Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays"

[LordLehmann1]

Tought titties about the song's story, Its Great.

[lovndeshane021810]

My history teacher plays this every monday .. OMG ! This is creepy af now

[blondesmartz]

my mom told me about this song...then she told me the story behind it...scaryyy

[CondomBreaker]

>"Oh this is a pretty good song.

>Read about Brenda Spencer and re listen to song

>"Oh god this is so creepy."

[BigJonViv]

the old neighborhood! San Carlos!

[g3gstflm]

I'M WITH THE BITCH... FUCK MONDAYS...

[austin78993]

isn't this song about a girl who shot up a school and then they interviewed her and she said something along the lines of " i just don't like mondays"

[Reddeadplayer26]

@austin78993 You are correct.

[Dubetzdiva]

@austin78993 yeah she was 14 & lived across the street from the school and used a rifle to shoot the playground. when they asked her why she just said "I don't like mondays" & she was recently released on probation in 2009. her name's Brenda Ann Spencer if you wanna learn more, the school was Cleveland Elementary in San Diego, Cali but now it is a science school.

[noec666]

@Dubetzdiva 16* lol

[Dubetzdiva]

@noec666 lol mybad! (: 

[JCOlock5312]

The piano is epic and the meaning is terrible. |:

[MrJdjtr]

thumbs up if egotastic brought u here...

[42belvedere]

A classic statement from the shooter after the rampage...

reporter: "Why did you do it?"

Brenda Spencer: "I don't like Mondays."

[FratBoyDrummer122]

Airsoft GI! Oh yeah this is very creepy...

[ViskoKidd]

I know it

[5scale]

the piano is AWESOME!!!! the lyrics suck:(

[FlameOnMyParade]

Fuckin' Mondays, man.

[DublinsOwn2k9]

@FlameOnMyParade I Know They Really Wanna Make You Shoot Up A School!!

[megusultracool]

so that's what breakfast club was talking about... growing up in the nineties does have it's disadvantages.

[muppy1100]

YEAH , I KNOW EXACTLY THE STORY BEHIND THAT DAY... IT WAS NOT A GOOD DAY... I THINK I WAS ABOUT 16.....

[muppy1100]

I LOVE MONDAY'S.... KINDA !!!! LOL

[zomgthesoftness]

This song is so haunting especially if you know the story behind. Still doesn't make it any less awesome.

[magicmonkey9212]

aw man i remember listening to this as a little lad of 7 with my dad in the car, happily singing along. now those memories have turned very morbid after finding out about brenda spencer :(

[jobuz]

I like the song, but I don't like mondays XD

[drumsofthunder1]

B.Geldoff was behind the writing of this based from the shooting in SD high school, 16 yr old Brenda Spencer killed two adults, one being the principle and injured 9 kids, later after 7 hrs of being surrounded by police in her house before being taken in, she told a reporter that she did it to liven things up, she did not like mondays...Many of us have played this for yrs w/ our own meaning, but yea, the story behind it SUX!!

[LIAR63]

it might be about all that stuff yes..but in reality its just about not liking mondays

cause mondays just suck...worl school all that kind of shit etc etc yada yada yada

[amaredlov]

why??? whats the really stories behind this song,don't like mondays, but this song reminds me ng ma hold-up kmi ng tropa ko sa cubao.ha..ha..ha..

[movieman104]

my dad died on a monday thats my reason to hate mondays right there!

[minotola]

@movieman104 .....mine too

[movieman104]

@minotola its awful huh? my dad liked this song he first time i heard it years ago he played it for me



[minotola]

@movieman104 ...think you got me mixed up with someone else....my dad died on a monday also...my comment was mine too

[movieman104]

@minotola what i replyed to you comment, i said my dad died on monday n u answaered mine too

[minotola]

@movieman104 .....oh, i misunderstood....yes its awful.....life can sure be a kick in the butt

[movieman104]

@minotola yea life can be that quite often actually very well put i still miss my dad all the time even though it was over a year ago

[pyrogyra72]

Guess 4 people have a case of the Mondays. 

[Harassify]

she just did't like Mondays



[megarouge2001]

The first time i ever "heard" this song was in "The Commitments" when Micah Wallace was singing it to test the mike.

