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Best opening lyrics to a Rock & Roll song:

MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
edited March 2007 in Other Music
My vote goes to Aerosmith's "No More No More"


Blood stains the ivories on my daddy's baby grand
Ain't seen no daylight since the start of this band
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  • Lost_ClayLost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
    And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
    "ah fuck it get in trouble"

    06/29/03 09/22/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 05/09/06 05/10/06
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,”

    Patti Smith
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    Lost_Clay wrote:
    I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
    And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,

    That's a good one for sure. Jumpin Jack Flash.
    11-2-2000 Portland. 12-8-2002 Seattle. 4-18-2003 Nashville. 5-30-2003 Vancouver. 10-25-2003 Bridge School. 9-2-2005 Vancouver.
    7-6-2006 Las Vegas. 7-20-2006 Portland. 7-22-2006 Gorge. 9-21-2009 Seattle. 9-22-2009 Seattle. 9-26-2009 Ridgefield. 9-25-2011 Vancouver.
    11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula.  5-10-2024 Portland.  5-30-2024 Seattle.
  • laudenumlaudenum Posts: 405
    opening? no music?
    "hey hey mama,gonna make you sweat..... gonna make you groove......"
    "shes stoned said the swede, and the
    mooncalf agreed" THe BANd
  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    What's the frequency Kenneth is your benzedrine, uh-huh
    I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    "Did you see the stylish kids in the riot"
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • harrymanbackharrymanback Posts: 435
    first had thunder road, but since i could have pasted the whole song, i will go with jungle land...

    The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
    And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line
    Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
    Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
    The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants
    Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane


    best musical intro ... voodoo chile
    I don't want to be hostile. I don't want to be dismal. But I don't want to rot in an apathetic existance either.
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    "Teenage angst has paid off well. Now i'm bored and old"
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    whoooooooooo's got the brain of jfk?

    i love that growl :)

    but ill vote for gimme shelter. or tomorrow never knows "turn off your mind, relax and float downstream... it is not dying"
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Gardenparty wrote:
    "Teenage angst has paid off well. Now i'm bored and old"

    excellent choice
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    I'm a cold heartbreaker, fit to burn,
    And I'll rip your heart in two...
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    I'm a cold heartbreaker, fit to burn,
    And I'll rip your heart in two...
    say what you want about axl but the guy can right a killer lyric :)

    my choice is probably -

    "You ever hear the story of mr faded glory.
    say he who rides a pony must some day fall"
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    laudenum wrote:
    opening? no music?
    "hey hey mama,gonna make you sweat..... gonna make you groove......"

    It's "Hey hey mamma, gonna make you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove"

    And yea it's pretty damn good.

    I also like:

    "One time a thing occurred to me..." :rolleyes:
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    please allow me, to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste
    i've been around for a long, long year, stole many a man's soul and faith...
    Cuyahoga Falls 98, Columbus 00, Cleveland 03, Columbus 03, Toledo 04, Grand Rapids 04, Kitchener 05, Cleveland 06, Cincinnati 06, Washington DC 08, Philadelphia IV 09, Columbus 10, Cleveland 10, Chicago 13, Pittsburgh 13, Cincinnati 14, Chicago (1) 16, Chicago (2) 16
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Lost_Clay wrote:
    I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
    And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,

    That would be my choice as well. Some more of my favorites:

    "The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves,
    Like a vision she dances across the porch..."

    -The Boss- Thunder Road


    "Teenage Angst has paid off well. Now I'm bored and old."

    Nirvana, Serve the Servants


    "I dreamed about killing you again last night, and it felt alright to me."

    Wilco- Via Chicago


    "My city's still breathing, but barely, it's true, through buildings gone missing like teeth. The sidewalks are watching me think about you, all sparkled with broken glass. I'm back with scars to show. Back with the streets I know. They never take me anywhere but here."

    The Weakerthans- Left & Leaving


    "I had this dream where I relished the fray, and the screaming filled my head all day. It was as though I'd been spit here, settled in, into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket, off the coast of France, dear."

    The Tragically Hip, Nautical Disaster


    "Well it's 9th and Hennepin, and all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes."

    Tom Waits- 9th and Hennepin


    "I want to live. I want to give. I've been a miner for a heart of gold. It's these expressions I never give that keep me searching for a heart of gold. And I'm gettin' old."

    Neil Young- Heart of Gold


    "I want to take a streetcar downtown, read Henry Miller and wander around. And drink some Guinness from a tin, 'Cause my U.I. cheque has just come in."

    The Lowest of the Low- Rosy and Grey
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • JSP552003JSP552003 Posts: 222
    "Fool enough to almost be it, Cool enough to not quite see it"
    Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    Fat Man In The Bathtub

    Spotcheck Billy got down on his hands and knees
    He said "Hey momma, hey let me check your oil all right?"
    She said "No, no honey, not tonight
    Comeback Monday, comeback Tuesday, then I might."
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • leafs4everleafs4ever Posts: 833
    transplant wrote:
    “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,”

    Patti Smith

    exactly what i was coming on here to write.
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me"
    09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
  • Matty BoyMatty Boy Posts: 421
    Her Daddy Works in Porno now that Mommy's not around
    She use to love her heroin, but now she's underground
    My Michelle- Guns N' Roses
  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    here are some good ones that just came on:

    Then as it was, then again it will be
    An' though the course may change sometimes
    Rivers always reach the sea

    -Led Zeppelin
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • whulmefwhulmef Posts: 176
    Smacked cracked bushwacked
    tie another one to the tracks baby
    Hey kids rock and roll
    nobody tells you where to go baby
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    I'm rolling thunder, pouring rain
    I'm coming on like a hurricane

    - AC/DC, "Hells Bells"
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
    - C. Klosterman
  • JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,078
    the night has fallen down the staircase
    and i, for one have felt it's bruises

    cursive 'the casualty'
  • Mike BradyMike Brady Posts: 19
    I don't know about 'best' but here's a good one.

    "Worked in bars and sideshows along the twilight zone
    Only a crowd can make you feel so alone"


    Stones-Before They Make Me Run
  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    "Be on my side, I'll be on your side
    Baby, there is no reason for you to hide
    It's so hard for me staying here all alone
    When you could be taking me for a ride"

    Uncle Neil - Down By The River
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  • DeetroitBaasketballDeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    "There was a young girl, whos heart was a frown
    cause she was crippled for life,
    And she couldnt speak a sound
    And she wished and prayed she could stop living,
    So she decided to die
    She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore
    And to her legs she smiled you wont hurt me no more
    But then a sight shed never seen made her jump and say
    Look a golden winged ship is passing my way

    And it really didnt have to stop, it just kept on going...

    And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually"

    Sometimes Hendrix's guitar overshadowed his lyrics...

    Edit: Oops, not an OPENING lyric...

    This is still good:

    "Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face"
  • McShadeMcShade Posts: 156
    "I'm ahead, I'm a man. I'm the first mammal to wear pants
    I'm at peace with my lust. I can kill 'cause in god I trust.
    It's evolution, baby"
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    if the sun refused to shine,
    i would still be loving you.
    when mountains crumble to the sea,
    there will still be you and me.
  • clutching_benjaminclutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm
    I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb
    I am the world's forgotten boy
    The one who searches and destroys
  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Two of my favorites:

    "Black out the windows, it's party time"
    - Martin Eden by Twilight Singers
    (which actually opens and sets the tone for the album)

    "Good Lord, I haven't seen you in awhile. I have always appreciated your style."
    - All the Way Down by Forever Breakers (Shawn Smith and Theddeus Turner)
    <a href="http://www.shawnsmithsinger.com">Shawn Smith</a> / <a href="http://www.thebandbrad.com">Brad</a&gt; / <a href="http://www.allhailthecrown.com">All Hail the Crown</a> / <a href="http://www.satchelpartnership.com">Satchel</a&gt;

    (Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
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