NEW ENTRY BUT IN THIS CASE ONLY ONE SONG PER SINGER

AFTER THIS NEW ENTRY I AM GOING TO TAKE MY TIME AND TRY TO SPEND SOME WEEKS WORKING ON MANY OF THE ENTRIES AND IMPROVE THEM.

In this entry you will listen to many famous songs that were very popular at a certain time some years ago, it is wonderful to remind them from time to time. These songs will help you to enrich your vocabulary, improve your pronunciation and pay attention to the uses of many grammatical tasks.

I ALSO WANT TO FINISH THE INDEX IN ORDER TO HELP MY VISITORS TO FIND ANY SONG OR ANY PARTICULAR SINGER.

I AM THINKING OF PUBLISHING NEW EXPRESSIONS IN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF MY BLOG.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE MAILS, IDEAS OR WHATEVER WITH THE REGULAR VISITORS TO MY BLOG, IS IT POSSIBLE? I KNOW YOU ARE THERE, I CAN SEE IT IN THE WORLD MAP I HAVE . I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTACTING ME, I CAN´T.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DAILY SUPPORT. 

FEDERICO

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SAN JUAN´S PARK


TELDE - GRAN CANARIA


I TOOK THIS PICTURE ON A TUESDAY


19TH OF MARCH 2013

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Fools Garden

Lemon Tree

Live on French TV

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LYRICS

Fools Garden

Lemon Tree

I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

Sing, dah...

I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
While nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
Yellow, wonder, wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree

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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS



GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS


VOCABULARY

AND

PRONUNCIATION

Fools Garden

Lemon Tree

- Boring

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-  Rainy Sunday afternoon.

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- Wasting my time 

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- I'm hanging around

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- Waiting for you 

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- But nothing ever happens

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- I wonder 

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- Driving too fast 

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- Driving too far

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- I'd like to change my point of view

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- I feel so lonely 

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- But nothing ever happens and I wonder 

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- I wonder how 

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- I wonder why

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- told me 'bout 

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- the blue blue sky

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- A yellow lemon-tree

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- I'm turning my head up and down

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- I miss the power

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- I'd like to go out taking a shower

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- But there's a heavy cloud inside my head

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- I feel so tired

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- Put myself into bed

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- While nothing ever happens and I wonder 

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- Isolation is not good for me

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- Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree 

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- I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy

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- Another toy 

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- I wonder how 

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- I wonder why 

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KARAOKE

Fools Garden

Lemon Tree

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FOOL´S GARDEN BIOGRAPHY

Fool's Garden is a German pop group formed in 1991 under the name Fool's Garden (with apostrophe), comprising singer Peter Freudenthaler, guitarist Volker Hinkel, bassist Thomas Mangold, keyboardist Roland R?hl and drummer Ralf Wochele. They debuted in 1991 with the eponymous album Fool's Garden, the next (1993) was album Once in a Blue Moon. Two years later Fool's Garden issued their third album Dish of the Day, scoring a massive European and Asian chart hit with "Lemon Tree".

Go And Ask Peggy For The Principal Thing followed in 1997, along with three albums in 2000, 2003 and 2005. In 2003 three members left the band and were replaced by Dirk Bl?mlein (bassist), Claus M?ller (drummer) and Gabriel Holz (2nd guitarist, left the band in 2007), and the name of the band changed to Fools Garden (no apostrophe).

The band has taken the habit of covering rock 'n' roll classics during live performances (The Beatles' Ticket to Ride or The Who's My Generation). Fools Garden's interest in British music is so big that cover versions of The Beatles's songs Cry Baby Cry and Martha My Dear can be found on their studio albums.

The band is to release a greatest hits compilation on , 2009. The album, titled High Times, will contain 15 songs including a previously unreleased track.

