Best Opening Lyrics (country, funk, house, jazz, rolling stones)

Son of JayJamJah · 08-28-2007, 09:15 PM

In my opinion this is a really crappy list (with a few good ones) and I think we can do way better!

Best Opening Lyrics: No. 25 - Spinner.com - Free MP3s, Interviews, Music News, Live Performances, Songs and Videos

So what are some of y'all favorites

I like...

"Hello Darkness my Old Friend" Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence

"As I walk through, this wicked world, Searching for light in the darkness of insanity." Elvis Costello's Peace, Love and Understanding

"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

"My Name it is nothing my age it means less" Bob Dylan's With God on Our Side

"In the Days of my Youth I was told what it means to be a Man" Led Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times

"There's Something Happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear" Buffalo Springfield's For What it's Worth

"Pretty Women Walking with Gorillas Down My Street" Joe Jackson's "Is she really going out with him"

"Relax and Take Notes" Biggie Small's Dead Wrong

"I knew a Girl, her Name was Truth, She was a horrible Liar" Ben Harper's Diamonds on the Inside

"Well I thought about the Army, Dad said Son your fucking High" Ben Fold's Army

"Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a Tuesday Night" The Barenaked Ladie's Brian Wilson

I'm Sure there are more too, what do you guys and gals like?

sleepy jack · 08-28-2007, 09:29 PM

Kick out the jams, motherfuckers

Anyway i'll limit myself to one per band otherwise i'd be repeating the same artists over and over. Off the top of my head..

"I'd say you make a perfect angel in the snow."
Elliott Smith "Angel in the Snow"

"Over the moor, take me to the moor, dig a shallow grave and I'll lay me down"
The Smiths "Suffer Little Children"

"Eating snow flakes with plastic forks and a paper plate of course."
Modest Mouse "Trailer Trash"

"Did you expect it all to stop at the wave of your hand?"
Bright Eyes "An Attempt to Tip the Scales"

"What a beautiful face I have found in this place that is circling all around the sun."
Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"

"Remember when our so-called friend would not call out to you while tumbling loosely out a hole punched through your home?"
Okkervil River "Song For Our So-Called Friend"

"Teignmouth on the night train from the city to the south I saw spirits."
Patrick Wolf "Teignmouth"

"Hey coffee eyes you got me coughing up my cookie heart."
Cap'n Jazz "Little League"

Frances · 08-28-2007, 10:59 PM

They Found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed, a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head - Nick Cave

I'll think of more later.

WaspStar · 07-14-2008, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepy jack

Kick out the jams, motherfuckers

Yes!!

Also:

"You never listened to a word I said/You only see me for the clothes I wear"- Public Image, PIL

"I can feel the earth begin to move/Hear my needle hit the groove"- She Bangs The Drums, The Stone Roses

"When I say I'm in love, you best believe I'm in love, L-U-V"- Give Him A Great Big Kiss (Shangri-Las) or Looking For A Kiss (New York Dolls); either way it works

"Is she really going out with him?"- New Rose (The Damned) or Leader Of The Pack (Shangri-La's). Again, it works either way.

This has to be the ultimate though:

"Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard...but I think...OH BONDAGE, UP YOURS! ONE TWO THREE FOUR!" Cue kick-ass riff and nasty sax playing.

ProggyMan · 07-14-2008, 04:53 PM

I won't hold you back, and I won't force my will, I will no longer do the devil's wishes, something I read on a dollar bill.

Double X · 07-14-2008, 05:22 PM

Sitting on a park bench
eyeing little girls
with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck
spitting out pieces of his broken luck

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Imagine there's no heaven
Even if you try
No Hell below us
Above us only sky

------

She was just 17
If you know what I mean

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Yeah's thats all I got.

Laces Out Dan! · 08-28-2007, 11:24 PM

"Summer came and I lost my shoes" - Portugal. The Man - Telling Tellers Tell
"Duh duh duh duh duhhh, duhduhduhduh duh duh duuuuuh duuuuh duh duh, duh duh duh, you bitch ass nigga, as high as wu tang get" - Wu Tang - As High as Wu Tang get.

