Greatest lines in Rock 'n Roll history

Hurry up with my damn croissants

What she asked of me at the end of the day

Caligula would have blushed

"Oh, you've been in the house too long", she said

And I naturally fled

It doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you

Heard this today and thought of this thread:

You're dirty, sweet and you're my girl

The Conner Brothers wrote:

Heard this today and thought of this thread:

You're dirty, sweet and you're my girl

what is Band a Gong by T-Rex, for 50 points.

"Well you're built like a car

You've got a hubcap diamond star halo

You're built like a car, oh yeah"

What a classic!

Great thread, even if it's not about drug cheaters or supershoes.

And the choices are many, so here is just a sampling, from five songs, off the top of my bleedin' 'ead:

Another in the seemingly endless offerings by Bob Dylan, “Tombstone Blues”:

“The sun isn't yellow, it's chicken.”

The Silhouettes, “Get A Job”:

“Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip

Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job.”

Paul Westerberg, “World Class Fad”:

“This 9 to 5 bullsh*t don’t let you forget

Whose suicide you’re on.”

Paul Simon, “Duncan”:

“Couple in the next room bound to win a prize

They've been going at it all night long.”

Human Sexual Response, “What Does Sex Mean to Me?”:

“I put my finger to my tongue

And I taste vagina”

"This ain't rock'n'roll, this is genocide."

Diamond Dogs

David Bowie

Bowie has a long career filled with amazing gems. An entire thread could be filled with just these.

Live and Let Live—Arthur Lee & Love

Oh, the snot has caked against my pants

It has turned into crystal

There's a bluebird sitting on a branch

I guess I'll take my pistol

I've got it in my hand

Because he's on my land

Frank Zappa

Watch out where the huskies go,

And don't you eat that yellow snow

Dylan-Positively 4th Street

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes

And just for that one moment I could be you

Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes

You'd know what a drag it is to see you

A tribute to this thread

Rock ‘n Roll Is Here To Stay—Danny and the Juniors (1958)

Rock 'n roll is here to stay,

It will never die

It was meant to be that way,

Though I don't know why

I don't care what people say,

Rock 'n roll is here to stay

Steve Earle:

"The Devil's Right Hand"

"Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man

Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand."

More John Prine:

"When I Get to Heaven"

"Yeah when I get to heaven, I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm

What are you gonna do with time after you've bought the farm?"

And two from The Hold Steady:

"Sequestered in Memphis"

"In bar light she looked alright

In daylight she looked desperate."

"Constructive Summer"

"Raise a toast to Saint Joe Strummer

I think he might have been our only decent teacher."

jim page and bob plant wrote:

‘I wanna be your backdoor man’

I’m with you, but you forgot the first part, “ shake for me girl.”

I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

- Trent Reznor

Nonesuch wrote:

I hurt myself today

To see if I still feel

- Trent Reznor

Sort of like Warren Zevon's "Ain't That Pretty At All":

"So I'm going to hurl myself against the wall

'Cause I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all."

Holdin' on to sixteen as long as you can

Change is coming 'round real soon

Make us women and men

Mellencamp

The screen door slams

Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch

as the radio plays

Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

Hey that's me and I want you only

Don't turn your back again

I just can't face myself alone again.

One day you're up and the next day you're down

You can't face the world with your head to the ground

You’re too young and I’m too well hung

Feel like Scott of the Antarctic,

Base camp too far away,

Russian sun beneath the Arctic,

Burke and Wills and camels,

Initials in the tree

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Before computers it was difficult to understand any lyrics of this song!

seattle prattle wrote:

The Conner Brothers wrote:

Heard this today and thought of this thread:

You're dirty, sweet and you're my girl

what is Band a Gong by T-Rex, for 50 points.

"Well you're built like a car

You've got a hubcap diamond star halo

You're built like a car, oh yeah"

What a classic!

Hey seattle, it's Bang a Gong ( Get It On ). Are you hitting the IPAs early?

WordOnAWang wrote:

Poor man wanna be rich

Rich man wanna be king

And a king aint satisfied til he rules everything

- Springsteen

So many I could think of probably

This is it