Greatest lines in Rock 'n Roll history

muchodeanarrow wrote:

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down

Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead

When the skies of November turn gloomy

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'

"Fellas it's too rough to feed ya'"

At seven pm, a main hatchway caved in, he said,

"Fellas it's been good to know ya"

malmo wrote:

Running related:

You can build a mansion, but you just can't live in it

You're the fastest runner but you're not allowed to win

"No One Is To Blame" -- Howard Jones

+1

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a three-ninety-six

Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor

She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot

Outside the Seven-Eleven store

Another one down

Another one down

Another one bites the dust

Hey they’re gonna get you too

Another one bites the dust

"Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today

But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise they're giving none away"

Money by Pink Floyd

And

"Mother do you think they'll like this song?

Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls"

Mother by Floyd

More Springsteen.

"I'm on Fire"

"At night, I wake up with the sheets soakin' wet

And a freight train runnin' through the middle of my head.

Only you can cool my desire."

"Born in the USA"

"I had a brother at Khe Sanh

Fighting off the Viet Cong

They're still there, he's all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon

I got a picture of him in her arms now."

Drive-By Truckers (Mike Cooley)

"Gravity"s Gone"

"If you were supposed to watch your mouth all the time I doubt your eyes would be above it."

The world is a bad place, a bad place, a terrible place. But I don't want to die. (Marmalade - Reflection of My Life)

I'd Love to Change the World. But I don't know what to do. So I'll leave it up to you. (10 Years After)

On the lighter side:

"And she'll have fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the T-bird away"

"You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you"

"S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!"

The great Elvis Costello has given us so many.

Now that your picture’s in the paper being rhythmically admired…

— "Welcome to the Working Week"

He’s got all the things you need and some that you will never,

But you make him sound like frozen food: his love will last forever.

—”I Hope You’re Happy Now"

Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery,

I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell.

—”Tokyo Storm Warning"

It’s the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.

It’s the way your shoulders shake, and what they’re shaking for.

It’s knowing that he knows you now, after only guessing.

It’s the thought of him undressing you. Or you undressing.

—”I Want You"

Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,

It only took my little fingers to blow you away.

—”Watching the Detectives"

She said that she was working for the ABC News.

It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use.

—”Brilliant Mistake"

I said, “I’m so happy, I could die!”

She said, “Drop dead,” then left with another guy.

—”(The Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes"

Some of my friends sit around every evening,

and they worry about the times ahead.

But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference,

and the promise of an early bed.

—”Radio Radio"

I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

—”(The Angels Want to Wear My) Red Shoes"

The words of love are whispers and the acts of love are screams.

—”Brilliant Mistake"

Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon,

God help me, he was going home in June.

I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh,

And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black market man,

Just before our love got lost you said

"I am as constant as the northern star"

And I said "Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar."

Joni Mitchell "Case of You"

Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you

And everything you do

Yeah, they were all yellow

I came along

I wrote a song for you

And all the things you do

And it was called Yellow

more on the star theme, from the Pretenders:

We are all of us in the gutter

But some of us are looking at the stars

seattle prattle wrote:

more on the star theme, from the Pretenders:

We are all of us in the gutter

But some of us are looking at the stars

Oh wow - I listened to Extended Play so many times as a kid. It was my first EP.

James Honeyman Scott was a genius guitarist too.

Come on and let me hear you cry, now

Ninety-six tears, woo

I wanna hear you cry

Night and day, yeah, all night long

“Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners…Saints!”

Eranu wrote:

Look at the stars

Look how they shine for you

And everything you do

Yeah, they were all yellow

I came along

I wrote a song for you

And all the things you do

And it was called Yellow

Weakest lines ever...