Bob Geldof to extend Band Aid concept to Boomtown Rats singles
âItâs feckinâ genius,â said the singer/songwriter, speaking about the fourth successful release of âDonât They Know itâs Christmas?â in thirty years. âI canât believe it, surely theyâve cracked on to the date by now?â he asked before launching into his new project. âYou know, one of the reasons I stopped doing the Boomtown Rats was because writing songs is so feckinâ tedious, making words rhyme and stories that sorta make some sense,â he said, adding, âbut then I thought why donât I do a Band Aid thing with my old songs, change a lyric here, add a chord there, slip in Bono wherever I can?â Geldof hinted that âTell Me Why (I Donât Like Mondays)â was going to get the Band Aid treatment first. âItâs a feckin natural. Weâre going to start with Tuesday first, because thatâs really a none-day, isnât it? Weekâs under way, nothing special to look forward to, if anyone is going to go postal, surely Tuesdayâs the day. And what about Wednesday? Sure itâs close to half-past week, almost twenty-five to Friday and all that shit, but Christ, how depressing a day can you get?â Geldof went on to explain that âSheâs So Modernâ is probably âa load of crap now. âModern? Sheâs probably mid fifties, tights rolling down her legs, wearing three baggy cardigans, shopping in feckinâ Aldi and dripping wee unless sheâs stocked up on decent Tenaâs. And donât start me on Rat Trap â I mean thereâs mouse traps and bear traps,â he said, noting that he frequently gets requests to âshut my feckinâ trap. That could be a single too,â he said, scraping the barrel for a suitable Boomtown Rats song to adapt.