Geldof bob biography definition
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Geldof bob biography definition
Geldof, Bob
Singer, songwriter, activist
For the Record…
Began as Journalist
Scurried Into Number One Hit
Melded Activism and Popular Music
Selected discography
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Previous to the desiccation of Ethiopia, as witnessed by the Western world in 1984, Bob Geldof was almost better known in British and Irish rock circles for his brash and sometimes abrasive personality than for his incisive songwriting and passionate singing.
Life magazine described him this way: “When you meet this man you wonder, ‘Why?’ Did God knock at the wrong door by mistake and when it was opened by this scruffy Irishman, think, ‘Oh, what the hell—he’ll do.’” Simply put, he was an unlikely candidate for the nickname “Saint Bob,” and nothing in his childhood would have led one to guess that he’d earn rights to the name anyway.
The grandson of Belgian immigrants, Geldof was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1954.
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