It fascinates me how strongly people dislike Geldof. He wrote three of my favourite songs of all time, is a wonderful interviewee and a great humanitarian. Those of us who were around and young in 1985 will always remember Band Aid and Live Aid fondly for the sense of unity and hope they gave us. In retrospect, there was much about it that was naive and crass, but its, and his, heart were absolutely in the right place.