I don't like Mondays... why? Please explain

Cafe Society
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I can’t catch the point of this Boomtown Rats song (performed later by Tori Amos and Bon Jovi). Can you explain the significance to me?

Here is a link to the lyrics (in compliment of CS rules), in case you don’t know it or don’t remember it.

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I thought it was about a school shooting.

There’s a little background at:

http://www.onehitwondercentral.com/artistdetail.cfm?id=312
http://www.cyberspace7.btinternet.co.uk/idlm.htm

Tirial

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Actually the title was taken from a quote from a suspect in a school shooting but i always understood it was about a housewife who had a mental breakdown when her “programming” went haywire ,

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Wow, thanks for the thoroughly informative links.
I too thought it was a song about a suburban mother breaking down and killing her children, I thought the title was some sort of “Garfield” reference about the banal and mundane driving one cutesily insane. I’ve only heard Amos’ version.

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Snopes goes pretty in-depth.

Link