Best opening lyrics to a song

[Biscuit]

I think Bruce Springstein's Hungry heart is brilliant.

"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back"



NSCers....beat that.

 

[wokingone]

you radio 2 listener you, this is currently one of the top 10 nominated all time opening lyrics being featured on this station

 

[Hungry Joe.]

The Blue Aeroplanes - Jacket Hangs "Pick a card, any card....wrong"

 

[Biscuit]

you radio 2 listener you, this is currently one of the top 10 nominated all time opening lyrics being featured on this station

Parents in spain.

Excilied at nans house.

Radio is an intergeral part of the day.

 

[Easy 10]

"I knew a girl named Nikki I guess you could say she was a sex fiend"
"I met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine"

 

[Theatre of Trees]

'Finished with my woman cos she couldn't help me with my life'

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

 

[Lush]

Brucie does quite a nice line in opening lyrics.

"The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only..."

(Thunder Road)

 

[Hiney]

Arseholes bastards f**king c**ts and pricks

Plaistow Patricia by Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Marvellous scenes

 

[Seagullsgonnagetya]

Or there is...

Winnie The Pooh is having a wank
“And what are you up to?” said Tommy the Tank
Peter the Rabbit is at it as well
And all the young pixies in Dingelydell

Singing: “f*** off Noddy, you stupid prat”
“f*** off Noddy in your rotten hat”

f*** Off Noddy By Ian Dury

 

[Biscuit]

waiting for Braders to start a poll!

 

[Staly]

I will be the first person in history to die of boredom.

Felt- Declaration

 

[Lush]

The semi-finalists on Radio 2 are, apparently...

Bill Haley & The Comets - Rock Around The Clock
"One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock"

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
"A Wop Bop a Loo Bop a Lop Bam Boom"

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
"Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?"

Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
"Saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, he was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's, going to get a big dish of beef chow mein"

 

[bhafc99]

The Blue Aeroplanes - Jacket Hangs "Pick a card, any card....wrong"

Remember seeing the Blue Aeroplanes start a gig with that. The whole band (that'll be 84 guitarists natch) line up stationary on the edge of the stage with their backs to the audience. Gerard Langley walks on, pulls out a pack of cards, pauses... says the line "pick a card, any card - wrong" into the mike, and on "wrong" he chucks the cards up over the audience and the whole band leaps into the air and starts the riff. Wicked!

I'd add Vicky's Box by Throwing Muses, for sheer 'woah, where did that come from' factor:
"He won't ride in cars anymore, it reminds him of blow jobs and that he's a queer."

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

"I had a soul transplant operation
because my by-pass wouldn't function"

 

[Titanic]

"Well I stepped into an avalanche, it covered up my soul" - Leonard Cohen - classic!

 

[Muzzman]

From 'No Sheep till Buxton' by The Macc Ladds

"SHEEPSHAGGERS!"

 

[Soton Seagull]

Can you hear the Calvelry drums, hijacking your equilibrium?

- Beck - Sex Laws

 

[Hungry Joe.]

Remember seeing the Blue Aeroplanes start a gig with that. The whole band (that'll be 84 guitarists natch) line up stationary on the edge of the stage with their backs to the audience. Gerard Langley walks on, pulls out a pack of cards, pauses... says the line "pick a card, any card - wrong" into the mike, and on "wrong" he chucks the cards up over the audience and the whole band leaps into the air and starts the riff. Wicked!

Yeah, I remember them doing that at The Zap Club, inspired. They only just all fitted on the old black and white check stage! Missed them support REM @ Portsmouth Guildhall in 1989 as I was still down the pub, just made it in in time to see Michael Stipe strut on stage in his big white suit. BA's defintately one of the best things to come out of Bristol.

 

[Titanic]

"I never thought it would happen,
with me and the girl from Clapham,
Out on a windy common,
that night I ain't forgotten."

Squeeze - 'Up the junction' - also classic!

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

"There was a thick set man with frog eyes
who was standing by the door
and a little bald man with wing-nut ears
was waiting in the car"