Vote! Friday On Everyone’s Mind
And wrapping up the working week (for most people), it’s the Easybeats, with “Friday on My Mind.”
These dudes were Australian way back in 1967, long before rockin’ Australians became commonplace, and this song is a sort of oddball mix of British Invasion pop and early psychedelia. (It’s also pretty obvious the songwriters had a couple of Who records in their collection.)
The lyrics are nothing extraordinary (does anybody ever rhyme “city”with a word other than “pretty”?), just a frustrated guy who’s tired of “working for the rich man” and is waiting impatiently for the weekend and the chance to get out and spend some bread with his outtasight girl. But it’s a pretty good record just the same, with a lot of energy and a bit of an angry edge to it. (And if it’s less sophisticated, its a little easier on the brain than Pete’s Friday choice.)
This was the one and only U.S. hit for these good-looking Aussies, but they had quite a few hits in their homeland. And “Friday on My Mind” co-writer George Young’s little brothers had a hit or two of their own.
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March 17th, 2010 at 5:54 am
This was fun! Thanks Bridey
I am not sure that I have ever heard this before
but it is worth listening to a few times.
It sets up the weekend perfectly as far as I’m concerned,
so for Friday my choice would be “Friday on my Mind”
(City, Pretty, Kitty, Dity…there are a few words out there
but putting them into meaningful lyrics would make it harder
on the songwriters)