A new game -- favorite opening lines / stanzas from songs

[billybreen]

Two examples that strolled through my iTunes mix today:

"In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey"

"Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine"

[cato]

"When I sat down on the bed next to you
You started to cry"


A great snap shot that evokes an entire scene.

[Windsor]

showing my age (and my geographical heritage)


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

[hc5duke]

I'm buzzin, Dirty Dozen, naughty rotten rhymer
Cursin at you players worse than Marty Schottenheimer
You wacker than the ------ you bit your style from
You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album

[rockymtn devil]

"I 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 himself a big dish of beef chow mein"

[wilson]

"One old brown shoe
Falls in slow motion,
And bedsprings hover right above your head,
As bedsprings do
When you're beneath them
And someone else just climbed into your bed."

[juise]

"If I am alive this time next year
Will I have arrived in time to share?"

"Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could STALL me
And then came the rush of the flood
The stars at night turned DEEP to dust"

"1, 2.. 1, 2, 3; yeah!
Inter-national, underground
Thunder pounds when I stomp the ground (Woo!)
Like a million elephants with silverback orangutans
You can't stop a train"

[JBDuke]

Here's one:

I've been drivin' all night, my hands wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
It's my baby callin', says I need you here
And it's a half past four and I'm shiftin' gear


And another:

I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told
I have squandered my existence for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest


And another:

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?


Aw heck, one more:

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

[TillyGalore]

I've had good days and bad days
and goin' have mad days.

If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.

[Lavabe]

I vaguely recall seeing Paul Shaffer do a parody of this song...
"You've gone too far this time"
But I'm dancing on the valentine
I tell you somebody's fooling around
With my chances on the dangerline
I'll cross that bridge when I find it
Another day to make my stand
High time is no time for deciding
If I should find a helping hand"

Long song lyrics...
"Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand
Whose wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine? "

Scary lyrics...
"Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you"

I'm stuck in 70's/80s on my shuffle.
Cheers,
Lavabe

[dkbaseball]

showing my age (and my geographical heritage)


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

Jungleland actually would be my all-time favorite closing lines:

And the poets down here write nothing at all
They just stand back and let it all be
Tonight in Jungleland

For opening lines, oh, how about:

Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again

[billybreen]

"1, 2.. 1, 2, 3; yeah!
Inter-national, underground
Thunder pounds when I stomp the ground (Woo!)
Like a million elephants with silverback orangutans
You can't stop a train"

Great call! My favorite running song ever.

[billybreen]

Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again

So good I'm embarrassed I didn't claim it first.

[mpj96]

"The Mississipi delta is shining like a national guitar..."

[billybreen]

"On a warm summer's evenin on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep."

[pamtar]

Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again

Uh, winner.

How 'bout:

If a human's nature is to war than this song is a battleground,
and this voice a weapon.... of passion's promise & true love's reward -
of pure expression in truth and sincerity.

[billybreen]

"Some day mother will die and I'll get the money
Mom leans down and says my sentiments exactly"

[bdh21]

Obscure but with some incredible imagery:

"Lord send down some angels and they better have guns,
Cause everybody's crazy down here on everybody's drugs.
Casinos, pornos, stock shows, where white trash goes to die.
Bums push carts, crackhead squirrels, and birds too drunk to fly."

[wilson]

I've had good days and bad days
and goin' have mad days.

If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.

I listened to that song today...possibly the best breakup song ever (but no, I didn't break up today).

I also like this one:

"It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
But don't think twice, it's alright.

Yet another of Dylan's songs where there's someone else's version I like much better than his (in this case, Johnny Cash).

[Stray Gator]

Just for grins, it's tough to top J.J. Cale:

"Wish I was a stocking, clinging to your thigh,
every time you'd move around, I'd feel you walkin' by.
Wish I was your underwear, hangin' 'round your waist,
Every time you'd shake that thing I'd get a little taste...."

