# Rock songs by the day/month **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417 "2017-06-08T03:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/21 "2017-06-08T18:25:38Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Does it count if it’s just a month without a specific day named? I was just wanting day and month ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/22 "2017-06-08T18:44:45Z")
King Diamond: “The 7th Day of July 1777” Also, do song titles count? Rick Springfield has “April 24, 1981” but the date’s not mentioned in the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/23 "2017-06-08T19:08:01Z")
From the album **Finn** by the **Finn Brothers** (but pretty much just a **Neil Finn** effort) **The Last Day of June**. **Neil Finn** is possibly better known for his work in \*\*Crowded House \*\*and both brothers for **Split Enz.** TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/24 "2017-06-08T20:22:47Z")
[Does it have to be a real date?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6WqyvSr3E) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/25 "2017-06-08T20:35:16Z")
“You know I remember the 23rd of November” - “Hijack” (Jefferson Starship) Honorary mention for the Jefferson Airplane’s “Re-Joyce” which is about James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses” that takes place entirely on June 16, 1904 (though the song doesn’t ID the date.) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/26 "2017-06-09T15:33:10Z")
“Karma’s Payment” - Modest Mouse uh-oh down low I am not who I want to be I probably will not ever be I drove my car on June 14th ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/27 "2017-06-09T17:58:51Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Born on the 21st of May. _Great King Rat-Queen_ I want to be with you, be with you…on New Year’s Day (U2) And because it’s a boring day at the office and I have nothing else to do: **JANUARY** I want to be with you, be with you…on New Year’s Day (U2) **MARCH** In the morning in the winter shade / On the 1st of March on the holiday If I am guilty so are you, it was March 4th, 1982 **APRIL** Early morning, April 4th, shot rang out in the Memphis sky. April 24, 1981 **MAY** It’s the first of May, first of May, outdoor fucking starts today… Night of the 4th of May… Born on the 21st of May. Everyone would gather on the 24th of May, sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display. **JUNE** It was the 3rd of June… It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June I drove my car on June 14th The Last Day of June 1934 It was June, of 1983… The 31st of June (not a real date however) **JULY** Saturday in the park…I think it was the 4th of July… "I can remember the fourth of July… The 7th Day of July 1777 **SEPTEMBER** It was the 3rd of September. Do you remember / The 21st night of September? **NOVEMBER** Remember the fifth of November The Last Day of June **DECEMBER** The first of December was covered with snow… Late December, back in '63… NEVER The 12th of Never ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/28 "2017-06-09T19:05:10Z")
Shite! I realized I made a mistake there. Since I missed the edit window… JANUARY I want to be with you, be with you…on New Year’s Day (U2) MARCH In the morning in the winter shade / On the 1st of March on the holiday If I am guilty so are you, it was March 4th, 1982 APRIL Early morning, April 4th, shot rang out in the Memphis sky. April 24, 1981 MAY It’s the first of May, first of May, outdoor fucking starts today… Night of the 4th of May… Born on the 21st of May. Everyone would gather on the 24th of May, sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display. JUNE It was the 3rd of June… It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June I drove my car on June 14th The Last Day of June 1934 It was June, of 1983… The 31st of June (not a real date however) JULY Saturday in the park…I think it was the 4th of July… "I can remember the fourth of July… The 7th Day of July 1777 SEPTEMBER It was the 3rd of September. Do you remember / The 21st night of September? NOVEMBER Remember the fifth of November You Know I remember the 23rd of November DECEMBER The first of December was covered with snow… Late December, back in '63… NEVER The 12th of Never ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/29 "2017-06-09T19:48:04Z")
**Sublime** has lyrics “April 26th, 1992”, in a song strangely titled _April 29, 1992._ What happened to those three days? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/30 "2017-06-09T20:40:32Z")
“Marie Provost did not look her best The day the cops bust into her lonely nest In the cheap hotel up on Hollywood West July 29” “[Marie Provost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-Gxl1iSL4)”, Pure Pop For Now People, Nick Lowe ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/31 "2017-06-09T20:45:52Z")
“It was the third of June… … It was the fourth of June” **Desiree, Neil Diamond** “It’s the tenth of January…” **Darkest Hour, Arlo Guthrie** [which came up on my iPod for my first hearing of it ever, on January 10! Plus my mom died just after midnight 1/10/10] “But you turned to no one / But a bullet and a gun And the bang blended in with the day … Then the fourth of July is a good day to die They’ll celebrate each year, your independence from here” \*\* Fourth of July, Pete Drogue\*\* ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/32 "2017-06-10T00:12:30Z")
Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy Hello Dan, it’s Joe here I hope you’re keeping well Its the 21st of December now they’re ringing the last bell if I get good behaviour I’ll be out of here by July Won’t you kiss my kids on Christmas day ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/33 "2017-06-10T00:23:41Z")
And I see forests/It’s the 25th of December/And my old man plays the piano for Christmas. —25th December by Everything But The Girl ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/34 "2017-06-10T01:01:06Z")
“Was the tenth day of February when he said He just met Valentine’s Day in Juarez” -The Ike Reilly Assassination, [“Valentine’s Day In Juarez”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9aLs0k-1Lc) “Let’s travel back in time, 2/12/99 at the stroke of midnight Holding you tight, your body and mine, in February” -The Starting Line, [“Leaving”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgG7BmDOwo0) “First day of August The last rain was in May When the rainmaker came to Kansas In the middle of a dusty day” -Harry Nilsson, [“Rainmaker”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1nuq1sbhlk) “She caught my eye on October 9th, 22 days before Halloween, How did I know she’d be my evil queen” -Good Charlotte, [“Walk By”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPVVw_vXNe4) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/35 "2017-06-10T02:17:06Z")
[The Lady’s got Potential](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xueIOACk0iw&t=3m57s)from Evita. "It was January 22nd 1944. " ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/36 "2017-06-10T02:59:10Z")
Elton John had an album titled 11/17/70 (17/11/70 in the UK), though no song lyrics about the date. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/37 "2017-06-10T12:24:26Z")
[“Pig In A Blanket” by The Crucifucks](http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/crucifucks/piginablanket.html). > [@](#): > > December the fourth was the day > That they led me away in chains [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417.md?page=1)