Bob Geldof talks candidly

ChrisMusic

Just in case you missed it last night.

Sir Bob Geldof talks candidly to Mark Lawson about his career in music with the Boomtown Rats, his activism, his family and his very public personal traumas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ctzdw/Mark_Lawson_Talks_To..._Bob_Geldof/

Available until - 9:59PM Sun, 13 Oct 2013 on BBC iPlayer

Any comments or opinions about this, please go ahead and post them below.

johnnyurq

Gonna watch it later on so will do.

They had a Sight & Sound in Concert with a 1984 gig too on after the interview.

ChrisMusic

I haven't had a chance to watch yet either.

I thought if I post this now, then we can all get a chance to watch it before that controlling Auntie Beeb takes it away from us next week.

   (only if we want to, that is)

The concert link is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03czdtl/Sight_and_Sound_in_Concert_The_Boomtown_Rats/

Lixarto

I've just Sky+d those - thanks

Jalapeno

Not sure about candid ... brutally frank (as he always has been).

Good interview.

ICBM

I'll have to watch it - everyone remembers Geldof for Band/Live Aid and the other charity stuff now, but back in the day he was one of the best songwriters around. Tonic For The Troops and The Fine Art Of Surfacing are two of the best albums from that whole New Wave period in my opinion... they still sound fresh and sharp even today. Rat Trap in particular is pure genius.

viz

Best hour of telly I've seen in a long while.

EricTheWeary

I thought Candidly was one of his daughters?

Saw a bit of it. Like all the Mark Lawson interviews purports to be serious/ in depth but just rolls out the same old anecdotes.

ddlooping

Thanks for that, Chris.