[alkalanetor]

Me encanta, me evoca muchas cosas y sentimientos, me hace llorar, creo que es de las mejores canciones que se han hecho en mucho tiempo, sencilla, directa y contundente

[VelvetAngel107]

I had no idea what this song was about! Wow... it's pretty messed up.... I mean, I never liked Mondays either, but that's taking it to the extreme!

[tacobellking01]

A girl hate monday very much that one day she decided to make her monday intresting by getting her dad's gun and opening her window since she lived across a elementry school she started shooting at kids threw her window

[rssdeltaforce64]

@tacobellking01 according to wikipedia it was her gun :O

[soundguy417]

i know this chick

i met her along tim ago

[kjacokj]

First time I heard this song was with my sister in her car after she picked me up from school. We were laughing our heads off because the day we heard the song was on Monday. Also, because my sister HATES Mondays, what a coincidence. :)

[karriganniemi]

ok so its about a physco women who kills her kids?

weird...

[drgregsgurl]

@karriganniemi No, it's about a 16 year old girl in California who lived across the street from a grade school One Monday morning in 1979 she sat in front of her window and shot into the crowd of kids waiting to get inside the school for class. She killed two people and wounded 8 (or 10?) children. She's been in prison ever since and has been denied parole several times. When asked "why" she did it at the time, her reply was that she "didn't like Mondays' and wanted to "liven things up".

[karriganniemi]

@karriganniemi nvm physcho woman who killed kids..

[rush2795]

I'm doin a project on this song : P

[skorpyonayts1169]

awesome song. sad incident. 

[kiskismosapader]

This became my theme song since it was released forever!!!! hahahaha!!!

[djmusicjac]

excellent new wave post punk

[sksua93]

@djmusicjac It is, been a fave of mine for nearly 30 years now. :)

[getcrunkkmary]

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[starpointz]

This song's creepy as fuck when you know the story behind it.

[kjacokj]

@starpointz What's the story behind the song?

[DrHaterade]

@kjacokj its about a chick who shot up an elementary school pretty much

[blastingcaps]

@starpointz The story makes it bad ass.

[juaniemd]

@starpointz yeah cos actually this song is the soundtrack of the movie "Omen"

[brandonpconley1]

This song is actually about a school shooting.

Heavy shit, man..

[ThatGuyWhoQuikScopes]

3 people like mondays

[lakaiguy35]

I kinda do like mondays,

[potorox28]

I sing this every monday

[defusious]

I hate that I can't stop listening to this.

[barriobajaj]

What about Julie Brown's hit, The Homecoming Queens Got A Gun?

[candieman420]

jeremy by pearl jam has almost the same meaning

[ultimatesupermario]

Yay school shootings! >:3

[spiderpig444]

Brenda Ann Spencer, fav quote "i dont liek mondays" then she shot at a shchool killin 2 injurin 9 then baracaded herself in the horse for 7 houres b4 surendering, in questioning she said she didnt like mondays and this brightens up the day. also said shit like "[The children] looked like a herd of cows standing around; it was really easy pickings."

[CTphoto1]

@spiderpig444 look like you need to go to school to learn to spell!

[spiderpig444]

@CTphoto1 looks like you need to understand dyslexia

sorry i dont own an apple

some people are a joke

[CTphoto1]

@spiderpig444 how the fuck was i supposed to know you have dyslexia?

[spiderpig444]

@CTphoto1 well maybe you shouldnt just go round commenting about random peoples comments :/

and also yh i know some of that was typo'd too, was a fast comment

[LiteralGaming]

Bob geldof is and absoloute legend

[bittermelon75]

Monday is the end of something and the beginning of something else...

[DLOVE311]

What a powerful song!!!!!

[ItBrandonSilver]

One of the best written songs ever.

[cellardoor199991]

Mondays is a synonym for black people.

[loudrockacdc]

@cellardoor199991 and you symbolize ignorance

[EatMyPwn]

@loudrockacdc

I feel like he was joking.

[Gazolba]

The Boomtown Rats are one of the most underated bands of the 80's. This song proves it.

