pejacoby

Ok Mastodonians with a musical bent, help me out!

My wife has a song in her head that she can only recall shouting out the days of the week — “it’s a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday…” type of thing.

She can usually hum a tune into a straw and I can figure it out, but this is a stumper.

It is NOT “Police on my Back”
It is NOT “Never on a Monday”
It is NOT “Friday on my mind”
It is NOT “Friday I’m in love”
It is NOT “Days of the Week” by Stone Temple Pilots

It is not anything else I have been able to find, probably better than two dozen songs we’ve checked.

Help? Ideas? She insists it’s going to piss me off when we figure it out because it’s “so easy”…. Says it’s mid-80s, Brit/synth pop styling

#songs #music #daysOfTheWeek

Jul 7, 2023 at 5:54pmWeb
Show threadpejacobyJul 9, 2023

Not sure how threads show later in Mastodon, so I'll answer it here too:

Pretty Pimpin' buy Kurt Vile!

H/T to @[email protected] for the win!

Show thread*Legion*Jul 7, 2023
@pejacoby Saturday Love?
Show threadpejacobyJul 7, 2023
@legion had seen that one, nope 😁
Show thread*Legion*Jul 7, 2023
@pejacoby Actually, She Said by Hurrah would fit the Brit pop part.
Show threadJoe Brockmeier (@jzb)Jul 7, 2023

@pejacoby I am almost certain this isn't right, but the first thing that came to mind was Black Flag's "Annihilate This Week" which has somebody shouting days of the week way in the background behind the chorus.

(And it's not the Happy Days theme song, right?)

Show threadpejacobyJul 7, 2023

@jzb not Happy Days theme, that’s the second one I started singing 😀

She’s also not a punk fan, so Black Flag isn’t it (I do love TV Party myself)

Thanks for the input!

Show threadJoe Brockmeier (@jzb)Jul 7, 2023
@pejacoby good luck figuring it out. I’m very curious!
Show threadpejacobyJul 8, 2023

@jzb with MastoHelp we found it!

Credit to @alskicav — Pretty Pimpin’ by Kurt Vile is the tune

It was a Monday, no a Tuesday, no a Wednesday…

#mysterySolved #Music

Show threadAlskicavJul 8, 2023

@pejacoby are you sure it's mid 80s brit style?
Both 7 Days by Craig David and Pretty Pimpin' by Kurt Vile sing the days of the week in their respective lyrics

An 80s classic is Cherelle's Saturday Love. Very 80s but not Brit style

Show threadpejacobyJul 8, 2023

@alskicav dude! Ya got it! Pretty Pimpin’ is the magic!

She has offered few other clues, obviously Brit pop was a #redHerring. Kurt is anything but.

Been working on this for a week, much appreciated!!!!

#Music #mysterySolved #kurtVile

Show threadAlskicavJul 8, 2023
@pejacoby funny co-incidence as I'd been working on a list of songs that mention the days of the week for my pop quiz
Show threadpejacobyJul 8, 2023

@alskicav there are a LOT of them if you just want one day per song.

All seven, less so 😀

Show threadDarren LeathleyJul 8, 2023
@pejacoby The Bluetones "Solomon Bites The Worm"? - not 80s, not particularly synthy, definitely British.
Show threadpejacobyJul 8, 2023

@DMLeathley turns out synth pop was a red herring (now she claims she never said that 😀)

It IS Kurt Vile Pretty Pimpin’, found with help from #mastoFriends!

Thanks for the lead though, off to listen to The Bluetones!