Which songs have the greatest opening lyric/first line?

Phil_aka_Pip

"Well come on everybody ..." (Get Down and Get With It, Slade)
"Oh, Well ..." (Shout, Lulu)
"Aaah..." (Twist and Shout, Beatles)

Nomad

Nobody loves me but my mother,
And she could be jivin' too.

BB King, Nobody Loves Me But My Mother

 

Phil_aka_Pip

"There must be some kinda way outa here" (All along the watchtower, Bob Dylan)
"Gitchyer mowters ruhhnin'" (Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf)

mart

BigMonka said:

mart said:

I was twenty one years when I wrote this song, I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long. (Billy Bragg, New England)

That's a straight rip off from Simon & Garfunkel's Leaves That Are Green. Good line though.

I'm embarrassed to say I never knew that. Thanks for the enlightenment, but ooh, what a cheek that Mr Bragg has!

mart

Gassage said:

...
There is freedom within
there is freedom without
...

I wondered about posting that one, but although it's a brilliant song, I didn't feel the opening line was that strong. That is to say, not as strong as the rest of the song. 

Still an absolute classic song mind!

StefB

The Boys Are Back In Town...

equalsql

scrumhalf said:

"If you don't' wanna fuck me baby, baby fuck off" - Fuck Off by The Electric Chairs.

  I just knew that Wayne County would be in this list somewhere
)

imalone

vasselmeyer said:

Simon & Garfunkel "Hello, Darkness, my old freind."

Beat me to it. Also, almost all Bob Dylan.
"Your breath is sweet and weak, you eyes are like two jewels in the sky."
"There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief."

"Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel" - Pulp, Sorted for E's and Wizz. Actually, all of Common People is another gold mine for first lines, "Now if you can stand, I would like to take you by the hand."

"Do you remember the time I knew a girl from Mars?" - Ash

Some Suede,
"She can walk out any time, any time she wants to walk out that's fine"
"High on diesel and gasoline, pyscho for drum machine"

Zeppelin,
"Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream"

Joni Mitchell,
"The wind is in from Africa, last night I couldn't sleep"

ICBM

Underneath your dreamlit eyes, shades of sleep have driven you away, the moon is pale outside and you are far from here - Eurythmics, When Tomorrow Comes

Well I rush out blazing, my pulse is racing as the rain streams down my face, there's no turning back now to fight with fate, outnumbered and out of place - Bryan Ferry, Can't Let Go

The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload, and nobody's gonna go to school today, she's gonna make them stay at home - Boomtown Rats, I Don't Like Mondays

Deadman

"Get at 'em!!!"

Macc lads. Buenos Aires.

not_the_dj

Jesus died for somebody's sins.....but not mine.

(Patti Smith)

freakboy1610

Well I Love TV And I Love T. Rex I Can See Through Your Skirt I've Got X-Ray Spex
Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
\m/

mudslide73

I was born in a crossfire hurricane -  Jumping Jack Flash.

There’s a song playing on the radio
Sky high in the airwaves on the morning show
And there’s a lifeline slipping as the record plays
And as I open the blinds in my mind I’m believing that you could stay - The Wild Ones - Suede.

failed_astronaut

JAYJO said:

failed_astronaut said:

It's maybe cheating to list the whole first verse, but "The City" by The Dismemberment Plan -

Now I notice the streetlamp’s hum
The ghosts of graffiti they couldn’t quite erase
The blank-faced stares on the subway
As the people go home
The parks lay empty like my unmade bed
The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone
And this is where I live, but
I’ve never felt less at home
So I’m not unsympathetic
I see why you left
There’s no one to know
There’s nothing to do
The city’s been dead
Since you’ve been gone

Em, happy friday everyone?

you had me at Dismemberment Plan!

@JAYJO

You are Invited.

ArchtopDave

"Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine"

First line of the first song (Gloria) on Patti Smith's debut CD 

RocknRollDave

"                         " Albatross, Fleetwood Mac.

not_the_dj

( I didn't get a wisdom and he did....

not_the_dj

Thank you mystery wisdom giver  >-

DesVegas

haha! that was me @not_the_dj i've given you plenty of wisedoms/wisdoms today already. anyways @ArchtopDave gave us a whole back story and really made me emotionally attached to the lyric and provided a real insight into the mind of Ms Smith. You did not.

not_the_dj

DesVegas said:

haha! that was me @not_the_dj i've given you plenty of wisedoms/wisdoms today already. anyways @ArchtopDave gave us a whole back story and really made me emotionally attached to the lyric and provided a real insight into the mind of Ms Smith. You did not.

Yeah but I was first  :P