The SAD Story Behind the Song “I Don't Like Mondays”

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  • @paulfitzsimons4571
    @paulfitzsimons4571 Рік тому +13

    Fantastic song 🎵

  • @joygimbel7760
    @joygimbel7760 3 місяці тому +6

    I never thought it was insensitive. It summed up the situation with pathos and accuracy.

  • @patrickshollywoodtv481
    @patrickshollywoodtv481 Рік тому +15

    Great song. Geldof originally wrote this as a reggae song but it was dramatically changed shortly there after

    • @TheDawn5708
      @TheDawn5708 8 днів тому

      It was the first schoolshooting. I think it has effect on all schoolshootings. Copy.

  • @Catfishbuster
    @Catfishbuster 3 місяці тому +4

    1979...good old days when school shootings shocked us. Sadly, it's become way too common. Love the song. It happened one day before my 17th birthday.😢

  • @3aboesky
    @3aboesky 22 дні тому +1

    Thank God the band breaking up in 86 didn't prevent the song being released in 79. Timelines are tricky.

  • @M1984FA
    @M1984FA 6 місяців тому +11

    The story is not hidden. It is right in the lyrics.

  • @EVEROSFP1
    @EVEROSFP1 3 місяці тому +7

    I don't think that the song shows insensitivity to this tragic event. For me it's quite the opposite. Talking about a girl that his surroundings never noticed his psychological/mental status, and judged as an adult. Only 16 y.o. and got a life in prison..

    • @joygimbel7760
      @joygimbel7760 3 місяці тому +2

      This, couldn’t agree more. People are more afraid of a song than the guns that should be banned.

  • @Talon5516-tx3ih
    @Talon5516-tx3ih 29 днів тому +2

    "Although the band broke up in 1986, that didn't stop I Don't Like Mondays being released in 1979." What is this AI smoking?

  • @peterrichard3706
    @peterrichard3706 7 місяців тому +9

    The only song i know from them.

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 5 місяців тому +1

    Re: A-side / B-side
    In the days before digital, music was released on physical, vinyl discs that had two sides.
    You could play the vinyl discs on a playing device (Pick Up), which had a needle with a diamond 'reader' that was lowered onto the disc to read the information stored in the vinyl discs' grooves.
    Vinyl discs were always two sided because even a Long Player disc would only hold about 30 minutes of music on one side.
    Single vinyl discs were much smaller though, only enough room for one song on each side, the A-side and B-side.

  • @videoplusdvd
    @videoplusdvd 6 місяців тому +11

    “Although the band broke up in 1986, that didn’t stop the song being released in 1979”.
    No, I guess it wouldn’t since the broke up seven years after it was released. This AI voiceover isn’t Artificial Intelligence, it’s Actual Idiocy.

  • @jerrydrouillard
    @jerrydrouillard 5 місяців тому +2

    A reporter said “tell me why”. Brenda Ann Spencer replied” I don’t like Mondays.” Maybe her parents should have called have worried more about her problems.

  • @Delisosrotties
    @Delisosrotties Місяць тому

    I love Bob Geldof. He played Pink Floyd in the Wall. Great song was Up all night!

  • @Rustydog-s3v
    @Rustydog-s3v Місяць тому

    Garth Brooks did the same kind of thing when he wrote "the change" about the Oklahoma bombing

  • @TomiKarjalainen-j7h
    @TomiKarjalainen-j7h Місяць тому

    Sad story and great lyrics. It was not that common those days. When I heard that and story behind this song I was totally confsued. This was so weard and unfortunately far too much 2000,

  • @toddhendricks1727
    @toddhendricks1727 7 місяців тому +5

    It was because of the silicone chip inside her head. It got switched to overload they say.

  • @ajmurphy21
    @ajmurphy21 2 місяці тому

    People never watched VH1s “I love the 80s” and it shows

  • @gianniyuma8852
    @gianniyuma8852 7 місяців тому +1

    Great song and sadly the video states it about one of America's most tragic school shootings and in 2024 it is has been overshadowed by MANY other instances.
    Home of the brave

  • @42kenward
    @42kenward 2 роки тому +7

    Who the Hell is Midge Ure-y? :D

  • @edwardcatton1047
    @edwardcatton1047 5 місяців тому +1

    & then the bullhorn crackles & the captain tackles with the questions of the how's & whys?, WE ALL HATE MONDAYS?, love Friday's.

  • @jackcade68
    @jackcade68 Місяць тому

    Sadly we saw another dark day today, 6-12-24.

  • @magpie6648
    @magpie6648 5 місяців тому +1

    You state the last time they performed the song was at Live Aid in 1985.. so what's this? ua-cam.com/video/qfH1Z0rkzCY/v-deo.htmlsi=QhHX870t9PtBDmVj

  • @AIainMConnachie
    @AIainMConnachie 3 дні тому

    No. "I Don't Like Mondays" it's never played on most radio anymore. Also, it kind of happened again in Wisconsin in December 2024
    Speaking of never played anymore. See also, "Coward of the County"

  • @TheRealWinsletFan
    @TheRealWinsletFan 7 місяців тому +27

    Um what? Everyone knows what the song is about. It's not a secret.

  • @cristobalcardona4135
    @cristobalcardona4135 7 місяців тому

    At least something good came out of all the bad the person did!

  • @davyhoffwurst1824
    @davyhoffwurst1824 3 місяці тому

    It's not a secret

  • @kcpisonet
    @kcpisonet 3 місяці тому

    School shootings is common in countries without strict gun law. It's a matter of culture and government. It is very rare on countries where guns are are tabooed and only handled by law enforcement, securities and thoroughly licensed individuals. This song did more good opening the eyes of people worldwide on how much bad gun can create if unstable minds come in possession of it. Also it is enjoyed by millions of people in Live-Aid a monumental world concert/s created to help the struggling nations of the world, something most songs today will never be able to achieve!

  • @magpie6648
    @magpie6648 5 місяців тому

    'Peter Briqette'😂😂😂 his name is Pete Briqette, peat briqettes being a form of peat (better known as 'turf' in Ireland) being a fuel for heat popular in Ireland. While most of your information is correct, they performed the song a lot of times since Live aid❤ ua-cam.com/video/qfH1Z0rkzCY/v-deo.htmlsi=QhHX870t9PtBDmVj

  • @Dankrzyzanowski
    @Dankrzyzanowski 7 місяців тому +1

    i like the song ...but not what it represents or Brenda spencer

    • @norberthowe-m8s
      @norberthowe-m8s 5 місяців тому +1

      Read up on Brenda. Her life has been hell because of her family and mental health problems they caused. Having depression issues myself and having bothered to read about her, I think I understand.

  • @ThePaddy26
    @ThePaddy26 7 місяців тому +1

    Hardly a secret the lyrics pretty much say it’s a highschool shooting …. “And the lessen today is how to die”

    • @christopherfanelli8821
      @christopherfanelli8821 7 місяців тому

      I don’t believe that many people know it was a real shooting.

    • @Brimoeris1
      @Brimoeris1 7 місяців тому

      Cleveland Elementary school shooting. San Diego.

  • @LarzGustafsson
    @LarzGustafsson 8 місяців тому

    "Rat Trap" is a far better song. So is "Mary of the 4th Form" and "Do The Rat". To mention just a few.

  • @hellslibrarian64
    @hellslibrarian64 7 місяців тому

    NOT American history!

  • @arminjehle6979
    @arminjehle6979 9 місяців тому +1

    It should be meant that it is an anti terror song. Nobody likes days like that one at which such terrible things happened
    It should be a warning to like all days, because the are all made by the lord Jesus, so that it may prevent such terrible things.