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LAS CANTERAS BEACH

LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA

IT WAS TAKEN ON 12TH JANUARY 2013

 AT 3 pm

IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY

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Avril Lavigne

Wish You Were Here

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LYRICS

Avril Lavigne

Wish You Were Here

I can be tough
I can be strong
But with you
It's not like that at all
There's a girl
That gives a shit
Behind this wall
You just walked through it

[Pre-Chorus:]
And I remember all those crazy things you said
You left them running through my head
You're always there, you're everywhere
But right now I wish you were here.
All those crazy things we did
Didn't think about it, just went with it
You're always there, you're everywhere
But right now I wish you were here

[Chorus:]
Damn, Damn, Damn,
What I'd do to have you
Here, here, here
I wish you were here.
Damn, Damn, Damn
What I'd do to have you
Near, near, near
I wish you were here.

[Verse 2:]
I love
The way you are
It's who I am
Don't have to try hard
We always say
Say it like it is
And the truth
Is that I really mi-I-iss

[Pre-Chorus:]
All those crazy things you said (things you said)
You left them running through my head (through my head)
You're always there, you're everywhere
But right now I wish you were here.
All those crazy things we did (things we did)
Didn't think about it, just went with it (went with it)
You're always there, you're everywhere
But right now I wish you were here

[Chorus:]
Damn, Damn, Damn,
What I'd do to have you
Here, here, here
I wish you were here.
Damn, Damn, Damn
What I'd do to have you
Near, near, near
I wish you were here.

[Bridge:]
No, I don't wanna let go
I just wanna let you know
That I never wanna let go

(Let go, oh, oh)

No, I don't wanna let go
I just wanna let you know
That I never wanna let go

(Let go let go let go let go let go let go let go)

[Chorus:]
Damn, Damn, Damn,
What I'd do to have you
Here, here, here
I wish you were here (I wish you were here)
Damn, Damn, Damn
What I'd do to have you
Near, near, near
I wish you were here.

Damn, Damn, Damn (Damn)
What I'd do to have you
Here, here, here (Here)
I wish you were here.
Damn, Damn, Damn
What I'd do to have you
Near, near, near
I wish you were here.

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KARAOKE

Avril Lavigne

Wish You Were Here

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A Short Biography of

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne was on born September 27, 1984 is a small Canadian town. Avril Lavigne is a singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and occasional actress. Avril Lavigne has sold over 30 million copies of her albums worldwide and she is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S, with more than 10 million copies certified by the Recording Industry Association of America. The famous Billboard magazine named Avril Lavigne the no.10 pop-rock artists of the 2000s as well as the 28th overall best artist of the decade based on album sales, chart success, and cultural relativity in the United States.

Avril Lavigne entered into the recording industry with her first album, "Let Go". This album wa s released in 2002 and it had an outstanding success, especially in U.S. Until 2009, over 16 million copies were sold worldwide, more than 6 million of which were sold in the United States. Her 2nd and 3rd albums, Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing, reached number one on the Global charts all over the world. Avril Lavigne has scored no less than 5 number-one singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm With You", "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend". She is currently working on another album, her 4th studio album, which is going to be released in June 2010.

As her songs cover a large variety of musical genres, Avril Lavigne is not easily defined by only a few genres. Her music has been described as rock, pop rock, alternative rock, pop, pop punk, alternative pop, post-grunge, and teen pop.

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The Brits Avril Lavigne

interview talking about

Christina and Justin Bieber

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REDNEX

Wish You Were Here

(Live Moscow 2011)

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LYRICS

Rednex

"Wish You Were Here"

Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here...
Me, oh, my country man,
Wish You Were Here...
I Wish You Were Here...
Don't you know, the snow is getting colder,
And I miss you like hell,
And I'm feeling blue...
I've got feelings for you,
Do you still feel the same?
From the first time I laid my eyes on you,
I felt joy of living,
I saw heaven in your eyes...
In your eyes...
Wish you were here...
Me, oh, my country man,
Wish You Were Here...
I Wish You Were Here...
Don't you know the snow is getting colder,
And I miss you like hell...
And I'm feeling blue...
I miss your laugh, I miss your smile,
I miss everything about you...
Every second's like a minute,
Every minute's like a day
When you're far away...
The snow is getting colder, baby,
I Wish You Were Here...
A battlefield of love and fear,
And I Wish You Were Here...
I've got feelings for you,
From the first time I laid my eyes on you...

