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[nobodies]

Hope this hasn't already been posted, but it's sort of an interesting list from spinner.com. The list seems a bit arbitrary, and the two rap inclusions are pretty poor (N.W.A. probably has a half dozen stronger opening lines on "Straight Outta Compton" alone). Still, the list is more interesting than every other one that has the Beatles and Stones at 1 and 2 (well the stones made it to # 2, but the Beatles only have one entry at 4).

25. "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar"
--Human League's 'Don't You Want Me'

24. "I've been a bad, bad girl"
--Fiona Apple's 'Criminal'

23. "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips"
--The Righteous Brothers' 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin''

22. "Go, shorty. It's your birthday"
--50 Cent's 'In Da Club'

21. "Hello, Darkness, my old friend"
--Simon and Garfunkel's 'The Sound of Silence'

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

19. "Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body"
--George Michael's 'Faith'

18. We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee"
--Merle Haggard's 'Okie From Muskokee'

17. "I was dreaming when I wrote this"
--Prince's '1999'

16. "Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk"
--Pavement's 'Stereo'

15. "She was more like a beauty queen from a
movie scene"
--Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean'

14. "There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief"
--Jimi Hendrix's 'All Along the Watchtower' (list acknowledges that it's a Dylan tune, but that it "belongs" to Hendrix)

13. "What's with these homies dissin' my girl?"
--Weezer's 'Buddy Holly'

12. "A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night"
--Roy Orbison's 'In Dreams'

11. "Oh, I just don't know where to begin"
--Elvis Costello's 'Accidents Will Happen'

10. "Tommy used to work on the docks"
--Bon Jovi's 'Livin' on a Prayer'

9. "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine"
--Patti Smith's 'Gloria'

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'

7. "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey"
--Beck's 'Loser'

6. "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?"
--The Carpenters' 'Close to You'

5."Don't call it a comeback"
--LL Cool J's 'Mama Said Knock You Out!'

4. "Well, she was just seventeen -- you know what I mean"
--The Beatles' 'I Saw Her Standing There'

3."Hey, ho, let's go!"
--The Ramones' 'Blitzkrieg Bop'

2."I was born in a cross-fire hurricane"
--The Rolling Stones' 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'

1."She's a very kinky girl"
--Rick James' 'Superfreak'

[arkin]

no, the best opening line ever: "God damn you half Japanese girls..."

[championkid]

so much depends on the delivery...

[arkin]

oh wait, no I got a better one. "all your friends are cunts"

[Mitchell]

I think we could do better than that and on on the old board we did.

[HandBanana]

"All men have secrets and here is mine" The Smiths, What Difference Does it Make

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[championkid]

gotta go with "i got something to say. i killed your baby today."

[Artem]

no, the best opening line ever:

"God damn you half Japanese girls..."

seconded

[Montana]

breathe, breathe in the air
don't be afraid to care
leave, don't leave me
look around, choose your own ground

Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be.

That one's pretty good for an album opener.

[championkid]

breathe, breathe in the air
don't be afraid to care
leave, don't leave me
look around, choose your own ground

Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be.

That one's pretty good for an album opener.

it's also the first 8 lines.

so, "breathe in the air" is actually the first line...
stunning.

[nobodies]

gotta go with

"i got something to say. i killed your baby today."

There ya go...that's an excellent one.

[Montana]

breathe, breathe in the air
don't be afraid to care
leave, don't leave me
look around, choose your own ground

Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be.

That one's pretty good for an album opener.

it's also the first 8 lines.

so, "breathe in the air" is actually the first line...
stunning.

Don't you have some dogfighting soundtrack to pimp?

[RadioHitchcock]

My love she speaks like silence

[Agrimorfee]

I'll do Montana one better (and often do)

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air

[vamos]

no, the best opening line ever:

"God damn you half Japanese girls..."

QFT

[championkid]

you want a floyd lyric montana, how about: "day after day love turns grey like the skin of a dying man." or "goodbye cruel world. i'm leaving you today." or "if i was a swan, i'd be gone." or "they flutter behind you, your possible pasts." or a host of others that are actually not trite and couldn't be written by a 10-year-old laddie.

[Agrimorfee]

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold

[championkid]

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold

[Rob Gordon]

There's so many, especially from the Boss...I'll go with an obvious choice "In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream"