Favorite Opening Line From A Song

-"Ain't Too Proud To Beg," Temptations

It's not as much the line itself as the way it's sung. Honestly, if hearing it doesn't get you jazzed you need to check your pulse.

or

"As I look out over this beautiful land, I can't help but realize that I am alone."

or

"Our band could be your life — real names be proof."

"Five names that I can hardly stand to hear/
including yours and mine and one more chimp who isn't here"

most of my fantasies are of
making someone else come

"You only got one finger left, and it's pointin' at the door"

"You only got one finger left, and it's pointin' at the door"

-- Just got offed, Thursday, 8 November 2007

haha what's that from?!

Beck, "Lord Only Knows". Slate him all you like, the guy had prodigious talent.

(One can argue that the opening line of that song is actually "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGHHHH", which works almost as well.)

"ANTIQUES!" (Prefab Sprout)

Destroy your safe and happy lives before it is too late

(Mekons)

This is a simulation of a song, are you impressed or what?

(more Mekons!)

I've got these arms & legs that flipflop
flip flop

yeh, 'bsolutely! that pere ubu opening was one of those i was a-gonna post also...

more faves:
"it's not that funny, is it?" (the sizzling buckingham sneer on tusk

"if your mem'ry serves you well ..." (yep, boberman zimmer & the band)

Here's a penny for your thoughts, incidently, you may keep the change.

Orange Juice - Flesh of My Flesh

most of my fantasies are of
making someone else come

-- ciderpress, Thursday, 8 November 2007

wow that's fantastic.

"A cheap 'oliday in other people's misery"
"It was Christmas Eve, babe--in the drunk tank"
"I'll let a train be my feet if it's too far to walk to you"

This one's a little long but I think it's great, and savage--from la Mitchell:

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said, "constantly in the darkness?
Where’s that at?
If you want me I’ll be in the bar."

"You lack the minerals and vitamins irons and the niacin"

"Won't you let me walk you home from school?"

Hand in glove, the sun shines out of our behinds

The Smiths

"I still dream of Orgonon."

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

Oh, the snot has caked against my pants

I walk 47 miles of barbwire

OK, I'minlovewiththegirlwhoworksatthestorebutI'mnothing but a customer!

And right now it's time to KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHERFUCKERS

"CAT'S FOOT IRON CLAW/NEAURAL SURGEONS SCREAM FOR MORE"

"I'm a rompin' dead boy on a long road"

"IIIII, I AM A TIMEBOMB"

"Hope came to him/as it had a hundred times in many shapes"

"Well you wish upon a star...
that turns into a plane"

(Replacements, "Valentine")

"I've got six things on my mind...
you're no longer one of them"

(Prefab Sprout, "Desire As")

"Listen to the girl...
as she takes on half the world"

(Jesus & Mary Chain, "Just Like Honey")

There's loads of great first lines here, but the best one is the Fugazi line from 4 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VhPHtKinmA

"I really don't mind if you sit this one out" - "Thick As A Brick", Jethro Tull.
"So you want to be a rock'n'roll star, then listen now to what I say...", "Rock'N'Roll Star", The Byrds.
"Shady politician in my bed", "Rabbit Fighter", T.Rex.
"Sometimes you're better off dead, there's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head.", "West End Girls", Pet Shop Boys.

inspirational thread!

"you said you wanted some space / well is this enough for you?" (Pulp - Space)

"i never thought it would happen / with me and the girl from Clapham" (Squeeze - Up The Junction)

Kate Bush "Saxophone Song"

"You'll find me in a Berlin bar, in a corner brooding"

Old 97's "Victoria"

“This is the story of Victoria Lee/She started off on Percodan and ended up with me."

HOW BOUT GETTING OFF THESE ANTIBIOTICS

"Why's it never light on my lawn?" - Elton John, 'Grey Seal'

not my favorite ever but up there

"Captured effortlessly, that's the way it was."

"did you see her walking, did she come around here, Sir?" - pj harvey, my beautiful leah

'mmhmm' - pj harvey, long snake moan

“You’re everybody’s second home” - Heatmiser, ‘Plainclothes Man’

"All of your friends are cunts/ Your mother is a ballpoint pen thief"

"Well, some people ain't no damn good."

"As I went out one morning, to breathe the air around Tom Paine's"

"Ain't thou watchin my film"

i wrote a letter to a wild flower on a classic nitrogen afternoon

"William Butler Yeats in jeans"