This is the World Calling
Bob Geldof
from the album Deep in the Heart of Nowhere
1986

The intensity and attitude of the Boomtown Rats was not so well suited for the keyboard-driven pop landscape of the 1980s, so Geldoff began looking for other creative outets. He made his mark in the motion picture industry with his leading role in Pink Floyd's The Wall, and left us with the memorable image of himself chaving off his eyebrows.

In 1985, Geldof the political activitist took over the world. After co-writing the song and organizing the recording of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas," Geldof organized what has been called the world largest musical event, Live Aid. Taking place simultaneously on two continents and broadcast around the world, Live Aid focused the world's attention on the famine in Africa - or at least on rock stars talking about famine in Africa.

Geldof has also done a bit of writing, but the incarnation that most concerns us at this site is that of solo recording artist. Geldof's greatest commercial success came in 1990 with the album Vegetarians of Love, but since 1990 is too far removed from the "early 80s" championed at here we look to his first solo album, Deep In the Heart of Nowhere, for more appropriate material. The album was recorded with the help of an all-star cast including Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Brian Setzer (Stray Cats), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Alison Moyet (Yaz), and Eric Clapton.

Phase one of Bob Geldof's career in the public eye saw him fronting a loud Dublin punk/new wave band in the late 1970s, the Boomtown Rats. The Rats were hometown favorites in their day, and the international success of the band gave the Irish music scene something to cheer about. The Rats left us such memorable tunes as "Rat Trap," "I Don't Like Mondays" and "She So Modern."

The intensity and attitude of the Boomtown Rats was not so well suited for the keyboard-driven pop landscape of the 1980s, so Geldoff began looking for other creative outets. He made his mark in the motion picture industry with his leading role in Pink Floyd's The Wall, and left us with the memorable image of himself chaving off his eyebrows.

In 1985, Geldof the political activitist took over the world. After co-writing the song and organizing the recording of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas," Geldof organized what has been called the world largest musical event, Live Aid. Taking place simultaneously on two continents and broadcast around the world, Live Aid focused the world's attention on the famine in Africa - or at least on rock stars talking about famine in Africa.

Geldof has also done a bit of writing, but the incarnation that most concerns us at this site is that of solo recording artist. Geldof's greatest commercial success came in 1990 with the album Vegetarians of Love, but since 1990 is too far removed from the "early 80s" championed at here we look to his first solo album, Deep In the Heart of Nowhere, for more appropriate material. The album was recorded with the help of an all-star cast including Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Brian Setzer (Stray Cats), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Alison Moyet (Yaz), and Eric Clapton.