re: Greatest first lines of classic rock songs

Posted by pennypacker3

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 9:17 am to midlothianlsu

Spent some time feelin' inferior

Posted by Del Devereaux

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 9:30 am to midlothianlsu

“Kneel down ye sinners to streetwise religion...greed’s been crowned the new king”.

Rat-tail Jimmy he’s a second hand hood deals out in Hollywood...”.

“Screams break the silence..waking from the dead of night...”

Ozzy & The Crüe

Posted by hogcard1964

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 12:08 pm to Pvt Hudson

"Everywhere I hear the sounds of marching charging feet boy."

Posted by Perfect Circle

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 6:24 pm to midlothianlsu

"On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime."

Al Stewart - "Year of the Cat"

Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:23 pm to Perfect Circle

quote:
Coming in from London, from over the pole
Flyin' in a big airliner
Chickens flyin' everywhere around the plane
Could we ever feel much finer?

Name it.

This post was edited on 3/10/19 at 7:25 pm

Posted by IonaTiger

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:46 pm to VABuckeye

I always called it "Coming Into Los Angeles", but I think the title is "Mr. Customs Man".

Posted by IonaTiger

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 7:47 pm to IonaTiger

Oh, and my first line is my sig quote:

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup.

Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 8:13 pm to IonaTiger

Bringing in a couple of keys

I do believe that Coming Into Los Angeles is the correct title.

I type this as I'm sitting in a hotel in downtown Los Angeles and I can't wait to get out of here. Meetings tomorrow then down to Newport Beach tomorrow afternoon.

Posted by FearlessFreep

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 9:48 pm to Kafka

quote:
Oh I just don't know where to begin...

That was the opening line to Elvis Costello's third album.

His first two started like this:

Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired
And you have everything that you've ever desired
All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why...

I don't wanna kiss you, I don't wanna touch
I don't wanna call you 'cause I don't miss you that much

Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 10:07 pm to FearlessFreep

Welcome to the working week

No Action

Posted by ScoopAndScore

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 10:46 pm to midlothianlsu

She doesn’t own a dress, hair is always a mess.
Catch her stealing, she won’t confess.
She’s beautiful.

Posted by moock blackjack

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 11:00 pm to ScoopAndScore

There’s a lady who’s sure

All that glitters is gold

And she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven

Posted by 88Wildcat

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Posted on 3/10/19 at 11:35 pm to moock blackjack

Twenty, twenty, twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be sedated

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last
night now they blew up his house too

Posted by ItNeverRains

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Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:35 am to midlothianlsu

I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime

Posted by Wtodd

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Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:08 am to midlothianlsu

quote:
Greatest first lines of classic rock songs

"HELL YEAH"....Bounty Hunter - Molly Hatchet

Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:59 am to Wtodd

Keeping with the Stones' theme:

Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

One from another English band:

You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back

And yet another:

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah
(Even though I give Ozzy a lot of shite for rhyming "masses" with "masses" - still a great lyric

)

Posted by bamaphan13

Member since Jan 2011

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Posted on 3/11/19 at 8:00 am to Ace Midnight

Couple of great ones from Tom Petty

Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this

You think you're gonna take her away
With your money and your cocaine
You keep thinkin' that her mind is gonna change
But I know everything is okay