You can find this on a cd called “On the floor at the Boutique” which was mixed by FBS, though it credits the song to “Michael Viner’s Increadible Bongo Band”
Anyway, FWIW, happy Friday!
Aloha Friday, by Kimo Kahoano and the Aloha Friday Band.
“It’s Aloha Friday
No work 'til Monday
Doo doo di doo
da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo.”
Two songs immediately came to mind.
Tom Petty, “Free Fallin’”
*I wanna free fall out into nothin’
Gonna leave this world for a while
And I’m free I’m free fallin’
Yeah I’m free free fallin’ *
And Janet Jackson, “Escapade”
*My mind’s tired
I’ve worked so hard all week
Cashed my check
I’m ready to go
I promise you
I’ll show you such a good time
Come on baby let’s get away
Let’s save your troubles for another day
Come go with me we’ve got it made
Let me take you on an escapade *
Freshman year of college, my roomate and I used to BLAST *Achilles Last Stand *at 5:00 every Friday. Personally, I preferred the version of Rock and Roll from The Song Remains the Same, but it was a tradition.
Now I just cringe whenever a Cadillac commercial comes on.
“I’M FREE!
I’M FREE!
AND FREEDOMMMMMM
TASTES . . .
OF RE-AL-I-TEE-HEE!”
“Tommy,” The Who
“Weekend Song” by Billy Joel
This back-breakin bone-shakin belly-achin hard-workin…
Two more hours to go.
Just keeping me alive doing nine to five
And I ain’t got nothing to show.
But tonight when I’m leavin I’ll be just breakin even
And I know it’s gonna be alright.
Come on baby, take me away.
We got some money to spend tonight.
“Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini” manages to put a smile on my usually twisted features before the weekend starts.
That song is so ubiquitous here it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s barely 7 years old.
Dire Straights - The Sultans of Swing
And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene
He’s got a daytime job he’s doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
They used to always play Switch into Glide by the Kings here in Kansas City. Really gets you in the mood for the weekend!
Here at the top 40 station they play Let Me Clear My Throat and Bang The Drum.
Ice Cube - Friday
I’d have to say Finally Friday by George Jones.
*I’ve got a hundred dollars sittin’ in my billfold
I know I oughta save it but it’s burnin’ a hole
Right through my wallet straight into my skin
Come Monday morning I’ll be broke again
It’s finally Friday
I’m free again
Got my motor runnin’ for a wild weekend*
Except with my schedule it should be “Finally Wednesday Morning.”
*Finally Friday is a good one, but the first that comes to my mind is I Don’t Have To Be Me Til Monday by Steve Azar. Of course, to truly follow that song, you’d have to call in sick on Friday with a bogus excuse and have a 3-day weekend.
I don’t have to be me til Monday
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
I ain’t gonna face reality
“Quitting Time” by The Roches
Hm. The thread title immediately made me think of “Lake of Fire” (off the Nirvana: Unplugged in New York CD). Here’s hoping I don’t end up working in customer service or something.
“Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don’t go to heaven where the angels fly
They go to a lake of fire and fry
Won’t see 'em again 'til the fourth of July…”
Jonathan Edwards - Shanty(The Friday Song) played at 5:00pm on Friday by most of the rock stations I ever listened to. The would start off with 5 O Clock World, Friday on my mind and a few others ending with ‘Shanty’
Friday - Joe Jackson
“She don’t care no more, she gets paid on Friday.”
By Friday ya’ just wanna be unemployed…
Was it the cover by Sublime, or the original by The Toyes? Personally, I prefer the Sublime version.
ETA: My Friday song is “Until the Night,” also by Billy Joel