“I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down”

On This Date, July 28th  in 1979: The Boomtown Rats had the #1 single in the UK with “I Don’t Like Mondays,” which appeared on their album, The Fine Art Of Surfacing. Boomtown Rats’ vocalist Bob Geldoff was inspired to write the song after hearing about the 1979 shooting spree at  Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California which was perpetrated by then 16-year old Brenda Ann Spencer. Continue reading Flashback Single of The Day: The Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t Like Mondays” →