"Closer To You"

* * *

And for something guaranteed to bring you right down, there's classic Neil:

"Old man lying by the side of the road with the lorries rolling by,
blue moon sinking from the weight of the load and buildings scrape the sky.
Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn and the morning paper flies,
Dead man lying by the side of the road with the daylight in his eyes.
Don't let it bring you down,
It's only castles burning.
Just find someone who's turning,
And you will come around."

"Don't Let It Bring You Down."

[feldspar]

There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth

[micah75]

Great one, feldspar. The opening riff to that Hendrix song has to be one of the best ever.

Here's a couple:

Blue Spanish eyes
teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please please don't cry,
this is just adios and not good-bye
*** *** ***

You get a shiver in the dark
Its been raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing dixie double four time
You feel all right when you hear that music ring
*** *** ***

[dkbaseball]

Got to throw one more Simon & Garfunkel in. At freshman orientation, Duke Gardens, 1968, a time when people were a bit more inclined to reflect on the nature of American culture, the emcee picked up a guitar and asked people to join in singing:

Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag

[TillyGalore]

I listened to that song today...possibly the best breakup song ever (but no, I didn't break up today).


Wilson, you made my day. Was wondering if someone would know those lines. Glad you didn't break up today.

One of my other favorites lines from this artist is:

"There's just too much to see waiting in front of me,
and I know that I just can't go wrong"

Used that song to recover from break ups and other "things didn't go my way" times in my life.

Okay, I am not liking where my thought process is.

Next post of a stanza/verse/line will be much cheerier.

[TillyGalore]

"I'm growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
So let the winds of change blow over my head
I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead"

[wilson]

This isn't an opening stanza, just a line, but I've always loved, "Everyone here is just more than contented to be livin' and dyin' in three quarter time."

[TillyGalore]

This isn't an opening stanza, just a line, but I've always loved, "Everyone here is just more than contented to be livin' and dyin' in three quarter time."

That is a great line. Would you happen to be a Parrothead?

[wilson]

That is a great line. Would you happen to be a Parrothead?

Wouldn't necessarily go so far as to call myself a Parrothead, but I do like Jimmy Buffett. I listen to him regularly (especially in the warmer months), and he is one of the best songwriters around (though he oddly gets little credit for that). He's also one of the best concerts I've ever seen.

[dball]

Maybe I've been the problem, maybe I'm the one to blame
But even when I turn it off and blame myself, the outcome feels the same
I've been thinkin maybe I've been partly cloudy, maybe I'm the chance of rain
Maybe I'm overcast, and maybe all my lucks washed down the drain


or another by this same group


She told him she'd rather fix her makeup
Than try to fix what's going on
But the problem keeps on calling
Even with the cellphone gone

[Exiled_Devil]

How about -

Why try? I know why
The feeling inside me says it's time I was gone
Clear head, new life ahead
It's time I was king now -- not just one more pawn
------------------------------------------------------

"And the men in High places
must be the ones to start.
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart

--------------------------------------------

Some more later

Exiled

[billybreen]

"And the men in High places
must be the ones to start.
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart

--------------------------------------------

Some more later

Exiled

That's "And the men who hold high places"

I would also accept:

"Living on a lighted stage
approaches the unreal
for those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage"

[allenmurray]

I went home with a waitress,
Just like I always do.
How was I to know,
She was with the Russians too?


And a little more obscure:

Strap them kids in
Give 'em a little bit of vodka in a cherry coke
We're going to Oklahoma to the family reunion for the first time in years
It's up at uncle Slayton's cause he's getting on in years
You know he no longer travels but he's still pretty spry
He's not much on talking and he's just too mean to die

[Windsor]

This isn't an opening stanza, just a line, but I've always loved, "Everyone here is just more than contented to be livin' and dyin' in three quarter time."

One of my favorite all time song lyrics! Along with "some of it's magic, some of it's tragic but I've had a good life all the same"

yes, I am a parrothead

[Rich]

"Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street"

[devillighter]

showing my age (and my geographical heritage)


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

Eh - I'm only 21 and I immediately thought of:

The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays

but my favorite would be:

One soft infested summer me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts tying faith between our teeth
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house getting wasted in the heat

[wilson]

How about

"Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day.
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky -
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago."

