Weekend Listomania: Special "Seven Days in September" Edition

[I originally posted a version of this back in 2009 (oh god, oh god). As is my wont on these occasions, I've done some re-writing and made a few entry changes out of sheer guilt. Enjoy! -- S.S.]

Well, it's Friday, and once again I've run out of dumb topical jokes involving my Asian fille du whoopie Fah Lo Suee and the latest Republican/Trump outrage du jour.

Hey -- what can you do?

In any case, posting by moi will necessarily be sporadic for a few days.

But in my absence, here's a fun project for us all to contemplate:

Best or Worst Post-Beatles Song With Either the Word Week or a Specific Day of the Week In Its Title!!!

Self-explanatory, obviously, so no arbitrary rules. Although if you try to sneak in Loudon Wainwright's "April Fools Day Morn," or "Wild Weekend" or something similar, I will come to your house and taunt you unmercifully.

Get it? We're talking songs naming either actual days of the week or including the actual word "week."

And my Totally Top of My Head Top Ten is...

10. Tori Amos -- Wednesday

Not a particularly great song, but I've had a sneaking fondness for this woman dating back to that Crucify EP cover photo she did where she was naked except for a bunch of vegetables around her neck.

9. Elton John -- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

God, what a stupid song on every level. Have I mentioned I was never an Elton fan, mostly because of embarrasingly exploitive posturing drivel like this?

8. The Mamas and the Papas -- Monday, Monday

Pretty gorgeous, but mostly I'm including it as a way of repenting for the snide remarks the other day about the out of tune flute on "California Dreaming."

7. The Smithereens -- Groovy Tuesday

Originally heard on Especially For You, which remains one of the great underrated albums of the 80s. This version is a solo performance by much missed head 'Reen Pat DiNizio, from back in 2000.

6. The Velvet Underground -- Sunday Morning

Lou's big Brill Building move on the Velvets' otherwise kinda scary debut LP. Seriously -- this is so pretty, The Monkees could have covered it.

5. Kaiser Chiefs -- Saturday Night

Not a fan of the Chiefs per se, but I thought it might be appropriate to have something originally written and recorded in the current century.

4. The Beatles -- Eight Days a Week

First anthologized, in this country, on the non-canonical American LP Beatles VI. As Cameron Crowe famously said of something else, you still can't buy a better record.

3. Blondie -- Sunday Girl

You know, it's not exactly a secret that I'm a sucker for a woman in a man's dress shirt and tie, but Ms. Harry was really to die for, wasn't she?

2. Small Faces -- Lazy Sunday

One of the most evocative "knickers up at the pub" songs of 60's Brit rock. And those little psychedelic breaks in the middle, with the chimes and organ, are just exquisite.

And the Numero Uno 7 Jours Par Semaine song of them all -- c'mon for a change I'm not exaggerating here and there really can't be any doubt about this -- obviously is...

1. The Easybeats -- Friday on My Mind

Oh puhleeeze -- you knew this was gonna be the one, right? A totally great song, and the amazing thing is that it's not even the Easys' best, although that remains a fairly well-kept secret outside of Australia.

Awrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?

And have a great weekend, everybody!!!