Opening lines
Recently, my students were analyzing song lyrics, and at the time the only thing I was really listening to was like three Wilco songs on repeat all the time, and it reminded me of a post I've wanted to do for a while, which is about the best first lines of songs. Here are some of my favorites. Post yours as comments.
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"How can I convince you it's me I don't like"
Wilco, 'Reservations'
"When I'm stable long enough, I start to look around for love"
Weezer, 'Pink Triangle'
"On the 22 slowly crossing town"
Two Gallants, 'Anna's Sweater'
"Half of what I say is meaningless"
The Beatles, 'Julia'
"I met you at JC Penney"
Beck, 'Debra'
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"How can I convince you it's me I don't like"
Wilco, 'Reservations'
"When I'm stable long enough, I start to look around for love"
Weezer, 'Pink Triangle'
"On the 22 slowly crossing town"
Two Gallants, 'Anna's Sweater'
"Half of what I say is meaningless"
The Beatles, 'Julia'
"I met you at JC Penney"
Beck, 'Debra'
posted by DB at 10:32 PM
6 Comments:
I mean, I think an obvious one is yet another Beck--"In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey."
-Loser
Tough to top.
PS-My school bought a new school. We took a tour the other day. The walls still had photos of people who worked there, including Mark Higgins. Naturally I took a picture. Hi, Mark.
Well, let us skip the boring foreplay I'm slidin' right in [...]
- Adult's Only (Slick Rick)
'Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as a northern star and I said,
"Constantly in the darkness, where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar."'
Joni Mitchell, A Case of You
"I killed my dinner
with karate"
-Joanna Newsom, 'The Book of Right-On'
Walking round the room singing "Stormy Weather"...
'Weather With You,' Crowded House
'I am serving time, for a crime I did commit. You want the truth, you know I'd do it all again' - Arcade Fire "The Well and the Lighthouse"
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