Best Opening Lyrics

Black Francis · 10-23-2014, 03:03 AM

"Teenage angst has paid off well, Now I'm bored and old"
-Nirvana, Serve the servants.

"Let me tell you about Sweden.."
-Stranglers, Sweden.

"I was shadow boxing, when my shadow fought back"
-Daniel johnston, Fighting with myself

"I opened my eyes while you were kissing me once, more than once
And you looked as sincere as a dog."
-Fionna apple, Parting gift

"Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Sherice
she was sharin' Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease
Mikey had a facial scar, and Bobby was a racist,
They were all in love with dyin', they were doin' it in Texas"
-Butthole surfers, Pepper.

"this is a song about something there."
-Pixies, Subbacultcha

Pet_Sounds · 10-23-2014, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriswright

"When I think back on all the crap I learned in High School it's a wonder I can think at all."

-Kodachrome, Paul Simon

I was going to post that when I clicked on this thread!

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot….
Supertramp, "Breakfast in America"

My all time favourite:

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes
And Mrs. Wagner's pies
And walked off to look for America….
Simon and Garfunkel, "America"

And now for the obvious…

(One two three FOUR!)
Well she was just seventeen
You know what I mean
And the way she looked was way beyond compare….
The Beatles, "I Saw Her Standing There"

Overcast · 10-23-2014, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janszoon

"It doesn't matter if we all die"—The Cure, One Hundred Years

That's the one I was thinking of when I first saw the title.

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"I have to say something if I want to sing
But it's not about the words
It's my voice rising
To a place far from me
That my fingers can't reach
And my legs are so tired from all this standing
Standing still"

Akron/family - Before and Again

"They put angels in the electric chair
The electric chair, the electric chair
Straight up angels in the electric chair
The electric chair, the electric chair

And no one knew or no one cared
But burning stars lit up their hair
And burning stars lit up their hair
And crawled to heaven on golden stairs"

A Silver Mt. Zion - God Bless Our Dead Marines

"The car is on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows

The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death"

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues

Wpnfire · 10-23-2014, 10:29 AM

"IIIIIIII ammmm ironnnnnnnnn MANNNNNNNN" is probably my favorite.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Son of JayJamJah

"In the time of chimpanzees I was a Monkey" Beck's Loser

"Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste" The Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil

Hahaha, nice, the Beck one is brilliantly catchy.

GuD · 10-23-2014, 06:41 PM

ME AND MY FRIENDS IN A HUNDRED DOLLAR VOLVO
BUSTIN DOWN THE STREET CRUISIN UP THE RO-ROAD
GETTING ****ED UP ON THE 101
SHOOTING OUR GUNS AND HAVIN FUN
FORTY BEERS LATER AND A LINE OF SPEED
8 BALL, BLOW, AND A HALF A POUND OF WEED
HEADIN DOWN THE TRACKS TO MEXICO
****ED ON BEER NOT STAYING HOME.

Cheap Beer- FIDLAR.

**Goofle** · 10-23-2014, 07:05 PM

Hello darkness my old friend.

Simon and some guy.

Pet_Sounds · 10-23-2014, 09:02 PM

^
That's the third Paul Simon song posted today.

**Frownland** · 10-24-2014, 11:26 PM

I was a victim of a vampire. I was bit on the nape of the neck, now I'm a vampire.
Old Time Relijun- Vampire Victim

Light flows down day river
On a red raft of blood.
Night blocks out day heaven
Like a big black shiny bug.
It's hard soft shell shining
White in one spot well.
It's hard place that I'm living
But I'm doing well, well.
Captain Beefheart - Well

Necromancer · 10-27-2014, 07:19 PM

Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise
Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

simplephysics · 10-27-2014, 08:46 PM

Any song written by Stephin Merritt (Magnetic fields)

Exhibit A:
You were just like me
You were one big bruise
In the game of life we were playing too lose
You were Jesse James
I was William Tell
You were Daniel Webster
I was the devil himself

Exhibit B:
You are a splendid butterfly
It is your wings that make you beautiful
And I could make you fly away
But I could never make you stay

Exhibit C:
If I live through the night, I could be all right
It'll make a good song or something

Exhibit D:
Sober, life is a prison
**** faced, it is a blessing
Sober, nobody wants you
**** faced, they're all undressing

10-23-2014, 03:03 AM	#81 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	"Teenage angst has paid off well, Now I'm bored and old" -Nirvana, Serve the servants. "Let me tell you about Sweden.." -Stranglers, Sweden. "I was shadow boxing, when my shadow fought back" -Daniel johnston, Fighting with myself "I opened my eyes while you were kissing me once, more than once And you looked as sincere as a dog." -Fionna apple, Parting gift "Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Sherice she was sharin' Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease Mikey had a facial scar, and Bobby was a racist, They were all in love with dyin', they were doin' it in Texas" -Butthole surfers, Pepper. "this is a song about something there." -Pixies, Subbacultcha __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

10-23-2014, 06:41 PM	#85 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	ME AND MY FRIENDS IN A HUNDRED DOLLAR VOLVO BUSTIN DOWN THE STREET CRUISIN UP THE RO-ROAD GETTING **ED UP ON THE 101 SHOOTING OUR GUNS AND HAVIN FUN FORTY BEERS LATER AND A LINE OF SPEED 8 BALL, BLOW, AND A HALF A POUND OF WEED HEADIN DOWN THE TRACKS TO MEXICO **ED ON BEER NOT STAYING HOME. Cheap Beer- FIDLAR. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

10-23-2014, 09:02 PM	#87 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	^ That's the third Paul Simon song posted today. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

10-24-2014, 11:26 PM	#88 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I was a victim of a vampire. I was bit on the nape of the neck, now I'm a vampire. Old Time Relijun- Vampire Victim Light flows down day river On a red raft of blood. Night blocks out day heaven Like a big black shiny bug. It's hard soft shell shining White in one spot well. It's hard place that I'm living But I'm doing well, well. Captain Beefheart - Well __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-27-2014, 07:19 PM	#89 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Run in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies

10-27-2014, 08:46 PM	#90 (permalink)
simplephysics you know what it is Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,890	Any song written by Stephin Merritt (Magnetic fields) Exhibit A: You were just like me You were one big bruise In the game of life we were playing too lose You were Jesse James I was William Tell You were Daniel Webster I was the devil himself Exhibit B: You are a splendid butterfly It is your wings that make you beautiful And I could make you fly away But I could never make you stay Exhibit C: If I live through the night, I could be all right It'll make a good song or something Exhibit D: Sober, life is a prison ** faced, it is a blessing Sober, nobody wants you ** faced, they're all undressing