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Hatch
13-04-2004, 02:18 PM
What songs have got the best opening line?
My personal fave is The Beach Boys' mighty 'Don't Worry Baby' - "Well, it's been building up inside of me for oh, I don't know how long". Great line but also somehat misleading since the subject matter of the song is a car race albeit with a romantic twist.
I also like The Waterboys' 'The Whole of the Moon': "I pictured a rainbow - you held it in your hands". I am reliably informed that Mike Scott penned this song as a tribute to the Artist Formerly Known As Prince which I find intriguing.
Ray Davies' 'Waterloo Sunset' also has to be a contender - "Dirty old river..." etc etc
Psychokiller
13-04-2004, 02:26 PM
"Shine the headlights straight into my eyes, like the roadkill I'm paralysed" - Teengae Angst by Placebo.
"You travelled from Dublin, you said you'd change the world" - I Can Only Disappoint U by Mansun
Daddy Long
13-04-2004, 02:27 PM
I quite like the intro to Tupac's 'Hit 'Em Up'
"I ain't got no mother••••in friends
That's why I ••••ed yo' bitch, you fat mother••••er"
Hatch
13-04-2004, 02:28 PM
He sounds (sounded?) like a charming fellow
Daddy Long
13-04-2004, 02:29 PM
Indeed. I particularly like the part of the song where he wishes sickle cell on all of Puff Daddy's children.
Sandowneagle
13-04-2004, 02:34 PM
"Bless my cotton socks I'm in the news"
Pidster
13-04-2004, 02:38 PM
"Son, I'm thirty.... I only went with your mother 'cos she's dirty"
Simon A
13-04-2004, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by Daddy Long
Indeed. I particularly like the part of the song where he wishes sickle cell on all of Puff Daddy's children.
Do the credits say 'Music:Tupac - Lyrics: PK of the BBS'? :D
Ouch that Hurt!
13-04-2004, 02:43 PM
"Stood before the judge that day as he refused me bail"
Billy Bragg - Rotting on remand
"walked out my baby's Brixton flat into a riot, I thought of maybe turning back 'til things were quiet"
Carter USM - And God created Brixton
Scifo
13-04-2004, 02:43 PM
"There's a place where everyone can be happy, It's the mos beautiful place in the whole wide f*ckin' world." - You by Bad Religion
Psychokiller
13-04-2004, 02:46 PM
"In the sad town, cold iron hands clap the party of clowns outside" - Baby Lemonade by Syd Barrett
Shoreditch CPFC
13-04-2004, 02:47 PM
Originally posted by Pidster
"Son, I'm thirty.... I only went with your mother 'cos she's dirty"
I always thought it was soon ! Makes more sense now. Anyone else see taht documentary on Ryder a few weeks ago ? Pretty dull actually, but good to see he's still alive and living next door to Bez.
Anyway, "Mama, just killed a man"
First thing comes to mind is Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
"Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. "
I've known this track for 'years' obviously, but I've just thought about it and it's not terribly PC is it.:eek:
Hatch
13-04-2004, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by Shoreditch CPFC
Anyone else see taht documentary on Ryder a few weeks ago ? Pretty dull actually, but good to see he's still alive and living next door to Bez.
Yes I saw that. The bickering between Ryder and Bez was quality:
"Remember that time we supported A-Ha in Rio, 250000 people there?"
"Weren't A-Ha, it were George Michael"
"It were f*cking A-Ha"
"Your memory's gone mate it were George Michael I'm telling ya"
Etc
I fear for Sean Ryder's young son though, the man is surely not fit to raise a child.
Ferris Bueller
13-04-2004, 03:19 PM
Frank Zappa wrote a great song which opens with
"The first word in this song is discorporate
It means to leave your body
Discorporate...."
Cap'n Bob
13-04-2004, 03:29 PM
"when your mother sends back all your invitations"
queen jane approximately - dylan
DANGERMOUSE
13-04-2004, 03:32 PM
'A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop a-lop-bam-boom'
Little Richard, 'Tutti Frutti'.
wedgetail
13-04-2004, 03:38 PM
The Beckhams may like
someones got it in for me they'r telling stories about me in the press.
suitably enough from Idiot wind.
1f8e
Shoreditch CPFC
13-04-2004, 03:38 PM
Originally posted by Hatch
I fear for Sean Ryder's young son though, the man is surely not fit to raise a child.
Now you come to mention it there was that bit when he went berserk with the kid. The wife seems relatively normal though and if he gets some sort of settlement with his creditors hopefully he'll be a happier dad.
Originally posted by CK
First thing comes to mind is Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
"Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. "
I've known this track for 'years' obviously, but I've just thought about it and it's not terribly PC is it.:eek:
What's not PC about offering to teach your mother some new energetic dance steps? :confused:
sunshine lucas
13-04-2004, 03:56 PM
Plaistow Patricia by Ian Dury is the rudest I'd imagine...
:eek:
Richard
13-04-2004, 03:56 PM
I've always liked:
"Welcome to my Christmas song" - Elton John
Pidster
13-04-2004, 04:00 PM
Originally posted by Richard
I've always liked:
"Welcome to my Christmas song" - Elton John
Have you been at the fine old tawny again?
DANGERMOUSE
13-04-2004, 04:05 PM
In the morning please don't say you love me
'Cause you know I'll only kick you out the door
Faces, 'Stay With Me'
BringBackSasa
13-04-2004, 04:12 PM
Guess who's squirtin', comin', playin' with the kitty cat
It's Uncle Climax with a fist full of titty fat
Baldy
13-04-2004, 04:22 PM
Originally posted by Hatch
What songs have got the best opening line?
