About the band: Klaatu were a Canadian rock group formed in 1973 - and for a while rumoured to be the Beatles reunited. After five studio albums, the group fell apart in 1982, except for an occasional reunion afterwards. Klaatu currently have one song in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: A routine day is a track from the 1978 album Sir Army Suit. It can be seen as an homage to sixties' pop music, but the lyrics are biting in their directness. Never has a dreary unexciting life been described so sharply in pop music: "the life I live would even make a dead man yawn...". Great animated video to boot. Run time 3:09.
