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I Don't Like Mondays

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(thing) by Quizro (1.6 wk) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Tue Feb 15 2000 at 17:31:14

A song by Dublin band the Boomtown Rats from their 1979 album The Fine Art of Surfacing about the Brenda Spencer shooting spree. Outraged radio stations across the country refused to play it; I believe (though I'm not certain) that an order banning the song from airplay during the trial was handed down by the presiding judge in the case, but I don't know if that's true or not. It was a brilliant song.

(thing) by deep thought (6.5 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Thu Jun 22 2000 at 5:46:14

As good an answer as any to the question:

"Why do seemingly regular people go crazy and decide to kill others?"

Chorus, from the song:

Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays!
Tell me, why?
I don't like Mondays!
Tell me, why, oh why, I shot the whole day down.

Ironic trivia: Bob Geldolf, who wrote this song, later became famous/infamous for the Live Aid concert and the terrible "We Are The World" song.

So his depressing song is remembered as funny and his uplifting song is remembered as sugary pap.


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Brenda Spencer I Don't Like Monkeys Procrastinators of the world unite! Well, maybe later Boomtown Rats
Strange Little Girls Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! We Are The World It's the End of the World as We Know It
Virginia Tech Columbine High School September 9, 2001 Office Space
Video Killed the Radio Star Why Mondays suck: an essay I wrote with Albert Camus punk Fear of the modern world
White space is not a tool of the Devil Sweet 16 and never been kissed A history of school violence February 11, 2008
Live Aid Einstein on the Beach alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb telex
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