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KARAOKE

REDNEX

Wish you were here

  

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Dido

No Freedom

Live @SAT1

Frühstücksfernsehen 03.2013 / HD

  

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LYRICS

Dido

No Freedom

Take it by your silence
That I'm free to walk out the door
By the look in your eyes I can tell
You don't think I'll be back for more

Try to think of the world
Where you could stay and these safe hands could go
Take your heart above the water
Wherever I choose to go

No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No freedom without love

Even when you don't see me
Even when you don't hear
I'll be flying low below the sun
And you'll feel it all out here

No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No freedom without love

No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No freedom without love

Standing here in silence
The world in front of me
Holding you in my hand
And seeing as you'd see

No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No love without freedom
No freedom without love
No freedom without love

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KARAOKE

Dido

No Freedom

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VANESSA WILLIAMS

Save the Best for Last

Live

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LYRICS

VANESSA WILLIAMS

Save the Best for Last

Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes round the moon
I see the passion in your eyes
Sometimes it's all a big surprise

'Cause there was a time when all I did was wish
You'd tell me this was love
It's not the way I hoped or how I planned
But somehow it's enough

And now we're standing face-to-face
Isn't this world a crazy place?
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last

All of the nights you came to me
When some silly girl had set you free
You wondered how you'd make it through
I wondered what was wrong with you

'Cause how could you give your love to someone else
And share your dreams with me
Sometimes the very thing you're looking for
Is the one thing you can't see

But now we're standing face-to-face
Isn't this world a crazy place?
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last

la da da da - da da.-

Sometimes the very thing you're looking for
Is the one thing you can't see

Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes round the moon
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last

You went and saved the best for last
Yeah...

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KARAOKE

VANESSA WILLIAMS

Save the Best for Last

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Roy Orbison

You Got It

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LYRICS

Roy Orbison

You Got It

Every time I look into your lovely eyes,
I see a love that money just can't buy.
One look from you, I drift away.
I pray that you are here to stay.

Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!

Every time I hold you I begin to understand,
Everything about you tells me I'm your man.
I live my life to be with you.
No one can do the things you do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want
Anything you need
Anything at all

I'm glad to give my love to you.
I know you feel the way I do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it
Baby
Anything at all
Baby
You got it

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KARAOKE

Roy Orbison

You Got It

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Justin Bieber

Cry me a River

Justin Timberlake singing

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LYRICS

Justin Bieber

Cry me a River

You were my sun
You were my earth
But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no
So you took a chance
And made other plans
But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down, no

You don't have to say, what you did,
I already know, I found out from him
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
To cry, cry me a river
Cry me a river-er
Cry me a river
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

I know that they say
That some things are better left unsaid
It wasn't like you only talked to him and you know it
(Don't act like you don't know it)
All of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
(Messing with my head)
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it
(Yea..)

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
(All alone)
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
(When you call me on the phone)
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
(I'm not like them baby)
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
(It's your turn)
To cry, cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be... leaving

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

Cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river
(You can go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Cause I've already cried)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea
(Ain't gonna cry no more, yea-yea)

Cry me a river
Cry me a river, oh
Cry me a river, oh
Cry me a river, oh

Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)

Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river
(Cry me, cry me)

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KARAOKE

Justin Bieber

Cry me a River

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BLACK

Wonderful Life 2012

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LYRICS

BLACK

Wonderful Life

Here I go out to sea again
The sunshine fills my hair
And dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
You know it feels unfair
There's magic everywhere

[CHORUS:]

Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful wonderful life

The sun's in your eyes
The heat is in your hair
They seem to hate you because you're there
And I need a friend
Oh I need a friend to make me happy
Not stand here on my own

[CHORUS]

I need a friend
Oh I need a friend
To make me happy
Not so alone

[REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE]

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KARAOKE

BLACK

Wonderful Life

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ALPHAVILLE

BIG IN JAPAN

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LYRICS

ALPHAVILLE

BIG IN JAPAN

Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes
All around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions that I'd ever find
A glimpse of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me
Now it's history I see
Here's my comeback on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
It's easy when you're big in Japan

When you're big in Japan, tonight
Big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, where the Eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
When you're big in Japan...

