Favourite first lines?

[yertle-the-turtle]

I think it's gotta be 'this is a public service annoucement/with guitar' from Know Your Rights by the Clash. It's got volumes of coolosity.

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

volumes of coolosity.

Ah, I have to think about the first line thing, but I wanted to point out the above quoted phrase.

Dude, that is now my new catchphrase.

volumes of coolosity..

 

[u2popmofo]

My favorite first line?

"I like big butts"

Sir-Mix-A-Lot, you are a genius.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

"I don't know you, and you don't know the half of it."

 

[Salome]

just to see my Holly home, evil Jack he walks allone

 

[HeadsOnSticks]

I'm on my time with everyone
I have very bad posture...

 

[Edgeman]

Metaphor for a missing moment
-Orestes-A Perfect Circle

That's a good one

 

[Gickies Gageeze]

"I don't know you, and you don't know the half of it."

yes.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

There must be some kind of way out of here
said the joker to the thief

 

[joyfulgirl]

You've got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

delivering a protest of intellect
persevere over singular verbs

 

[gvox]

"We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
As the day begs the night for mercy love"

"In the shithouse a shotgun
Praying hands hold me down
If only the hunter was hunted "

"And you know it's time to go
Through the sleet and driving snow
Across the fields of mourning
Light in the distance "

"Jesus, Jesus help me
I'm alone in this world
And a fucked up world it is too"

"Heaven on Earth, we need it now"

"Don't believe what you hear
Don't believe what you see
If you'd just close your eyes
You can feel the enemy"

all U2 of course!!

 

[gvox]

some other faves:

Bob Marley -

"Until the philosophy which holds one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war"
War

"How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man, yeah
To see the unification of all Africans, yeah"
Africa Unite

"This morning I woke up in a curfew
Oh god, I was a prisoner too - yeah
Could not recognise the faces standing over me
They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality"
Burning and Looting

"Excuse me while I light my spliff
Oh GOD I gotta take a lift
From reality I just can't drift
That's why I am staying with this riff"
Easy Skanking

"If you get down and quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devil, I say
Why not help another on the way
Make it much easier
Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day"
Rastaman Vibration

oh man I could go on forever with Bob...

Peter Tosh -

"Warning! The Surgeon General warns
Cigarette smoking is dangerous, dangerous
Hazard to your health
Does that mean anything to you"
Bush Doctor

"Everyone is crying out for peace yes
None is crying out for justice "
Equal Rights

 

[gvox]

ahhh!!!!

Joy Division -

"When the routine bites hard
and ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
but emotions won't grow"

"To the centre of the city where all roads
meet looking for you
To the depths of the ocean
where all hopes sank searching for you"

New Order -

"Heaven, a gateway, a hope
Just like the feeling inside, it's no joke"

OK IM GONNA STOP NOW...lol

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

New Order

ahh, in that case, i'll post the song my husband always plays when i'm around.

answer me, why won't you answer me?
i can't recall the day that i last heard from you.

 

[gvox]

"Oh, I've just come from the land of the sun
from a war that must be won in the name of truth.

With our soldiers so brave your freedom we will save.
With our rifles and grenades and some help from God."


Love Vigilantes