Favorite line to open a song?
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Favorite line to open a song?
What's your favorite lyrics to open a song? The first line or two. Off the top of my head, mine are:
"What do you mean I don't believe in God? I talk to him everyday"
- Megadeth, "Peace Sells"
"(Hi There), I'm on my way I'm making it"
- Peter Gabriel, "Big Time"
"O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry"
- Iron Maiden, "Revelations"
"At home drawing pictures of mountain tops with him on top,
lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a 'v' "
- Pearl Jam, "Jeremy"
"Something has to change, Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden anyone should bare"
-Tool, "Stinkfist"
"What do you mean I don't believe in God? I talk to him everyday"
- Megadeth, "Peace Sells"
"(Hi There), I'm on my way I'm making it"
- Peter Gabriel, "Big Time"
"O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry"
- Iron Maiden, "Revelations"
"At home drawing pictures of mountain tops with him on top,
lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a 'v' "
- Pearl Jam, "Jeremy"
"Something has to change, Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden anyone should bare"
-Tool, "Stinkfist"
Last edited by Lee Harvey Oswald; 04-19-07 at 10:00 PM.
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"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together"
Beatles - "I am the Walrus"
"Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet"
Bob Dylan - "Visions of Johanna"
"I'm a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl"
Bjork - Bachelorette
to name a few...
Beatles - "I am the Walrus"
"Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet"
Bob Dylan - "Visions of Johanna"
"I'm a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl"
Bjork - Bachelorette
to name a few...
#6
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A good first line is all in the delivery. None of mine read too well but I think they sound great.
Oh, I just don't know where to begin
Elvis Costello- Accidents will happen
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
Morrissey- Everyday is Like Sunday
I am an American aquarium drinker
Wilco- I am trying to break your heart
No fun, my babe, no fun
The Stooges- No Fun
Well, I thought about the Army. Dad said "son, you're fucking high"
Ben Folds Five- Army
Every night I tell myself I am the cosmos, I am the sun
Chris Bell- I am the Cosmos
(sing Michael, sing) out on the route of the 19 bus!
The Clash- Rudie can't Fail
Oh no! Here it comes again!
Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
Talking with my brother when the lights went out. Down the hallway forty years ago.
Finn Brothers- Disembodied Voices
She put nine-hundred dollars on the fifth horse in the sixth race. I think his name was "Chips Ahoy"
The Hold Steady- Chips Ahoy
Oh, I just don't know where to begin
Elvis Costello- Accidents will happen
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
Morrissey- Everyday is Like Sunday
I am an American aquarium drinker
Wilco- I am trying to break your heart
No fun, my babe, no fun
The Stooges- No Fun
Well, I thought about the Army. Dad said "son, you're fucking high"
Ben Folds Five- Army
Every night I tell myself I am the cosmos, I am the sun
Chris Bell- I am the Cosmos
(sing Michael, sing) out on the route of the 19 bus!
The Clash- Rudie can't Fail
Oh no! Here it comes again!
Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
Talking with my brother when the lights went out. Down the hallway forty years ago.
Finn Brothers- Disembodied Voices
She put nine-hundred dollars on the fifth horse in the sixth race. I think his name was "Chips Ahoy"
The Hold Steady- Chips Ahoy
Last edited by Hiro11; 04-19-07 at 08:02 PM.
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"Hello, I waited her for you, Everlong"- Foo Fighters
"I guess I shouldve known, by the way you parked your car sideways, that it wouldnt last"-Prince
"Wasted and wounded, It aint what the moon did, I got what I paid for now" - Tom Waits
"Please allow me to introduce myself, im a man of wealth and taste"-Rolling Stones
Theres just so many.
"I guess I shouldve known, by the way you parked your car sideways, that it wouldnt last"-Prince
"Wasted and wounded, It aint what the moon did, I got what I paid for now" - Tom Waits
"Please allow me to introduce myself, im a man of wealth and taste"-Rolling Stones
Theres just so many.
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"You high-fiving motherfucker"
High-Fiving MF - Local H
High-Fiving MF - Local H
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This is a cool topic...
