Things are a bit slow here today, so I’m going to do another self-indulgent music thread. I had “Sunday Morning Coming Down” going through my head, and I suddenly had a bunch of questions about day-of-the-week songs. First of all, what’s the best one? For me, it’s either Stormy Monday or Sunday Morning Coming Down. Also too, is there a song about every day of the week? I can’t think of too many about Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Finally, is it generally true (as I believe) that songs about Sundays and Mondays are usually good, whereas songs about Fridays are often awful? Is it because songs about doom and depression are good, whereas songs about hopefulness and fun generally suck?
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Raven
Great movie with Albert Finney.
DougJ, Head of Infidelity
@Raven:
Yup, there used to be a great YouTube of the song Factory Girl with scenes from the movie, but they had to take it down.
mpbruss
I really like Friday I’m in Love by The Cure. That’s a pretty good song that’s kind of about Fridays.
Betty Cracker
Tuesday Afternoon — Moody Blues (I think)
BGinCHI
I fucking love that song, Doug. We were talking about it here on a thread a few months ago, and someone posted the duet with Cash and Kristofferson. Awesome. It’s such a sad and beautiful song, especially if you grew up with a lot of alcoholics.
Gets me every time.
BD of MN
I don’t like Mondays, I want to shoot the whole day down….
Vico
I Don’t Like Mondays.
Randiego
“Friday I’m In Love” by the Cure. I seem to hear this every Friday on the local alternative stations. That one isn’t too bad… It does reference all the other days of the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzlEfBYKVw
Raven
Spanky and our Gang
Sunday Morning
Sunday Will Never Be the Same
BGinCHI
“I Don’t Like Mondays,” naturally, by those Rats of Boomtown.
ETA: BD, GMTA.
Raven
@DougJ, Head of Infidelity: I have the DVD.
DougJ, Head of Infidelity
@Randiego:
I hate that song. I almost prefer the Rebecca Black.
rkdioxin
“tuesday morning” by Pogues
“wednesday night prayer meeting” by Charles Mingus
“holy thursday” by David Axelrod
“friday i’m in love” by the Cure
“saturday night is the loneliest night of the week” by Frank Sinatra
scav
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M by Simon and Garfunkel
Raven
Eight Days a Week?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Tuesday’s Gone
Tuesday Morning
I’m drawing a total blank on Wed or Thursday
BGinCHI
There is a great Graham Parker song called “Saturday Night is Dead.”
I think it’s on Stick to Me.
wrb
There is Thursday’s Child (Bowie)
And this kinda covers them all
Monday’s child is fair of face
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.
scav
Why Don’t You Write Me by S&G does rather well internally.
BD of MN
I’ll also throw out “Manic Monday” by the Bangles, written by Prince…
BGinCHI
What about “Thursday is My Favorite Day to Watch Gay Pr0n
Online” by Little Ricky Santorum?
Great horns.
Jewish Steel
Police On My Back? Every day of the week it would seem.
Baud
Why choose just one day? I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas uses all of them.
Raven
Rockport Sunday
Tom Rush
Yutsano
Relevant to my current circumstances.
eemom
Come Saturday Morning. Dunno who did that but I loved it as a kid.
Come Monday, Jimmy Buffet
Monday Morning, Fleetwood Mac
Rainy Days and Mondays, Carpenters
Saturday Night’s All Right, Elton John
Does Ruby Tuesday count?
How about Van Morrison, “What ever happened, to Tuesdayin’ so slow….”
eemom
Gloomy Sunday, Billie Holliday. Also.
Nick
The Easybeats – Friday on My Mind
Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night (my favorite of the lot)
The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning
Smiley Lewis and/or Fats Domino – Blue Monday
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday’s Gone
I own no wednesday or thursday songs.
Amir Khalid
There’s I Don’t Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats, of course, and then there’s Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones, and then there’s She’s Leaving Home by the Beatles where the story begins on a Wednesday, and then there’s that song by Rebecca Black, and then there’s Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting by Elton John, and then there’s Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2.
Cheerful songs don’t necessarily suck. Bruce’s Out In the Street about a weekend block party is plenty cheerful and i like it just fine.
Xecky Gilchrist
Tuesday’s not just gone, Tuesday’s dead! (according to Cat Stevens.)
Svensker
Saturday Night’s All Right — by Elton John
Jersey Thursday — by Donovan. I really like that one. His guitar sounds like early Richard Thompson.
Roxie
Won’t you help me? Police on My Back M thru Su
Edit: JS beat me to it, again
BGinCHI
@Svensker: I always thought Donovan was really underrated.
eemom
@Amir Khalid:
That’s a good song. “Sheee’s leaving home, bye bye.”
Then there’s Lady Madonna which uses every day except Saturday.
eemom
@BGinCHI:
Season of the Witch….great song, brilliantly used at the end of the generally brilliant dark comedy To Die For.
CatStaff
Never on a Sunday – Petula Clark
Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday a Monday a Monday
is very very good
Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday a Tuesday a Tuesday
in fact I wish you would
Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday a Thursday a
Friday and Saturday is best
But never ever on a Sunday a Sunday a Sunday
cause that’s my day of rest
Raven
Young Girl Sunday Blues
Airplane
wrb
Monday Monday
Commenting at Ballon Juice since 1937
Sun Comes up Its Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies
Good Friday – Cowboy Junkies
Raven
@eemom:
Season of the Witch – Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills
Michael
Going way back — “Never on a Sunday” names every day of the week.
Sarah
Monday, Monday, The Mamas and the Papas
Tuesday Afternoon, The Moody Blues
Wednesday Week, Elvis Costello
I got nothin’ for Thurs.
Friday, Joe Jackson
Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week, Mr. Frank Sinatra
The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits
Sunday in New York, Bobby Darin’s version is great
BGinCHI
@eemom: Agreed. Dude wrote some great songs.
Raven
Country Joe&The Fish-Thursday
Now if you’re tired or a bit run down,
Can’t seem to getcha feet off the ground,
Maybe you oughta try a little bit of L.S.D.
Only if you want to
Shake your head and rattle your brain,
Make you act just a bit insane,
Give you all the psychic energy you need —
Eat flowers and kiss babies
L.S.D.
For you and me!
Thursday
Some people,
They find each other.
I found you,
I found you,
I found you.
I found you,
I found you,
I found you.
Barry Melton’s axe makes me . . .melt.
ChrisB
@BGinCHI:
But in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now.
Have we missed Monday, Monday by the Mamas and the Papas and Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters?
the ghost of cleek
New Moon On Monday – Duran Duran
Tuesday Moon – Neutral Milk Hotel
Wednesday And Proud – Unrest
Thursday – The Futureheads
Love You Till Friday – Replacements
Saturday – Yo La Tengo
Ugly Sunday – Mark Lanegan
Raven
@ChrisB: Here’s an obscure Donovan song
To Susan on the West Coast waiting
I’m writing a note beneath a tree,
The smell of the rain on the greenery.
Our fathers have painfully lost their way,
That’s why, my love, I’m here today
Hear me when I say there will come a day
When Kings will know and love can grow.
To Susan on the West Coast waiting,
>From Andy in Vietnam fighting.
It’s the ending song in 84 charlie mopic.
Brachiator
A Sunday Kind of Love, especially the version done by Etta James
Duke Ellington’s magnificent Come Sunday
t jasper parnell
The Easybeats Friday on My Mind also covered by Bowie mentions all the days of the week but Sat and Sun. The Easybeats, as by the way, are an odd little pop phenomena.
Brachiator
From an Internets search. I was going to add the Tori Amos and Charles Mingus songs, and found this while verifying another title
Top 10 Songs About Wednesday
1. Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. – Simon & Garfunkel
2. Ash Wednesday – Elvis Perkins
3. Wednesday – Tori Amos
4. Wednesday Week – The Undertones
5. Wednesday – Drive-By Truckers
6. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting – Charles Mingus
7. Wednesday Morning – America
8. (April) Spring, Summer, And Wednesdays – Status Quo
9. Wednesday Night Waltz – Chet Atkins
10. Wednesday Week – Elvis Costello
ChrisB
@Raven: Cool.
Here’s one more: Pleasant Valley Sunday by the Monkees.
Libby's person
Woot! I’m not a big sports fan, but I am excited that NCSU beat Georgetown! NCSU doesn’t get the attention that UNC-CH and Duke do, but I’ve come to respect what land grant universities do for people in a state. It’s been a while since the Wolfpack had a major sports story to cheer about! (I’ve been connected to all three in one way or another, so I actually like all three.)
It’s actually a little strange that I had this gut reaction, since I don’t like the effect of big-money sports on universities. More evidence of how hard it will be to reform the system…
Phoebe
@Raven: I like that one.
The best day-of-the-week song is:
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y! NIGHT!
Kidding. I vote for Sunday Morning Coming Down (Johnny Cash version), second place Ruby Tuesday.
Brian R.
Morphine has a song called “Thursday,” while Tori Amos, Drive-By Truckers and Fischerspooner all do a “Wednesday.”
Svensker
@Raven:
Always loved that song. Yes, I’m old. But very deep. And sensitive.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Brian R.: Turn down the Bay City Rollers! It’s time for the football!
BGinCHI
@Brian R.: Forgot about that DBTs song. Good one.
