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Title: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Seamus on November 27, 2007, 09:17:02 PM Any genre, Any era, Anybody, but it has to be the opening line or lines.
Mine would have to be. Sitting on a park bench Eyeing little girls with bad intent. What's yours? PS. List the band too! Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Aske on November 27, 2007, 09:29:10 PM are you sure you really want me to post in this ?
[sm_devil] Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: gleek on November 27, 2007, 09:30:47 PM Any genre (except black/death/Aske metal), Any era, Anybody, but it has to be the opening line or lines. :D Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: spacey on November 27, 2007, 09:33:43 PM One of my all time favorites:
She walked out of her house and looked around at all the gardens that looked back at her house like all the faces that quiz when you smile... Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Seamus on November 27, 2007, 09:43:33 PM are you sure you really want me to post in this ? I was hoping... [sm_thumbsup2][sm_devil] Quote One of my all time favorites: She walked out of her house and looked around at all the gardens that looked back at her house like all the faces that quiz when you smile... Addendum: List the band [sm_scratch] Now I wanna know. :) Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: gleek on November 27, 2007, 09:44:14 PM I surprised you didn't pick these lines:
Quote So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Seamus on November 27, 2007, 09:47:41 PM I exchanged my walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage.
Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: stroh on November 27, 2007, 09:49:30 PM I was working part time in a five-and-dime
My boss was Mr. McGee He told me several times that he didn't like my kind cause I was a bit 2 leisurely Seems that I was busy doing something close 2 nothing But different than the day before..... [Edit:] Prince. Raspberry Beret. Around the World in a Day. Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Seamus on November 27, 2007, 09:50:58 PM This is some good chit.
LIST THE BANDS! Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: spacey on November 27, 2007, 09:52:07 PM are you sure you really want me to post in this ? I was hoping... [sm_thumbsup2][sm_devil] Quote One of my all time favorites: She walked out of her house and looked around at all the gardens that looked back at her house like all the faces that quiz when you smile... Addendum: List the band [sm_scratch] Now I wanna know. :) Band: The Cure Song: Like Cockatoos Album: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (Lots of great opening lyrics from The Cure, could be a whole thread, really.) Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: gleek on November 27, 2007, 10:01:00 PM Speaking of which...
This is one of my faves (and spacey's too): The Cure - Just Like Heaven "Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick The one that makes me scream", she said "The one that makes me laugh", she said Threw her arms around my neck "Show me how you do it, and I promise you I promise that I'll run away with you I'll run away with you" Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: dystopia on November 27, 2007, 10:48:30 PM Great thread!
I love Just Like Heaven. Here's two that came to mind immediately. I guess I shoulda known By the way u parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last Prince › Little Red Corvette Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long year Stole many a mans soul and faith Rolling Stones › Sympathy For The Devil Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: hatethisgame on November 28, 2007, 06:15:36 AM If there isn't light when no one sees
Then how can I know what you might believe A story told that can't be real Somehow must reflect the truth we feel, yeah Fade away, fade away Vanish into small Fade away, fade away Break the crystal ball Ronnie James Dio Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Blader on November 28, 2007, 06:34:09 AM Well, it's not from a song but it should be:
Gerald began--but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them "permanently" meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash--to pee. link (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/lyttony.htm) Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Uisce Beatha on November 28, 2007, 06:53:20 AM It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank ltiY-BqvOIU Some of the best non-opening lyrics too. Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Walfredo on November 28, 2007, 06:56:41 AM I backed my car into a cop car the other day
Well he just drove off sometimes life's ok I ran my mouth off a bit too much oh what did I say Well you just laughed it off it was all ok Modest Mouse, "Float On" I took a moment from my day wrapped it up in things you say mailed it off to your address you'll get it pretty soon unless the packaging begins to break and all the points I tried to make are tossed with thoughts into a bin time leaks out my life leaks in Phish, "Wading in the Velvet Sea" The Squirming Coil of sunset I keep within my reach Tried yesterday to get away and hitchhiked to the beach I saw Satan on the beach trying to catch a ray He wasn't quite the speed of light and the squirming coil it got away.... Phish, "The Squirming Coil" Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: MFAWG on November 28, 2007, 07:53:03 AM 'Today you're gonna be sick, so sick,
You rest your forehead on the sink' and pray oh christ, oh jesus christ, my heads gonna split like an egg' ;D Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: gleek on November 28, 2007, 09:44:34 AM Here's two that came to mind immediately. I guess I shoulda known By the way u parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last Prince › Little Red Corvette Quote stroh 09:15:52 AM Trying to tame his little red love machine Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: DancesWithGolf on November 28, 2007, 09:46:43 AM When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all 'Kodachrome' by Paul Simon Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: Spanky on November 28, 2007, 10:43:17 AM I amlost got drunk at school at 14
Where I almost made out with the homecoming queen Who almost went on to be Miss Texas But lost to a *trollop* with much bigger breastes Bowling for Soup, Almost Title: Re: Best Opening Lyrics Ever? Post by: dystopia on November 28, 2007, 12:40:41 PM Another high school one.
High school seemed like such a blur I didn't have much interest in sports or school elections And in class I dreamed all day About a rock 'n' roll weekend And the girl in the front of the room So close yet so far Y'know she never seemed to notice That this silly school-boy crush wasn't just pretend Artist: Social Distortion Song: Story Of My Life |