Degenerex Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 What are some of your favorite lines to begin a song? Never hurts to hit the ground running... "Dreamed about killing you again last night and it felt alright to me"-Tweedy "Well my daddy didn't pull out but he never apologizedRock n' Roll means well but it can't help telling young boys lies"-Cooley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?sho...c=38303&hl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Degenerex Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 That thread seems to deal with the actual song openings and not lyrics but fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I AM THE GOD OF HELL-FIRE! "Fire" - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "hey hey mama said the way you move, gonna you sweat, gonna make you groove" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "I don't believe in an interventionist God" Nick Cave - Into My Arms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "She's not a girl who misses much"/thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "Jesus Christ died for somebody's sins, but not mine"-Patti Smith - "Gloria" "The sunshine bores the daylights out of me"-Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off" "I remember how the darkness doubled"-Television - "Marquee Moon" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plasticeyeball Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "You can never give the finger to the blind" Luna - "Slide" there's definitely another thread of these other than the one linked above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party-Paul Westerberg(The Replacements) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Big Man, Pig Man, ha ha charade you are or I met a non dairy creamer explicitly laid out like a fruitcake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Big Man, Pig Man, ha ha charade you are or I met a non dairy creamer explicitly laid out like a fruitcake probably my least-favorite GBV song! didn't we have this thread recently? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Ladies, let me tell you about myselfI got a dick for a brainAnd my brain is gonna sell my ass to youNow I'm OK, but in time I'll find I'm stuck'Cause she wants love, and I still want to fuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 probably my least-favorite GBV song! didn't we have this thread recently?I'm pretty sure I used the same opening line in the last thread too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gym Teacher Man Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "hey hey mama said the way you move, gonna you sweat, gonna make you groove" pretty sure it doesn't get any better than that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 pretty sure it doesn't get any better than that one. of course the song is great, but the lyrics just on paper are pretty bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Favourite opening lines: "If the farmer has no silo, then his fuel cost runs up very highThat's just how much I'd love, if you'd just only let me try!" All You Have To Do Is Dream - Bob Dylan & The Band Favourite line when sung: "I am a lineman for the county, and I drive the mainroad. Searchin' in the sun for another overload." The Wichita Lineman - Jimmy Webb Favourite spoken word intro: "This song is based on a true story Which would be fine if it wasn't autobiographical"Runaway - The Super Furry Animals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "Oh, I just don't know where to begin" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 "Two girls for every boy!" "Well she was just seventeen. You know what I mean." "Women think I'm tasty. They're always tryin to waste me. Make me burn the candle right down!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, JackI went out for a ride and I never went back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Who can guess the secret of the sea?Who can guess the secret of the sea? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Born down in a dead man's townThe first kick I took was when I hit the ground Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Central Scrutinizer Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 A "you had to be there" opening: "Someones got it in for me, theyre planting stories in the press" Every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the worldAnd ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orkie Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 So, so you think you can tellHeaven from Hell,Blue skies from pain.Can you tell a green fieldFrom a cold steel rail?A smile from a veil?Do you think you can tell? -Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here With your mercury mouth in the missionary times,And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes,And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes,Oh, who among them do they think could bury you? -Bob Dylan, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands No one ever wrote better opening lines than those two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 So, so you think you can tellHeaven from Hell,Blue skies from pain.Can you tell a green fieldFrom a cold steel rail?A smile from a veil?Do you think you can tell? -Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here No one ever wrote better opening lines than those two. I think even The Who wrote better lyrics than Pink Floyd, and that's saying something! It's a good song though, it works for some reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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