This song was number one in the UK 40 years ago today. Thank you Bob, thank you for opening the Pandora's box for a small 9 year old boy in South Wales....Who also never "got on" with Monday's....... X
@@MarcelinoLlano Boy, everybody's gotta be a kill joy! His point was that they did it and acoustic performance without electric instruments. No digital tweaking no auto tune. You don't see that much these days!
My god, I can't believe I'm just discovering this group and this song - 31 years after this video? Wow. I was 18 in 1981. Thanks to the internet (youtube, netflix, iTunes, etc.), I'm happy I have a chance to pay attention to what was going on in the years when I didn't pay attention! LOL
Wow !! Pretty kool that u wrote this 10 years ago, and i now am reading it. Honestly most of these comments are 10 plus years old, but i see u responded to someone 7 months ago, so figured I would say hey too ! Hey, maybe in 10 more years, someone will read my comment too !! Kinda’ neat to think about !!! Haha
Thankfully she didn't manage to kill any of the children, two of the adults weren't as fortunate. She is still in prison and I imagine her victims are still in therapy.
According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day".
This was a school shooting in San Diego, ca. Like the song sings," the silicone chip inside her head switched to overload" I remember the morning it unfolded. At the time I thought it was just random. Apparently 30+ years I was mistaken.
The Boomtown Rats with the first concert I ever went to. I was 17... it was 1980...and the venue was in Boston at the Orpheum Theater and it was St. Patrick's Day..St. Patrick's Day in Boston... it was crazy
Although I love this song, I absolutely adore him in Pink Floyd The Wall. He did an amazing job. I remember when I finally realized who he was. I flipped! lol
i wish everyone knew the meaning of this song...it sends shivers up my spine everytime i hear it.....im glad its a nice tune thought but the inspiration for it is shocking.....which is what alot of people dont know
My dad just told me about this song, when I told him my son (7) woke up this morning crying that he doesnt like Mondays. My dad goes, "better hide the guns! Have you ever heard the song about not liking mondays?".... and here we are. lol. All jokes aside, it's a very sad story.
I remember when the first album came out in 1977 and my friends made fun of me for liking the Boomtown Rats until this song came out and was all over the radio Diamond smiles on the fine art of surfacing is also a great song
fuck me ... i have loved this song since the day it premiered .... this is the best version that i have ever heard ... pure , fucking , emotion . wow ..............
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Sublime performance of one incredible song! I was listening to some Irish music yesterday for St. Patty's Day and had forgotten how much I love this number. Geldof got a raw deal by people criticizing him and saying he profited off tragedy. How absurd. The role of an artist is to take a current event like Brenda Spencer's dastardly act and interpret it. If they make some money off it, all the better. He said he "wrote a senseless song about a senseless tragedy" and he did but what a song!
I remember when my teacher played this to our class on a Monday trying to be funny and Relatable™, but she'd never heard it or seen the lyrics. I was like "miss are you aware this is about a school shooting that actually happened" and then I got in trouble for some reason. She was a shit teacher in general
Your teacher played this great, though almost forgotten, song on Monday to your class. I'd be grateful for that, even if the teacher didn't know the lyrics and what it's actually all about. And if you play it on Monday to a class, well, it's at least a bit funny. What's wrong with you then? :D
i have adored geldofs way of performing ever since i saw The Wall the first time i know it`s Pink floyd`s music but he still plays/performs the role to an A+. And he didn`t let me down here either great song BTW
@@josephruggieri1 That's how I found this video. I was just watching a program about the shooting in Chardon Ohio. And they mentioned that the boomtown rats made a song about it. I had never heard it so I looked it and here I am! A sad story indeed. But you do have to admit, he really does look like Jerry seinfield!😎
I remember the school shooting that this song written for. It was San Diego, Ca. back in the late 70's. The shooter was a 16-year-old severely depressed girl whose father had purchased a rifle for her for Christmas. Maybe, he had thought, that it would cheer her up? She is well known as the "I Don't Like Mondays" girl because, that is what she had told the police as to why she had opened fire on an elementary school across the street from her house.
@Dorianday Postergeist is totally right. This song tells the story, so others will know about it and never forget what terrible thing had happened! Greetings from CH-Zürich as well!
Beautiful song based on a true story about a young girl that shot her teacher. Great desire in this song. I listen to it over and over all the time. Aaron from Ireland.
A masterpiece. Geldof is a much better singer than he was ever given credit for.And this showcases it. A timeless classic based on one of the first ever school shootings in the U.S.
I agree this is a masterpiece! A true classic. I originally thought the song was just about not liking Mondays which I agree with. It's not like he named the girl who committed the horrendous crime.
I woke from a coma on the day the rats hit numder 1 with this song ... I remember all of us (spina bifida patients included) leggin it up to the TV room to catch the Rats at NO1 .... It was bigger than the popes visit ... we are boomtown rats ... We are Irish Punk's
I remember this song so well, thanks for sharing!It was a bit controversial when it came out, A young teenage girl , took a gun to school ,on a Monday. of course , they blamed The Boom Town Rats!
I'd actually read about that a while ago. Strangely this is the first time I heard the song... It's a good song, and I like how his tones change at certain points. The song is a nice tribute to the events of that day.
It's 'free reign'. Everyone already has free rain. :) Might want to be a bit more selective in throwing around the word 'idiot' as well. Two-edged sword, and all that..... BTW, thanks are in order for posting this vid. It brought back memories.
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This song was number one in the UK 40 years ago today. Thank you Bob, thank you for opening the Pandora's box for a small 9 year old boy in South Wales....Who also never "got on" with Monday's....... X
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40 years? Shite. I was at a Boomtown Rats concert BEFORE that song was on the radio!
Do you know the "inspiration" for the song?
@@MamaBearJ14 school shooting
No technology needed. One piano + one human voice + Bob Geldof at his absolute best in 1981 in front of a live mike= the death of all Mondays
Sorry, but a piano is technology, isn't? :-? And recording sound... Play it in UA-cam too :-)
@@MarcelinoLlano Exactly! Microphones, Speakers, lighting, mixing board...😅
@@MarcelinoLlano Boy, everybody's gotta be a kill joy! His point was that they did it and acoustic performance without electric instruments. No digital tweaking no auto tune. You don't see that much these days!
You buttheads are missing the point
@@HighPower762 what about mixing desks?
My god, I can't believe I'm just discovering this group and this song - 31 years after this video? Wow. I was 18 in 1981. Thanks to the internet (youtube, netflix, iTunes, etc.), I'm happy I have a chance to pay attention to what was going on in the years when I didn't pay attention! LOL
@@hendricksonrunner5015 I wrote that ten years ago lol! Thank you for your timely welcome to Earth :-)
Wow !! Pretty kool that u wrote this 10 years ago, and i now am reading it. Honestly most of these comments are 10 plus years old, but i see u responded to someone 7 months ago, so figured I would say hey too !
Hey, maybe in 10 more years, someone will read my comment too !! Kinda’ neat to think about !!! Haha
I saw The Boomtown Rats as the 2nd up because Chubby Checker was 1st in S.F. 80's funny set up but both we great!
A great performance of an amazing song. And big credit to the genius of Johnny Fingers, who wrote the phenomenal arrangement.
Michael McLoughlin
This song grabbed me the first time I heard it
& it never let go. The piano & voice are in perfect harmony..
I never knew this was about a school shooting, loved the song but it takes on a new meaning today.
Thankfully she didn't manage to kill any of the children, two of the adults weren't as fortunate. She is still in prison and I imagine her victims are still in therapy.
According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day".
Here from the Infographic's show
I thought she killed 8 kids
@@dianemorris-hill7509 she injured 8, killed 2 adults
Wow, I didn't know that many were hurt and killed. It sounded like she showed no remorse. I wonder if she is still alive and in jail?
Thanks for this background. Surprised I hadn't heard of this before.
Yep, you couldn't do this song today. Glad I was around at a time when you could.
What a performance! Have always loved this song and the emotion it evokes, and this live version really gets it right.
i hope you know the story behind this song-
@@bee_bumble I don't think he does....
@@bee_bumble what's the story??
@@Ahn-mu3db it’s for you to do more in depth research on but it’s about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary school shooting.
@@Ahn-mu3db Very dark and sad real life story.
BRAVO ...fantastic performance by these two...
This was the Pumped up kicks of the 70s
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@@derrydylanger8994 why do you need to do a remake it’s good on its own without you stealing and ruining it
@@humanchannel7825 Hajjhhh!
@@humanchannel7825 Did you listen?
I paid tribute to Bob Geldof and the Boomtown rats!
This was a school shooting in San Diego, ca. Like the song sings," the silicone chip inside her head switched to overload" I remember the morning it unfolded. At the time I thought it was just random. Apparently 30+ years I was mistaken.
This is just beautiful. An artist making a great pop song, out of something absolutely horrible. This is why " Art " must never be censored !!!!!
1988 在台南某餐廳看到這個MTV， 很高興35年後youtube 能再聽到
The Boomtown Rats with the first concert I ever went to. I was 17... it was 1980...and the venue was in Boston at the Orpheum Theater and it was St. Patrick's Day..St. Patrick's Day in Boston... it was crazy
very topical for today 3/27/2023
Yeah, Charley Pierce at Esquire mentioned it in his blog today.
SADLY!