[Jackyoudiditagain]

@paul43073 Youre evil! ;-)

[paul43073]

dr hoouse plays this on the  piano lol

[paul43073]

fuking hate mondays though but i doubt id shoot a play ground up. id rarther shoot a mosque up or a ..kebab shop

[mrsbilliejoemargera]

@paul43073 is that you Bill O'Reily?

[paul43073]

@mrsbilliejoemargera lol idk who that is

[mrsbilliejoemargera]

@paul43073 watch the news every once in a while

[paul43073]

@mrsbilliejoemargera Im british Dont watch american news lol

[lolaMCR95]

i love this song so feckin much!!!!!!!!! <3 always have and will

[church74steve]

She was probably bullied and no one would listen, we all talk about tolerance, and school is about the least tolerant place to be. She only killed two out of 11, and they were small holes, only 22 caliber.

[mcas1937]

@church74steve Yes, because being bullied justifies multiple homicide.  And as for the two who died, its ok because they were only 22 rounds. Good logic.

[church74steve]

@mcas1937 Let me tell you something, when you left wingers take the meaning out of life by spewing your evolution redorich, and you make animals more important than people this is what you get. And it is amazing that in forum like this one does not recognise humor. It is OK for you to put your comments out there, but not me.

[mcas1937]

@church74steve I'm not sure what evolution or political viewpoints have to with me mocking your poor logic, but I didn't say you couldn't make your statement. I was just mocking you because you were attempting to justify homicide. Oh and by the way, it's rhetoric, not redorich. They've invented spell check, you should probably use it so you sound like less of a idiot.

[WyseyMt]

i f**king hate mondays

[aNxello2]

snopes sent me here...

[xSabrinaGx]

this song is about a girl who massacred a bunch of people and her eason was that she didnt like mondays.....

[movieman104]

the real quiestion is is there anyobdy that does like mondays? there has to be at least one person that does.

[chopsa123]

@movieman104 I do, its the start of a week the opening of opertunity to reach my goals and persist in personal perfection

[movieman104]

@chopsa123 true thats one way to look at things. monday could be the start of a good or bad week not always bad.

[Schlamme]

@movieman104 I like Mondays.

[CodeguruX]

My only thought, is she ugly?

[GLEESON777]

@CodeguruX yes, ugly as fuck the ugly bitch.

[PyeMan45]

This is about a 16 year old girl in California who went on a shooting spree.

[thehegarty87]

who is the real life killer this song is about and is she dead

[MusicLoverGin]

@thehegarty87 ...her name is Brenda Ann Spencer, she's still alive and I believe she was denied parole last year.

[sunman38]

@MusicLoverGin Yes she was

[blackatron666]

I actually like Mondays...I just hate them because that's practically the first day of the week for work ¬_¬

Friday is better for when you get paid

[TheMarch1965]

I CAN REMEMBER THIS SONG AS IT WAS ABOUT A SHOOTING AT THE CLEVLAND.ELEMENTRY SCHOOL SHE WAS BRENDA ANN SPENCER. AGE 16YRS OLD AND SHE KILLED TWO ADULTS AND INJURED 9 CHILDREN.AND SHE IS STILL IN PRISON.

[asusundevils1971]

@TheMarch1965 wow you quoted that from Wikipedia...

[ShabeyBambles]

i dont like this song

[ParadoxialHippie]

@ShabeyBambles Then dont listen to it.

[fowter1]

@ShabeyBambles cool?

[teacherreggie]

i still remember dwxb 102.7... i recall that i used kaserola to boost up my signal for dwxb...

[AllyCot]

This is an amazing song! though its a true story and a tragic one, it kind of gives this song a bit more depth , to be fair if this sond was released and it wasnt true i doubt it would have had the impact it has. That maniac has been reviewed for parole last year! cos they reckon she isnt dangerous to society! I hate mondays too , but i go to the movies or something , i dont go and shoot little children to make me feel better..

[MrRightNow469]

She's up for parole this year

[thehoff1982]

school sucks!

[patstella5]

i actually HATES mondays!!!

[sunman38]

Just so you know,she was 16 .

[GillingerEscape]

Great song, sad background

[jackdylan43]

@GillingerEscape Exactly, songs can be great even if they're sad and true. Some of the best art is just a representation of reality.

