Life
1966 Vol. 61, No. 11
Life
1966 Vol. 61, No. 11
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
The Easybeats were an Australian rock band. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and disbanded at the end of 1969. They are regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s, echoing The Beatles’ success in Britain, and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with their 1966 single “Friday on My Mind”.
The Easybeats, “Friday on my mind”
Monday morning feels so bad,
Ev’rybody seems to nag me
Coming tuesday I feel better,
Even my old man looks good,
Wednesday just don’t go,
Thursday goes too slow,
I’ve got Friday on my mind
Gonna have fun in the city,
Be with my girl she’s so pretty,
She looks fine tonight,
She is out of sight to me,
Tonight….I spend my bread,
Tonight…I lose my head,
Tonight…I got to get tonight
Monday I have Friday on my mind.
Do the five day drag once more,
Know of nothing else that bugs me
More than working for the rich man,
Hey I’ll change that scene one day,
Today I might be mad,
Tomorrow I’ll be glad,
I’ve got Friday on my mind…
Montreal, Canada c.1966-69 © Archives Montreal
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Cyril Cusack and Oscar Werner in “Fahrenheit 451” (1966)
I never really got into this movie adaptation, I watched it about 15 years ago and it was just. plain. slow. I think Clooney’s been trying to develop a new version for a while now.
September 14, 1966 — Backdropped by the magnificent planet Earth, the Gemini 11 Agena Target Vehicle is tethered to the Gemini 11 spacecraft. One of the main objectives of the mission was to rendezvous two objects in space, a major step toward the subsequent Apollo missions when the Command/Service Module docked with the Lunar Module after it landed on the Moon. (NASA)