[g_olaf]

I went home with a waitress,
Just like I always do.
How was I to know,
She was with the Russians too?


More obscure still:

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles--I'm gonna drink 'em up

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

[DevilAlumna]

When some loud braggart tries to put me down
and says his school is great,
I tell him right away,
Now what's the matter, buddy
Ain't you heard of my school,
it's Number 1 in the state?

:D

[wilson]

When some loud braggart tries to put me down
and says his school is great,
I tell him right away,
Now what's the matter, buddy
Ain't you heard of my school,
it's Number 1 in the state?

:D

SO BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL NOW! (rah, rah, rah, rah sis-boom-bah)
Just like you would to your girl or guy!
Be true to your school,
And let your colors fly!

I love the Beach Boys. Lots of people don't realize they were much more than just the "surf's up" confections for which they're best known. "Pet Sounds" is a masterpiece.

[billybreen]

There was a guy
An underwater guy who controlled the sea
Got killed by 10 million pounds of sludge
From New York and New Jersey

[dkbaseball]

I love the Beach Boys. Lots of people don't realize they were much more than just the "surf's up" confections for which they're best known. "Pet Sounds" is a masterpiece.

Check out Lyle Lovett's version of God Only Knows from the Brian Wilson Kennedy Center tribute (it's on youtube). Brian says it's the best version done; I'm not so sure. But I challenge anyone to get through that entire tribute with dry eyes. Only downer: G.W. Bush was sharing the honorees' box.

Paul McCartney has said many times that Pet Sounds inspired the Beatles to do their very best work when they were working on Sgt. Pepper.

[Indoor66]

Great one, feldspar. The opening riff to that Hendrix song has to be one of the best ever.

Here's a couple:

Blue Spanish eyes
teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please please don't cry,
this is just adios and not good-bye
*** *** ***

You get a shiver in the dark
Its been raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing dixie double four time
You feel all right when you hear that music ring
*** *** ***

Spanish Eyes was a hit by Al Martino when Jimi was learning the guitar.

http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=vxc4LvVWhHY%3D

[dkbaseball]

How about a variation -- best instrumental riff before the opening lines?

Badlands by Springsteen
Gloria by Them
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes by Edison Lighthouse

[wilson]

How about a variation -- best instrumental riff before the opening lines?



In this category, there's "Layla," and there's everything else.

[billybreen]

How about a variation -- best instrumental riff before the opening lines?

Sweet Child o' Mine ;)

[DevilAlumna]

How about a variation -- best instrumental riff before the opening lines?


New York State of Mind, Billy Joel

[DevilCastDownfromDurham]

Sweet Child o' Mine ;)

Oooh, good choice. In that spirit how about Cult of Personality by Living Colour. In the opposite of that spirit, how Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers. And I don't think Miserlou counts (unless "huph hup, hup haaa" counts as lyrics) but I really like that riff before the "song" starts.

[billybreen]

New York State of Mind, Billy Joel

Great call!

I was born and raised on Billy Joel, but that song always reminds me of a Sex and the City episode, I'm secure enough to admit. :)

[billybreen]

New York State of Mind, Billy Joel

For that matter, great opening lines as well:

Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood.
But I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line
I'm in a New York state of mind

[tommy]

How about a variation -- best instrumental riff before the opening lines?

Badlands by Springsteen
Gloria by Them
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes by Edison Lighthouse

Eminence Front by The Who

[tommy]

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

[tommy]

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?

[tommy]

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

[billybreen]

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Also gets a vote for opening riff.

[Lavabe]

Eminence Front by The Who

When I think the Who, I think the opening of Baba O'Riley.

To each his own.

Cheers,
Lavabe

[dukemomLA]

"Hello darkness, my old friend"

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed to pass away"

"I'm a believer"

"Big Girls Don't Cry"

"There's a somebody I'm longing to see"

"Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord"

[allenmurray]

More obscure still:

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles--I'm gonna drink 'em up

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves

One of my very favorite Zevon songs. Such incredibly imagry.

