Joey's On the Street Again
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Someone's Looking At You (very end cut)
CD 2
01 Keep it Up (very beginning cut)
02 Rat Trap
03 Kicks
04 Mary of the 4th Form (incl Band intros)
05 Blind Date
06 She's So Modern
07 Looking After Number 1
08 Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
Source: MC(gen 1)>HD>CD
Quality: A
The Boomtown Rats - Chicago (23/03/1980)
01 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) [missing start of song]
02 Like Clockwork [flaw]
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 I Never Loved Eva Braun
05 Nice 'n' Neat
06 Having My Picture Taken
07 Joey's On the Street Again
08 I Don't Like Mondays
Quality: B
Length: 38:34
The Boomtown Rats - King Biscuit Flower Hour (25/05/1980)
01 I Don't Like Mondays
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happened Today
04 Nice 'n' Neat
05 Having My Picture Taken
06 Rat Trap
07 Kicks
08 Someone's Looking At You
Tracks 1 - 8: King Biscuit Flower Hour (25 May 1980)
Source: LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
The Boomtown Rats - Germany 1980
01 I Don't Like Mondays (some hiss)
02 Like Clockwork
03 Nothing Happende Today
04 Nice 'n' Neat
05 Having My Picture Taken
06 Kicks
07 Someone's Looking At You
Quality: A-
Length: 29:42
The Boomtown Rats - Seattle Washington (17/03/1981)
01 I Never Loved Eva Braun [some dropouts]
02 Me And Howard Hughes
03 This Is My Room
04 Up All Night
05 Elephant's Graveyard
06 Nothing Happened Today
07 Having My Picture Taken
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Someone's Looking At You
10 Keep It Up
11 Rat Trap
Quality: B (track 1: some dropouts)
Source: FM
The Boomtown Rats - Parkpop, Den Haag (25/07/1981)
01 Like Clockwork
02 She's So Modern
03 House On Fire
04 Never In A Million Years
05 Having My Picture Taken
06 Rat Trap
Tracks 1 - 06: Parkpop, Den Haag (25 Jul 1981) (Dutch show, venue and source not sure)
Source: FM>MC>HD>CD (I own the MC)
Quality: A+
The Boomtown Rats - Newcastle Exhibition Park; England (17/04/1982)
01 Close As You'll Ever Be
02 Like Clockwork
03 Charmed Lives
04 House On Fire
05 Nothing Happened Today
06 I Don't Like Mondays
07 Joey's On The Street Again
08 Having My Picture Taken
09 Rat Trap
10 Someone's Looking At You
11 Keep It Up
12 Looking After Number 1
Source: MC(gen 1)>HD>CD
Quality: A-
I also have a second source of this show, having first 11 tracks;
Quality: B, Lenght: 56:53
The Boomtown Rats - London Great Brittain (25/04/1982)
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Up All Night
04 House On Fire
05 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
06 Never In A Million Years
07 Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Having My Picture Taken
10 Rat Trap
The Boomtown Rats - BBC Rock Hour (25/05/1982)
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Up All Night
04 I Don't Like Mondays
05 Rat Trap
Tracks 1 - 5: BBC Rock Hour (25 May 1982)
Source: LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
The Boomtown Rats - B.B.C College Concert (03/10/1982) (CDR)
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Up All Night
04 House On Fire
05 Nothing Happened Today
06 Never In A Million Years
07 Sleep (Finger's Lullaby)
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Having My Picture Taken
10 Rat Trap
11 Keep It Up
LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
Quality: A+
Length: 51:42
The Boomtown Rats - Westwood One (1983)
01 Nothing Happened Today
02 Never In A Million Years
03 I Don't Like Mondays
04 Having My Picture Taken
05 Rat Trap
06 Keep It Up
Tracks 1 - 12: Westwood One (1983)
Source: LP>HD>CD (I own the LP)
Quality: A+
The Boomtown Rats - On A Night Like This (1984)
01 Elephant's Graveyard
02 Charmed Lives
03 Lucky
04 Neon Heart
05 Someone's Looking At You
06 Dave (Rain)
07 Hold Of Me
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Talk In Code
10 Rat Trap
11 Drag Me Down
12 Looking After Number 1
Quality: A- Very small disturbances inbetween songs: probably a TAO recording corrected to DAO
The Boomtown Rats - BBC Sight & Sound (11-02-1984)
! some minor disturbances in track 1 and 2
! dropout in track 6
01 Like Clockwork
02 Charmed Lives
03 Lucky
04 Tonight
05 Talking In Code
06 Someone's Looking At You
07 Dave
08 Rat Trap
source: FM
Quality: A-
Length: 38:53
The Boomtown Rats - Glastonbury Festival (21/06/1985)
01 Charmed Lives
02 Neon Heart
03 Wind Chill Factor
04 Dave
05 I Don't Like Mondays
06 Talking In Code
07 Hurt Hurts
08 Rat Trap
09 Drag Me Down
10 Looking After Number 1
Source: FM>ANA>CDR
Quality: A
Bob Geldof - Milan (1986)
01 Redemption Song (B.Marley)
02 In The Pouring Rain
03 Me And Howard Hughes
04 This Heartless Heart
05 Good Boys In The Wrong
06 The Beat Of The Night
07 Intermezzo
08 Hurt Hurts
09 Love Like A Rocket
10-11 This Is The World Calling
12 When I Was Young
13 Joey's On The Street Again
14 audience
15 Diamond Smiles
Lenght: 73:58
Quality: B+
Source: audience
Bob Geldof - Hamburg (Oct 1990)
CD 1
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 The Chains Of Pain
03 A Gospel Song
04 A Rose At Night
05 Love Or Something
06 Moving Slow
07 The Heat Of The Night
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 Walking Back To Happiness
10 Looking After Number 1
11 Let It Go
12 Rat Trap
13 Big Romantic Stuff
CD 2 encores
01 The Great Song Of Indifference - reprise
02 Love Like A Rocket
03 Hole To Fill
All tracks live at Hamburg, oct 1990.
