Best first line of an album?

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now that the compilation taboo has been broken:

"Well you tried it just for once, found it all right for kicks/but now you found out that it's a habit that sticks/and you're an orgasm addict!"

― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Saturday, 14 August 2004 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time... for y'all have knocked her up...

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Sunday, 15 August 2004 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I just knew that I'd open this thread and that damned Arab Strap line would be there.

Off the top of my head, I'd highly rate "I'm not afraid to say I'm scared" from Sonic Youth's "The Burning Spear" from their debut EP.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 15 August 2004 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link

'The car is on fire and there is no driver at the wheel.'

― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Sunday, 15 August 2004 19:29 (nineteen years ago) link

"It just so happens I've many concerns..."

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 15 August 2004 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link

"Deep beneath an ancient shadow
Stunned with age and too much wisdom
Reclined in glass, with eyes too steep
Relentless dimensions of quadraphonic sleep
Dwelt the wild grinning cyclopean pagan
Screaming destruction in sheer dazzling raiment
A thunderbolt master electronic savior
A gold galactic raver, the Futuristic Dragon
Yes, and I do mean yes
AAAAAHHHH"

T-Rex "Futuristic Dragon"

Very daft, yes. But with that psychedelic funk backing music there is no better...

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 15 August 2004 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link

"Mooooooooon don't come up toniiiiight." - Patty Waters, Sings

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Sunday, 15 August 2004 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link

"You are now about to witness the strenth of street knowledge" - NWA, Straight Outta Compton

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link

stop your messing around
better think of your future
time to straighten right out
bringing problems to town

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:39 (nineteen years ago) link

"Pick a card, any card .... WRONG! ..Jacket Hangs, Blue Aeroplanes

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 16 August 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

"INNOCENT, UNTIL I'M PROVEN GUILTY....DENY EVERYTHING DENY EVERYTHING..."

- "Deny Everything" kicking off Group Sex by the Circle Jerks

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 August 2004 14:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Certainly not the best, but I was very impressed by the opening of Pavement's "Wowee Zowee" the first time I heard it (song is "We Dance"). "There is no... castration fear."

― nono, Monday, 16 August 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link

"I don't wanna kiss you, I don't wanna touch"

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 August 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link

'Waaauaauauauuuauuauuuugghghghh!'

Mission of Burma's 'Secrets'.

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 05:28 (nineteen years ago) link

"Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources,
Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten,
Coloured in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge,
Amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole."

Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 07:15 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

We hear you're leaving, that's OK.

(the greatness of this line wasn't apparent the first thousand or so times i heard it.)

(pretzel logic is thirty years old!)

― dan (dan), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link

white LIGHT

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 2 October 2004 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link

As she pulled me out of the oxygen tent,
I asked for the lastest party

― sexyDancer, Saturday, 2 October 2004 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link

"Garage sale, Saturday, I need to pay / My heart's outstanding bill"
- "Everything Must Go!", Left & Leaving, The Weakerthans

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 2 October 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link

"The way I see it, Barry, this should be a very dynamite show."

"Serious as a heart attack!"

"TALK — It's only talk!"

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link

"All I want in life's a little bit of love to take the pain away." - Spiritualized
"It was supposed to be so easy..." - The Streets
"I've been mad for fucking years." - Pink Floyd

― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 2 October 2004 17:12 (nineteen years ago) link

‘Wooouuuldn’t it be nice...’

― Orange, Saturday, 2 October 2004 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link

"Hey!"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 2 October 2004 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link

I still think "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old" is classic despite excessive mentions in obits. (That's Nirvana BTW) But my favorite is "I wanna be forgotten" (Teh Strokes)

― Dave M. (rotten03), Saturday, 2 October 2004 19:32 (nineteen years ago) link

"why don't you be good for something and pull down the shade", from gratitude walks, american music club (album: mercury)

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 2 October 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link

MY War, you're one of them.

― Weash, Sunday, 3 October 2004 02:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Dont worry... I won't hurt you... I only want you to have some fun...

