This was popular last time out, so let's go round again with another seven posts featuring three songs that have a day of the week in the title. Let's get started with Monday.
First off, a track that I bemoaned not having the space to include first time around, not least because it robbed me of the opportunity to write Oh Susanna (obligatory sigh), as is the convention for all male bloggers of a certain age. So here's Manic Monday by The Bangles.
So, from a song I couldn't fit in first time around to another that I have properly loved for more than 40 years and yet, somehow, completely forgot last time! How on earth did I not think of Monday by The Jam? A song that I will forever associate with completely unrequited feelings for a girl on the school bus...
Let's close with Sir William of Bragg and his paean to the grindstone, St Monday, from the 2002 album England, Half English. Bill may appear again later in the week...
You know what happens tomorrow, right?
Great to have another round of this as enjoyed it last time.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't only boys who sighed over Susana Hoffs - she was the girl we all wanted to look like too.
Having just watched the clip, she mastered looking coy. Sigh...
DeleteShe is the queen of music video sideways glances. Sigh, etc...
DeleteSome fine tunes there,loving the addition of The Jam. I'm intrigued as to how you'll pluck 3 more weekday tracks..looking forward to seeing them.
ReplyDeleteWell, the rest of the week is already written and scheduled. I had to dig deep at times. Some barrels have been scraped, as you will see...
DeleteThe completely useless Bangles "fact" that has stuck with me from my teen Smash Hits reading days was that Susanna Hoffs claimed that she never had to shave her legs (!) Even as an impressionable teen, I got the sense that musicians were taking the piss somewhat with the innocuous questionnaires that pop music rags thrust their way.
ReplyDeleteGreat song choices, Martin, sadly my Monday peaked there...!
That's the kind of "fact" I will squirrel away. Surely an "I'm tired of answering dumb questions" response, as you say.
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