Bob Geldof Pop star, poet, open-plan politician, living saint, devil's advocate, freelance genius, natural irritant, ubiquitous celebrity, media mogul, big-mouthed gobshite. Who the hell does Bob Geldof think he is? "In my head," says Bob Geldof, who spends a great deal of his time in there, "music is what I do. I know people are surprised when I say that. In fact, certain generations will probably be shocked that I make music at all. But music is central to who I think I am. I physically need to do it and I think I'm OK at it. I'm good at Bob Geldof type songs" So much of Bob Geldof's life is a matter of public record. Dublin, punk rock, The Boomtown Rats, Paula, I Don't Like Mondays, Africa, Do They Know It's Christmas?, Live Aid, Live 8, the profanity, the pride, squaring up to Thatcher, schmoozing Mother Teresa, Blair on speed dial, the knighthood, the sainthood, Is That It?, the curious facial hair, the mad Paddy solo albums, the dot.com millionaire, the loyal friend, the curiously compulsive radio presenter, the heartbroken husband, the passionate and crusading father - we can all measure our lives in terms of Geldof's extraordinary experiences. As Geldof readily acknowledges, if his life story had been written as a Jacobean tragedy or an Italian opera it would have been rejected by the commissioning editors on the grounds that it was too unbelievable. |
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