Bob Geldof - Diamond Smiles - Live on Parkinson

[meukbox]

It's just not the same without Pete, Johnny, Simon, Garry and Gerry... but thanks for sharing.

[MrJackie64]

is it possible that he didnt cock it up. it could have been a time limitation issue. no?

[twiggysangelfromhell]

the sexiest man alive!

[Del350K4]

Oh, Bob-what happened? what a shame, to see him mangling his own song like this. Wish I´d never clicked on ti. Oh, well...

[fodleg]

its NOT about P.Yates- its about some debutante who offed herself- in the 70s- supposedly based on a real event- geldof is the best songwriter since that aother Bob, (Dylan)

thisis brilliant thanx for posting it

[bigbosscentral90]

Bob Geldof is one of the best lyricists of the 20th century.

[twiggysangelfromhell]

@bigbosscentral90 And the sexiest man alive!

[Bunty1962]

He's old he forgets things now and agaian and it's Bob FFS he can sing what he wants.

[alibiproductions]

I beg to differ retroeds. The whole performace is unquestionably live, and I think the band performed well. Sometimes a live perforance doesn't go to plan, but a quality band will work together and recover.

[retroreds]

@alibiproductions - yep, I agree - by "he couldn't recover it" I meant he couldn't find a way to recover the verse and get it back into the song. Love Bob to bits, nothing at all wrong with the actual performance :-)

[boybandmassacre]

ropey at the start but he turned it round to totally blow me away.Great lyricist(is that how you spell lyricist?)

[MisspentYouth70]

Truly one of the best. Class song tragic story what more do you want?

[annavivnapower]

this is my fav Rats song, and the best song ever written (well i think so!!)

About Paula Yates really?!? Thats quite weird, considering how things turned out..!

[paulineshep]

This is class total class you got to be a real rat fan to no.........

[diamondsmiles1]

The very song i named myself after for the internet. Had a big impact on my life

[lottietotty]

Prophetic.

Michael Hutchence - diamond smile.

RIP PY & MC lovers to the death.

[kenfig]

Sad for anyone to die & THAT young AND for the loved ones left behind & for that reason alone they were a pair of WANKERS ; they were a pair of wankers anyway though ; went round behaving like arseholes the whole time

[mjkrcwrwdb]

what i love about this man is that his hair always looks fucked up but in a way that make him always looks wonderful

[jatte67]

I think that in this one his hair just looks fucked up... However, the song is still great.

[tigersan22]

Isn't it time someone put the studio version on?

[mikeystrafford]

Fantastic song.  Bob rocks

Mikey xx

[SparTodd]

Wow is all I can say. I felt almost as if I was 19 all over again, like the first time I heard that song almost 30 years ago.

[liajg00]

Absolute cracker of a song - but probably preferred the studio version. Sounded far more punchy! Only version on YouTube tho' - so beggars can't be chosers!

[mardycustard]

what was the date this was on parky?

[Roscoz]

Hmmm.. I had this pegged as 2004 but imdb has this as originally airing on 12 February 2005

*makes correction above*

[El3phantSho3]

One of the first rock videos that I remember was this song. I would like to see the video to this again.

[erdfrresdf]

im sure this was the follow up to i dont like mondays..didnt the girl who done the killings hang herself..

[CommentorX]

Erdfrresdf, no, Brenda Ann Spencer (the shooter who inspired I Don't Like Mondays) is currently serving 25 to life at the California Institution for Women in Chino. According to Wikipedia, Spencer just turned 46 on April 3, and will be eligible for parole (fifth try) in 2009. Good luck Brenda!

[lawmark61]

cracking lyrics, like all rats songs, in a class of their own.

[zx388]

i always thought it was about the life and death of mary millington,the soft porn actress....

[t4omas]

Pants...never even sang half the song

[retroreds]

He cocked up on the second verse... went into "the girl in the cake" instead of "everybody tries..." and couldn't recover it ... shame as it's an otherwise good version, one of my favourite Rats tunes...

[imogentheresnoheaven]

I think its probably the best song the Rats ever made.

[fodleg]

possibly you are right-

altho keep it up- from the 3rd lbum is prety good too,

[indychik93]

@imogentheresnoheaven AGREED! I never liked 'Mondays' personally, their unknown-ish songs like this and Someones Looking At You were just AMAZING :D

[CommentorX]

You gotta give Geldoff his props - only Sir Bob could pull off singing a song about a debutante hanging herself on national TV.

[sambda]

Supposedly about Paula Yates, whom Bob had just met and who wanted fame at any cost. You can see her in the crowd scenes on the promo video.

[Pajero1965]

Should Be Remembered First And Formost For Great Music.