My personal fave is The Beach Boys' mighty 'Don't Worry Baby' - "Well, it's been building up inside of me for oh, I don't know how long". Great line but also somehat misleading since the subject matter of the song is a car race albeit with a romantic twist.
I also like The Waterboys' 'The Whole of the Moon': "I pictured a rainbow - you held it in your hands". I am reliably informed that Mike Scott penned this song as a tribute to the Artist Formerly Known As Prince which I find intriguing.
Ray Davies' 'Waterloo Sunset' also has to be a contender - "Dirty old river..." etc etc
"On a morning from a Bogart movie,in a country where they turn back time, you go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lore contemplating a crime"
Richard
13-04-2004, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by Pidster
Have you been at the fine old tawny again?
Not today, dear boy, but hammered some great clarets at the weekend, thank you.
Pidster
13-04-2004, 04:30 PM
Originally posted by Richard
but hammered some great clarets at the weekend, thank you.
Splendid.... I would expect nothing less. I have been given a bottle of 1998 Andron de Lescours ( St Emillion ..but I guess you would have known that ), should I give it another year or so?
Richard
13-04-2004, 04:32 PM
I'll get my man to call you.
Pidster
13-04-2004, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by Richard
I'll get my man to call you.
Many thanks, but please don't go to any trouble, I think its basically just a quaffing wine.
Cap'n Bob
13-04-2004, 04:36 PM
"i whisper beautiful secrets into the drain pipes at night, for the old folks while they're sleeping, something to help them with their dreams"
sleepy town - jim white
Baloo
13-04-2004, 04:44 PM
I don't have to sell my soul
he's already in me
- I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Serpico
13-04-2004, 05:02 PM
Better stop dreaming of the quiet life
cos it's the one we'll never know
Gooders
13-04-2004, 05:10 PM
Did you ever see a woman coming out of New York City with a frog in her hand?
celery stick
13-04-2004, 06:00 PM
Right! Now! Hahahahahaha!
mark andrew
13-04-2004, 06:07 PM
You better beware,
You better take care,
You better watch out if you've got long black hair
The first line of Oasis's first ever single...
Anyone know it?
Ruskin Old Boy
13-04-2004, 06:17 PM
"People try to put us down ... talkin' bout my generation"
"With her killer graces
And her secret places
That no boy can fill"
First one is obvious, second not so - just about every track on Springsteen's Born to Run is worthy of mention, this one is She's the one.
Sunny Fan
13-04-2004, 06:24 PM
"You've got your mother in a whirl
(cos) she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl"
Could be seen as kind of definitive of a whole new genre
Richard
13-04-2004, 06:27 PM
Originally posted by Gooders
... of New York City ...
Careful - this may stir a memory with Psychokiller; he'll then quote the song; and I'll have it in my head for the rest of the day ...
16c7
Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
Patti Smith
Gooders
14-04-2004, 06:49 AM
Leaves are falling all around - time I was on my way
Sunny Fan
14-04-2004, 07:46 AM
Originally posted by Gooders
Snow is falling all around, children playing, having fun.
Ah, a Shakey fan I see
Psychokiller
14-04-2004, 07:48 AM
"For my opening line, I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind" - Ordinary Joe by Terry Callier
Funky TD
14-04-2004, 07:54 AM
"I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man"..John Lennon
ripped from "I wanna play house with you" but it's use as an opening line is rather brilliant.
Gooders
14-04-2004, 07:56 AM
Originally posted by Sunny Fan
Ah, a Shakey fan I see
But what's behind the green door?
Top Eagle
14-04-2004, 08:16 AM
Sup up your beers and collect your mates, there's a row going on down in Slough - Eton Rifles, The Jam
Smurph
14-04-2004, 08:27 AM
Originally posted by Top Eagle
Sup up your beers and collect your mates, there's a row going on down in Slough - Eton Rifles, The Jam
Good one but it's:
Sup up your beer and collect your fags...
DANGERMOUSE
14-04-2004, 09:08 AM
Originally posted by SIR
The first line of Oasis's first ever single...
Anyone know it? Is this a trick question? Are you implying that the first single isn't 'Supersonic'?
I need to be myself
I can't be no one else
hopeful
14-04-2004, 09:18 AM
"Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head"
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
quote:
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Originally posted by CK
First thing comes to mind is Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
"Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. "
I've known this track for 'years' obviously, but I've just thought about it and it's not terribly PC is it.
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Originally posted by Maz
What's not PC about offering to teach your mother some new energetic dance steps? :confused:
ROFLMFHO:lux: :lux: :lux:
ElwissAtMemphis
14-04-2004, 09:42 AM
Originally posted by Psychokiller
"In the sad town, cold iron hands clap the party of clowns outside" - Baby Lemonade by Syd Barrett
Aren't you the same bloke that was railing against arty pretentiousness on another thread recently ?
Anyway, somebody's got to suggest it so I'll go with ...
"You say that you love me ... (say you love me)
All of the time !"
DrRock
14-04-2004, 09:53 AM
I'm a street-walking cheeta with a heart full of napalm,
I'm the runaway son of the nuclear a-bomb,
I am the world's forgotten boy,
The one who searches to destroy ...
Iggy & The Stooges 1973
Lords Eagle
14-04-2004, 10:08 AM
Cats foot, iron claw, neuro surgeon screams for more
21st Century Schizoid Man, King Crimson
Originally posted by Lords Eagle
Cats foot, iron claw, neuro surgeon screams for more
21st Century Schizoid Man, King Crimson
Ooooooooh that brings back memories.
"The wall on which the prophets wrote is cracking at the seams":p
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