Quality: sndb
Note: I also have another copy of this show, only having the first 13 tracks.
Bob Geldof - Oldenburg 1 (05/12/1992) (CDR)
I have two different copies of this show
! track 10 cut at the end
01 Too Late God
02 A Hole To Fill
03 A Gospel Song
04 Love Or Something
05 I Don't Like Mondays
06 Room 19
07 The Happy Club
08 The Great Song Of Indifference
09 Roads Of Germany
10 Walking Back To Happiness [cut]
11 The Great Song Of Indifference (reprise)
12 Love Like A Rocket
13 A Hole To Fill
Quality: A-
Bob Geldof - Oldenburg 2 (05/12/1992)
01 backstage interview
02 The Great Song Of Indifference
03 Too Late God
04 A Hole To Fill
05 A Gospel Song
06 Love Or Something
07 I Don't Like Mondays
08 Room 19
09 Walking Back To Happiness
10 Let It Go [cut at beginning]
11 The Happy Club
12 The Great Song Of Indifference
13 Roads Of Germany
Length: 62:45
Quality: A
Bob Geldof - Greenbelt Festival (30/08/1992)
01 The great song of indifference
02 Too late God
03 The chains of pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 Love Or Something
06 The Beat Of The Night
07 I Don't Like Mondays
08 Room 19
09 Let It Go
10 The End Of The World
11 Rat Trap
12 Big Romantic Stuff / The Great Song Of Indifference ( reprise )
All tracks live at the Greenbelt Festival;30 Aug 1992
Quality: audience, B+
Bob Geldof - Phoenix Club Toronto 1993
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The chains of pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 Love Or Something
06 The Beat Of The Night
07 I Don't Like Mondays
08 Walking Back To Happiness
09 Rat Trap
Source: audience
Quality: B
Total: 48:34
Bob Geldof - Live in Italy 1994
01 The Great Song Of Indifference 5:36
02 Crazy 4:32
03 I Don't Like Mondays 5:12
04 Bob Interview 2:23
05 Crazy 5:06
06 Love Or Something 3:49
07 The Beat Of The Night 5:59
08 I Don't Like Mondays 5:01
09 Crazy (acoustic version) 3:59
10 I Don't Like Mondays 4:33
11 The Great Song Of Indifference 3:57
12 Crazy (acoustic version) 5:50
13 Too Late God 4:07
14 I Don't Like Mondays 2:55
Length: 63:01
Tracks 1 - 3 Rome; 1 May 1994
Tracks 4 - 8 Gimmi's; Milan; 2 May 1994
Tracks 9 - 11 Roxy Bar; Bologna(?) May 1994
Track 12 M Costanzo Show; Rome May 1994
Tracks 13 - 14 Recanati; May 1994
Quality B+/A-, mostly fm
Bob Geldof - Wetzikon Switzerland (20/06/1998)
! start missing
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The Chains Of Pain
04 Inside Your Head (version 1
05 A Gospel Song
06 Love Or Something
07 The Beat Of The Night
08 My Hippy Angel
09 I Don't Like Mondays
10 Banana Republic
11 Room 19
Source: audience
Quality: B
Total: 52:40
Bob Geldof - Teatro Tendo Florence (16/03/1999)
CD 1
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The Chains Of Pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 A Sex Thing
06 Love Or Something
07 The Beat Of The Night
08 My Hippy Angel
09 I Don't Like Mondays
CD 2
01 Banana Republic
02 Room 19
03 Attitude Chicken
04 The End Of The World
05 Rat Trap
06 Inside Your Head (version 2)
07 Huge Birdless Silence
08 A Hole To Fill
Length: 45:45 + 39:08
Source: audience
Quality: B+
Bob Geldof - Rock Circus , San Vittore Switzerland (08-07-2001)
01 The Great Song Of Indifference
02 Too Late God
03 The Chains Of Pain
04 A Gospel Song
05 A Sex Thing
06 One For Me
07 Inside Your Head
08 Mudslide
09 I Don't Like Mondays
10 My Birthday Suit
11 Room 19
12 Attitude Chicken
13 A Hole To Fill
14 The End Of The World
15 Rat trap
16 Pale White Girls
17 Huge Birdless Silence
18 The Great Song Of Indifference
Length: 78:04
All tracks live at Rock Circus, San Vittore;Switzerland;8 July 2001
audience recording
Quality B+/A-
Bob Geldof - Trento (08/02/2002)
! fade in start
01 Too Late God
02 The Chains Of Pain
03 A Gospel Song
04 A Sex Thing
05 Walking Back To Happiness
06 One For Me
07 Mudslide
08 I Don't Like Mondays
09 My Birhtday Suit
10 Room 19
11 Attitude Chicken
12 Inside Your Head
Source: audience
Quality: B
Total: 55:08
Bob Geldof - Villa Berg Stuttgart (28/03/2002)
01 radio intro
02 The Great Song Of Indifference
03 A Gospel Song
04 A Sex Thing
05 Walking Back To Happiness
06 introducing new songs
07 One For Me
08 Mudslide
09 I Don't Like Mondays
10 radio outro
Quality A
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)