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Best Opening Lyrics: No. 20

"I am an Antichrist"
--Sex Pistols' 'Anarchy in the UK'

These four words say it all, and the Sex Pistols could have stopped right there. Actually, they pretty much did.
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dave mat 8-06-2007

not only one of the best opening lines ever, but one of the best songs ever written period.
w@nkers!

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Starpunkat 8-06-2007

A great tune to shout when you're totally pissed off at everything. It's also great to turn some heads and offend cretin fuddy-duddies.

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Rezzoat 8-06-2007

:D

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Tat 8-07-2007

great opening line, great song, great band.

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RedRose030377at 8-07-2007

Please tell me you're kidding. I'm no prude, but "I Am an Antichrist" and Patti Smith's "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" are repugnant and blasphemous. Is everyone losing their minds?

How about Graham Nash's "Military Madness," "Better Days," Grand Funk's "I Can Feel Him in the Morning," Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic," Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah" and "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes. Yikes! I can't believe what I just read.

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RedRose030377at 8-07-2007

Please tell me you're kidding. I'm no prude, but "I Am an Antichrist" and Patti Smith's "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" are repugnant and blasphemous. Is everyone losing their minds?

How about Graham Nash's "Military Madness," "Better Days," Grand Funk's "I Can Feel Him in the Morning," Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic," Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah" and "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes. Yikes! I can't believe what I just read.

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RedRose030377at 8-07-2007

Please tell me you're kidding. I'm no prude, but "I Am an Antichrist" and Patti Smith's "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" are repugnant and blasphemous. Is everyone losing their minds?

How about Graham Nash's "Military Madness," "Better Days," Grand Funk's "I Can Feel Him in the Morning," Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic," Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah" and "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes. Yikes! I can't believe what I just read.

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Revelation19:11at 8-07-2007

This group did not know the gravity of the lyric of that song. If they feel truly feel that way they will truly regret it one day. The Bible says we will answer for every idle word. It also tells us thst every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

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kv5350at 9-02-2008

Please die. retard

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bhat 10-28-2008

i second that notion

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RedRose030377at 8-07-2007

Thank you, Revelation. We absolutely DO have to account for what we say. And, indeed, every knee will bow and every tongue proclaim Jesus as Lord. God bless you!

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phefff.....at 11-29-2008

If beliving in Jesus is your right its our right not to ! So stop bible bashing ans lets get on with the show! BTW Sex Pistols Roxz!

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Nickmoat 8-07-2007

Great opening line. Totally captures what the "refined" viewed bands such as the Sex Pistols and punk rock music in general. Perhaps Johnny Rotten was "an antichrist," but who is "a Christ?" Victorian prudes? The cocaine-bloated record industries? Antichrist is used just as symbolically as Lucifer is used in :Sympathy for the Devil."

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Jim0in0spaceat 8-07-2007

yeah, it's a metephor, it's symbolism...it's quite relavent to the theme of rebelion in rock music. rock 'n' roll is always getting condemned by religous groups, the sex pistols had the guts to shoot right back at them.

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bradat 8-07-2007

"Yikes! I can't believe what I just read."

you just used the word "yikes". you are indeed a prude. sorry.

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The Truthat 8-07-2007

Stupid sh*t.

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RockyHorrorat 8-14-2007

Why do people always have to bring Jesus into everything? Get a life...please.

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Sandraat 8-18-2007

wOW!HOPE THAT THEY ARE NOT ANTI-HELL BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL SPEND ETERNITY IF THEY DON'T REPENT.

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kv5350at 9-02-2008

Boo hoo, cry me a fucking river, retard

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hockeyfan39at 6-09-2009

And if Sid Vicious was standing in front of you right now do you know what he'd say? He'd say REPENT THIS

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