-1999, duh

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 3 October 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link

niggaz be monkeyflippin with the funky rhythm i be kickin/musician, inflict the composition

or,

scientific, my hand kissed it

or,

i've been waiting for a guide to take me by the hand

― jake b. (cerybut), Sunday, 3 October 2004 08:32 (nineteen years ago) link

but the first line of NY State of Mind is "straight out the fucking dungeons of rap" which also qualifies

― Symplistic (shmuel), Sunday, 3 October 2004 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link

I didn't bother to look through the whole thread to see if anyone posted these, but two Silver Jews albums come to mind:

"In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection"

and "No I don't really wanna die/I only wanna die in your eyes."

Of course there's the classic Dylan:
"Johnny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine/I'm on the pavement thinkin' bout the govermnet."

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 4 October 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link

"You're rendering that scaffolding dangerous" - Bummed

― holojames (holojames), Monday, 4 October 2004 10:19 (nineteen years ago) link

the car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel

godspeed you black emperor! - f#a#oo

― plast (plast), Monday, 4 October 2004 10:39 (nineteen years ago) link

but somebody obviously beat me to it. great, just great.

― plast (plast), Monday, 4 October 2004 10:42 (nineteen years ago) link

when you have no-one, no-one can hurt you
Palace brothers - Days in the wake.

Have just realised that it is exactly 10 years ago to the day that I first heard it. Bought to cheer me up on the first day of Fresher's week. There are no other records from that time that I listen to as regularly as I do this one.

― hmmm (hmmm), Monday, 4 October 2004 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link

My breath smells of a thousand fags and when I get drunk I dance like my Dad, I 'm starting to dress a bit like him

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 4 October 2004 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link

"1-2-3-4."
--Please Please Me.

― Burr (Burr), Monday, 4 October 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

"Oh, make me over, I'm all I wanna be"

Hole, Celebtrity Skin

― I'm Rich, Monday, 4 October 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link

My Smile is Stuck! I can not go back to your Frownland.

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Monday, 4 October 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link

'yo niggaz! stay focused, missy gonna be number one'

missy elliot

― bojan (bojanm), Monday, 4 October 2004 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link

"1-2-3-4."
--Please Please Me.

That is "1-2-3-fuck"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 4 October 2004 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link

"Ground control to Major Tom"

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 4 October 2004 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link

"We are the Jonzun Crew,
we are from your planet too"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 4 October 2004 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link

"Bob Wood, national program director of The Chum Group, worked with us in producing..."

― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Seconded!:

"the car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel"
"there is no ... castration fear"
"i wanna be forgotten"

And I might as well throw in two big fat canon entries, probably my favorite opening lines of the lot:

"In the next world war"
"ice, baby..."

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

(Whispered) "Tonight's the night!"

Too obvious?

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link

The snot has caked against my pants It has turned to crystal There's a bluebird sitting on a branch I guess I'll take my pistol
Love - 'Forever Changes'
-- David (david.si...) (webmail), January 26th, 2001 1:00 AM. (link)

.. except it doesn't, it starts "Yeah, said it's allright.."

Hah, David. That's told you!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:19 (eighteen years ago) link

When you have no one
No one can hurt you

"You Will Miss Me when I Burn," Palace Brothers--Days in the Wake

― prince rupert, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

"I realized my fists were cleanched/I stretched my fingers to relax."
Also "New day rising!/New day rising!"

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link

is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?

poe, via propaganda

― dr x o'skeleton, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link

"The middle of the road is trying to find me/I'm standing in the middle of life with my past behind me"

-Pretenders, "Middle of the Road"

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link

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"Destroy your safe and happy lives before it is too late." (Mekons - Memphis, Egypt)

"I was out late the other night, fear and whiskey kept me going." (Mekons - Chivalry)

"And it was just about time for the party to close, when the hinges went to flyin' off the motherfuckin' doors." (The Coup - Everythang)

"I went away to see an old friend of mine/His sister came over, she was out of her mind." (Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia)

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link

"Last night in the street collapsed on itself.. in fact, it broke right in two"

Ryan Adams - Strawberry Wine

― Torgeir Hansen (MRZBW), Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

"Ice baby, I saw your girlfriend and she was eating her fingers like they were just another meal."

Pavement - "Summer Babe" (Winter version)

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Sunday, 20 August 2006 12:13 (seventeen years ago) link

two years pass...

I'm never going back to Jackson

― the pinefox, Monday, 23 March 2009 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link

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