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    Readers' Best Opening Lyrics: No. 18

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    "One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small"
    --Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit'

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    justin 4 LSUat 3-26-2008

    "When the truth is found to be lies" was my first pick after reading the lame ones AOL had...glad someone else thought the same thing.

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    JIMat 12-21-2008

    This song has got to be the quintessential anthem for the nightmare that still haunts me and a few others.
    I love this song and it will always be that single song that says VIET NAM for me.

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    GRBat 8-27-2007

    One of the greatest "acid rock" songs....wait. One of the greatest rock songs of all time, period. Has stood up to the test of time pretty well. Think the Madison Avenue producers could come up with something like this nowadays? Trivia question...Grace Slick wrote this tune based on what Classical song?

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    Scottyat 8-27-2007

    What classic song?! How about the book "Alice in Wonderland" by Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll!

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    ASaucyGalat 8-27-2007

    Thanks Alex, I'll take Acid Rock for 1000...What is Ravel's Bolero? Has that same building percussion....see, I didn't lose all my brain cells in the 60's

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    kristenat 8-27-2007

    ..and the ones that, mother gives you, don't do anything at alllll.... i love this woman's voice and i love the song!

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    CHUCKBOBat 8-28-2007

    one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all, go ask alice, when shes 10 feet tall. and if you go, chasing rabbits, and you know your going to fall, tell em ahoogah, and smoke your ...., it won;t do anything at all, just ask alice, when she was just small, one man on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go, and you must've had some kind of mushroom, cause you eyes are so..., go ask alice, i think she'll know, when logic and proportion are fallen..................feed your head, feed your head.

    acid rock at its finest

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    J. Wethingtonat 8-28-2007

    Ravel's "Bolero" is a classical piece. You are right, it builds in intensity, "layers", as it proceeds. Bolero was, of course, made famous in American pop culture for its use as the song in the hit 70's film "10" as the song to which African trade bead tressed Bo Derek prefered to make love.

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    Kristaat 8-28-2007

    I'm not going to lie, I LOVE this song.

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    T H Cat 8-28-2007

    God bless Grace Slick and the Airplane what a long trip it's been!

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    Dawnie Wahlbergat 8-28-2007

    now this is the best opening line so far...

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    Alexat 8-28-2007

    Seriously one of the best songs ever!!

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    Virginiaat 10-28-2007

    Just love this song. A few years back at the alumni parade the theme was Disney movies. The class of '68 chose Alice in Wonderland. They had a boombox blaring White Rabbit on their float. It was so fitting coming from their generation.

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    Heatherat 12-12-2007

    That's a song for viagra if I've ever heard one.

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    TJat 12-26-2007

    One pill makes you larger....

    VIAGRA!!!

    Now they can dump that sickening "Viva Viagra" campaign

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    katritaat 1-20-2008

    Jefferson Airplanes opening lines for " Somebody to Love" can not be ignored either..Any one who never listened to a Jefferson Airplane album / cd treasures like Surrelistic Pillow ( the first?) , Volunteers.. needs to start listening..........: " When the truth is found , to be lies, then all the joy ,within you dies."

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