I've always thought this song was about the killings at a local highschool in the USA. ( I forget the location). From what I recall, the shooter was a young troubled teenage girl. When she was asked by the police (or media?) as to why she did it, she calmly replied "I don't like Mondays.."
No one I know can verify this and I'm fairly certain the song came out after this incident. I believe Geldorf was making a statement on "gun control" in the US and abroad. Can anyone verify this? PM me if you have any notion as to what the hell I'm talking about.
Thanks.
yes this song was written about the incident of the shooting. i was watching the VH1 Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80s last night and this song was on there. that is how I heard of it. They talked to alot of people on the show and had it verified that the song was indeed written about that. As for the "gun control" statement however I am not so sure.....
yes this song was written about the incident of the shooting. i was watching the VH1 Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80s last night and this song was on there. that is how I heard of it. They talked to alot of people on the show and had it verified that the song was indeed written about that. As for the "gun control" statement however I am not so sure.....
You are both wrong, it is about somebody who killed their three children after her husband left for work. That's how the line " and nobodies gonna go to school today, there gonna make them stay at home."
You are both wrong, it is about somebody who killed their three children after her husband left for work. That's how the line " and nobodies gonna go to school today, there gonna make them stay at home."
I had to find some infos about this song for school, so here's some infos about the story behind it:
The real inspiration for the song comes from the event in California on January 27, 1979. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the Georgia State University. It was about a 16-year-old girl Brenda Spencer, who killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer in the school playground, with her father’s gun. When the reporters asked her the reason why she was shooting people, she simply answered, 'I don't like Mondays. This livens up the...
I had to find some infos about this song for school, so here's some infos about the story behind it:
The real inspiration for the song comes from the event in California on January 27, 1979. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the Georgia State University. It was about a 16-year-old girl Brenda Spencer, who killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer in the school playground, with her father’s gun. When the reporters asked her the reason why she was shooting people, she simply answered, 'I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day'. And then said 'There was no reason for it, and it was just a lot of fun'. She was 16 at the time, which have given rise to the line 'Sweet 16 ain't so peachy keen'.
He heard that the journalists who interviewed her ask, “Tell me why?” So he wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it
I've always thought this song was about the killings at a local highschool in the USA. ( I forget the location). From what I recall, the shooter was a young troubled teenage girl. When she was asked by the police (or media?) as to why she did it, she calmly replied "I don't like Mondays.."
No one I know can verify this and I'm fairly certain the song came out after this incident. I believe Geldorf was making a statement on "gun control" in the US and abroad. Can anyone verify this? PM me if you have any notion as to what the hell I'm talking about. Thanks.
yes this song was written about the incident of the shooting. i was watching the VH1 Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80s last night and this song was on there. that is how I heard of it. They talked to alot of people on the show and had it verified that the song was indeed written about that. As for the "gun control" statement however I am not so sure.....
yes this song was written about the incident of the shooting. i was watching the VH1 Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80s last night and this song was on there. that is how I heard of it. They talked to alot of people on the show and had it verified that the song was indeed written about that. As for the "gun control" statement however I am not so sure.....
You are both wrong, it is about somebody who killed their three children after her husband left for work. That's how the line " and nobodies gonna go to school today, there gonna make them stay at home."
You are both wrong, it is about somebody who killed their three children after her husband left for work. That's how the line " and nobodies gonna go to school today, there gonna make them stay at home."
Actually Fatboyjoe, ur wrong, the other two are right
Actually Fatboyjoe, ur wrong, the other two are right
I had to find some infos about this song for school, so here's some infos about the story behind it: The real inspiration for the song comes from the event in California on January 27, 1979. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the Georgia State University. It was about a 16-year-old girl Brenda Spencer, who killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer in the school playground, with her father’s gun. When the reporters asked her the reason why she was shooting people, she simply answered, 'I don't like Mondays. This livens up the...
I had to find some infos about this song for school, so here's some infos about the story behind it:
The real inspiration for the song comes from the event in California on January 27, 1979. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the Georgia State University. It was about a 16-year-old girl Brenda Spencer, who killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer in the school playground, with her father’s gun. When the reporters asked her the reason why she was shooting people, she simply answered, 'I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day'. And then said 'There was no reason for it, and it was just a lot of fun'. She was 16 at the time, which have given rise to the line 'Sweet 16 ain't so peachy keen'. He heard that the journalists who interviewed her ask, “Tell me why?” So he wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it
@wildflower_beatnik thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/30/the-first-modern-school-shooter-feels-responsible-for-the-rest.html
@wildflower_beatnik thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/30/the-first-modern-school-shooter-feels-responsible-for-the-rest.html
@chinesedoll I believe he was at a radio station getting ready to do an interview when the news came down the wire, hence the Telex machine.
@chinesedoll I believe he was at a radio station getting ready to do an interview when the news came down the wire, hence the Telex machine.
@wildflower_beatnik you are indeed correct on all counts.
@wildflower_beatnik you are indeed correct on all counts.
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