#pete briquette

[its-a-rat-trap]

The Boomtown Rats c. 1981

(Photo by Pictorial Press)

[mitjalovse]

Visconti has a funny reputation as a producer. First of all, he has a scattered career. Second of all, he's neither a superstar nor a complete unknown. Still, his association with Bowie meant he got called the latter's followers. I agree, The Boomtown Rats – admit to me you checked the link, before you read these lines – don't feel like the candidates for such a title, yet hear me out: all early New Wave groups owe at least a smidgen of their sound to Berlin Trilogy. However, Visconti produced Rats, when their heart weren't into their music. I assume Geldof already had his mind set on his later side gig, which many continue to associate him with, so his collective felt like an obligation. Nonetheless, Visconti could've probably done great things with them during their heyday.

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday Pete Briquette

[vmonteiro23a]

The Boomtown Rats in Chessington near London in March 1978. Photo by © Fin Costello.

The Boomtown Rats in Chessington near London in March 1978. Photo by © Fin Costello. The Boomtown Rats posed in Chessington near London in March 1978. Left to right: Keyboard player Johnny Fingers, guitarist Gerry Cott, bassist Pete Briquette, guitarist Garry Roberts, vocalist Bob Geldof and drummer Simon Crowe.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: November 25, 1984

List of singers:

Not listed by name on the album cover of the Phonogram single, but in the booklet of The Story of the Official Band Aid Video:

Freddie Mercury (Queen)

Adam Clayton (U2)

Phil Collins (Genesis, solo)

Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)

Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)

Chris Cross (Ultravox)

John Taylor (Duran Duran)

Paul Young

Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)

Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17)

Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)

Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats)

Marilyn Keren Woodward (Bananarama)

Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)

Jody Watley (Shalamar)

Bono (U2)

Paul Weller

James “JT” Taylor (Kool & The Gang)

George Michael (Wham!)

Midge Ure (Ultravox)

Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)

John Keeble (Spandau Ballet)

Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)

Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)

Sarah Dallin (Bananarama)

Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama)

Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats)

Francis Rossi (Status Quo)

Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool & The Gang)

Dennis Thomas (Kool & The Gang)

Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)

Jon Moss (Culture Club)

Sting (The Police, solo)

Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)

Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)

Johnnie Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)

David Bowie

Boy George (Culture Club)

Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

Paul McCartney (The Beatles, solo)

The album cover's designer, Peter Blake, was also mentioned.

Lyrics:

Stuart Adamson (Big Country)

Bruce Watson (Big Country)

Tony Butler (Big Country)

Mark Brzezicki (Big Country)

It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid

At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy

Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

But say a prayer, Pray for the other ones

At Christmas time it's hard, but when you're having fun

Where the only water flowing

There's a world outside your window

And it's a world of dread and fear

Is the bitter sting of tears

Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

And the Christmas bells that ring

There are the clanging chimes of doom

And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time

The greatest gift they'll get this year is life

Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Where nothing ever grows

No rain nor rivers flow

Here's to you

Raise a glass for everyone

Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived

If the table was turned would you survive

Here's to them

Underneath that burning sun

Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

You ain't gotta feel guilt just selfless

Give a little help to the helpless

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmas time again

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmas time again

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmas time again

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmas time again

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Feed the world

Songwriter:

Feed the world

(Feed the world)

Feed the world

Feed the world

Midge Ure / Bob Geldof

BandFacts:

👉📖

[krispyweiss]

Boomtown Rats Guitarist Garry Roberts Dies at 72

- “We feel strangely adrift without him tonight,” band says

Garry Roberts, guitarist and co-founder of the Boomtown Rats, died Nov. 9, his bandmates said.

Roberts was 72; no cause was given.

“We have known Garry since we were children and so we feel strangely adrift without him tonight,” band members Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette and Simon Crowe said in a statement issued “with very great grief.”

The Rats formed in Ireland in 1975 and scored hits such as “Like Clockwork” and “I Don’t Like Mondays” before their initial split in 1986. The band reformed in 2013 and released Citizens of Boomtown, its first album since 1984, in 2020.

Imelda May remembered Roberts as a “total legend and thoroughly nice man.

“Sending love to his family, friends and band family,” she wrote on Twitter.