Blain · 08-28-2007, 11:30 PM

Bright Eyes - At The Bottom of Everything

So there was this woman and
she was on an airplane and
she's flying to meet her fiancé
sailing high above the largest ocean
on planet earth and she was seated
next to this man who you know
she had tried to start conversation with
but really the only thing
she heard him say was to order his bloody mary
and she's sitting there and she's reading
this really arduous magazine article about this
third world country that she couldn't
even pronounce the name of and
she's feeling very bored and very despondent
and then suddenly there's this huge mechanical failure and one of the engines gave out
and they started just falling thirty thousand feet
and the pilots on the microphone and he's saying,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Oh My God, I'm Sorry"
and apologizing and she looks at the man and she says,
"Where are we going?" and he looks at her and he says,
"We're going to a party, it's a birthday party.
It's your birthday party, happy birthday darling.
We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much."

Frances · 08-28-2007, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blainka

Bright Eyes - At The Bottom of Everything

So there was this woman and
she was on an airplane and
she's flying to meet her fiancé
sailing high above the largest ocean
on planet earth and she was seated
next to this man who you know
she had tried to start conversation with
but really the only thing
she heard him say was to order his bloody mary
and she's sitting there and she's reading
this really arduous magazine article about this
third world country that she couldn't
even pronounce the name of and
she's feeling very bored and very despondent
and then suddenly there's this huge mechanical failure and one of the engines gave out
and they started just falling thirty thousand feet
and the pilots on the microphone and he's saying,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Oh My God, I'm Sorry"
and apologizing and she looks at the man and she says,
"Where are we going?" and he looks at her and he says,
"We're going to a party, it's a birthday party.
It's your birthday party, happy birthday darling.
We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much."

That's a pretty long opening line!

Laces Out Dan! · 08-28-2007, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frances

That's a pretty long opening line!

It really is the opening for the song..you'd have to hear it to understand.

08-28-2007, 09:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Son of JayJamJah Occams Razor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: End of the Earth Posts: 2,472	Best Opening Lyrics In my opinion this is a really crappy list (with a few good ones) and I think we can do way better! Best Opening Lyrics: No. 25 - Spinner.com - Free MP3s, Interviews, Music News, Live Performances, Songs and Videos So what are some of y'all favorites I like... "Hello Darkness my Old Friend" Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence "As I walk through, this wicked world, Searching for light in the darkness of insanity." Elvis Costello's Peace, Love and Understanding "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 "My Name it is nothing my age it means less" Bob Dylan's With God on Our Side "In the Days of my Youth I was told what it means to be a Man" Led Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times "There's Something Happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear" Buffalo Springfield's For What it's Worth "Pretty Women Walking with Gorillas Down My Street" Joe Jackson's "Is she really going out with him" "Relax and Take Notes" Biggie Small's Dead Wrong "I knew a Girl, her Name was Truth, She was a horrible Liar" Ben Harper's Diamonds on the Inside "Well I thought about the Army, Dad said Son your fucking High" Ben Fold's Army "Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a Tuesday Night" The Barenaked Ladie's Brian Wilson I'm Sure there are more too, what do you guys and gals like? Last edited by Son of JayJamJah; 07-14-2008 at 05:28 PM.

08-28-2007, 11:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,594	"Summer came and I lost my shoes" - Portugal. The Man - Telling Tellers Tell "Duh duh duh duh duhhh, duhduhduhduh duh duh duuuuuh duuuuh duh duh, duh duh duh, you bitch ass nigga, as high as wu tang get" - Wu Tang - As High as Wu Tang get. __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

07-14-2008, 04:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	I won't hold you back, and I won't force my will, I will no longer do the devil's wishes, something I read on a dollar bill.

07-14-2008, 05:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Double X sleepe Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: boston Posts: 1,140	Sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent Snot running down his nose greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run. Feeling like a dead duck spitting out pieces of his broken luck ------------- Imagine there's no heaven Even if you try No Hell below us Above us only sky ------ She was just 17 If you know what I mean -------------- Yeah's thats all I got.

08-28-2007, 11:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Blain w0rd Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Suva, Fiji Posts: 1,030	Bright Eyes - At The Bottom of Everything So there was this woman and she was on an airplane and she's flying to meet her fiancé sailing high above the largest ocean on planet earth and she was seated next to this man who you know she had tried to start conversation with but really the only thing she heard him say was to order his bloody mary and she's sitting there and she's reading this really arduous magazine article about this third world country that she couldn't even pronounce the name of and she's feeling very bored and very despondent and then suddenly there's this huge mechanical failure and one of the engines gave out and they started just falling thirty thousand feet and the pilots on the microphone and he's saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Oh My God, I'm Sorry" and apologizing and she looks at the man and she says, "Where are we going?" and he looks at her and he says, "We're going to a party, it's a birthday party. It's your birthday party, happy birthday darling. We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much."