Neon on my naked skin
Passing silhouettes
Of strange illuminated mannequins
Shall I stay here at the zoo
Or shall I go and change my point of view
For other ugly scenes
You did what you did to me
Now it's history I see
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
It's easy when you're big in Japan

When you're big in Japan, tonight
Big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, oo the Eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
When you're big in Japan, tonight
Big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, oo the Eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
When you're big in Japan

When you're big in Japan, tonight
Big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, oo the Eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
When you're big in Japan

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KARAOKE

ALPHAVILLE

BIG IN JAPAN

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Eurovision 1970 Ireland

Dana

A YOUNG DANA

THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

All kinds of everything

Dana

A MATURE DANA

All kinds of everything

HIGH QUALITY!!! - 2010

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LYRICS

Eurovision 1970 Ireland

Dana

All kinds of everything

Snowdrops and daffodils
butterflies and bees
sailboats and fishermen
things of the sea
wishing-wells
wedding bells
early morning dew
all kinds of everything remind me of you

Seagulls and aeroplanes
things of the sky
winds that go howlin'
breezes that sigh
city sights
neon lights
grey skies or blue
all kinds of everything remind me of you

Summertime
wintertime
spring and autumn too
Monday
Tuesday every day
I think of you.
Dances
romances
things of the night
sunshine and holidays
postcards to write
Budding trees
autumn leaves
a snowflake or two
all kinds of everything remind me of you.

Summertime
wintertime
spring and autumn too
seasons will never change
the way that I love you.

Dances
romances
things of the night
sunshine and holidays
postcards to write
Budding trees
autumn leaves
a snowflake or two
all kinds of everything remind me of you.
All kinds of everything remind me of you.

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KARAOKE

Eurovision 1970 Ireland

Dana

All kinds of everything

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BOB GELDOF 

and

THE BOOMTOWN RATS

 

I dont like Mondays   

Songfacts

This is about Brenda Spencer, a 16-year-old San Diego high school student who lived across from an elementary school. On Monday, January 29, 1979, she opened fire on the school with a rifle, killing 2 adults (including the principal) and injuring 9 kids before going back to her home. Police surrounded her home and waited for 7 hours until she gave herself up. In that time, she spoke with a reporter on the phone. When asked why she did it, she replied, "I just started shooting, that's it. I just did it for the fun of it. I just don't like Mondays. I just did it because it's a way to cheer the day up. Nobody likes Mondays."

This was #1 hit in 32 different countries, but it flopped in America, probably because the subject matter hit too close to home. Gun violence is a big problem in America.

At a basic level, this is often heard as a song lamenting the beginning of the work week. Some radio stations play this every Monday at a certain time.

Group leader Bob Geldof wrote this. He went on to organize charity efforts Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8, earning a KBE (the equivalent of knighthood given to people born outside of England) for his efforts. The Boomtown Rats played this as part of their set at Live Aid.

While in Atlanta touring, Bob Geldof heard the news story about Brenda Spencer. Geldof composed the song on the spot, originally as a reggae number. Back in Los Angeles after the tour, a studio demo was recorded with grand piano and vocals. By the time 'I Don't Like Mondays' was introduced onstage in Loch Lomond, Scotland, the song had been transformed dramatically.

Brenda Spencer's parents tried to have the single banned in the US, without success.

The video, directed by David Mallet, was one of the first to have a narrative "story" to it.

In the UK, the song won the prestigious Best Pop Song and Outstanding British Lyric categories at The Ivor Novello Awards. It was also voted 1979's "Single of the Year" in the British Pop and Rock awards. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 4)

Tori Amos covered this on her album Strange Little Girls. Every song on the album is a different take on a song written by a man.

