So after watching a Phil Spector documentary awhile ago I got to thinking. Jeff Barry who wrote such epic hits as "Da Do Ron Ron" amongst a million other songs said that the original lyric in the song was to be " I met him on a Sunday, and my heart stood still... Da doo ron ron ron, da doo ron ron." After working with the song he stated that while Sunday seemed like the day to meet somebody, or to fall in love, that the 's' sound ruined the fluidity and alliteration that could be achieved with "I met him on a Monday." and of course the fill in lyrics for a chorus he hadn't written yet. the "Doo ron ron" part stayed for lack of anything better coming to mind. Well obviously he knew what he was doing. Alliteration and nonsensical syllables became a huge hit by numerous artists.
This brings me to my thought today, that over time there has been a lot of songs written about sundays. Sundays being good, happy, sobering, bloody. So here is my list of favourite Sunday songs.
1. Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning.
2. Jimmy Eat World - A Sunday
3. Sonic Youth - Sunday
4. Blondie - Sunday Girl
5. The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
6. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Sunday St.
7. of Montreal - Everyday Feels Like Sunday
No matter what kind of Sunday you have there's probably a song about it. Sunday is probably the best day of the week for the sheer fact it's an underdog. It's not as exciting as Friday or Saturday, but for the most part most of us don't work on Sunday. Depending on how Saturday went you might wake up next to a beautiful stranger for better or worse. Or you could have the worst hang over in the world. Either way, one of these days I think I'll get around to my own Sunday song. Mine are generally pretty boring but there's something nice about sleeping in and not getting anything accomplished. Although I feel like Sunday is making it's mark on everyday of the week in my life currently. So maybe I'll hang with The Monkees and be the local rock group down the street trying hard to learn their songs.
Here's the list of songs for your streaming pleasure ----> SONGS
