One of the best opening lines ever for a pop/rock song is _____

[kizanski]

Muse!, Tell me of the man of many trials, who was driven on far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel.

(Homer, The Odyssey)

Funny: I say that to MCChris every day!

[MCChris]

Muse!, Tell me of the man of many trials, who was driven on far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel.

(Homer, The Odyssey)

Funny: I say that to MCChris every day!

Actually, it's more like:

"Muse, tell me a bedtime story."

"Fuck you!"

"That's my favorite!"

[billhart22]

"Her teeth were like the stars above, 'cause they come out every night"

----"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"" (Homer & Jethro)

"The shades of night were falling fast, but I got a pretty good look, anyway"

----"Don't Let The Stars Get in Your Eyes" (Homer & Jethro)

Bill

[Jon_Press]

Elvis Costello

Don't tell me you don't know what love is

When you're old enough to know better

Or

Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl.

And with the way you look I understand

that you were not impressed.

Joe Jackson

Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street

From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold

Or

Mother doesn't go out any more

Just sits at home and rolls her spastic eyes

Or

Music has charms they say

But in some people's hands

It becomes a savage beast

Or

I was so low

People almost made me give up trying

Always said no

Then I turned around saw someone smiling

Or

Don't you feel like trying something new

Don't you feel like breaking out

Or breaking us in two

You don't do the things that I do

You want to do things I can't do

Always something breaking us in two

Or

People say there's no such thing as voodoo

I don't know why

People say there's no such thing as love

John Lennon’s favorite John Lennon lyric

There are places I'll remember

All my life though some have changed

Some forever not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments

With lovers and friends I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life I've loved them all

[kizanski]

Muse!, Tell me of the man of many trials, who was driven on far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel.

(Homer, The Odyssey)

Funny: I say that to MCChris every day!

Actually, it's more like:

"Muse, tell me a bedtime story."

"Fuck you!"

"That's my favorite!"

Or more like:

"Dinner is on...the house."

"Ok Kiz...One more round."

[Willie G. Moseley]

"Stoneface dog, swirling fog, gates open on the dark of night

Standing stone, skull and bone, dead witness to an unseen fight"

----"Deaf Forever" (Motorhead)

The drums on that song sound like cannons (it's the opening song on the ORGASMATRON album, produced by Bill Laswell)

[DaveH]

The Godz-

"when I want a little lovin' you tell me I gotta wait,

the head that I been gettin' ain't worth the bitchin' that I take"

Those guys kill me.

[jeffuk]

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned the Pink Fairies 'Piggies of Uranus'

"O, we're the Piggies of Uranus, the greatest planet of all,

We're big and smart and famous,... wealthy, witty and tall "

it then starts getting really wierd...and you get the feeling that the singers don't know the lyrics too well !!

should be available on itunes for those who want to explore (well it is available on the UK site) the wierder side of British 70s folk/rock

Best

Jeff

[belikerick]

Can't narrow it down to one, but these came to mind right away:

Elvis Costello

"Don't say you love me when it's just a rumour

Don't say a word if there is any doubt

Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour

And you've got to cut it out " - Lipstick Vogue

"Bad lovers face to face in the morning

Shy apologies and polite regrets

Slow dances that left no warning of

Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning

Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere " - New Lace Sleeves

"Is it worth it?

A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy's birthday

It's just a rumour that was spread around town, by the women and children

Soon we'll be shipbuilding " - Shipbuilding

The Tubes

"Teenage had a race for the night time

Spent my cash on every high I could find

Wasted time in every school in L.A.

Getting loose, I didn't care what the kids say" - White Punks On Dope

Warren Zevon

"I went home with the waitress, The way I always do

How was I to know, She was with the Russians, too" - Lawyers, Guns and Money

DEVO

"yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahyeahYEAH!" - Uncontrollable Urge

[Willie G. Moseley]

"I saw the millions, the naked and the dead

I saw the city streets running bloody red

I saw a thousand bombers circle in the sky

I saw the firestorm fifty stores high"

---"Death or Glory" (Motorhead, from the BASTARDS album)

[thecajunboy]

I don't want you, cook my bread,

I don't want you, make my bed,

I don't want your money too,

I just wanna make love to you.

Foghat

I Just Want To Make Love To You

[El Kabong]

"You can tell by the way I walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk". Bee Gees

(Ducks and runs for cover)

[jwhitcomb3]

"Oh well I used to be disgusted but now I try to be amused"

--Elvis Costello, Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes

-Jonathan

[Guest pirateflynn]

Your day breaks, your mind aches

You find that all her words of kindness linger on

when she no longer needs you

[frank_c]

HEY, HO, LET'S GO!

[Disturber]

This one is so corny you just gotta love it:

"

There is unrest in the forest,

There is trouble with the trees,

For the maples want more sunlight

And the oaks ignore their pleas.

"

Rush - The Trees

[Kurt L]

"Foghat

I Just Want To Make Love To You"

Slight correction - that's a Willie Dixon song.

But to get back on topic, I like the opening line to Bowie's "Diamond Dogs."

As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent

You asked for the latest party...

[Willie G. Moseley]

"Bobby said he'd pull out, but Bobby stayed in

Janey had a baby, it wasn't any sin"

----"Spare Parts" (Bruce Springsteen, on the TUNNEL OF LOVE album)

[edgar_allan_poe]

The fact that this thread has gone 5 pages without this line is repulsive. I am awarding this board no points, and may god have mercy on your souls.

AL RIEEEGHT A ZE WANGO ZE TANGO!!!!

ONE TWO THREE FOUR!!!

COME ON BOYS!!!!

TIME TO WANGO!!!!

The Nuge... Wango Tango

You are all lesser men for not having thought of that one.

Or this one....

HI DE HI DO HI DA

HI DE HI DO HI DA

HI DE

HI DO

HI DA

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

(*rips* needle off of record player)

(Screams at top of lungs)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Accept - Fast as a Shark

[Crwth145]

" Hey-hey mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove... "

[MCChris]

More Lemmy:

"I make love to mountain lions

Sleep on red-hot branding irons

When I walk the roadway shakes

Bed's a mess of rattlesnakes"

And then there's this, where EVERY verse is a classic and is a perfect parting shot for any "Waterloo" threads:

"Move out it's time for someone else

Quit thinking only of yourself

You know you're a nasty piece of work

You know you thought you were a hero but

you're really just a jerk

Don't stop me don'tcha even try

Gonna stick my finger in your eye

You don't deserve my admiration

And I'll sling you out the window

if you give me aggravation

I'm tired of listening to crap

I'd rather stab you in the back

I'm telling you the only real reason that

You ain't got it is 'cos skunk is outta season

Shut the door behind you when you go

Why you're still here I don't really know

I'm gonna count up to three and if you're still here

I'll get a gun and blow away your knees!"

[Jones]

Gunter, Glieben, Glauten, Globen...

[ceeb]

I am.......smellin' like a rose on my birthday deathbed! - STP- "Dead and Bloated"

edit- Honorable mention to

I saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand.

[serial]

"It's a good night for my drinking"

Supersuckers, song title the same as the first line. Anthemic and all.

[savethematches]

Saturday night I was downtown

Workin' for the FBI

Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress