Billionaire slags people off for wearing primark

Smondie

The usual gob****e, who is always telling us to 'give the ****ing money' to his little pet causes has slagged people off at his concert earlier for wearing Pennys clothes. People left the concert in thier droves.


What an obnoxious moron, it's time we dis owned him.

Bob, take a walk

Allyall

Who? Where? what???

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failinis

Allyall wrote: »

Who? Where? what???

Was your man, Geldof.

Edit: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bob-geldof-yelled-at-fans-for-wearing-primark-because-he-wants-to-talk-up-the-working-classes-but-a7150896.html

FortySeven

He's got a point. Poor people going to concerts? He has to look at them, can't be easy.

diomed

New for 2016.
Starting threads featuring a conversation with yourself.

finooola

I heard he kept comparing Pennys clothes unfavourably to that snakeskin suit he always wears, which is supposedly proper rock 'n roll. What a cringeworthy knob!

AlmightyCushion

5 pairs of boxers for €3. You can't go wrong with that. Even if I was a billionaire I'd still shop in Penney's.

54and56

When did he become a Billionaire? http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/singer/bob-geldof-net-worth/

Smondie

FortySeven wrote: »

He's got a point. Poor people going to concerts? He has to look at them, can't be easy.

It must be tough alright, has he no dark sunglasses? He doesn't mind taking thier ticket money all the same.

Your Face

So I says to Mavis, I says...

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**** him. I love pennies.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Bob is a proper shoite arse.

VincePP

He's 100% right.

People going to a rock concert dressed in boring plain clothing.

But then it was essex - the most gawdish area of UK with the general population unable to even bother to change out of pyjamas to go to the shops.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Thankfully he was booed off stage.

1878_

VincePP wrote: »

He's 100% right.

People going to a rock concert dressed in boring plain clothing.

But then it was essex - the most gawdish area of UK with the general population unable to even bother to change out of pyjamas to go to the shops.

Then what's a true rocker like Bob doing playing there in the first place?

Also, he's not a billionaire, he's a muppet.

alchemist33

failinis wrote: »

Was your man, Geldof.

Edit: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bob-geldof-yelled-at-fans-for-wearing-primark-because-he-wants-to-talk-up-the-working-classes-but-a7150896.html

The hate is strong in this article

FizzleSticks

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jackinthemix94

Penneys is pretty grim TBF. Filled with riff raff from god knows where buying poorly made tat.

corner of hells

Can't ever see myself going to a Bob concert however I will continue to buy penney's jocks.

foggy_lad

He was always a nasty little prick!

Allyall

Is he a Billionaire?? :eek:

Is that from his Boomtown Rats songs, or is he skimming from his charities?

philstar

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

5 pairs of boxers for €3. You can't go wrong with that. Even if I was a billionaire I'd still shop in Penney's.

so would i, their boxers are very forgiving on the ballbag

FortySeven

philstar wrote: »

so would i, their boxers are very forgiving on the ballbag

My balls swinging wears two tracks through penneys boxers in six months.

Smondie

Allyall wrote: »

Is he a Billionaire?? :eek:

Is that from his Boomtown Rats songs, or is he skimming from his charities?

He would have been a billionaire if he stuck to primark. Those fancy suits aren't as cheap as they look.

Its dead Jim

Has he ever looked in a mirror?

_Brian

Who cares about his opinions, really!!

philstar

philstar wrote: »

so would i, their boxers are very forgiving on the ballbag

FortySeven wrote: »

My balls swinging wears two tracks through penneys boxers in six months.

you must have heavy balls or pubic hair like a brillo pad :pac:

Elliott S

Arrah, he always was a sanctimonious arse. Maybe he should have been more focussed on not letting his daughters into the full glare of the public eye at way too young an age.

DEFTLEFTHAND

He went ranting on Twitter about it afterwards.

I know he's had very tough couple of years and feel sorry for him but he can't start berating people who paid a substantial ticket price to watch him perform. Seriously grow up Bob it's not the 70s anymore.

And you were always too posh to be a real punk anyways.

Arsemageddon

Geldof rather obnoxiously called Russell Brand a cvnt at the Brits a few years ago when Brand was presenting him with an award , to which Brand responded - 'no wonder Bob is such an expert on famine, he's been dining out on one song for the last thirty years'

Allyall

Where is his wealth coming from?

Wikipedia has him at €150 million. Sorry, but the F**king Boomtown Rats???
Nope.
Not even if they paid 100% Royalties on the Radio.
Don't lecture to me You sack of crap.

I'm angry today

DEFTLEFTHAND

Allyall wrote: »

Where is his wealth coming from?

Wikipedia has him at €150 million. Sorry, but the F**king Boomtown Rats???
Nope.
Not even if they paid 100% Royalties on the Radio.
Don't lecture to me You sack of crap.

I'm angry today

He would have indirectly made a tonne of dosh off LiveAid. It opened a lot of doors for him in the years that followed.

Allyall

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

He would have indirectly made a tonne of dosh off LiveAid. It opened a lot of doors for him.

How?
(Not at you)
Was that not for charity?
Or did he take a lot of the money that was donated?

Smondie

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

He went ranting on Twitter about it afterwards.

I know he's had very tough couple of years and feel sorry for him but he can't start berating people who paid a substantial ticket price to watch him perform. Seriously grow up Bob it's not the 70s anymore.

And you were always too posh to be a real punk anyways.

What's his Twitter name? I can't find him. Could you post his tweets here what he said about today?

Smondie

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

He went ranting on Twitter about it afterwards.

