They might not realize, if indeed they borrowed the phrase from the song, the actual provenance of the saying is quite dark. That’s because songwriter Bob Geldof took it from a tragic true story he ...
In 1979, Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats earned their second No. 1 U.K. hit when “I Don’t Like Mondays” was released. Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the song gained increased ...