I would offer: "I may not always love you..." from The Beach Boys' God Only Knows (apparently Brian Wilson didn't like it because he felt it started too negative, then when Carl Van Sant or whatever that dude's name was finished reading the lyrics he loved it)
"Good morn' or evening, friends, here's your friendly announcer. I have serious news to pass on to everybody..." Stevie Wonder - first line of first song on SITKL, Love's in Need of Love Today
"The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis, shining, like who on top of this? People were tussling, arguing, and bustling; gangsters of Gotham hardcore hustling.." Blackstar - Respiration
I would offer: "I may not always love you..." from The Beach Boys' God Only Knows (apparently Brian Wilson didn't like it because he felt it started too negative, then when Carl Van Sant or whatever that dude's name was finished reading the lyrics he loved it)
"Good morn' or evening, friends, here's your friendly announcer. I have serious news to pass on to everybody..." Stevie Wonder - first line of first song on SITKL, Love's in Need of Love Today
"The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis, shining, like who on top of this? People were tussling, arguing, and bustling; gangsters of Gotham hardcore hustling.." Blackstar - Respiration
#14
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The first one that popped to mind is:
"Someone's got it in for me - they're planting stories in the press!"
- Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind"
I think it jumped out because his tone of voice really matches the words well.
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"Someone's got it in for me - they're planting stories in the press!"
- Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind"
I think it jumped out because his tone of voice really matches the words well.
-ringding-
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"In the time of chimpanzees, there was a monkey!"
~ Beck, Loser
~ Beck, Loser
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"I would dial the numbers just to listen to your breath, and I would stand inside my Hell and hold the hand of death, just to reach you, just to reach you."
Melissa Ethridge, Come To My Window
"I know what you’re doing, I see it all too clear, I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears."
Duncan Sheik, Barely Breathing
Melissa Ethridge, Come To My Window
"I know what you’re doing, I see it all too clear, I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears."
Duncan Sheik, Barely Breathing
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"Please could you stop this noise
I'm tryin' to get some rest?!"
- Radiohead, Paranoid Android
"Morning prayers took the girl unawares
She was late for class, and she knew it."
- Belle & Sebastian, Act of the Apostle, Part I
"By the time the buzz was wearing off,
We were standing out on the sidewalk
With our tattoos that looked like rings,
In the hot Nevada sun..."
- Ben Folds, You to Thank
I'm tryin' to get some rest?!"
- Radiohead, Paranoid Android
"Morning prayers took the girl unawares
She was late for class, and she knew it."
- Belle & Sebastian, Act of the Apostle, Part I
"By the time the buzz was wearing off,
We were standing out on the sidewalk
With our tattoos that looked like rings,
In the hot Nevada sun..."
- Ben Folds, You to Thank
#18
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Originally Posted by Randy Miller III
"Morning prayers took the girl unawares
She was late for class, and she knew it."
- Belle & Sebastian, Act of the Apostle, Part I
She was late for class, and she knew it."
- Belle & Sebastian, Act of the Apostle, Part I
"Anthony walked to his death because he thought he'd never feel this way again, If he goes back to the house then things would go from bad to worse, what could he do?"
-from "If you're feeling sinister"
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Well I used to be disgusted
Now I try to be amused
- Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes, Elvis Costello
Now I try to be amused
- Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes, Elvis Costello
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Fun thread. Might have been even better to not put down the title/artist and have it be a trivia kind of thing. Here are a few of my favorites that are probably obvious.
"Do I stress you out?"
"Father I killed my monkey"
"I want to kill this waitress"
"Do I stress you out?"
"Father I killed my monkey"
"I want to kill this waitress"
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Originally Posted by Jediturtle
Fun thread. Might have been even better to not put down the title/artist and have it be a trivia kind of thing. Here are a few of my favorites that are probably obvious.
"Do I stress you out?"
"Father I killed my monkey"
"I want to kill this waitress"
"Do I stress you out?"
"Father I killed my monkey"
"I want to kill this waitress"
First is Alanis, second two are Tori Amos, I think.