11/9/22

[sea-of-machines]

I haven't been active in the boomtown rats fandom for a great while but it was only today that I learned that Pete Briquette and Johnnie Fingers are cousins as their moms were sisters and I'm honestly very much surprised

[rushingheadlong]

Oh, it's so hot outside and the air is so sweet And when the pressure drop is heavy, I don't wanna hear you speak You know, most killing is committed at 90 degrees When it's too hot to breathe and it's too hot to think There's always someone looking at you, woah-oh-oh-oh

Someone’s Looking at You - The Boomtown Rats Top of the Pops - January 24, 1980

[pols-doodles]

boomtown rats redraw time

[elsantodelrock]

Sons of Southern Ulster x Pete Briquette: Turf Accountant Schemes

Sons of Southern Ulster x Pete Briquette: Turf Accountant Schemes

Sons of Southern Ulster es una banda irlandesa que debutara formalmente en la industria discográfica con su Foundry Folk Songs, mismo que tuviera su continuación creativa en Sinners and Lost Souls, editado en 2020, del cual toman Live In The Past y Polaris como sus más recientes sencillos para promocionar a manera de remix, con la particularidad de que éste trabajo corre a cargo de Pete Briquette…

[ivory-sunflower]

The Vinyl Collection ✨

So I’d been thinking about making a post about my little vinyl collection for a while and then I got an anon message asking me to so here it is! My collection isn’t huge but it’s slowly growing, with Christmas and then my birthday coming up I imagine it’ll grow in the next couple of months. I have a little mental checklist of the albums I want to get before I go off to uni next year so we’ll see how that goes...

Temples: Hot Motion 

If you saw my update to my post about some musicians I like (here if you’re curious), you’ll have seen that I have really deep-dived into Temples recently but I will not go on to that on this post because it will become an essay (might make a post just about the band at some point tbh). 

ANYWAY ABOUT THE VINYL: It is so pretty!! It’s hard to see on the photo but it’s a clear vinyl with streaks and flecks of yellow, red, blue and black marbled through it - it’s just gorgeous! I’ll probably say this about every vinyl but oh boy does it sound lovely. There’s something so endearing about the crackling of a record between songs! I’ve said before that ‘Atomise’ makes me want to lie down on the floor for a few hours and that feeling is increased tenfold with the added vinyl crackles. It’s so pretty, I could cry!

Temples: Sun Structures

It’s the boys once again! I love love love this album, don’t even get me started or I might cry or scream or both... probably both. Every song is just beautiful, kudos to them for coming out with such a banging debut album. ‘The Golden Throne’ and ‘Fragment’s Light’ sound particularly good on vinyl - they both have such good vibes anyway and those vibes get amplified!

Hozier: Self Titled

A wlw with a Hozier vinyl? Who would have expected that?? Given the fact that the majority of my followers come from the cottagecore community, I feel like it’s safe to assume that you all know what’s up here. I f you enter my room while ‘From Eden’ or ‘Cherry Wine’ is playing you will see me lying down and silently weeping...

Dave Giles: Tennessee and 48th

Similar to Temples, if you’ve seen the original music post you’ll have seen a bit about Dave and this particular album. My opinion still stands, it’s a gorgeous album and (similar to others in this list) the vinyl crackling just adds to it. ‘Child Again’ is just so so beautiful!

Queen

I’ve put all my Queen albums together because I don’t think I need to explain why these albums are BRILLIANT! Queen made bop after bop and we love them for that!

The Boomtown Rats

The Rats aren’t at the same iconic level as queen but they are the same era. I’ve grouped them together for the sake of ease, I have to say that ‘The Fine Art of Surfacing’ is my favourite of the 3 albums I have, it’s a class album!

I know the Queen and Boomtown Rats sections are short but I have half of a post about bigger musicians I want to talk about written up in my drafts so I kept it short on this one. I hope this is what you meant anon! sorry if you just wanted pictures...

I’ll probably add to this as and when I get new vinyls because I think it could be a cute way to document them!

~ Love Ginger xx

27/11/2020

[its-a-rat-trap]

Bob Geldof and Pete Briquette of The Boomtown Rats on a train to Exeter this past Saturday (29/6/2024)

These are some of the great photos posted over on CitizensofBoomtown.com in celebration of the Rats' performance at Let's Rock Exeter this past weekend! Tons of great videos and pictures have already been shared so definitely go check them all out!

And, even more excitingly, there will be new content shared on CoB for the rest of the week too!

[stonetheskooks]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE BRIQUETTE!!!!

[vmonteiro23a]

The Boomtown Rats posed in Chessington near London in March 1978. Left to right: Keyboard player Johnny Fingers, guitarist Gerry Cott, bassist Pete Briquette, guitarist Garry Roberts, vocalist Bob Geldof and drummer Simon Crowe. Photo by © Fin Costello

The Boomtown Rats posed in Chessington near London in March 1978. Left to right: Keyboard player Johnny Fingers, guitarist Gerry Cott, bassist Pete Briquette, guitarist Garry Roberts, vocalist Bob Geldof and drummer Simon Crowe. Photo by © Fin Costello

[trash-blam-baby]

The Boomtown Rats

[jamieroxxartist]

Happy Birthday. Today, July 2, 1954 – Pete Briquette, Irish bass player, songwriter (Boomtown Rats), and producer was born.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Briquette)