- published: 13 Apr 2014
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Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE, (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time. He starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd The Wall.
Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984 he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005. Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, founded by fellow Irish humanitarian Bono. A single father, Geldof has also been outspoken for the fathers' rights movement. Geldof has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was granted an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, and is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace", among numerous other awards and nominations.
Actors: Robert Cooper (producer), Ian Hart (actor), Paul Rhys (actor), John Gleeson (miscellaneous crew), John Gleeson (miscellaneous crew), Antonia Campbell-Hughes (actress), Domhnall Gleeson (actor), Michael Buerk (actor), Michael Swan (miscellaneous crew), Owen Roe (actor), Conor Mullen (actor), Ingrid Craigie (actress), Tony Cranstoun (editor), Chris Roufs (miscellaneous crew), Mark Huberman (actor),
Plot: In October 1984, rock musician Bob Geldof is appalled by the misery of starving Ethiopians as seen on television and persuades his pop musician friends to record the million-selling charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. Bob goes to Ethiopia and, horrified at the scale of the famine, plans a global rock concert to be staged simultaneously in England and America the next summer. He brings in hard-headed rock promoter Harvey Goldsmith who provides a realistic anchor to Bob's idealistic wish-list of performers. Preparations are fraught with arguments, and Bob is especially disappointed not to secure Bruce Springsteen, in anticipation of whose services he postponed the event. After addressing his old school, where he was less than academically bright but hopes to inspire the students, and with five days before the big event, Bob gets involved with the complicated matter of financial logistics and organizing international broadcasts but gets Prince Charles and Princess Diana to attend simply by asking them. Finally the day of the concerts arrives and, as Paul McCartney sings 'Let it Be', Harvey and Bob know that they have triumphed. The show over, the two men sit alone to reflect on matters.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Richard E. Grant (actor), Kevin McNally (actor), Elton John (actor), Barry Humphries (actor), Mark McKinney (actor), Alan Cumming (actor), Jools Holland (actor), Richard Briers (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Bob Geldof (actor), Jason Flemyng (actor), Hugh Laurie (actor), Stephen Fry (actor), Elvis Costello (actor), Meat Loaf (actor),
Plot: Climb aboard the double decker Spice Bus and get ready for a madcap musical adventure with the sexy phenomenons of pop - the Spice Girls. An encounter with extra-terrestrials, a night in a haunted castle, and a moment of truth in a maternity ward are just a few of the escapades the endeavored upon as the Girls gear up for their first live concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Keywords: birth, bus, celebrity-has-been, childbirth, concert, critically-bashed, dance, expectant-mother, extremely-rich, female-bondingActors: Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (writer), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Spike Milligan (actor), Rory Bremner (actor), Peter Cook (actor), Barry Cryer (writer), John Wells (actor), William Rushton (actor), Michael Barrymore (actor), Neil Shand (writer), John Humphrys (actor), Anneka Rice (actress), John Bishop (director), Stuart Fell (actor), Debbie Arnold (actress), James Hunt (actor), Tessa Sanderson (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Too late
It's too late God
Didn't you get my message
Too late
It's too late God
Didn't you get my call
How long
How long con
Combien ans avant mon respond
How long
Un a cent
Un a cent a mort (or more)
Time flies
Like a brick
Sliding down my face like jelly roll
Try to hide
My belly slide
Half-way to being old
Things you do
Things you don't do
Things you do or don't will haunt you
It's harder to
Start anew
And I wouldn't if I could do
Fell in love
Fell out of love
Melted down like Chernobillyboil
Fell in love my turtledove
Turtles fly too slow
Incarnate
Re-incarnate
Incarnate me in my muddy hole
Won't come back
As a rat
Wouldn't if I could do
There I was
Here I am
A responsible citizen
A pillar of
All that's good
Put myself to sleep
Hormone twitch
Get the itch
Headfirst into male-o-menopause
Like a twat
Dye my thatch
Get an eighteen year old girl
Friends of mine
Leave their wives
For a top-down B.M.W
They seemed so sane yesterday
Life is really strange
Here we go
Here we go
Singing like some soccer hooligan
Call you back
When I'm at
70 years old
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*written by Bob Geldof, Rick Smith, and Karl Hyde