A Dozen Songs I Loathe: #12 "I Don't Like Mondays" Boomtown Rats (1979)

@JohnRoberts (109846)
Los Angeles, California
January 23, 2017 8:28am CST
This list is not about absurd songs like Paul Anka’s “Having My Baby” or picking on album cuts, covers and oddities. These songs are primarily critically acclaimed or major hits liked by the majority. To my ears, songs that grate the nerves and my hand immediately switches radio stations. I hate these songs! I never liked the Irish new wave band Boomtown Rats and groan when hearing the overly dramatic piano intro to “I Don’t Like Mondays.” On “The Fine Art of Sunrise” album, the song was a #1 in the UK and only #73 in the US. Lead singer/songwriter Bob Geldof based the song on a shooting spree at a San Diego playground by a 16-year-old girl. Her excuse was “I don’t like Mondays.” This liven sup the day. It is Geldof’s droning voice and overblown presentation sounding like a Broadway production number. Fortunately, “I Don’t Like Mondays” rarely plays on radio.
BoomTown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Extended Version)
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Jan 17
Aw man, I love Johnny Fingers' piano at the beginning.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jan 17
I didn't like every new wave era song.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Jan 17
@JohnRoberts - Just out of curiosity, what did you think of Geldof's performance in The Wall?
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jan 17
@teamfreak16 It was good enough. It's not that I'm down on the Boomtown Rats just that I particularly dislike this song.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (19565)
• London, England
23 Jan 17
I never used to like it, but I've mellowed a bit since those days
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (69101)
• United States
23 Jan 17
Yeah, nothing perks up the day like a song about school children getting shot. Wasn't that album called The Fine Art of Surfacing here in the States? Like a change in a word in the title would help....
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Siduri
@msiduri (5687)
• United States
23 Jan 17
I can't say that I liked it, but I didn't turn the radio station when I came on. I remember the background of the song. No a topic I would have chosen to write about, nor present like this, I have to admit.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Jan 17
I kind of like that song, but that's what makes us different from everyone else, we all have our likes and dislikes.
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Hope Sanders
@Hopsanders (2)
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24 Jan 17
Cheap thrills-sia