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    #26
    "Show me how you do that trick, the one that makes me scream" she said.

    You want to know why I hate you? Well I'll try to explain.

    Hey I was walking my bag through a 20 storey non-stop snow storm

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      #27
      Originally posted by Haddock View Post
      Another one from SW Ryder:
      "Old Pope he got the Nazis to clean up their messes/In exchange for gold and paintings/He gave them new addresses."
      That's not an opening line, it begins the 2nd or 3rd verse.

      I like this a lot, from The Magnetic Fields 'You Must be out of Your Mind':

      You think I'll run, not walk, to you
      Why would I want to talk to you?
      I want you crawling back to me
      Down on your knees, yeah
      Like an appendectomy
      Sans anesthesia

      Best to listen rather than read it.

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        #28
        The Snot has caked against my pants
        It has turned into crystal
        There's a bluebird sitting on a branch
        I think I'll get my pistol

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          #29
          Letter from Maastricht
          Came into my hands
          And said while I was away from you
          You soon made better plans
          "What now " something happens

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            #30
            Originally posted by wittoner View Post
            The Snot has caked against my pants
            It has turned into crystal
            There's a bluebird sitting on a branch
            I think I'll get my pistol
            I was going to claim that'un. But it breaks the 'First track on first album' rule specified in the OP.

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              #31
              As statements of intent go “Welcome to the jungle, we’ve got fun and games” was a pretty good one.

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                #32
                I was walking in the rain, just to get wet on purpose.

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                  #33
                  I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand

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                    #34
                    Originally posted by Sits View Post
                    If she lived in space, man
                    I'd build a plane
                    Out of luck so beam me up
                    To hear her talk again
                    Belter.

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                      #35
                      Arseholes, bastards, fucking cunts and pricks.

                      There's too much caffeine in your bloodstream / And a lack of real spice in your life.

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                        #36
                        Originally posted by gjt View Post
                        I was walking in the rain, just to get wet on purpose.
                        Is this the first time in recorded history that Bernard Sumner has been nominated for the quality of his lyrics?

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                          #37
                          Inflammable material planted in my head. It's a suspect device that left 2000 dead.

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                            #38
                            Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl.
                            And with the way you look I understand
                            that you were not impressed.
                            But I heard you let that little friend of mine
                            take off your party dress.

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                              #39
                              or
                              Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard
                              But I say...
                              Oh Bondage! Up yours!
                              1, 2, 3, 4!

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                                #40
                                "The bugger in the short sleeves fucked my wife. Did it quick and split." - John Cale, 'Guts' and all true.

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                                  #41
                                  So, I hear he likes to cook you dinner
                                  Then you can both just sit and talk
                                  Are you in it cause he's got his own smart place
                                  Or are you just in it for the cock?

                                  Arab Strap, I Still Miss You

                                  Though the best, and bitterest lines, in this song actually come in the following verses.

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                                    #42
                                    Originally posted by Haddock View Post
                                    Is this the first time in recorded history that Bernard Sumner has been nominated for the quality of his lyrics?
                                    I think probably even in unrecorded history.

                                    (Still managed to steal the melody from the Furs' Love My Way, however...)
                                    Last edited by Jah Womble; 27-10-2017, 17:43.

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                                      #43
                                      The lyrics to Bizarre Love Triangle, they really work for me, even if they would probably get a caution from the Cliche Police.

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                                        #44
                                        The Smiths' first two albums have Morrissey's best ever lines in their opening tracks:

                                        "It's time the tale were told
                                        Of how you took a child and you made him old."

                                        "Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools"

                                        Both very, very dark and Dickensian, and unlike the humour in the singles, although Reel Around The Fountain is viewed as a love song (which I don't think it is, at least not a healthy one).

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                                          #45
                                          As a love song? Jesus. Doubtless Mozzer sees it that way, going by his form these past three decades. It’s one of the most uncomfortable songs about abuse, at least that was what came across as obvious aged 16 (probably when I last gave The Smiths a go).

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                                            #46
                                            Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
                                            I was going to claim that'un. But it breaks the 'First track on first album' rule specified in the OP.
                                            Anything goes...

                                            "I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin"

                                            "Sandra met Raymond at the race relations"

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                                              #47
                                              Man looks up on a yellow sky
                                              And the rain turns to rust in his eye
                                              Rumours of his health are lies
                                              Old England is dying

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                                                #48
                                                Originally posted by Artificial Hipster View Post
                                                Anything goes...

                                                "I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin"
                                                Pretty much my all time favourite!

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                                                  #49
                                                  Big Jimmy!
                                                  Yeah?
                                                  Now?
                                                  Yeah!
                                                  FOR GOD'S SAKE BURN IT DOWN!

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                                                    #50
                                                    Originally posted by pebblethefish View Post
                                                    Embarrassingly, this is the first time I've found out that it was originally done by the Stooges. The only version I have of it is by top pop funsters EMF, so I always assumed they'd written it.
                                                    Bloody hell pebble, I don't know whether to feel pity or joy for you. Without doubt, my favourite song of all time. In every aspect except its LP recording, it is perfect. Purchase and consume The Stooges, Funhouse and Raw Power in that order, then find every bootleg of the Raw Power era you can lay your hands on, the live bootlegs are great, bit the rehearsal bootlegs are where the magic happens, imo. I never realised how great James Williamson was until I heard the bootlegs. Just check this version of Search and Destroy:

                                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0J-UiIJJL8

                                                    My God, that guitar, that guitar. It's lead, rhythm and bass all in one. The bridge during "Soul radiation in the dead of night, Love in the middle of fire fight", the whole thing moves and swings out of your skull. And then those power chords bringing the focus onto Iggy, "Honey gotta strike me blind...". Best song ever.

                                                    Anyway, opening lyrics, I'll resurrect the one I did last time. It's not just the opening lyric to the song, but the first opening lyrics to the opening track on In Utero:

                                                    "Teenage angst has paid off well
                                                    Now I'm bored and old"

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