Always loved the song for so many reasons. Saw the Boomtown Rats in Chicago back in their heyday. 🎶
Great recording of such a catchy hit. Always thought Geldof was such a cutie, am I alone ?
Been on a vacation for nine days, today is my Monday and this song popped in my head.
Although I love this song, I absolutely adore him in Pink Floyd The Wall. He did an amazing job. I remember when I finally realized who he was. I flipped! lol
agree. i did love him as Pink. one of a kind voice
i wish everyone knew the meaning of this song...it sends shivers up my spine everytime i hear it.....im glad its a nice tune thought but the inspiration for it is shocking.....which is what alot of people dont know
vashtanerada1
All because a girl went
On a shooting spree sad very sad
I found it very shocking when I listened to it in the 1980s but now such incidences have become commonplace, at least in America......
i was 17 when the shooting happened. it was horrible.
@@Aussie-Phill how about The Homecoming Queens got a Gun? The start of it all?
I wasn’t aware. It changes the song for me. I thought it was as a cute song before.
That guy puts his heart and soul into that song! Love it! keyboard props/
The Most Powerful Performance I Have Ever Witnessed Loveit4sure
+Michael Lovelight You are absolutely right. I could not agree more.
One of the greatest live performances ever. Absolutely amazing.
I love this song :D
one of my top 10 favorite rock songs of all time.
Bob Geldof is a gift to us all witness perhaps 1 of the most powerful performances you will ever see thanks 4 post
Him in the wall inspired me as an actor. He's a truly important person
My dad just told me about this song, when I told him my son (7) woke up this morning crying that he doesnt like Mondays. My dad goes, "better hide the guns! Have you ever heard the song about not liking mondays?".... and here we are. lol. All jokes aside, it's a very sad story.
I remember when the first album came out in 1977 and my friends made fun of me for liking the Boomtown Rats until this song came out and was all over the radio Diamond smiles on the fine art of surfacing is also a great song
this is no doubt my all time fav ....i love you guys thanks
fuck me ... i have loved this song since the day it premiered .... this is the best version that i have ever heard ... pure , fucking , emotion . wow ..............
Amazing! You're very, very observant person, Friend. God Bless!
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Best performance ever! Love this.
Great performance!
Absolutely fabulous and it was danned in [eland!!!???
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego
Every rock radio station places this every Monday morning and has since 79.
This is all that we listened to, in our 3th year common room, back in 1981. Takes me back
The 100 anyone?
I DONT LIKE MONDAYS BUT I LOVE THIS SONG
Garfield's anthem
I had no idea Jerry Seinfeld started out as a singer!
This is Epic !!!Theres nothing more 2 say!!!Greetings from Germany!!
He had the bandana tied around his boot years before John Bender.
Brilliant unplugged version !
That is the most perfect mullet I have ever glimpsed.
If you were around when this came out. You knew
Sublime performance of one incredible song! I was listening to some Irish music yesterday for St. Patty's Day and had forgotten how much I love this number. Geldof got a raw deal by people criticizing him and saying he profited off tragedy. How absurd. The role of an artist is to take a current event like Brenda Spencer's dastardly act and interpret it. If they make some money off it, all the better. He said he "wrote a senseless song about a senseless tragedy" and he did but what a song!
You've got it right. These artists have been chronicling our lives for ever. Yes. This is one of the best.
Absolutely right Jack. Some people are just jealous of the genius that was this song. Geldof didn't make Spencer famous. Spencer did that.
What a performance!
The Boomtown Rats soliloquy regarding a 16 year old girl who went on a shooting spree at her school. Why? "I don't like Mondays," she said!
beautiful voice
This song was played during my brother's funeral...
delle volte il lunedì è meraviglioso come questa canzone, che... buon ascolto, pace e serenità a tutti per una stupenda settimana!!
Ciao Roberto buona settimana
Grande Antonio un abbraccio fortissimo!
I remember when my teacher played this to our class on a Monday trying to be funny and Relatable™, but she'd never heard it or seen the lyrics. I was like "miss are you aware this is about a school shooting that actually happened" and then I got in trouble for some reason. She was a shit teacher in general
Your teacher played this great, though almost forgotten, song on Monday to your class. I'd be grateful for that, even if the teacher didn't know the lyrics and what it's actually all about. And if you play it on Monday to a class, well, it's at least a bit funny. What's wrong with you then? :D
You got in trouble as you made the fatal mistake of pointing out the teacher's mistake....
Powerful performance, a real showman and artist. Absolutely fantastic
You have little expectations in life and have No taste for music or singing! You Find This to Be Fantastic. You Are A Loser!!
thank you for adding this gem
i have adored geldofs way of performing ever since i saw The Wall the first time i know it`s Pink floyd`s music but he still plays/performs the role to an A+. And he didn`t let me down here either great song BTW
I'm liking this song today!
