The silicon chip inside her head

[DarkPhenyx]

Gets switched to overload.
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 shown?

Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
I want to shoot
The whole day down.

http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/boomtownrats.htm

[Birthmark]

1. Boomtown Rats.

I still sing that one in the shower.

[DarkPhenyx]

2. I think it was a very fitting song for teh West Wing episode...

...where the pipe bombs get set off in the school pool during a swim meet. It gets played over teh scene of Josh, Toby and Donna watching the events on TV.

[redqueen]

3. I love that song

I wanna shoo ooh ooh oooh oooh oooooooot
the whole day down down down
shoot it all down

LOVE the keys in it, too.

It's been way too long since I've heard it. :(

[DarkPhenyx]

4. Did you know the story behind it?

I love the song too. It jsut feel a little weird saying taht when you know why it was written.

[FunBobbyMucha]

6. PLEASE tell us!

I've always heard this story forty-secondhand. Something about a school girl...?

[DarkPhenyx]

7. It's on the link I posted, but basically...

...the band heard a news story about a girl that shot up her school and when asked why she said "I don't like Mondays." Thus the name of the song.

[redqueen]

9. No, I didn't.

I thought that link went to the lyrics... wow.

[DarkPhenyx]

10. well, it goes to the lyrics too.

:) It was kind of a two fer one deal.

[liontamer]

11. it wasn't a student though

It was an older woman who just decided to swing by a school

[DarkPhenyx]

15. Oh!

Missed that nuance. Thanks for the correction.

[rawtribe]

5. While in Atlanta during the tour

While in Atlanta during the tour, one radio station's wire service ticked out the story of Brenda Spencer, the
troubled schoolgirl whose wild shooting spree in San Diego made front-page news. She explained herself
simply: "I don't like Mondays” Geldof composed the song on the spot, originally as a reggae. Back in Los
Angeles after the tour, a studio demo was recorded with grand piano and vocals.

http://www.geocities.com/fiver1971/history.html

[DarkPhenyx]

8. Ya know? It might have made a good reggae song.

I'd be interested in hearing it. I know the reggae version of "Dark Side of the Moon" rocks.

[liontamer]

12. There's a great tori amos cover if you're interested

it's off strange little girls

[DarkPhenyx]

14. I'll have to look that one up.

Not a big tori fan, but you never know.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. the tori cover rocks