The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You video free download

EphemeralInspiration

I was at this taping. I was nearly 11 (!) scary how young their audience was. I remember how exciting it was writing in for tickets and receiving them in the post. Was the best thing about being in Melbourne for those two years while I was growing up.

Lance Alot

Hope they do it tonight in Boston.

go go

Geldof predicted the NSA shits.

Aaron Spacey

Geldofff a very underrated performer . The Rats were fab and played great music !

sredni x vashtar

All those shows (Top of the Pops, Countdown, etc.) were lip-synced, but the Rats mostly didn't even pretend to be really playing (watch the drummer in this one!). There's a pretty funny video of them doing Rat Trap on (I believe) TOTP where Geldof does the sax part by blowing into a candelabra. One of the reasons I loved this band is because they never took themselves too seriously.

therampantbookworm

you know..I get this strange feeling that they MIGHT not be playing live ;D you gotta give it to Geldof for putting on a show

Janette Wilson

<3 <3 <3

ritchie93 .

saw them live in 81 hes famous for what he did but god hes crap live!!!

yusuf duruy

Great lyrics. Still "relevant"....

CatapultYourMom

Sounds like The Move.

lowlypeasant

@noshouldersnohead this art of surfacing is all but dead.

Martin Horner

I used to listen to "The Fine Art Of Surfacing" before going out Saturday nights. Singing at the top of my lungs "On a night like this I deserve to get kissed at least once or twice...." Dreaming......

andrew fraser

@CyareMordmin It was supposed to be a measured piece of sardonicity based on the fact that I, myself, think that Johnny Borrell is a third-rate Bob Geldof...in his vocal style and his delivery. xx

CyareMordmin

@exproggo You be trollin!

bob hogan

All Hail St.Bob and the Rats. Quality

ralucagymnast

@ralucagymnast I would say from the end of the 90's until now, most music which is produced now is shite; I despise all this "X-Factor" manufactured rubbish which is so popular nowadays; its utterly abhorrent. Money, and the lust for it, has killed music, the same way as its killed the passion in football: its all about how much you've got now, so sad:(

ralucagymnast

This is such a fantastic song, I love it more now than I did way back in 1979, because as you get older, you appreciate great music more. We were spoiled for great music at one time; now its all shit.

andrew fraser

God...you can tell they have been listening to Razorlight. The singer is copying Johnny Borrell's whole act...shameless!!!!

Daniel Dachtewitz

A great band - and Bob Geldof is a late BEATNIK,,,

Graham Keith Todd

saw them before they got well know at the NASHVILLE in Lillie road in London back in the 80's...

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