[markandheckler]

ElectricBlowMe

[ElectricBlueOil]

@markandheckler: what did I do 2 you?

[ElectricBlueOil]

This is the anthem of every school student in the United States! 8-)

[frank87it]

And abroad too. :P

[Missix1992]

oh, I just wrote the same, lol :D

[sasukeplushie2002]

@ElectricBlueOil no its about a kid who shot an up an elementry school and when the judge asked her why she did it she said she didnt like mondays.If you listen to the lrics it might come clear. Or look up the information about it. I wrote all the school massacres on my calender and when i see them i light a candle!ANIVERSRY!

[ElectricBlueOil]

@sasukeplushie2002 yeah I'm aware of that, I was just giving my opinion of the song.

[outlawracer2229]

Actually it was a reporter that called her on the phone while the shooting was happening, not the judge, that asked her why. The shooters name is Brenda Spencer.

[rocker4204]

she was actually a grown woman, but the rest is accurate

[Missix1992]

Not only in the United States :D

[balestrabeat]

@ElectricBlueOil scary...;)

[otter515]

@ElectricBlueOil or everywhere..

[djscotty1111]

@ElectricBlueOil Well Said ! Haunting innit... I'm from the UK and remember hearing this @ School when a friend told me the story.

Years later in the US it's now who can go out with a Bigger Bang, Matrix style, Louder than the Last ? Media Fame for a Day or (2) SNAFU SOCIETY '~'

[brabbitFTW]

@ElectricBlueOil what the us is the only place that has school? how ironic for the country with the lowest student grades

[recon294]

@brabbitFTW vschgsru ifp вщгсру ифп

[simplelife88393]

Diet bowie

[efrem1]

Ms.Spencer is still unrepentant to this day. Of course Mr. Geldof was right. There were no reasons, just that she wanted to do it because she wanted to.

[ange8961]

she did this simply because " she did not like Mondays " WSE

[wonderwall50]

the song is great

[kuebi]

i really liked the song just because of it's tune and then i read the (what some call backgroung story) and i liked the song even more ... great!

[veganerwurst]

if you know the historical background of this song then it's rather sad than funny! :((

[leopardspots2004]

@veganerwurst yep after reading about the history about this song the lyrics make much more sense. intriguing song.

[16cp]

Brill song sad what its about doe haha craxy girl, i dont like mondays either xD

[ShadowOfRevenge]

:) nice song!

luv it!

[Gitarrenengel]

I love it :]

[shakeahand1]

Classic, There was life before U2, it was The Rats and of course Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher, not forgetting Van the Man!!

[smoshfan26]

this is funny!!!

why would you write a song abou

a killing spree in the 70's?

[RyaannWheatley]

@smoshfan26 better than writing about most bullshit these so called "talented" artists write about nowadays

[kaisayshi]

what are you talking about. these guys suck. they just wrote a tacky but catchy song

[smoshfan26]

yeah there are alot of stupid songs....all the jerk songs....i think this is funny how they made this song... but its cool not alot of ppl would sing about real shit like this

[qantasCapt]

@smoshfan26 The reason for writing this song was because it was the FIRST time anything like that happened, and it's an accurate statement/social comment on what was happening in the USA at that time. It's a sad indictment of the culture and attitudes of the time. The USA wasn't such a great place to live during the 1970's - I was there (working).

[RadaMcLaren32C]

Look if you don't like him, why the heck would you listen to him you moron?

[xxbox619]

this is longer version,

[strummsband]

hahahaha i really really dont like mondayssssssss!!!!

[asusundevils1971]

@strummsband the song is about mass murder..... u ass

[FrigidsMusic]

Its kinda sad :\

[namondium]

it was inspired by a killing spree in 1979

[pollebaek]

good!

[madagulbutu]

keep on postig new wave videos makes me feel good!!!!!!

[dabtech]

Tell me why, I don't like bogus postings like this.

I know why: Other people who give a s**t about the Rats tune in. I met Sir Bob, he would not approve.

DAB

[eyangme28]

the lesson today is how to type..oh so boring

[tcampbellla]

Correction:  "The lesson today is how to DIE!"

Not so boring.

[kristall9405]

i dont like mondays too - chloe