Music types-I dont like Mondays

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Was watching the video by the Boomtowns just now and remembered the song was written about a girl who went to school with a gun and shot classmates and teachers? I hope I aint imagining that.

Anyway what was the reaction to this? Its not often you hear about songs being written about tragedies like this, was there uproar or not an eyelid battered?

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:48 am

Pretty good write up about the song, and the tragedy, and how it went down at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_ ... days_(song)

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Cheers,

at Geldof calling Russell Brand a "cu*t"

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:56 am

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Was watching the video by the Boomtowns just now and remembered the song was written about a girl who went to school with a gun and shot classmates and teachers? I hope I aint imagining that.

Anyway what was the reaction to this? Its not often you hear about songs being written about tragedies like this, was there uproar or not an eyelid battered?

You mean the boomtown rats! :wink:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:58 am

Grave wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Was watching the video by the Boomtowns just now and remembered the song was written about a girl who went to school with a gun and shot classmates and teachers? I hope I aint imagining that.

Anyway what was the reaction to this? Its not often you hear about songs being written about tragedies like this, was there uproar or not an eyelid battered?

You mean the boomtown rats! :wink:

No, the Boomtowns Rat. :wink:

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Yeah I just couldnt be arsed writing "rats" for some reason and presumed everyone would know who I meant.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

I dont think I could actually name another song by the Boomtown Rats.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:28 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

I dont think I could actually name another song by the Boomtown Rats.

I dont likes monday

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:29 pm

Rat Trap....................

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:31 pm

ElvisAintDead wrote:

Don't know about anybody else but I find the Boomtown Rats almost unlistenable nowadays..they haven't matured well at all.

Compare this to say Blondie or Ian Dury from the same era (they had major hits in '79 yet were "New Wave" style acts without being pure geniuses like Costello or Squeeze) and you get what I mean?

The other band that I can't really listen to today is The Skids. I could happilly sit through hours of Buzzcocks/Magazine/Ruts etc but again Richard Jobson's Scottish outfit just don't cut it. I could understand this if they were a comedy band like Sham 69 or The Dickies, but The Skids were very serious and earnest chaps.

Strange!

The stanglers have not aged that well either but they still sound good. The Damned have aged well, probably because they are bit more difficult to categorise

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Grave wrote:

ElvisAintDead wrote:

Don't know about anybody else but I find the Boomtown Rats almost unlistenable nowadays..they haven't matured well at all.

Compare this to say Blondie or Ian Dury from the same era (they had major hits in '79 yet were "New Wave" style acts without being pure geniuses like Costello or Squeeze) and you get what I mean?

The other band that I can't really listen to today is The Skids. I could happilly sit through hours of Buzzcocks/Magazine/Ruts etc but again Richard Jobson's Scottish outfit just don't cut it. I could understand this if they were a comedy band like Sham 69 or The Dickies, but The Skids were very serious and earnest chaps.

Strange!

The stanglers have not aged that well either but they still sound good. The Damned have aged well, probably because they are bit more difficult to categorise

You mean the "Stranglers"!!

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:54 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

You mean the "Stranglers"!!

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:25 pm

I don't like Mondays is probably the one song I do that brings the house down every single time. A proper morale booster - so I save it till the audience's attention is wandering a bit then rope them back in with it. :grin:

tonyparry · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:38 pm

ElvisAintDead wrote:

Don't know about anybody else but I find the Boomtown Rats almost unlistenable nowadays..they haven't matured well at all.

Compare this to say Blondie or Ian Dury from the same era (they had major hits in '79 yet were "New Wave" style acts without being pure geniuses like Costello or Squeeze) and you get what I mean?

The other band that I can't really listen to today is The Skids. I could happilly sit through hours of Buzzcocks/Magazine/Ruts etc but again Richard Jobson's Scottish outfit just don't cut it. I could understand this if they were a comedy band like Sham 69 or The Dickies, but The Skids were very serious and earnest chaps.

Strange!

they havent matured ! we have,! they are what they where, and Costello a pure genius rolfl

here we go again
phil
Ps i loved that quote i made up
They are what they where ! clappp

need a smug smiley :wink:

tonyparry · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:40 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

I dont think I could actually name another song by the Boomtown Rats.

Thankyou there is a god

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:44 pm

tonyparry wrote:

Ps i loved that quote i made up
They are what they where ! clappp

need a smug smiley :wink:

Here you are then:

tonyparry · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:48 pm

Montpoolier wrote:

tonyparry wrote:

Ps i loved that quote i made up
They are what they where ! clappp

need a smug smiley :wink:

Here you are then:

TA

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