Bob Geldof sang this song along with members of the Boomtown Rats and Travis at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London on July 2nd, 2005. Live 8 was a series of concerts, which occurred in the G8 nations and South Africa, that Geldof helped to organize in order to pressure world leaders to get rid of the debt of African nations. (thanks, Emily - Ottawa, Canada)

Geldof originally intended this to be a B-side and when Ensign put this out as a single, he protested, "You're mad, that's not a hit." However his record label people knew better.

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LYRICS

BOB GELDOF

and

THE BOOMTOWN RATS

I dont like Mondays

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's gonna make them stay at home
And daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
I wanna shoot the whole day down

The Telex machine is kept so clean
And it types to a waiting world
Her mother feels so shocked, father's world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to their own little girl
Sweet sixteen, ain't that peachy keen
Now it ain't so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reasons do you need, oh oh oh oh?

(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
I wanna shoot the whole day down
Down, down, shoot it all down

And all the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with the toys a while
And school's out early and soon we be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles
With the problems and the hows and whys
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die, oh oh oh?

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's gonna make them stay at home
And daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like
I don't like
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like
I don't like
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
(Tell me why)
I don't like Mondays
I wanna shoot the whole day down

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COMMENTS ABOUT THE SONG

AND THE TRAGEDY

I heard a live radio interview with Bob Geldof. He said that the US record company would not release the song as a single because Brenda Spencer's father threatened to sue if it was released as a single. Bob was not happy with that decision and he regrets that it was not a single in the US.

- Johnny, Pomona, CA

My daughter and I love this song. She and her dad would dance to this song all the time. I learned later that it was based on a true story and we liked it even more after that!

- michele, princeton, NJ

Oh Great now when i get to high school i want to play this the first monday of the year.

- Lylah, Grand Junction, CO

Bob Geldof is very funny and seriouseat the same time but he mostly is famouse for playing in the roll as "Pink Floyd" in "Pink Floyd The Wall". Great actor and definetly reveals his real rough but saft voice.

- Lylah, Grand Junction, CO

I lived with a friend of mine in 1980 at his house in the San Carlos area of San Diego. It was 3 houses away from the girls house and grammer school where this happened. I remember him telling me the whole story. I also remember him telling me of a few other crazy things that happened in this same neighborhood that I won't go into but were bad. And to look at the neighborhood it is very "normal" You never know I guess. My friend told me that The Boontown Rats were supposed to play a concert in San Diego soon after this song came out and the city council voted to ban the concert. I used to drive by that house everyday for a few months. It was almost 30 yrs ago but still seems so real and present.

- john, new haven ct, CT

My children's school apparently played this over the loudspeakers this morning before morning announcements. Maybe someone in the office doesn't realize the meaning behind the song? Yeesh, awkward!

- Susan, Airdrie, -

Great song, I love the instrumentals...I was kind of surprised to learn what it was about. Definitely grabbed me on the first listen.

- Phoebe, Belchertown, MA

I think the video clip very much helped make this a hit. However many countries did not have music video TV shows at that time. I remember it was #1 for weeks on end.

- Dean, Sydney, Australia

I remember the story...and Brenda Spencer's father stated to the press, "I don't why she did it ... she was as good as gold". I thought it was in Ohio though.

- john, Seattle, WA

I feel really stupid after reading everyone's comments. I just heard about this news story of Brenda Spencer yesterday on a Discovery Channel, I heard that she said "I don't like Mondays" then thought to myself, "isn't that a song?"...then I thought, no way is that 'song' about this <---

So I look all this up today, I never knew after 28 years that, that song was about this girl who did this shooting in a school yard. I remember I was around 10 when I saw the video on Mtv and then when I was 12, I hated Sunday's...and how I hated that all my friends liked this Monday song, and I basically gave it no chance, because it wasn't about Sunday.....wow, I feel like I was left out of a big secret everyone else knew about..lol

- Gina, Eastlake, OH

I was actually there at the radio station where Bob Geldof first heard about the news of the shooting. I was working in the news department at WRAS (Georgia State University)in Atlanta when the Boomtown Rats were in for an interview. Being a college / alternative station, we were the only ones playing their music at the time. The tele-type machine had alarm bells for big or breaking stories and it was going crazy at the time with news of the shooting. The guys in the band heard all the bells and asked someone at the station what was going on. And now you know the rest of the story.