Raven
@Svensker: Pick up the film sometime.
The prophet Nostradumbass
One I like is “Sunless Saturday” by Fishbone.
Svensker
@Raven:
Early Airplane is good. Here’s another early one, I think before Grace Slick was in the band, when it was still Signe wassername. Young Girl Sunday Blues
TG Chicago
One of my favorite Morphine songs is “Thursday”.
Also, did you know that “Police On My Back” is originally by the Equals (featuring Eddy Grant)? Their version is from 1967.
Raven
@Svensker: Posted it a #37 but it’s Grace.
nellcote
Sunday Kind of Love-Etta James
Best sunday song ever!
Linda Featheringill
@BGinCHI:
[giggle]
OzarkHillbilly
You guys are so weak (mind you I did not read every post, just half of them) the album “Days of Future Past”…. the Moody Blues. Hits every day of the week.
Suckers.
Svensker
@Raven:
I told you I was old.
Raven
@OzarkHillbilly: Don’t let your mouth write a check your ass can’t cash.
bg
Sunday Kind of Love — sung by the great Etta James or by (believe it or not) Reba McIntire
Raven
@Svensker: If you are old I am old hence, you are not old.
Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
I see someone picked up “The Heart of Saturday Night” by Tom Waits.
But how ’bout this one?
(Friday left me) Fumblin’ with the Blues
And it’s hard to win when you always lose
‘Cause the night spots spend your spirit
Beat your head against the wall
Two dead ends, but you’ve still got to choose
eemom
@Raven:
You DO miss old Norskie, dontcha.
Ben Cisco
“Saturday Love”, Alexander O’Neil and Cherelle. Serious party jam.
Linkmeister
“Saturday in the Park,” — Chicago
“Saturday’s Alright for Fighting,” — Elton John
forked tongue
Can’t think of too many about Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday??? Whaaat??? Why, just here in my iTunes, I have:
Tuesday Evening–John Lee Hooker
A Week from Tuesday–The Pastel Six
Everything’s Tuesday–The Chairmen of the Board
Wednesday Evening–John Lee Hooker (Sense a pattern here?)
Wednesday’s Child–John Barry
To Claudia on Thursday–The Millenium
Thursday–The Futureheads
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Joe Jackson
Friday(preceded by the inseparable Get That Girl)
dedc79
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd (sp?)
Nicole
I like “Saturday’s Child” by the Monkees. Probably because I was born on a Saturday.
TG Chicago
Sunday Morning by itself has at least three good options:
“Sunday Morning” by Velvet Underground (mentioned earlier)
“Easy (like Sunday Morning)” by the Commodores
and
“Sunday Morning” by Margo Guryan. Nice groovy tune from 1968.
of course, there’s also “Lazy Sunday” by Lonely Island…
kindness
Clapton’s Tears in Heaven is playing on the stereo now. Sad song but really good.
djinn
Nick Drake– Sunday, and another Nick Drake song (and my favorite of the batch other than Ruby Tuesday) Saturday Sun. Did someone mention Rainy Days and Mondays?
ellenbrenna
Well, there is Ugly Sunday Morning by Mark Lanegan.
Tuesday Night by Kristin Hersh
Wednesday’s Child by Emiliana Torrini
Steeplejack
@Raven, @Svensker:
My favorite early Airplane song is “It’s No Secret.”
Savage Henry
Tom Waits “Heart of Saturday Night”
Savage Henry
Tom Waits “Heart of Saturday Night”
Steeplejack
Lou Rawls does a good, jazzy version of “Stormy Monday” (with Les McCann).
The whole album is excellent.
Heliopause
@DougJ, Head of Infidelity:
I will vote for this one. Just about every day-of-the-week song I can think of strikes me as a bit contrived or even lazy. As in, “I can’t think of anything to write about, I’ll just put the day of the week to a couple of chords and call it a night.” Might as well vote for Friday by that standard.
SiubhanDuinne
Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned “Rainy Days and Mondays” (“always get me down”) – Carpenters.
Also, Brahms wrote a lovely lied called “Sonntag” (“Sunday”), but you probably weren’t looking for lieder.
SiubhanDuinne
Bobby Darin: “Splish splash, I was taking a bath, long about a Saturday night.”
Brachiator
@Steeplejack:
Agreed!
The father of a very dear friend of mine wrote one of the songs on this album.
Scott Alloway
@BGinCHI: Cash, Kristofferson, Willie all do great versions but the Kristofferson version I have grabs me where I didn’t know I had places.
Svensker
@Steeplejack:
Good one!
I actually saw Airplane perform as the opening act for someone (don’t remember who it was, but natural substances may have been involved). It was before Grace and Signe was still singing. We all thought they were amazing. In fact, it was the only part of the show I remember (except how crappy the “light show” was).
