I always found it peculiar that Boomtown Rats Bob Geldof stared as “Pink” in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.”  He was great in the part and I can’t image anyone else standing there with shaved off eyebrows and screaming like he did.


What I found out recently, Geldof hated Pink Floyd’s music and the band hated him.  There was a real war going back and forth between the band and Geldof during the movie recording.  In fact, they decided to let Geldof improvise in most scenes and had given him no script.


Roger Waters has talked several times about Geldof not grasping the concept of The Wall. 


When Geldolf, who did not sing on the album, was needed to sing 6 lines… he used his most “aggressive” Irish accent.  Gilmour is heard on the studio tapes calling Geldof a “bastard” at the end of the recording session.