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Learn Through English |
Music/Ethics: School and Us |
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Song: I Don't Like Mondays
Author: The Boomtown Rats |
Before listening:
The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody’s going to go to school today She’s going to 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 ’Cos 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 want to shoot…the whole day down The Telex machine is kept so clean And it types to a waiting world And mother feels so shocked Father’s world is rocked And their thoughts turn to their own little girl Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen Now that ain’t so neat to admit to defeat They can see no reasons ’Cos there are no reasons What reasons do you need? 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 want to shoot… The whole day down down down shoot it all down ‘Nd all the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with her toys a while And school's out early and soon we'll be learning And the lesson today is how to die And then the bullhorn crackles And the captain jackals With the problems and the how’s and why’s And he can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons What reason do you need to die die ohh.. Tell me why I don’t like Mondays, ... I want to shoot…the whole day down |
After listening:
You may not believe it but this song is based on a real case. A young girl in the USA was asked why she had taken a gun and started shooting at her schoolmates and teachers and all she answered is that she didn’t like Mondays. It may sound funny, but it wasn't: unfortunately, two people died and several were hurt.
If you liked the song, learn more about THE BOOMTOWN RATS.
Further into the topic:
Bowling For Columbine, Michael Moore's documentary on the Columbine massacre and the American weapon industry.
Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, a film about the Columbine High School massacre in the USA.