[kj] Jaz's Hilarious Rant on Hypocrite Rock Stars in Politics
Alexander Smith
vassifer at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 10 08:09:33 EDT 2012
Geldof's personality is indeed cloyingly sanctimonious (and he's only
gotten worse over the years), but on a purely musical level, the band
had the odd single I didn't mind, notably "Someone's Looking at You."
Alex in NYC
On Jul 10, 2012, at 12:51 AM, TB wrote:
> Brendan Quinn wrote:
>
>> I was living in Australia at the time - guy's a tosser as far as I'm
>> concerned. I had a similar Peter Garret rant to Jaz's at about the
>> same
>> time. And I have always thought Midnight Oil suck shit as a
>> band...realise
>> not everyone here agrees of course (ditto with U2).
>>
>> But I'm sure no one's got poor enough taste to stand up for the
>> Boomtown
>> Shits.
>
> I saw them once back in 1979 at a big festival at the LA Coliseum.
> Liked the one song "Rat Trap" but otherwise unimpressed.
>
> T.B.
>
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