Favorite Opening Song Line

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Haha good thread! Here's my Favourite opening to a song. It's more than a few lines but oh well. For all you Canadians out there you'll recognize this Tragically Hip masterpeice!

"If there's a goal that everyone remembers,
it was back in 'ol 72

we all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger
all I remember was sittin' beside you

You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before

You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr"
 
Boy your gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time!

I havent listened to Abbey Road in a while, thanks for the reminder habitual!


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I hurt myself today to see if I still feel...

Johnny cash or nine inch nails.
 
"We can share...... the woman we can share the wine"

I know I dont have to tell you what that is from.
 
" I need my conscience to keep watching over me.....to protect me from myself. So I can wear honesty, like a crown on my head, when I walk into the promise land. " -Brendan Perry
 
NEB said:
"We can share...... the woman we can share the wine"

I know I dont have to tell you what that is from.
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Jack Straw by The Greatfull Dead

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Holy Crap Im tired! I thought you wrote "I dont know what that is from" Im going to bed.
 
"i'm gonna move un down ta floriduh . . . "

- Butt
- Whole
- Serfurz
 
Don't know if anyone here knows Midnight Oil, but:

from "Read About It"

The rich get richer
The poor get the picture
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low

from "Short Memory"

Conquistador of Mexico
The Zulu and the Navajo
The Belgians in the Congo, Short Memory
 
"Lately, I've been... breaking glass in your room again!"

David Bowie/Breaking Glass;)
 
"Every chance that I take,... I take it on the road!"

David Bowie/Always Crashing in the Same Car;)
 
Spoken as the intro:

Wrapped in a bloody sheet a squalling brat was carried onto the balcony and shown to the people with the ringing of bells; and it was War; and it had a thousand fathers… now there’s blood on the streets again….

Walking to Babylon by Angelcity - from the album Two Minute Warning

- Tanlith -
 
One thing I never understood about that quote... if the meek shall inherit the earth, which one of them will step forward to claim it??

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

- Tanlith -


Kelly5150 said:
"And the meek shall inherit the earth"

Rush 2112
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"Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash,
they stayed up all night, selling cocaine and hash,
to an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan,
for reasons unexplained, she loved the Monkey Man"

"Tweeter and the Monkey Man"
-The Travelling Wilbury's
 
Well to me most of these examples sound either trite or unispiring without the music. Yes even the Dylan line, sorry.

Personaly I don't have any favourite lines. Just favourite SONGS. Lets face it, most song lyrics don't stand up as 'poetry' on their own. They were never meant to.

It's funny, when someone always gives me an example of they consider a 'great line(s)' from a song my reaction is invariably 'So what'. I think it's because people have their favourite songs which meean something in their life and take favourite lines from those.

When song lines are stacked up against great lines from politician's speeches or religious/philosopher's writings they don't come close - until that is they are put together with the music, THEN they become very powerfull indeed.

There are exceptions of course...how about Blowin in The Wind by Dylan, which probably DOES stand as poetry in its own right?
 
Very true gylnb!
Its like, if you take an opening song line and read it as piece of poetry, it becomes a piece of poop.
And if you read a piece of poetry into a song without singing it, than the question on this thread would be something more as follows: What is your favorite opening poem line.
My reaction is like, `so what', as well. What a deep and interesting insight. Thanks glynb.

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Oops i forgot one,

ooooh baby i like it raw
ooooh baby i like it raw
ooooh baby i like it raw
ooooh baby i like it raw

Ol' Dirty Bastard

(Now if that doesn't inspire you w/o the music, well then, i don't know what to tell you my friend. Fine piece of peotry.)
 
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