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June 17, 2005
Shut up Sir Bob…Shut The Fuck UP!!!!
Unemployed rocker and one time Boomtown Rat, Bob “Call me Sir” Geldof is really beyond mere scorn. This arrogant, yappy little whiner is happily going about stealing some limelight again as he organizes (what else?) another concert to help some group that he sees as being in need of his self serving attention. Not content to sit back in his role of making Keith Richards look like a healthy and vital human being, Bob is trotting out again for another needed fix of fame with his “Live 8” concert and is angry at eBay for allowing some people to sell some tickets they won to the London show.
What a fuckwad.
Here’s what happened and what he said;
Tickets to the London show were given away to the winners of a text (think cell phone messaging) lottery. And some of those winners, who obviously needed cash more than crowds and filthy washrooms decided to sell them on eBay. The tickets are their property now, not Sir Bobby’s. And here was the lead Rat’s response:
“I am sick with this,” Geldof said in a statement. “What eBay are doing is profiteering on the backs of the impoversished.
“The people who are selling it are wretches. But far worse is the corporate culture that capitalizes on people’s misery.”
What the fuck!?!?!?! Who the hell does he think he is? What an asshole. From this moment on I wouldn’t cross the street to piss on him if he was on fire. Here are a few points to consider as you form your own opinions about crossing the street to pee.
Do you think that all the bands, made up primarily of very, very wealthy rock and roll stars who made their millions off of the backs of people around the world struggling to pay their monthly bills are doing it for charity? Hell no. They are doing it for publicity to sell more of their records and keep up the payments on their holiday homes in the Caribbean. And, they will be able to write off any incurred expenses against their taxable income. How long has it been since Pink Floyd released an album? Years. But they know they will sell hundreds of thousands of their old ones by doing the show. They will all make a ton of dough. Way more than I will make this year or the next ten combined.
So who’s profiteering off of who Sir Rat?
But you know, the statement he made that hits me as most clearly demonstrating his personal hypocrisy is: “…but far worse is the corporate culture that capitalizes on people’s misery.”
Hmmmmmm……come again Bob. How was that? I was in high school when the Boomtown Rats first hit the charts with their only big hit. It was called, “I Don’t Like Mondays.” The song was about a teenage girl, 16 to be exact, who walked to an elementary school yard on a Monday morning as all the little kids were hanging around waiting to go to class, and then she shot them. That’s right. She raised a .22 caliber rifle to her shoulder and she began shooting the kids at nearly point blank range.
Here for your information, are the lyrics to Bob’s big hit.
"I Don't Like Mondays"
The silicon chip inside her head
gets switched to overload
and nobody's gonna go to school today
she's gonna make them stay at home
And Daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reason
Cos there are no reasons
What reasons do you need to be shown
[Chorus:]
Tell me why
I don't like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down
The telex machine is kept so clean
and it types to waiting world.
And Mother feels so shocked
Father's world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to
Their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen
No it ain't so neat to admit defeat,
They can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reasons do you need to be shown
[Repeat Chorus]
All the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys awhile
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
That the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain tackles
With the problems and the how's and why's
And he can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reasons do you need to die
[Repeat Chorus]
It sure is nice to see that Sir Bob Geldof has never, in any way associated with or profiteered from a corporate culture that capitalizes on people’s misery.
I’m sure I’ll sleep better at night knowing we have that hypocritical Irish shit head to maintain our global social morality.
Well, I guess when I see Bob drain his own bank accounts and give all of his money to the people of Africa instead of asking for more of mine, I will listen to him or watch one of his stupid concerts. Till then, all I want him to do is shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up. But secretly, inside, what I really want to do, is get some tickets to “Live 8” and sell them on eBay.
~AP
Posted by Anonymous Pundit at June 17, 2005 09:11 AM