Best Opening Lines in Music

[leftwinger]

I'm goin' home

 

[leftwinger]

See the tree? how big it's grown,
But friend, it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big...

 

[leftwinger]

The old hometown looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa

 

[leftwinger]

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

 

[leftwinger]

Old man look at my life I'm a lot like you were

 

[whoisit]

It's not time to make a change, just relax,take it easy, your still young, thats your fault,

 

[Foxfyre]

A thread for songs that immediately grip you with their excellent opening lines (lyrics).

For example...

"Heard it from a friend who... heard it from a friend who... heard it from another you been messin' around."

Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon

First when there's nothing but a slow glowin' dream. . .

 

[Alan Stallion]

First when there's nothin' but a slow glowin' dream. . .

Ah, Flashdance... What A Feeling (Irene Cara)

 

[whoisit]

First when there's nothin' but a slow glowin' dream. . .

 

[whoisit]

Big wheels keep on turning, carrying me home to my kin, singing songs about the southland,

 

[Foxfyre]

Ah, Flashdance... What A Feeling (Irene Cara)

Yep. Great melody and lyrics that really speak to me.

 

[whoisit]

'Wake up Maggie, I think I've got somethin to say to you, its late September.....

 

[skye]

I haven't gone through the whole thread...

This is my contribution..

"Let's Go Crazy"
Prince

"Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life"


I like that opening!

 

[Alan Stallion]

"Find yourself a girl and settle down
Live a simple life in a quiet town"

Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs


Yes, that's Pee Wee Herman in the video.

 

[Alan Stallion]

"You look pretty in your fancy dress,
but I detect unhappiness.
You never speak, so I have to guess you're not free."

Old Enough - The Raconteurs feat. Ricky Scaggs and Ashley Monroe

 

[Alan Stallion]

"I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything"

Hurt - Johnny Cash
(originally by Nine Inch Nails)

 

[CrusaderFrank]

what is this that stands before me?
figure in black which points at me........... turn around quick
& start to run ...
find out ~ i'm the chosen one........

in the 70’s my friends and I were forced to attend a high school in the South Bronx, we didn’t want to go and the neighborhood told us they didn’t want us there either. Many mornings, while waiting at the corner of E Tremont and Bruckner for the bus to Stevenson HS, we’d say “fuck it, not today” and spend the day listening to vinyl. My friend had a record by this new group Black Sabbath and we were curious. It starts with the rain and the eerie, ominous octaves on the guitar (I later learned that Iommi tuned the guitar down 1/2 step to Eb to get the mood) When Ozzy started singing those lines I practically bolted out of the room! He sounded other worldly!

Great opening line

 

[whoisit]

in the 70’s my friends and I were forced to attend a high school in the South Bronx, we didn’t want to go and the neighborhood told us they didn’t want us there either. Many mornings, while waiting at the corner of E Tremont and Bruckner for the bus to Stevenson HS, we’d say “fuck it, not today” and spend the day listening to vinyl. My friend had a record by this new group Black Sabbath and we were curious. It starts with the rain and the eerie, ominous octaves on the guitar (I later learned that Iommi tuned the guitar down 1/2 step to Eb to get the mood) When Ozzy started singing those lines I practically bolted out of the room! He sounded other worldly!

Great opening line

Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance,

 

[playtime]

'cause it's a bittersweet symphony - that's life
try'in to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die
i'll take you down the only road i've ever been down
you know the one that takes you to the places - where all the veins meet - ya.....

 

[playtime]

there's something happening here - what it is ain't exactly clear. there's a man with a gun over there ...telling me i've got to beware.