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Discussion in 'Music to Your Ears' started by charlie chitlin, Aug 21, 2019.

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    Deathray

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    So many great opening lines.

    Please allow me to introduce myself
    I'm a man of wealth and taste

    Hello darkness my old friend
    I've come to talk with you again
     
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    Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine - Patti Smith

    That line just exudes pure rock n roll rebellion
     
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    Well you tried it just for once, found it alright for kicks but now you've found out it's a habit that sticks
     
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    "Cease to resist saying my goodbyes."

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    She tore through this heart of mine like a weedeater with brand new line. Bottle Rockets
     
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    "I may not always love you..."
    Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"

    That might be the ballsiest...and the most honest line ever written in a love song.
     
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    Telly Man, standin' on a band stand, grand standin' bendin' and bangin' them strings!
     
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    I am the god of hell fire and I bring you ... Fire.
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    JuneauMike

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    That one always seemed too literal. Like, I am the mailman and I bring you ... mail. Or, maybe in this specific example, I am the Postmaster General, here's your mail.
     
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    I never thought about that, but yeah... pretty wise for what was basically a teenage love song.
     
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    The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar...

    Paul Simon, Graceland
     
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    That was the point.:D
     
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