Music thread - Best opening line to a song

[Dave the OAP]

'tonight', surely?

possibly...I have never got to the end of that line without vomitting

 

[The Large One]

umm...no. Billy Bragg but sung better by Kirsty MacColl.

Umm, yes. 'Twas written by Paul Simon.

Bragg offered Paul Simon his royalties, but the story goes that Simon liked the song (A New England) so much, he graciously declined. An apocrpyhal tale I'm sure, but it's touching anyway.

 

[Trufflehound]

"Oh why do you... catch my eye... then turn away?"

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now...

Was gonna say that one, brilliant opening line

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[hans kraay fan club]

possibly...I have never got to the end of that line without vomitting

In fairness to him, though, his missus WAS 'gorgeous'. Their daughter [Miss World, no less?!] certainly didn't inherit her looks from him.


The ugly little fucker.

 

[Grendel]

Midnight to six man, for the first time from Jamaica.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

"Oh why do you... catch my eye... then turn away?"

Bit of QUALITY to the proceedings.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun....

 

[Buzzer]

Umm, yes. 'Twas written by Paul Simon.

Bragg offered Paul Simon his royalties, but the story goes that Simon liked the song (A New England) so much, he graciously declined. An apocrpyhal tale I'm sure, but it's touching anyway.

so I understand. Apologies, mate

How

 

[Buzzer]

You drink your coffee and I sip my tea
We're sitting here playing so cool thinking what will be will be

 

[Grendel]

He had a thousand ideas, you might have heard his name.

 

[Superphil]

Midnight to six man, for the first time from Jamaica.

Don't know why, but that really is a great line.

For me, I always liked

"Hello Darlin' I'm Home Again"

 

[Grendel]

"There's colors on the street, red, white and blue"

 

[Simster]

Two little boys had two little toys. Each had a wooden horrrrrrrrse.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

The opening piano from 'I Don't Like Mondays' by Boomtown Rats is nice.

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[hans kraay fan club]

My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord....

 

[Dave the OAP]

"I can hear you in the morning when you go to school
Dont forget your books, you know you gotta learn the golden rule"

 

[Dave the OAP]

" So you think your schooling is phoney, guess its hard not to agree
You know it all depends on money, and who is in your family tree"

 

[Grendel]

Two little boys had two little toys. Each had a wooden horrrrrrrrse.

The Cockney tribes in Britain were meeting for the games
Held annually, once a year, along the River Thames

 

[Titanic]

Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street...