- Tom, Atlanta, GA

Just to set one record straight... a "Telex machine" is a teletypewriter, which was introduced in the 1920's and was still the primary way of sending news stories around the globe until the advent of the Internet. Examples can be seen in "Good Morning Vietnam" and "All the President's Men"... in the former, it's the machine Robin Williams tears the paper from when he gets into trouble for broadcasting news of the tavern bombing, in the latter it's the machine seen printing the stories of the Watergate prosecutions at the end. In the song, it refers the machine that was printing out the story of the shooting at the radio station where Bob Geldoff was being interviewed when it happened. Today it exists primarily in the form of TTY phones for the deaf and the TTY communications protocol (the forerunner of the eight-bit ASCII code).

- Gregg, Middletown, CT

The intro to this song was featured on an episode of House last season with Dave Matthews as a guest. They were playing the piano together.

- Tom, Hershey, PA

This song is one of my three favourite songs. The other two are Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty and Come Up To See Me by Nik Kershaw. You may count my musicl taste as quite old fashioned as I am only 14, but if you do, up yours, Mister!!!

p.s I was quite shocked to hear the story behind this song! What a psycho!!!

- Katie, Normanton, England

I agree with steph, great version with Bon Jovi on the one wild night live 1985-2001 CD

- Alfie, Chelmsford, England

This song was most definitely played in Seattle, Washington,USA, as I heard it many times on the radio when it first came out. I immediately recalled it when I heard about the Virginia Tech school shooting just recently. I bought the Boomtown Rats/I Don't Like Mondays CD on eBay ASAP as I couldn't exactly remember how the song went. The version I on the CD I bought it fantastic and superbly recorded. I just LOVE the piano music in it. I'd dearly like to find sheet music to it, so I could learn to play it. I have the lyrics printed, but I'd like to know the chords & how they do the piano riff at the very beginning of the song. I like the song because it's very catchy, well-done, and does say something very important about what happened and society in general. I read on snopes.com that the state of California rarely, if ever, paroles murderers (and she's changed her "story" more than a few times) so she'll probably be in prison for life, which I believe she deserves. Thank you to the Boomtown Rats for having the courage to write & sing this song.

- Nikki, Seattle`, WA

Brenda Spencer was up for parole in 2005. It was denied. She is serving a 25-to-life sentence.

- Lalah, Wasilla, AK

I remember this song got lots of airtime in Boston on stations like WBCN and WCOZ. I liked it instantly until my boyfriend pointed out it was about the girl who skipped school got high then shot up a school yard. I was so angry that they were celebrating her but now that I read the words it is more of a condemnation.

- Lalah, Wasilla, AK

I heard an interview with Bob Geldolf who said that because of the songs subject matter, Brenda Spencer's family threatened to sue the record company. As a result the label pulled it from promotion.

- Mike, Boston, MA

Not mentioned in the original content is the fact that this song was a hit in Canada.

-Sharon, Ottawa, Canada

The school is a block away from my grandmothers house. She was living there when it happened.

- Johnny, Los Angeles, CA

The Boomtown Rats' first 3 albums were produced by Robert John 'Mutt' Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams and Shania Twain) except for 'Mondays'. It was produced by Phil Wainman (The Sweet and Bay City Rollers) as the Rats wanted to try out a different producer on this single. The following album sessions with Wainman didn't work out, so the band returned to 'Mutt' Lange for 'The Fine Art of Surfacing'.

- Christian, Copenhagen, Denmark

Yeah, the song was banned by a lot of stations in the US, probably because people didn't want other kids to hear it and start another school shooting. I'd never even heard it until Live 8. Now I have the Live Aid DVD, and I'm just wondering, at the end of the Boomtown Rats' set, the crowd starts singing/chanting something. Anyone know what it is? They did it during other sets too, this is just the time when you can hear it the best. Is it like some British thing, sort of how over here we chant "USA, USA..." sometimes?

- katie, nowhereville, NJ

Steph, That's a great version of the song. It's on the One Wild Night CD. I love Bon Jovi!

- Patti, Sewell, NJ

Allan from Greenock - a telex machine is the same as (used to be called) the 'videprinter' - that brought up all the football scores on Grandstand.

Remember?!

:-)

- Gary, Saffron Walden, England

Just a comment / observation.

I was at Glastonbury in 1985 (in the mud!) when the Boomtown Rats played. (Saturday afternoon, I think!) - the second time I'd seen them, the first being at the White Rock, Hastings, about 1982. Glastonbury was one month before Live Aid and they performed 'Mondays' JUST like they did at Wembley - the big pause. That pause blew my socks off then, without the power of the message that came across at Live Aid. I've often said that Bob was rehearsing it when he did it at Glastonbury; we'll never know, but it was a blinding song when I was 14 at school - and still makes my hairs stand on end now!

- Gary, Saffron Walden, England

Anybody know what a telex machine is?

- Allan, Greenock, Scotland

Tori Amos's cover version was featured in an episode of "The West Wing" to underscore a scene where White House staffers get the news that a student had gone on a killing rampage through a public school, killing a number of students.

"The West Wing" uses Popular music to great effect in some of its best episodes.

- Robert, Puyallup, WA

i was there-i finished my early classes at Grossmont JC and headed home for lunch. driving down Lake Murray BLVD i noticed all kinds of cars/media--when i got home and turned on the TV, I found out what was happening. my best friend s brother went to school with her--Patrick Henry High. the weird thing is that her father married his daughters, cellmate when she was released. he was SDSU professor

- frank, fircrest, WA

This song means a lot to me for different reason then those that are apparent.
My first (now ex) wife's madian name is Montag... in German it means Mondays... That's how I got hooked on the song and then I found how great the song really is. And that's probably why I can listen to the song 1000 times and enjoy my hate of my first wife!
There' I'm much better now... my Dr. says it's good therapy to get it out of the system! I like my Dr! He gives me real good drugs!... Mind altering drugs as a matter of fact...

- Wally, Port Huron, MS

The Song "I don't Like Mondays" was played in the US and on most rock stations, but the sound did not really fit in with "AOR" (Album oriented rock) at the time. I think it was one of the most beautiful songs ever to air and find the subject matter well, interesting. The sad fact is the song was never banned here in America, it just simply did not catch on and did not do too well in The US charts. Radio stations in the US generally walk away from songs or artist that aren't hitting the top twenty and as a result few people remember this song. I was 12 when it came out and I loved it then and still do now. There was a live version that aired even prior to live aid.
Ben

- Ben, Chicago, IL

A friend of mine was trying to work out the complex initial crashing piano chord of this song ... and one day he put down the piano lid without folding out the vertical bit, and it hit all the black notes on the piano at once ... yup, that was it!

- Martin, Sydney, Australia

This song is exelent i remember hearing it when i was like 5 or 6 (my mum is a Bob geldof/BoomTown Rats fan) not knowing what is about then whan i was like 13 i put the CD on and my mum told me about it.

- Karl Topping, Preston, England

I love this song. Has anyone else heard the version played at Bon Jovi's London 2000 concert with Bob Geldof guest starring?

- Steph, Manchester, England

Believe me, it WAS played in the UK, where it was No. 1 for four weeks. This meant that the band were on Top Of The Pops every week while it was No. 1. I'm not sure that many Brits who bought it realised at the time exactly who or what it was about. When The Rats performed this at Live Aid, the dramatic pause after "and the lesson today is how to die" was extended to spine-tingling effect. I always associate the song with THAT 'lesson' - the starving in Africa.

I believe the song was banned by most radio stations in the US - but why? OK , it's 'close to home' but it was tastefully written. It actually was quite "artsy" for a (would-be)punk band.

- Martin, London, England

Wow. ok i love this song. Apparently is wasnt played in the UK or in the US because of its idea.

- Kirsten, Brampton, Canada

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