I know he's had very tough couple of years and feel sorry for him but he can't start berating people who paid a substantial ticket price to watch him perform. Seriously grow up Bob it's not the 70s anymore.

And you were always too posh to be a real punk anyways.

What's his Twitter name? I can't find him. Could you post his tweets here what he said about today?

vicwatson

"Tell me why, I don't like Sir Bob"

Cee-Jay-Cee

where else could you buy 7 t-shirts for €21 before going on holidays and just throw them away after youve worn them???

Bob your nearly as big a wanker as Bono and no one really cares what you say.

54and56

It's a storm in a tea cup. I'm not a Geldof fan boy but he's old school and whilst his Primark comment is being widely interpreted as a slight on working class people it could just as easily have been a simple (if tactless) comment on the fact that he wishes concert goers still dressed in a highly individual manner a la the 1970's and 1980's rather than the homogenised disposable fashion of today as represented (in his mind at least) by Primark.

Of course it may also have been some sort of statement about how we shouldn't be buying clothes which are made by child labour employing sweatshops.

Either way his comments whether misinterpreted or not do not out weigh the fact he got off his arse back in the day and made the biggest ever famine relief charity event happen which saved thousands of lives.

Why let a bit of perspective or truth get in the way of slating the "Billionaire"?

unkel

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

When did he become a Billionaire?

He's a very successful artist, having sold hundreds of millions of records. That made him a billionaire, but most of his money went to pay his Irish taxes and to philanthropy*










*These 5 statements are all false

DEFTLEFTHAND

Allyall wrote: »

How?
(Not at you)
Was that not for charity?
Or did he take a lot of the money that was donated?

No he didn't do anything of the sort. The point I'm making is that LiveAid would have opened plenty of doors for him in his career going forward and provided him with opportunities to amass wealth.

Allyall

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

It's a storm in a tea cup. I'm not a Geldof fan boy but he's old school and whilst his Primark comment is being widely interpreted as a slight on working class people it could just as easily have been a simple (if tactless) comment on the fact that he wishes concert goers still dressed in a highly individual manner a la the 1970's and 1980's rather than the homogenised disposable fashion of today as represented (in his mind at least) by Primark.

Of course it may also have been some sort of statement about how we shouldn't be buying clothes which are made by child labour employing sweatshops.

Either way his comments whether misinterpreted or not do not out weigh the fact he got off his arse back in the day and made the biggest ever famine relief charity event happen which saved thousands of lives.

Why let a bit of perspective or truth get in the way of slating the "Billionaire"?

Or he could have been in the best place in the world to be, at the right time, and met the right people.

I get that what he he was involved in and took credit for, is excellent. But He shouldn't be telling people on any level how or why they should wear clothes from a store.

philstar

Allyall wrote: »

Where is his wealth coming from?

Wikipedia has him at €150 million. Sorry, but the F**king Boomtown Rats???
Nope.

he's a very astute businessman is our Bob

Ruu

'Yeah, we're Irish, we're still in Europe'

He is Irish when he wants to be that lad!

thebaz

Smondie wrote: »

The usual gob****e, who is always telling us to 'give the ****ing money' to his little pet causes has slagged people off at his concert earlier for wearing Pennys clothes. People left the concert in thier droves.


What an obnoxious moron, it's time we dis owned him.

Bob, take a walk

typical Irish begrudgers - Geldof has done more for the world than 99.99% of people - his little pet cause was to help famine victims in Africa who were dying - may have been of the mark here , but it was tongue in cheek.

The Rats were a great Irish band that transformed Irish music and society - Geldof is a legend , but no billionaire

Allyall

Midge Ure. FTW.

buried

Complaining his audience aren't "rock and roll"? When exactly was he ever 'rock and roll' to begin with?
Where is his protest music for instance? F**k knows he could have written some the last few decades the way things went. The man is about as rock and roll as a salad sandwich.

Lyaiera

G'wan Bob ye mad baxtard!

Smondie

Allyall wrote: »

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

It's a storm in a tea cup. I'm not a Geldof fan boy but he's old school and whilst his Primark comment is being widely interpreted as a slight on working class people it could just as easily have been a simple (if tactless) comment on the fact that he wishes concert goers still dressed in a highly individual manner a la the 1970's and 1980's rather than the homogenised disposable fashion of today as represented (in his mind at least) by Primark.

Of course it may also have been some sort of statement about how we shouldn't be buying clothes which are made by child labour employing sweatshops.

Either way his comments whether misinterpreted or not do not out weigh the fact he got off his arse back in the day and made the biggest ever famine relief charity event happen which saved thousands of lives.

Why let a bit of perspective or truth get in the way of slating the "Billionaire"?

Or he could have been in the best place in the world to be, at the right time, and met the right people.

I get that what he he was involved in and took credit for, is excellent. But He shouldn't be telling people on any level how or why they should wear clothes from a store.

He made sure midge ure got as little credit as possible for ban aid or do they know it's Christmas.

SEPT 23 1989

He got Brexit over the line with his intervention on the river

54and56

Allyall wrote: »

Or he could have been in the best place in the world to be, at the right time, and met the right people.

I get that what he he was involved in and took credit for, is excellent. But He shouldn't be telling people on any level how or why they should wear clothes from a store.

Why not? It's a free country. If people don't like what he's done in the past or what he says don't go to his concerts, buy his CDs or support any of the businesses he invested in over the years including the original Chris Evans C4 breakfast show production company which IIRC made him a lot of money.

thebaz

buried wrote: »

The man is about as rock and roll as a salad sandwich.

he is a Rock legend who transformed Irish music - compared to some of the supposed Superstar rubbish today who are the real salad sandwiches.