Well-known songs related to days/dates/calendars?

November 9, 2007 2:41 PM

What widely-recognized lyrics could I imply in a calendar application tutorial video? I've found this previous AskMe, but I'm more interested in recognizable lyrics than titles.

For example, to demonstrate repeating events, the video might show someone creating an event called "Keep on dancin' to the rock and roll" repeating every Saturday night. It would demonstrate a wide variety of common calendar tasks, e.g. setting date and time, inviting others, editing existing events, accepting invitations, etc. The idea is that subtle references to various recognizable songs should make this video somewhat entertaining as well as educational.

posted by scottreynen to Media & Arts (13 answers total)

The Cure's "Friday I'm in Love" for date night? It has the advantage of naming all the other days of the week along the way.
posted by nkknkk at 2:53 PM on November 9, 2007

Do you want songs that describe activities we would want to put on a calendar? Or songs that mention months, days, years, etc?
posted by LobsterMitten at 2:57 PM on November 9, 2007

Try putting in "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed

"Feed animals in the zoo"
"Drink sangria in the park"
etc.
posted by SansPoint at 3:27 PM on November 9, 2007

"The Day the Music Died" in American Pie
Lazy Sunday
posted by gauchodaspampas at 3:40 PM on November 9, 2007

"Calendar Girl" by Neil Sedaka?
posted by softlord at 3:47 PM on November 9, 2007

Response by poster: Do you want songs that describe activities we would want to put on a calendar? Or songs that mention months, days, years, etc?

I want songs that describe activities that would be humorously recognizable if put into a calendar, not necessarily something you'd actually put into a calendar. Imagine if someone did a tutorial on making graphs in Excel something like this. I want to do that for a calendar application tutorial.
posted by scottreynen at 4:18 PM on November 9, 2007

Stop, Collaborate and Listen.
posted by sycophant at 4:59 PM on November 9, 2007

"Workin' 9 to 5..."
posted by Shebear at 5:14 PM on November 9, 2007

"Be with you again" - New Years Day (U2)
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:12 PM on November 9, 2007

Make them stay at home - 'I Don't Like Mondays' (The Boomtown Rats)

Meet Julie, Waterloo Station (Every Friday night) - Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:24 PM on November 9, 2007

These are songs with titles that I have on my machine, most of which reference the days in the lyrics also

Blue Monday - New Order
Monday Monday - Mamas and the Papas
Manic Monday - Bengals
anything by the Happy Mondays

Ruby Tuesday - Beatles
Tuesdays Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Voices Carry - Till Tuesday

Wednesday Morning 3am - Simon and Garfunkle

Black Friday - Steely Dan
Friday I'm in Love - Cure
Friday Night Saturday Morning - Nouvelle Vaugue

Saturday - Yo La Tengo
10:15 on q Saturday Night - Cure

Sunday Girl - Blondie
Sunday - Sonic Youth
Sunday Sun - Beck
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U@
Easy Like Sunday Morning - Commodores
Sunday Kind of Love - Eta James
Every Day is Like Sunday - Morrissey
Anything by the Sundays

As far as a song mentioning days in the lyrics but not the title I can only think of Babylon by David Gray.
posted by travis08 at 8:00 PM on November 9, 2007

Saturday in the Park - Chicago
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
posted by MCTDavid at 9:05 PM on November 9, 2007

Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens
New Moon on Monday - Duran Duran
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
posted by jefftang at 9:30 AM on November 11, 2007