Best Opening Lyrics: No. 10
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--Bon Jovi's 'Livin' on a Prayer'
In eight blissful syllables, Jon Bon Jovi out arena-rocked that other dude from Jersey.
Listen to the line!
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Leeat 5-05-2008
Umm,I just listened to the clip and aren't the opening lyrics, "Once upon a time, not so long ago?"
maryat 5-20-2008
Awesome lyrics, awesome song and awesome band!!!!!
yankeefan1988at 8-11-2008
BON JOVI IS NUMBER 1 AND THIS SHOULD BE THE NUMBER 1 OPENING LINE!
**at 12-25-2008
alright . bon jovi is definetely my favorite band, 1,000,000% all the way. alright?
springsteen is also great too !
theyre just in separate categories, not like "best" or something but like "Age" too ! springsteens been around a lil longer , so more people know him. i love "glory days" so shut up .
but bon jovi is alwasys & forever my favorite band. jon is hot. deal with it. so stop comparing them, becuse you cant compare 2 kings of rock ! theyre both amazing , alright ? so shut the friggin hell up & listen to bon jovi or springsteen . whatever the hell you prefer.
im gonna listen to bon jovi . so shut up ! i love youu bon jovi !! 1983-forever !!
stoop421at 4-09-2009
This is lame, how is this ahead of Roy Orbison's "Candy Colored"
Sidat 8-06-2007
Deserves the honor for the plain fact the line was one of the most popular during its time.
tstrippoliat 12-26-2008
What about Lita Ford -"I went to a party last saturday night, I didn't get laid, I got inna fight!"
KellyKiddat 7-26-2009
a ha, it ain't no big thing ; )
Alllyat 8-06-2007
My little brother when he was like 4 always thought it was ' Livin on a crater '
Haha
little kids are SOOO cute!
Lisaat 8-06-2007
Sorry, no dis-respect to Bon Jovi, but I don't think anyone can out rock Sprinsteen. He is the only story teller AFTER Dylan, of course.
Nancyat 8-06-2007
Living on his hair!
MAMA KATat 8-06-2007
HEY - BRUCE AND THE GANG ARE JUST FINE AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG - LONG TIME.....BUT MY TIME WITH BON JOVI BACK IN HIS GLORY DAYS AT THE GALAXY BAR IN SOMERDALE AND OTHER LOCATIONS TAKE THE CAKE! BON JOVI IS STILL THE BAND TO BEAT AND THEY ROCK MY WORLD!! KEEP ON A ROCK'N!!!! OH YEAH !!!!!
chrisat 8-06-2007
bon jovi is the band to beat??? has someone been drinking?? look at the comments above you dear...these people are talking about dylan and springsteen!!! not quite sure but im 100000 percent positive that bon jovi dont quite fit in that conversation!
danat 8-07-2007
Who's the band that's still going strong and who just put out a new album which has already sold more albums than ever? Jovi's better than Springsteen by far! And Dylan? I guess he's ok if you like a guy who sounds like he sings through a foghorn....
expressflash4at 8-07-2007
heyy mama kat shut up this is the best song ever
Thyme2dreamat 8-06-2007
I dunno...I wasnt a Bon Jovi fan at all when I was younger, but I have gained a huge measure of respect for these guys over the years...definately the most artistic of the hair bands anyway.
And hey, if Aly can love him cant the rest of us??? ;-)
bobat 8-06-2007
out rock springsteen this sissy come on this king of the girlie rockers is so un new jersey chicks do like him though and but you should hear thier pwipped boyfriends go oh he was so great he really rocked lol come on fellas go see some real bands
Pageat 8-06-2007
Springsteen? The only thing worthy to be on this list are a small handfull of songs from the mid 80's from him. Only one song of his could come in on this list and thats Glory Days.
michelleat 8-06-2007
bon jovi is in their own class and simply cannot be compared to any other.
bbontat 10-25-2008
As it would be an insult.