Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia who accumulated a magnificent list of titles before being deposed in a coup in 1974, has a strong claim to be called the all-time king of bombast.
It seemed like a highly unsuitable subject for Tarantino's brash and bloodythirsty B-movie bombast, and a vocal minority of critics couldn't quite get their heads around what the film-maker was up to, even after seeing the final movie.
The crowd listened quietly for much of Rubio's remarks, which at a brief 13 minutes were largely devoid of the pomp and bombast of the other Republican heavyweights who had descended on Greenville that weekend.
Now, as they prepare for the second leg of a vital Champions League qualifier with FC Zeta - after a first leg that, desptie the 2-0 win, ranks among the club's worst European performances - the bombast is muted and Murray's summation of the club's fortunes drably pragmatic: "If we are in the Champions League we make £5m, if not we lose £5m".
They're hardly the Wrecking Crew, they don't have that commitment to detailed bombast, and there are no strings or horns.
The bombast of UK X Factor, meanwhile, has a cheeky knowingness to it, thanks to Peter Dickson's voiceover and Walsh's innate sense of lunacy.
The Ramones were often cited by British punk bands such as the Clash, Buzzcocks and Sex Pistols as an inspiration, an ideal of a raw and ferocious rock'n'roll stripped of pretence and bombast.
But Romantic Works deserves a nomination for beauty alone: in year of ice-cool R&B and rock bombast, Henson's album brought calm, exquisite elegance to 2014.
Words and analysis did not seem to be his natural medium: rather, he combined a phenomenal musical instinct and formidable emotional control – precluding, in his earlier playing, sentimentality or bombast – with physical gifts of a very rare order.
Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia, has a strong claim to be called the all-time king of bombast The Pope is another strong contender: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the Servants of God.
He attributes his cavalier bombast partly to age – he is 68, he tells me five times – and partly to his wealth, which me also mentions numerous times.
