best first line in rock and roll song
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Well my name's John Lee Pettymore
Just like my daddy and his daddy before.
Never saw that much of Grandaddy down here.
He only came down about twice a year.
He bought a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.
Everybody knew that he made moonshine.
Just like my daddy and his daddy before.
Never saw that much of Grandaddy down here.
He only came down about twice a year.
He bought a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line.
Everybody knew that he made moonshine.
The devil moon took me through the alley
Down by the Kardomah and the Centrale
To the Mews running through the backstreets
Where the Blacks sell fire and sleep
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When I first came to London
I was only 16
With a fiver in my pocket
And my old dancing bag.
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It was Xmas Eve, babe
In the drunk tank.
An old man said to me
Won't see another one.
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Well my name is Jock Stewart.
I'm a canny gunman
And a roving young fella I've bin.
Down by the Kardomah and the Centrale
To the Mews running through the backstreets
Where the Blacks sell fire and sleep
*********
When I first came to London
I was only 16
With a fiver in my pocket
And my old dancing bag.
*********************
It was Xmas Eve, babe
In the drunk tank.
An old man said to me
Won't see another one.
**********
Well my name is Jock Stewart.
I'm a canny gunman
And a roving young fella I've bin.
What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
Not the first line but my favorite line of this song:
Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do
I'd never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I'd never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
And nobody's waiting by your side?
Not the first line but my favorite line of this song:
Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do
I'd never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I'd never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
I'm also going to chime in on guitar riffs being more memorable than first lines. Whenever I hear the Edge's repetitive guitar, it sounds like a train, headed somewhere in a hurry and you don't want to miss the ride because it's going to be incredible. That much said, if I had to pick one song line, it would be "you're dangerous, cause you're honest". I wish I had valued that advice more when I was in my 20's because now in my 50's I can see past my ego and understand that honest people, whether you are on the same or opposite sides, offer respect regardless of your feelings. Be it in business, relationships or whatever.
Our friends love us and the ones willing to call you on any bullshit is solid. Same goes for your foes.
Our friends love us and the ones willing to call you on any bullshit is solid. Same goes for your foes.
Almost anything by Warren Zevon would count...lol - here's a taste....
Well, I went home with the waitress, The way I always do; How was I to know, she was with the Russians, too. - Lawyers guns and money.
And a few other gems"
"There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder".... Dave Edmunds "Girls Talk"
"Hitler had Ava Braun, Manson had Squeaky Fromme, Ted Bundy got lots of dates, I wonder what I'm doing wrong." - Bill Hicks "Chicks dig jerks" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8m6bkvX6wI
Well, I went home with the waitress, The way I always do; How was I to know, she was with the Russians, too. - Lawyers guns and money.
And a few other gems"
"There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder".... Dave Edmunds "Girls Talk"
"Hitler had Ava Braun, Manson had Squeaky Fromme, Ted Bundy got lots of dates, I wonder what I'm doing wrong." - Bill Hicks "Chicks dig jerks" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8m6bkvX6wI
Vince Fornier is very underrated:
Please clean your plate dear, The Lord above can see you.
Don't you know children are starving in Korea
Alcohol and razor blades and poison and needles
The Kindergarten people, they use them, they need them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolpiIqX_Zw
Please clean your plate dear, The Lord above can see you.
Don't you know children are starving in Korea
Alcohol and razor blades and poison and needles
The Kindergarten people, they use them, they need them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolpiIqX_Zw
And - in the death - as the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy throughfare
The shutters lifted in inches in Temperance Building -
High on Poachers Hill as red mutant eyes gazed down on Hunger City
No more big wheels
Flees the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoplolids split into small tribes coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of LoveMeAvenue
Ripping and re-wrapping mink and shiny silver fox - now leg warmers
Family badge of sapphire and cracked emeralds
Any day now - the year of the Diamond Dogs
This ain't rock n roll, this is genocide!
The shutters lifted in inches in Temperance Building -
High on Poachers Hill as red mutant eyes gazed down on Hunger City
No more big wheels
Flees the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoplolids split into small tribes coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of LoveMeAvenue
Ripping and re-wrapping mink and shiny silver fox - now leg warmers
Family badge of sapphire and cracked emeralds
Any day now - the year of the Diamond Dogs
This ain't rock n roll, this is genocide!