[allenmurray]

[I]Strap them kids in
Give 'em a little bit of vodka in a cherry coke
We're going to Oklahoma to the family reunion for the first time in years
It's up at uncle Slayton's cause he's getting on in years
You know he no longer travels but he's still pretty spry
He's not much on talking and he's just too mean to die

James McMurtry, from Choctaw Bingo. It is an extraordinary song about life in the meth-infested midwest. It lacks much melody, meter, or rhyme, but really works anyway, as the driving nature of the guitar work ties it all together.

(An Austin based singer/songwriter, son of Larry McMurtry of The Last Picture Show and Lonesome Dove fame).

[devil84]

Here's one of my favorites....

In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb
I didn't know what about, but I was feelin' quite disturbed
A street sweeper came whistlin' by, he was bouncin' every step
It seemed strange how good he felt, so I asked him while he swept

He said, "It's my job to be cleaning up this mess
And that's enough reason to go for me
It's my job to be better than the rest
And that makes a day for me."

[Johnboy]

Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired
and you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
all you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why

[greybeard]

Who Am I Country Joe and the Fish

There were some things that I loved one time,
But the dreams are gone, I thought were mine,
And the hidden tears, that once could fall
Now burn inside, at the thought of all
The years of waste, the years of crime
Passions of a heart so blind;
To think that, but even still
As I stand exposed, the feelings are felt
And I cry, into, the echo, of my loneliness.

grey Oh, do have a nice day beard

[dukegirlinsc]

"cause i confide in wolves at night.
well have you seen my baby girl?
she's lonely.
YEAHHH--eh eh eh AHHH."

manchester orchestra.

[devil84]

"Fee Fee, Fi Fi, Fo-Fo Fum"

And, the chorus is pretty good, too. :D

[g_olaf]

Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves

One of my very favorite Zevon songs. Such incredibly imagry.

Here's a version (http://ia301121.us.archive.org/2/items/wz1976-12-08.sbeok.flac16/wz1976-12-08t08_vbr.mp3) from a live show with Jackson Browne on a Dutch radio station in 1976

[allenmurray]

Here's a version (http://ia301121.us.archive.org/2/items/wz1976-12-08.sbeok.flac16/wz1976-12-08t08_vbr.mp3) from a live show with Jackson Browne on a Dutch radio station in 1976

Thank you - that was great.

[DevilCastDownfromDurham]

I'd nominate several Tom Petty songs, but The Onion already did it better:

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/51202


Instead, I'll plug two of my favorite Mountain Goats songs:

Autumn came around like a drifter to an on-ramp
There were wet leaves floating in gutters full of rain.
Took to walking barefoot around town
Melodies from grade school, kicking in my brain.

and

I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us

I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late

with an even better conclusion:

I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand

[dball]

How about a variation -- best instrumental riff before the opening lines?

Badlands by Springsteen
Gloria by Them
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes by Edison Lighthouse

Satisfaction

[The Gordog]

The Waterboys "Love Anyway"

So you crashed the plane, And there's hell to pay
Im making it plain, I love you anyway
You made a fool, Out of me today
Im breaking the rule, I love you anyway
You threw the blame, What a role to play!
My storys the same, I love you anyway
You dealt the blow, And you burst the ball
Im letting you know, I love you most of all

[micah75]

Satisfaction

That's a great one, for sure, even if the riff is a bit brief.

One of my faves is the long-version intro to "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.

And of course, Alan Parson's "Eye in the Sky" would be worth a mention except that it's been played so many thousands of times at Bull's games.

[Johnboy]

And of course, Alan Parson's "Eye in the Sky" would be worth a mention except that it's been played so many thousands of times at Bull's games.

The name of that song is "Sirius." Seriously.

[dball]

Satisfaction

'What Does It Take' has a great opening

[micah75]

The name of that song is "Sirius." Seriously.

Yup, you're right. Eye in the Sky was the name of the album. I had a feeling I should have googled it first. Memory fading...

