It only dawned on me a few hours ago that today is Friday.
Are you old enough to remember this song from 1966?
No? What about this one, from 1992?
Both songs are celebrating ‘Friday’. That last day of the working week for most people. The day when school is finished until Monday, and the weekend begins in earnest.
Until I started working shifts in 1979, Friday was always something to look forward to. When I was young, I was allowed to stay up a bit later, as there was no school on Saturday. Then when I was old enough to have a regular girlfriend, it was the night to go for a drink with friends, getting a jump on the weekend activities to come.
Once I was older, and married, it was often the night we would go out to eat. A Friday night Indian meal, or perhaps a Chinese. Something spicy and different, after a week of home-cooked food. Alternatively, it might be a trip to the Cinema, on a night when it wasn’t as busy as it would be on the Saturday.
Whatever we did, it always came with that ‘Friday Feeling’, knowing we had two clear days ahead to do what we wanted, even if we didn’t actually do anything with them.
By the time I was just 26, I was working three out of four Fridays, and the same with Saturdays too. It didn’t take long for Friday to start to feel like any other day for me. But I didn’t forget that good feeling from before, and 42 years later, I can still recall the excitement of a Friday night.
I hope you all have (or already have had) a wonderful Friday!
I sure know the 1966 song! 😀
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Glad to hear that, Jennie. I wasn’t sure if it was popular in America back then.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Isit not terrible how, despite church objections (because they also earn from corporations), working time shifted more and more to the weekend.
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Consumers rule, sadly. If they want things on Sundays, then ‘profit is king’.
Best wishes, Pete.
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So true! I am awaiting delivering of online things on weekends too. But only when the people will be paid fair.
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We get deliveries from Amazon up to 9 pm, 7 days a week. One driver told me he had to deliver 180 packages in one day, and it took him 14 hours. I agree that they probably don’t get a fair wage.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They are not familiar to me Pete but David Bowie is.
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The original was a big hit here in 1966, but I don’t think it was well-known around the world.
Best wishes, Pete.
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How come if we all loved Fridays so much was the Mamas and the Papas song “Monday, Monday” so popular? Monday morning was certainly never “good to me.”
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You’re right. I remember asking Mama Cass, “What’s so good about Mondays?” She didn’t reply of course, as I was talking to my record player! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have spent a lot of time talking to record players myself.
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I know all about that Friday feeling-except in the summer. I am a teacher so all the summer is a holiday! As soon as I go back to work, though- Fridays are wonderful!!
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Glad to hear you are still able to enjoy Fridays, Michele. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think I’ve said in a comment on another of your posts that I still enjoy the weekend, Pete; I always do my ‘food shop’ on a Friday morning, and it starts the weekend very nicely for me! Talking of Bowie, a much missed music genius, I heard another great track on the radio this morning, that I’ve not heard for ages: Blue Jean [did he mean the garment or the girl, I wonder?], and I’d forgotten how good it is. Cheers, Jon.
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I found this, on ‘Songfacts’.
‘Bowie described this Eddie Cochran-inspired single in a 1987 interview as “a piece of sexist rock ‘n roll. [laughs] It’s about picking up birds. It’s not very cerebral, that piece.”
The bass guitarist miming in the video is Richard Fairbrass, who seven years later would find fame as a member of Right Said Fred (“I’m Too Sexy”).’
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for the info, Pete. To be honest, I couldn’t make out many of the words, so I just appreciated the groove of the song, which is pretty good, I think, especially the sax [possibly Bowie himself?] Cheers, Jon.
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Since I retired all days are pretty much the same……but Fridays did hold a special place….the whole evening with girlfriend named Gypsy…..cold shower time…LOL chuq
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I am glad to have hit a ‘memory nerve’ with Friday nights. For many years, it was my favourite time of the whole week.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Whilst it means little nowadays I remember the anticipation and excitement of Friday nights well.
Love the tracks, I’m trying to remember if its the Bowie or Moore that I had in my head, I will have a listen again later.
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Naturally, it was always The Easybeats for me, but I loved both cover versions too.
I had a feeling that you once made the most of your Friday nights mate! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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My weekends invariably started on a Thursday 🙂
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I’m not old enough but love checking out new tunes!🎧🎶 Great post, Pete!💜💛💜
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Of course you are not old enough, dear Dani. 🙂
Glad to hear you can still enjoy old songs though.
Best wishes, Pete. xx
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I love the classics!😘💜🎶 Xoxoxoxo
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Teehee, this chimed with me…
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I would like to go back to one of my ‘teenage Fridays’. Just the once. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have a traditional job and always look forward to Friday, in fact at this very moment I am teaching my last class, the students are reading, and so am I. The bell will ring in an hour and I will be free to be for the entire weekend! And I am absolutely planning on dining out! TGIF!
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Good to hear you are excited about your Friday, Cheryl.:)
Best wishes, Pete.
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I love the Cure’s Friday I’m in Love, but Friday on My Mind is new to me. I like it.
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Look further down in the comments, and you will also find versions by David Bowie and Gary Moore. It was a huge hit here when I was in my teens.
(You are far too young to remember it, dear Kim)
Best wishes, Pete.
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I just listened to Bowie’s brilliant cover!😊
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I do miss Bowie! 🙂
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What a talent!😔
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Didnt know the first one Pete but that Cure song’s a great way to head into the weekend!
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The first one is something of a 60s classic over here, John. 🙂
David Bowie loved the song, and covered it.
As did Gary Moore.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I like both of these songs. Once you are retired Friday is a bit different. It’s just another great day in Spain for me!!
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Enjoy the sun, Darlene. Very cold in Beetley!
‘Feliz viernes!’
Best wishes, Pete. 🙂
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I love both songs and as I work like a dog, I’m thrilled for and can’t wait for 3:30pm to arrive. 🙂
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Happy to hear that Fridays are still special for you, Cindy. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Gary Moore did a cracking version of Friday On My Mind, more umph in it 🙂 Friday nights are always special here as it’s ‘music night’!
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I have Gary’s version somewhere, as I liked him a lot. But I thought I should use the original. 🙂
Enjoy your music night! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cheers Pete still doing days of yore vinyl 🤣
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I always look forward to Friday, Pete. It is nice to [usually] have a break from work for a few days. It doesn’t always work out like that and sometimes I have to work over weekends but it doesn’t involve sitting in traffic to get to the office and I can do the work in my own time, so it is still better. Happy Friday to you too.
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Thanks, Robbie. Working from home isn’t as bad as commuting into the workplace, but it’s still work! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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To me and my fellow stagehands, Friday represents the first night in a long hard weekend.
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I know that feeling, Don. I worked shifts at weekends for 33 years. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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In Pakistan and Afghanistan Friday was our day off. In Pakistan we usually finished at lunchtime on Thursday so had one and half days off. It took me a while to get used to that – and a while to get back into the way of weekends when I came home!
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Was that for religious reasons, Mary? I suspect it was, as ‘Friday Prayers’ were a big deal for Muslims when I was in London.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, exactly that, Pete. Sunday was a normal working day.
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Excellent reminiscing of a time when we were younger and time moved leisurely so that we could savor it, or even curse it for being so slow. An eight or nine hour workday seemed like it would never end and, from Friday’s perspective, Monday was a distant mirage. I like both songs very much.
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The second clip will not play for me, Pete. Might be restricted by country or perhaps my iPad is causing a problem. The first song I remember very well. I loved Friday’s more than any day of the week!
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Thanks, Maggie. It played for Pam, and she is in the USA. Maybe try again on a different device, or just look on You Tube for ‘Friday I’m In Love’, by The Cure. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks, Pam. I am glad to hear that you also recall the Friday Feeling so well. 🙂
Best wishes as always, Pete.
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I know the first song but not the second one. I don’t go to work on Fridays, and so I always look forward to 3 days of not typing any clinic letters!
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Glad to hear you are able to always enjoy a ‘long weekend’, Stevie. My wife doesn’t work on Mondays, so gets it the other way round. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Friday is my time to catch up with shopping, washing and housework, so not much of a day off, lol.
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I do all that during the week, so my wife gets a ‘pass’. 🙂
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Ooh, what a good boy you are! Sam is at work full time, so I like to catch up on Fridays and then it leaves us with a free weekend. Sometimes we’ll go off to the van if the weather is nice, but we have our grandson’s 5th birthday party to attend this Sunday,
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My step-daughter is due to have her second baby today. I am guessing that will consume our weekend, whether it arrives on time or not. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Today, I’ll be going to an upscale nightclub atop the Paris Las Vegas resort on the Las Vegas Strip. I’m delivering (5 pm) and picking up (10 pm) banners, posters, magazines, and awards. So it will be an unusual Friday!
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I have never been anywhere like that, David. Let me know what it was like! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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