“Tell me why, I don’t like Mondays…I wanna shoot the whole day down.” No, those words aren’t originally mine, but I can honestly say I share the sentiments. Those words are actually from the chorus of the song “I Don’t Like Mondays”, sung by UK band The Boomtown Rats and released in 1979.
Apparently, the song was inspired by an actual shooting incident that took place outside the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California on January 29 of the same year. The assailant was 16-year-old Brenda Spencer who opened fire 30 rounds of ammunition from a .22-caliber rifle, which was a gift from her father.