.... although "I am the Eye in the Sky" is included in the lyrics to Sirius. Just listened to it on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X4HAIwJBEU&feature=related

[mus074]

"I 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 himself a big dish of beef chow mein"

AAAAA WOOOOOOO!

[Bostondevil]

If you loved me half as much as I love you,
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do.


I know that you've been foolin' around on me right from the start,
So I'll give back your ring and I'll take back my heart.



Nobody does heartache like Patsy, except maybe Warren


When you're all alone and you need someone,
Call me up and I'll come runnin'.
Reconsider me, reconsider me.

[knights68]

On a dark desert highwayCool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridorI thought I heard them say...........

[knights68]

Living easy, livin' free
Season ticket, on a one - way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme
Ain't nothing I would rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too

[micah75]

If he brings you happiness then I wish you all the best
It's your happiness that matters most of all
But if he ever breaks your heart
If the teardrops ever start
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls


(yeah, ok, kinda corny I know. But I think he wrote it while in prison, not sure.)

[greybeard]

Best talking lead-in that was actually a part of the song:
You wouldn't go out with me,
Cause I couldn't dance.
You didn't even want me around.
But, now I'm back, to let you know,
that I can really, shake em down.
Da, da, da, da, . . . .

Best talking lead in not actually part of a song:

(abbreviated)
We was riding in the desert, came to this little dirt road, with a farmhouse
standing next to it. There was a sign over the door, that said, This is the land of peace, justice and no mercy." Pointed down that little dirt road and said, "Thunder Road."

[captmojo]

So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask, could we wipe the slate clean.
But they tell me to please go and f^$k myself.
You know, you just can't win.

D Gilmore

[cspan37421]

The world is a vampire

- Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Smashing Pumpkins

[OldPhiKap]

She was a level-headed dancer/on the road to alcohol
And I was just a solder/on my way to Montreal . . . .

-- John Prine

[EarlJam]

I've been away for a few days so forgive me if this one has already been posted:

In a town of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.

-EarlJam

[billybreen]

I've been away for a few days so forgive me if this one has already been posted:

In a town of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.

-EarlJam

That's how I started the thread.

[EarlJam]

That's how I started the thread.

No fecal matter? Dayyyyyyymn. Great/insane minds think alike I guess.

Seriously, I did not know.

How about:

Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside?

-EJ

[Lavabe]

I've been away for a few days so forgive me if this one has already been posted:

In a town of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.

-EarlJam

Since you and BBreen mentioned troglodytes (species name for chimpanzee), how about one of the worst songs of all time.:
"What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time.
When the only people that existed were troglodytes"

Cheers,
Lavabe

[YmoBeThere]

The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves

[4decadedukie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYcqlEZxGQ

[devildeac]

The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves

like a vision she dances across the porch
as the radio plays...

(ahh, HS and Duke memories-one of my favorite songs of ALL time-live, studio, acoustic, electric-I could listen to this many, many, many times in a row)

[YmoBeThere]

I've only been fortunate enough to hear it once in concert...but will always be my favorite Springsteen song.

[YmoBeThere]

I can hear her heartbeat for a thousand miles

[devildeac]

I've only been fortunate enough to hear it once in concert...but will always be my favorite Springsteen song.

are you originally from NJ? if so, which exit?;)

[YmoBeThere]

are you originally from NJ? if so, which exit?;)
Only if New Jersey is a small island in the Pacific...haha:D Born in Hawaii but my parents were in the military, so 13 states(or is it 14?) and two foreign countries* later I can say that I haven't been in NJ for more than a two weeks at one time. (Visiting my sister in New Brunswick.)

[YmoBeThere]

She's got a smile that it seems to me

[billybreen]

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one,
And we've just begun.
Think I'm gonna have a son.

[YmoBeThere]

Son, she said, have I got a little story for you...

[billybreen]

Son, she said, have I got a little story for you...

I prefer:

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemmon yellow sun,
Arms raised in a V
The dead lay in pools of maroon below

[YmoBeThere]

like a vision she dances across the porch
as the radio plays...

