I love this song, especially the piano and the lyric, "I don't like Mondays...I wanna shoot oooh, oooh, oooh...the whole day down." I can certainly relate, since I hate Mondays too.



I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS RATS BOOMTOWN
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the silicon chip inside her head
gets switched to overload
and nobody's gonna go to school today
she's gonna make them stay at home
daddy doesn't understand it
he always said she was good as gold
and he can see
no reasons
'cause there are
no reasons
what reasons do you need to be showed

tell me why
i dont like mondays
tell me why
i dont like mondays
tell me why
i dont like mondays
i want to shoot the whole day down

The Telex machine is kept so clean
And it types to a waiting world
And Mother feels so shocked
Father's world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain't it peachy keen
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need, oh-h-h

{Refrain}
Down, down, shoot it all down

And all the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain tackles
With the problems and the how's and why's
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die, oh-h-h

And the silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
Oh, and nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to make them stay at home
And Daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be showed

{Refrain, with 7 tell me why's}

I agree Psych i haate Mondays too!!!

I think it came out in 1979!


Anyway, I love that too!

Yeah, rainy days & mondays always get me down.

HrdwcH said:

It's a rainy monday here...

Cheek said:

I have a book that lists all of the 80's songs per week, and it shows a date of "I Don't Like Mondays" of Februry 2, 1980. Not sure if that's the date it first hit the charts or what, but that's what it says. It is a good song.

stargazer said:

I hate Mondays with a passion.

HrdwcH said:

psychodelicide said:

We're lucky enough that there is ONLY ONE MONDAY in a week!

Cheek said:

True, one Monday out of the seven days in the week is bad enough.

PANDURITO said:

How cute is that! Garfield is known for saying, "I hate Mondays!"

always hated the boomtown rats

TheRealFiness said:

Really? Why is that?

I only know the version by Tori Amos, but judging by that it's a great song.

GangstaFam said:

It's definitely a great song.

GangstaFam said:

I love Tori, but that version is just ...

I couldn't name another song by The Boomtown Rats.. but I could sing you this particular one from start to finish

CinisterCee said:

hehe, I just remember "Banana republic".. boring...

but "Monadys" is catchy, can't deny

yeh....its a great song...even if its just for the intro alone....never liked the boomtown rats though.....sir bob was never much of a singer.
..
..btw this song was released in the 70s

CinisterCee said:

Same here, "I Don't Like Mondays" is the ONLY song by the Boomtown Rats that I know.

blackboab said:

As I said above, I have a book that lists all of the 80's songs per week, and it shows a date of "I Don't Like Mondays" of Februry 2, 1980. Not sure if that's the date it first hit the charts or what, but that's what it says. The song probably was released in late 1979 sometime, but it's in the 80's songbook that I have.

Dancelot said:

Are you familiar with the story behind the song? Some girl taking a girl to school and shooting some of her contemporaries. Asked why, she said, simply, "I don't like Mondays"





(Sorry to all of those that knew that already and now think I am a twat.)

I didn't know what the song was about until now, thanks for sharing.

psychodelicide said:

Yeah, if you Google it , you'll prob find the full details about it, but that is the general outline of the true story behind the song. Look at the words again and you'll see how it is worked into the song

Bit of a Columbine before Columbine kinda song.

Excellent song!I just watched the 2005 Brit Awards on BBC America.Sir Bob received an award and closed the show with "Mondays".Love The Brits.

I just saw some of Live Aid where they played this, and it was one of the best songs they showed. Certainly better than Madonna's Holiday, and it aged better. Geldof didn't even look particularly dated compared to Madonna & U2.

It reminded me a bit of the Kinks, and unfortunately for Bob, it inspired me to buy a couple Kinks records!

Great song, though.
[Edited 4/19/05 10:54am]

RocknRollDave said:

Wow, that's scary!