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Track: He Watches It All
Artist: The Boomtown Rats
Album: V Deep

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Name: The Boomtown Rats
Spotify Genres: new wave
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Irish rock band, formed in 1975 in Garry Roberts' kitchen in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, the group originally took the name The Nightlife Thugs. They changed it during the interval of their first gig on October 31st 1975 to The Boomtown Rats, after [a=Woody Guthrie]'s term for oilfield workers. The original lineup was [a=Bob Geldof] (vocals), [a=Garry Roberts] (lead guitar), [a=Johnnie Fingers] (keyboard), [a=Pete Briquette] (bass), [a=Gerry Cott] (rhythm guitar) and [a=Simon Crowe] (drums). They recorded six studio albums and a string of successful singles. Cott left the band in 1981. The group remained together until just after the 1985 Live Aid concert of which Bob Geldof, KBE, was the organiser. The group reformed in 2013, with original members [a=Bob Geldof], [a=Garry Roberts], [a=Pete Briquette], and [a=Simon Crowe] joined by [a=Alan Dunn] and [a=Darren Beale].

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Release: The Boomtown Rats - V Deep
Year: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave

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He bought and sold a video Made a fortunein between A thousand well-known faces Passed across that stupid screen He turned them down He never thought they had so much to say He watched those faces come and go Up close He saw the strain And he watches it all Yes he watches it all Someone broke into his house last night It's strange they didn't take a thing Someone broke into his house last night But still it feels like they took everything Home is where the head is Home is where the demons all come out to play Home is where you hide yourself at night And home is where you feel safe And still he watches it all He watches it all And it's small It all seems small Did you read it in the Sunday paper? The headline called him the 'Sailors Deacon' He fell in love with the lighthouse keeper Spends his time bringing home the beacon Huh He bought and sold a video Made a fortune in between