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re: Greatest first lines of classic rock songs

Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:12 pm to
Posted by Hook Echo
Central Gulf Coast
Member since Feb 2016
528 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:12 pm to
Billy rapped all night ‘bout his suicide
How he’d kick it in the head when he was 25
Don’t wanna stay alive when you’re 25
Posted by farad
Member since Dec 2013
12283 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:27 pm to
Pet Sounds

"I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you"

I know...more pop than rock...
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 8:28 pm
Posted by OldTigahFot
Drinkin' with the rocket scientists
Member since Jan 2012
10507 posts
Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:54 pm to
quote:

Sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent.


From the same album :

I don't believe you.
You have the whole damned thing all wrong.
He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sunday.

eta: my bad, not the first line. It's still a great line and may actually be the ending line.
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 8:58 pm
Posted by Hook Echo
Central Gulf Coast
Member since Feb 2016
528 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 12:09 pm to
I don’t need a whole lots of money,
I don’t need a big fine car.



Out on the road for forty days
Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze.
This post was edited on 3/29/19 at 12:11 pm
Posted by tigers32
Member since Mar 2012
5786 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 12:15 pm to
Well I’m runnin down the road, trying to loosen my load
I’ve got seven women on my mind
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13078 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 5:29 pm to
My Zevon options are covered.

I'll throw out -

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only


Too many of these are "what are the first lines of your favorite song"
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31347 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 7:24 pm to
The world is a vampire..


It’s 2019, that’s a classic by now.
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
13801 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 9:18 pm to
quote:

I was cutting the rug
Down at place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lou
When in walked a man
With a gun in his hand
And he was looking for you know who
Posted by OldTigahFot
Drinkin' with the rocket scientists
Member since Jan 2012
10507 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 10:01 pm to
Hot August night and the leaves hanging down and the grass on the ground smelling sweet.
Move up the road to the outside of town and the sound of that good gospel beat.


Posted by Jalbow3
Trussville
Member since Oct 2008
4089 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 4:35 pm to
I met a gin soaked barroom queen in Memphis
Posted by LCA131
Home of the Fake Sig lines
Member since Feb 2008
76613 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 5:39 pm to
"Well I'm sittin' down in San Antone, waitin' on a 8 o'clock train.

My woman left me here last night, things ain't been quite the same.

Gotta get back to Dallas, and tie up a few loose ends.

Gonna work a week, make a hunnerd dollars, ahhh hit the road again.


But there are some even better ones in the song.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51400 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 7:59 pm to
T'aint no big thing
Posted by lacajun069
franklinton
Member since Sep 2008
2168 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 8:25 pm to
I was cruising down the road in some cool blue steel.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51400 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 8:28 pm to
In every dream home, a heartache
Posted by lacajun069
franklinton
Member since Sep 2008
2168 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 8:29 pm to
Well I was rollin' down the road in some cold blue steel
I had a blues man in back, and a beautician at the wheel
We going downtown in the middle of the night
We laughing and I'm jokin' and we feelin' alright
Oh I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Yes I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Posted by lacajun069
franklinton
Member since Sep 2008
2168 posts
Posted on 3/30/19 at 8:29 pm to
Well I was rollin' down the road in some cold blue steel
I had a blues man in back, and a beautician at the wheel
We going downtown in the middle of the night
We laughing and I'm jokin' and we feelin' alright
Oh I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Yes I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
14058 posts
Posted on 3/31/19 at 8:36 am to
Another great opener from Seger...

Took a look down a westbound road, right away I made my choice...
Headed out to my big two wheeler, I was tired of my own voice.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
297825 posts
Posted on 3/31/19 at 8:52 am to
Whenever I need to leave it all behind
Or feel the need to get away-ay-ay
I find a quiet place, far from the human race
Out in the country

Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
28438 posts
Posted on 3/31/19 at 3:26 pm to
From one of the most criminally underrated bands in history.

Think I'll just fall to pieces
If I don't find something else to do
This sadness never ceases
I'm still in love with you
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 3/31/19 at 6:23 pm to
Some people call me the space cowboy yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
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