I think Im really bad.
I dont like looking at myself.
I dont like listening to myself.
Bob GeldofJens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images
I dont like hearing myself.
The last thing I want is to see myself on the side of a building.
So why did he sign on to the film in the first place?
Money, Geldof joked with an earnest smile.
David Bowie is not a good actor.
Sting is not a good actor.
InJailhouse RockandKing Creole, you might see theres a guy in there who can act.
So why could Elvis and Frank do it, but David Bowie and Bob Dylan couldnt?
Geldof asked the room.
Its because Sting, Bowie, Dylan, and Bob Geldof write their own songs.
So their job was to find the psychology in a song.
My job is to project myself on stage.
Im singing things that are in my head.
Were in a post-rock and roll world.
The last great bands were Nirvana and probably Oasis, he said.
The last great hip-hop bands were at the beginning.
NWA, Public Enemy, Eminem, Dre.
The rest is just repetition.
There are some geniuses like Kanye, who is crazy but did fantastic stuff.
But the rest is just repeat, repeat.
This morning, I answered about five emails, so we do it every single day.
And thats been happening for 40 years, he said.
I didnt expect that to happen.
I didnt want it to happen.
But it is what it is.
What is indisputable is that there can never be the mass bombing of children on any side.
But it happens, he continued.
Things like having no food, however, that can be resolved.
you’re able to stop those things.
And if you stop poverty, you probably stop war, he said.
If Russia becomes poor, the people have to be distracted by invasions of other countries.
If Gaza and the people of Palestine werent kept in poverty, then there wouldnt be the causality.
So there are two things, causality and moral agency.
The dilemma is arguing between those two things.
I know for a fact that theyre looking at doing an Imax film on Live Aid, Geldof said.
So that stuff will just continue.
Deadlines Baz Bamigboye broke the news of the London Live Aid stage playlast month.
Biziou and Geldof presentPink Floyd The Wallat Camerimage this evening.
The festival runs until November 18.
