Well, here we are Jersey City and the surround, the last Music Series. As sad as that is, that's NOT what the Friday night Music Series has been about. Nothing maudlin tonight, hell no. Just great music, it's what we do here. It's what we'll be doing in Oscoda, just a click away or you can drive 600-some miles each week and watch Johnny put it together. Your call.
Let's step off one more time proper with one of the most underrated songs in the history of songs, 'Rat Trap' by The Boomtown Rats. Edgy guitar, the perfect anti-hero, the nasty sax, and Bob Geldof telling the tale. It's all in here. Like a turducken of music, only good.
When you think about it, Billy has a lot of the same annoying attitudes as Johnny. Listen to the words and remember from what you've read here. It's like Johnny spent a lot of time listening, really listening, to Bob Geldof and the Rats when he was young.
Young. Good looking. Kinda Tough. Working on the suit of red.
The Boomtown Rats and the timeless generational rant, 'Rat Trap'
A great look at urban life for a young street tough named Billy. "It's a rat trap, and you been caught." This is the brilliance of Bob Geldof before he saved the world.