Wow my dad introduced me to this song
Brenda makes her Ruger 10/22 sing a fun song!
The killer tried to sue Geldof for exploiting her. She lost.
good
I DONT LIKE MONDAYS BUT I LOVE THIS SONG
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this makes me cry 😭
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Yes
Jasper :D
Yes the 100 :-)
Of course jasper ;)
Jep hahahaha
Well, I heard this on the radio and thought it sounded sort of like Queen's style, and got curious. Funny I never heard it before either!
Hey Sabresun, Thanks a lot! Instead of "kind to us" I thought to hear "kindless". God Bless You, My Friend. Peace and Light. Mac(InTouch)
I had no idea Jerry Seinfeld started out as a singer!
This is a song about shooting up a school. Good space to make jokes?
@@josephruggieri1 Yes
@@josephruggieri1 That's how I found this video. I was just watching a program about the shooting in Chardon Ohio. And they mentioned that the boomtown rats made a song about it. I had never heard it so I looked it and here I am! A sad story indeed. But you do have to admit, he really does look like Jerry seinfield!😎
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@@josephruggieri1 very good place to make jokes
Seinfeld: Hey, so what's the deal with mondays?
What's the difference???
In love with this song.
Here from s6 of black mirror :)
I remember the school shooting that this song written for. It was San Diego, Ca. back in the late 70's. The shooter was a 16-year-old severely depressed girl whose father had purchased a rifle for her for Christmas. Maybe, he had thought, that it would cheer her up? She is well known as the "I Don't Like Mondays" girl because, that is what she had told the police as to why she had opened fire on an elementary school across the street from her house.
Its my first time ever watching him perform live.. But I'm impressed
Idea for the song came from the first and only female school shooter. Her main reason was it was "fun and I don't really like Mondays".
@Dorianday Postergeist is totally right. This song tells the story, so others will know about it and never forget what terrible thing had happened! Greetings from CH-Zürich as well!
Beautiful song based on a true story about a young girl that shot her teacher. Great desire in this song. I listen to it over and over all the time.
Aaron from Ireland.
I like the song !
One of the most thoughtful songs.
A masterpiece. Geldof is a much better singer than he was ever given credit for.And this showcases it. A timeless classic based on one of the first ever school shootings in the U.S.
I love the song, but this isn’t exactly a vocal showcase.
I agree this is a masterpiece! A true classic. I originally thought the song was just about not liking Mondays which I agree with. It's not like he named the girl who committed the horrendous crime.
Fabulous
i remember one day in 1991 i was in the army and heard this song on bad monday morning
+eifel so, did you do what that girl did and shot somebody? :D
What an outstanding performance, fucking brilliant
Great version!! Sir Bob really puts his heart into it. Who does like Mondays?
It's about a girl who did a school shooting and her excuse was she didn't like Mondays
Definitely not Brenda Spencer... 😕😕😕
I was 10 years old when I heard this song.....and I still believe: they were RIGHT! :-p
I woke from a coma on the day the rats hit numder 1 with this song ... I remember all of us (spina bifida patients included) leggin it up to the TV room to catch the Rats at NO1 .... It was bigger than the popes visit ... we are boomtown rats ... We are Irish Punk's
I remember this song so well, thanks for sharing!It was a bit controversial when it came out, A young teenage girl , took a gun to school ,on a Monday. of course , they blamed The Boom Town Rats!
The song was in the after of the shooting
Ich liebe dieses Lied denn es ist mein Lied womit ich geboren bin!!!!!! Best 4ever!!!!! : D
I think after reading and watching everything about this song, it's sad but honestly I feel give Brenda another chance. she's changed!
I'd actually read about that a while ago. Strangely this is the first time I heard the song...
It's a good song, and I like how his tones change at certain points. The song is a nice tribute to the events of that day.
I agree with you, it show how destructing the bulling and teasing of one can drive it crazy.
Bob geldof. He and his voice take my breath away. Sensational. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
TAKES YOU BREATH AWAY? TO WHERE????? THIS SUCKS!!!!!
great performance
I love this song
Fuckin awesome song still thirty years later!
Really great Song :))
Very very cool!
great song!!!!
Passion in that voice.
It's 'free reign'. Everyone already has free rain. :)
Might want to be a bit more selective in throwing around the word 'idiot' as well. Two-edged sword, and all that.....
BTW, thanks are in order for posting this vid. It brought back memories.
Und hier der passende Soundtrack für den Tag.
A young Bob´s great performance, very biographical depiction of what occurred..
The best song ever love this song
great song
She is still in jail and was denied bail in September 2022....last I read.