Toldya I was old.
Steeplejack
@SiubhanDuinne:
Only three times, but who’s counting?
p.a.
@BGinCHI: Squeezing Out Sparks.
Blue Monday, popularized by Fats Domino, mentions every day of the week. Excellent version by Dr. John on Goin’ Back to New Orleans
I have a t-shirt that reads “I Give 100% at Work
15% Monday
23% Tuesday
37% Wednesday
20% Thursday
5% Friday”
FlipYrWhig
No one mentioned New Order’s Blue Monday, although it’s not strictly speaking ABOUT Monday. I think it’s about an abusive relationship or something.
Thoughtcrime
Lady Madonna has every day except Saturday.
SRW1
If you mean a song containing all days of the week:
Seven drunken nights.
Lawnguylander
Saturday, De La Soul. Wins the thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig5Xi-S0Fjo
Friday Jones
@eemom: Same comment I was going to make. Fantastic song, and fantastic usage in To Die For.
And, covered by Hole in an MTV unplugged. A friend (from New Zealand) and I were having the whole, “who do you listen to that you really enjoy but are embarrassed to admit to” conversation. He said Guns and Roses and I said *gulp* Hole.
Lawnguylander
Hole made one great album and one really good album. I don’t see anything to be embarrassed byf there. And who doesn’t want to be the girl with most cake?
barbequbob
Seems to me that Stormy Monday covers all the days of the week
They call it stormy monday,
but tuesday’s just as bad,
wednesday’s worse, and thursday’s oh so sad,
the eagle flies on friday,
and saturday I go out to play,
sunday morning, I get down on my knees and pray.
scottinnj
Rainy Days & Mondays – The Carpenters
Blue Monday – New Order
New Moon on Monday – Duran Duran
Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones
Voices Carry – Til Tuesday
Jersey Thursday – Donovan
wednesday – Drive By Truckers
Wednesday in your garden – Guess Who
Last Friday Night – Katy Perry
Black Friday – Steely Dan
Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night- Madelaine Peyroux
Satrday Night’s all right for Fighting – Elton John
Sunday Girl – Blondie
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
zombie rotten mcdonald
Let’s Kill Saturday Night by Robbie Fulks.
(Thursday) Here’s Why I Did Not Go To Work Today by Harry Nilsson.
azelie
Lucinda Williams – Sundays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVRGoDoI5_k
Jimbo316
@Raven: Nice.
Jimbo316
@mpbruss: One of my all time favorites.
Steve M.
@Lawnguylander: Love the De La, prefer this mix.
And I didn’t know her name, but when that came out I had quite a crush on Vinia Mojica.
Uncle Ebeneezer
@Djinn- beat me to it. Best song about any day, imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXLWH2IAEN0
dance around in your bones
Saturday Night by Herman Brood was one of my go-to songs for getting ready to go out on Saturday nights….back in the day.
moderateindy
One More Saturday Night -Grateful Dead
Then god way up in heaven for whatever it was worth
Thought he’d have a big old party thought he’d call it planet earth
Almost Saturday Night – John Fogerty
SiubhanDuinne
@Steeplejack:
Sorry, missed eemom’s mention, didn’t see others. No biggie.
brantl
@Raven: If you haven’t heard Days of Future Passed, you’ve missed a great album.
opium4themasses
81. Ellenbrenna: (can’t quote on phone)
I also immediately thought of Emilliana Torrini’s Wednesday’s child. I am typing it out again in the hopes more people check out her album, Love in the Time of Science.
I would also reccommend Hooverphonic’s Sunday Morning.
drew42
Best is “Saturday Morning” by Eels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uvg9CZUlJ8
If you click the link, you’ll know I’m right.
Splitting Image
“Whiskey on a Sunday” has been covered a few times. I have the Irish Rovers version.
Mox Nix
One More Saturday Night, written by Bob Weir and performed by the Grateful Dead
amcoco
@DougJ, Head of Infidelity:
Would have to think a bit about Monday songs, and maybe this is generally true, but there are always outliers – contrast U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (a “good” song, but not exactly all rainbows and sunshine) with The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” (I still remember how guiltily happy this song made me during my angst-ridden, plaid-shirted teen years).
Bruce S
Haven’t sifted through the comments, but Fat’s Domino’s “Blue Monday” and Billie’s “Gloomy Sunday” are great ones.
EvolutionaryDesign
This thread is probably dead, but “Friday’s Dust” by Doves is unimpeachable.
Lex
@BGinCHI: On “Squeezing Out Sparks,” actually. But, yes, a great song. (And if you’re going to be marooned on a desert island with one CD to listen to, “Squeezing Out Sparks” is a contender.)