Readers' Best Opening Lyrics: No. 1
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--The Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil'
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--The Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil'
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neilat 1-27-2008
Yes, Leonard Cohen - Four o'clock in the afternoon and I didn't feel like very much.
Where are you golden boy, where's your famous golden touch.
-Dress Rehearsal Rag
and
Frank Zappa
Coo ka koo ca roocha, Chevy '39
Going to El Monte Legion Stadium
Pick up on my Lisa, she is so devine.
Helps me stealing hub caps, wasted all the time.
neilat 1-27-2008
Oops, we missed one.
I saw daddy crying and I'm out on the road again.
Canned Heat.
If you smile ar me, I will understand cuz
That's something everybody does in the same language.
CSN
Early one morning the sun was riring
I was just laying in bed.
Wondering if she'd changed at all.
If her hair was still red.
Dylan
American Woman gonna mess your mind...
Guess Who
You feel a shiver in the dark, you're walking through the park and meantime..
Sultans of swing - Dire Straits
Hold me close and hold me fast
This magic spell you cast.
This is la Vie en Rose.
Edith Piaf
lizziahat 1-29-2008
niceee
Hogheadat 1-30-2008
how can you leave out..."GET UP AND GET YOUR GRANDMA OUTTA HERE" Parasite by Kiss
netlex10at 2-10-2008
I read through both lists and couldn't beieve that Matchbox Twenty-Mad Season wan't on either list.
"I feel stupid" is my favorite opening lyric ever
Austenat 2-13-2008
What about ac/dc's Hells Bells: "Im rolling thunder, pouring rain, Im cuming on like a hurricane"? And Highway to Hell: "livin easy, livin free, season ticket on a one way ride". how did these not make the either lists?
That Guyat 2-17-2008
Slightly disappointed that KISS didnt make it on the lists. Its a sure bet that a song is about to rock when you are advised to 'Get up and get your grandma outta here'
Joeat 2-19-2008
That has been a decent list, however they have left a few names off. I would think "Hello I'm Johhny Cash",from Folsom Prision Blues "Hello Darlin", by Conway Twitty "You ain't nothing but a hound dog" and Elvis, should be listed.
chuckat 3-01-2008
No apparent motive, just kill and kill again-Slayer schizophrenic
Maggie Mat 3-11-2008
"Billy rapped all night 'bout his suicide..."
David Bowie
Romy Kettlewellat 3-18-2008
I Like, "SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME, I AIN'T THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED..."
Rudy Reptileat 3-25-2008
"People try to put us down. Talkin' 'bout my generation."
The Who - My Generation.
"Good golly Miss Molly. Sure likes to ball."
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
"Chewing out a rhythm on my bubblegum, the sun is out and I want some."
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
"I live my life like there's no tomorrow"
Van Halen - Running With The Devil
"A modern day warrior mean, mean stride. Today's Tom Sawyer mean mean pride."
RUSH - Tom Sawyer
Across The Universe195at 5-04-2008
Amen!!!
Cuetoat 5-21-2008
what about the beasties? they have some classics. like, I'll rock a house party at the drop of a hat, or to all the trekies and tv adicts dont mean to diss dont mean to bring static. Im just saying they were missing from both lists.
shaneat 5-26-2008
how about
"Hey hey mama said the way you move"
or
"Hey lady, you got the love I need, and maybe, even more than enough"
allyson98at 6-01-2008
OK, I don't wanna get deep and don't feel like looking for messages...just openings that make you smile when you hear 'em....
"I got a little change in my pocket goin' jing-a-ling-a-liing"
"Living easy, living free, season ticket on a one way ride"
"Little too tall, could've used a few pounds, tight pants point hardly renown"
"Hey pretty baby are you ready for me it's your good rockin' daddy down in Tennessee.."
and whoever said "Gunter Gleiben Glauben Globien," I totally agree even though the songs not one of my favorites.
Wolfng3at 6-29-2008
Okay, okay...I may have been looking for more serious and deep lyrics...but YES!!
"Gunter gleiben glauben globen" is DEFINATELY better than alot of the lyrics on this countdown! If people were going for the lol factor and missed this one...they fail at life!
Hailsat 6-04-2008
Nan: Yeah freakin right.
I love this line! This song is powerful.
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
Across the Universe 4321at 6-11-2008
OMG if a Beatles lyric didn't make No. 1, this is next best!!!!!!!
You guys messed up BIG time on Lady Mix-a-Lot, but this lyric ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE THE STONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wolfng3at 6-29-2008
Not one I'm familiar with...but it's still a sight better than some of the others on the list, lol.
I don't think any of the lines on this countdown were ones I would have picked, though.
The choices I would have made would be lyrics preformed by the likes of Amy Lee (Evanescence), John Mayor and other such pools of poetic depth!
For instance:
"Perfect by nature,
Icon of self indulgence!"
~Everybody's Fool by Evanescence
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night"
~The Beatles