I don’t really get into celebrating St. Patrick’s Day but I didn’t want to be a complete kill-joy today, so I was trying to think of some sort of subject matter for today’s Sunday Links post on this St. Patrick’s Day in 2024. I started thinking about how it falls on a Sunday this year and a lot of people aren’t going to be feeling too good tomorrow on Monday.
That led me to think of the song, “I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomtown Rats who are an Irish band! Perfect and so here we go with online links to the Boomtown Rats classic song, “I Don’t Like Mondays” and there’s also the MBIP Coming Attractions for the upcoming post St. Patrick’s Day week!
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Sunday Links
The incredibly tragic backstory to The Boomtown Rats song ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ - Bob Geldof remembers the events that led to him writing the memorable song.
Songfacts - I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats - When this song was number one in England the number two song was, “Can’t Stand Losing You,” by The Police. That song was about teenage suicide. Good times!
I Don’t Like Mondays: The Story Behind The Song - An essay on the story behind the infamous song.
How A School Shooting Sparked Boomtown Rats’ ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ - This has the infamous quote from Brenda Spencer, the 16-year-old shooter who inspired the song.
Music History #5: “I Don’t Like Mondays” - Music History lesson number one..
Today in Music History: The Boomtown Rats went No. 1 with ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ - And number two!
Bob Geldof reveals the Truth of “I Don’t Like Mondays” - Bob Geldof talks about the song and the video with David Mallet who directed the music video for the song.
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MBIP Coming Attractions
Monday: We’re continuing our Saturday Night Cheeseburger journey and this week we sampled a cheeseburger and some shrimp at the Silver Bullet in East Peoria. Tune in tomorrow for the report and photos!
Tuesday: For this week’s Mac and Cheese I went to Verandah in Morton, Illinois and was joined by my friends, Virgil and Scott. This is a Latin American restaurant and the Mac and Cheese was unbelievable!
Wednesday: Photographer Keith Cotton has a photo exhibition happening at the Bonnie Noble Center. Keith’s one of my favorite photographers, so of course I went to see this exhibition and the photographs are mind-blowing!
Thursday: I’m going to check out Peoria Book Rack and meet local author P.A. Nimmo who has a new book for sale and it’s available at Book Nook!
Friday: We’ll be enjoying another MBIPTGIF Happy Hour at a local Peoria Tavern.
Saturday: Next week we’ll be looking back at another piece of Peoria’s history via the weekly Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past post..
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Sunday Comic
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: Billie Jean, John Lennon “More Popular Than Jesus” Anniversary and Groundhog Day.