(ahh, HS and Duke memories-one of my favorite songs of ALL time-live, studio, acoustic, electric-I could listen to this many, many, many times in a row)


I am so ashamed and proved myself the PW that I am. The song was already quoted in the early part of this thread. I tried stealing someone else's line.:o

[Lavabe]

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

[devildeac]

I am so ashamed and proved myself the PW that I am. The song was already quoted in the early part of this thread. I tried stealing someone else's line.:o

no problem with me but you may have to answer to BB, or Wilson, or Lavabe, or Tilly, or EJ, or...

You can quote that song ANYTIME.

[Windsor]

are you originally from NJ? if so, which exit?;)


One of my favorites as well... Exit 9 by the way

[Lavabe]

are you originally from NJ? if so, which exit?;)

Exit 171 (Garden State Pkwy)

[devildeac]

One of my favorites as well... Exit 9 by the way

Exit 4, I'm a 'southern' boy...

[YmoBeThere]

A long long time ago, I can still remember...


No one has done that one yet, have they?

[YmoBeThere]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYcqlEZxGQ

They had long hair like that in the 50's?

[freshmanjs]

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
he's down on his luck
it's tough...so tough

[YmoBeThere]

Alright, you've gotta be from Jersey! Or at least half way there? Or are you just living on a prayer?

[billybreen]

Out here in the fields
I farm for my meals

[Note: many will tell you it's fight. I say it's farm.]

[freshmanjs]

Alright, you've gotta be from Jersey! Or at least half way there? Or are you just living on a prayer?

Totally. Went to show #2 of the 10 night stand to open "the Rock" in Newark last year

[Windsor]

almost forgot this one:

She stood there bright as the sun
on that California coast
He was a midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes,
so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was
too far from home

[billybreen]

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

[freshmanjs]

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

All I can think of is Carmella and onion rings...

[wilson]

All I can think of is Carmella and onion rings...

That makes me sad. Man, I miss that show.

[TillyGalore]

Babe, tomorrows so far away
Theres something I just have to say
I dont think I can hide what Im feelin inside
Another day, knowin I love you
And i, Im getting too close again
I dont want to see it end
If I tell you tonight will you turn out the light
And walk away knowin I love you

[TillyGalore]

We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
They're tearing it down now
But it's just as well
I haven't shown you everything a man can do
So stay with me baby
I've got plans for you

[TillyGalore]

Let the river run,
Let all the dreamers
Wake the nation.
Come, the New Jerusalem.

[micah75]

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything
Come on, wild thing

[chuckywang]

LA .... proved too much for the man.

[captmojo]

Crossing the highway late last night
He should'a looked left and he should'a looked right
He didn't see the station wagon...car
The skunk got squashed and there you are

You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high heaven

L Wainwright III

[05dukie]

"In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection"

[Tom B.]

If I've had a bad day or I'm just generally p---ed at the world, I'll sometimes go for a run, and this often is the first song I cue up on the iPod:

We busted out of class, had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down.

It has a pretty good opening riff, too.


And for the parrotheads in the room:

He worked hard all year, just wanted a few weeks alone
But his old lady's into modelin', she cant get away from a phone
Besides she I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.es about the mosquitoes
She says, down there there is nothing to do
Her g--d--n phone never stops ringin'
He'll try the service in a day maybe two.


Another memorable opening riff that I'm a little surprised hasn't been mentioned yet -- "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne.

[Tom B.]

Replying to myself....



Another memorable opening riff that I'm a little surprised hasn't been mentioned yet -- "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne.

Also, how 'bout "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" by The Clash?

[billybreen]

Replying to myself....



Also, how 'bout "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" by The Clash?

Ooh, good call.

[OldPhiKap]

"As they pulled you out
of the oxygen tent,
You asked for the latest party . . . ."


-- From one Diamond Dog to all others

[billybreen]

"I read the news today oh, boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, i just had to laugh"

"You've got my lost brother's soul
My dear mother's eyes
A brown horse's mane
And my uncle's name"

[micah75]

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please