I remember hearing about the incident that inspired this song when I was an eleven year old. A sixteen-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, opened fired on a number of children at a school in California killing two adults and injuring a number of children but when asked why she had done this answered by saying that she simply ‘Didn’t like Mondays’.
Bob Geldof’s song about the incident was a massive hit and number one during most of the summer of 1979 just after we had moved into a new house and before I started secondary school. This song reminds me of that summer.
As I was moving to Loughborough Grammar School and not due to start until September I had a massive ten weeks off over the summer which I recall was lovely and sunny. We watched the tennis at Wimbledon, ate strawberries and cream and played with our friends in our wonderful new garden, which was so huge compared to the old place that we could actually play Badminton on the huge lawn right at the bottom. I remember my friend Lucy coming to visit from Wales and watching this song on ‘Top Of The Pops’ on those lovely summer nights.
Although the song has a serious content and refers to a truly shocking incident, which was quite simply appalling, there are many people who are unaware of what it is really about. For me it will always remind me of that summer….
Now Listen to the song……
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