best first line in rock and roll song
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"They pulled in just behind the bridge
He lays her down, he frowns
"Gee my life's a funny thing, am I
still too young?"
He kissed her then and there
She took his ring, took his babies
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything,"
Bowie, Young Americans
He lays her down, he frowns
"Gee my life's a funny thing, am I
still too young?"
He kissed her then and there
She took his ring, took his babies
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything,"
Bowie, Young Americans
Not really a rock song but....
Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
in a restaurant in a west end town
Call the police there's a mad man around
Running down, underground
to a dive bar in a west end town.
Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
in a restaurant in a west end town
Call the police there's a mad man around
Running down, underground
to a dive bar in a west end town.
In a west end town, a dead end world. East end boys and west end girls. I love that song.Not really a rock song but....
Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
in a restaurant in a west end town
Call the police there's a mad man around
Running down, underground
to a dive bar in a west end town.
Actually it's "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane"I was raised by a toothless bearded hag.--Jumpin Jack Flash
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(and, of course...)
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About a lucky man who made the grade
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The Righteous Brothers (Bobby Hatfield & Bill Medley), production by Phil Spector. So many memories........Not sure if this was mentioned but it's an iconic opening line.
"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips."
First verse & chorus from Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart Again":
When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
First verse from the Velvet Underground's "Heroin":
I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
Apologies for verses instead of just the first line.
When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
First verse from the Velvet Underground's "Heroin":
I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
Apologies for verses instead of just the first line.
Ben Harper does an awesome cover of this at a Neil Young tribute concertTin soldiers and Nixon coming
Agreed. It's a brilliant song. Not just for the lyrics, but for Mark Knopfler's guitar work.I lOve that song brother in arms but can't remember the first line.
First couple of lines are:
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
I left your house this morning
About a quarter after nine
Could have been the Willie Nelson
Could have been the wine
About a quarter after nine
Could have been the Willie Nelson
Could have been the wine
Springsteen....
"I got a 69 Chevy with a 396.......".
Right away starts a. Classic American story.
"I got a 69 Chevy with a 396.......".
Right away starts a. Classic American story.
