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Best Opening Lyrics: No. 8

"Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go!"
--Carl Perkins' 'Blue Suede Shoes'

A car accident prevented Perkins from belting out these iconic words on national TV. And, while he was laid up in a hospital, he had to watch Elvis do it.
Listen to the line!

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ray

''white men came across the sea he brought us pain and misery'' now that is a butt kicking intro

August 21 2010 at 6:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hbtdlg

Eddie Cochran was better than both of them. Watch Eddie play "Summertime Blues" and "Come on Everybody" on YouTube. He was killed in a car accident at 21, while on tour in England. In my opinion, it was the worst tragedy in Rock & Roll history, especially since he died about a year after just missing getting on the same airplane with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. He was a major talent who never got the chance to reach his full potential.

November 30 2009 at 10:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
OcSublimeOc

Mike, the reason they credited the respective songs the way they did is cuz hendrix truly owned watchtower after that..and also..your kind of a moron for not understanding that already, so...by all means...blame aol...but when you go back to your own little world, do us all a favor and don't pop back into ours until your ready to give it a few seconds to comprehend something before commenting on it.

July 26 2009 at 3:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Doug

How can you give Hendrix "All along the Watchtower" and take "Blue Suede Shoes" away from Elvis? If Hendrix, not Bob Dylan "owned" the one, Elvis, clearly, "owned" the other.

These kids, today, I tell ya!

July 26 2009 at 1:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jack

Elvis' version smoked this, that's why it's far more remembered, and anybody who claims EP had no soul is as clueless as clueless gets.

June 26 2009 at 10:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
NIKO

ELVIS OWNED THIS TUNE.
HE HELD OFF ON RELEASING HIS VERSION UNTIL CARL PERKINS' VERSION GOT TRACTION (AND PUT MONEY IN PERKINS' POCKET).
HE WAS FRIENDS WITH PERKINS AND UNDERSTOOD THE HOSPITAL LAYUP PROBLEM.
AS TO THOSE "BROTHAS" THAT GET OFF ON TRYING TO BAD MOUTH THE KING I SAY "BROADEN YOUR SOUL." ELVIS HAD
MUCHO "SOUL" JUST ASK YOUR GRANMA IF SHE GOT WET WATCHIN THE KING. TRUTH IS TRUTH.

December 26 2008 at 6:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wut up playa

Elvis OWNED this song,no one does it like the king!!

September 19 2008 at 1:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iloveyouzach

elvis did it better

August 12 2008 at 5:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Beckw

Simply great.. a classic of all time.

August 04 2008 at 5:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CaroleSue

Best opening Line EVER:
"She's only sixteen, leave her alone, they said..." Song Title: Into the Night.
Benny Mardones sang it; Errol Normandin claims to have said it. Who cares?
It's a great line!

May 08 2008 at 2:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply