Greatest lines in Rock 'n Roll history

A Big Hunk O' Love: I ain't greedy baby All I want is all you got.

From a kinder and gentler generation:

"So let's leave it alone cause we can't see eye to eye

There ain't no good guy there ain't no bad guy

Theres only you and me and we just disagree"

Dave Mason

-Any number of lyrics by Warren Zevon.

-"Have you seen Junior's grades"? VH

slippy wrote:

Oh God , I am the American dream with a spindle up my butt 'till it makes me scream.

Frank Zappa

Bobby Brown Goes Down

Actually most of the lyrics in this song.

Nice. The “got a cheerleader here wants to help with my paper...” bit might be my single favorite.

Another poster who almost definitely won’t read my post should know that DEAD FLOWERS is a Jagger/Richards song that was covered by Townes Van Zandt.

Speaking of Jagger/Richards, someone quoted Let it Bleed, but not my favorite part: “There will always be a space in my parking lot when you need a little coke and sympathy.”

Yet another Dylan line: “Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistake/Like Cain I now behold this chain of events that I must break.”

Lots of good replies on this thread.

"We got the bubble headed

Bleached blonde

Comes on at five

She can tell you 'bout the plane crash

With a gleam in her eye

It's interesting when people die

Give us dirty laundry"

How so very true...the media...as observed by Don Henley.

Henley, continued..

"Dirty little secrets

Dirty little lies

We got our dirty little fingers

In everybody's pie

We love to cut you down to size

We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo

We can dance and sing

When it's said and done

We haven't told you a thing

We all know that crap is king

Give us dirty laundry"

umstead wrote:

-Any number of lyrics by Warren Zevon.

“Little old lady got mutilated late last night - werewolves of London again”

“That son of a b1tch Van Owen blew off Roland’s head”

“He took little Suzie to the junior prom, excitable boy they all said, and he raped her and killed her then he took her home, excitable boy they all said”

(Opening lines) “I went home with a waitress, the way I always do. How was I to know she was with the Russians too?”

“Loneliness and frustration

We both came down with an acute case

And when the lights came up at two

I caught a glimpse of you

And your face looked like something Death brought with him in his suitcase

Your pretty face, it looked so wasted

Another pretty face, devastated”

It's when you cry just a little

But you laugh in the middle that you've made it

Tonight, Not Again by Jason Mraz (before he sold out. . . )

Vancomycin wrote:

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's

His hair was perfect.

We have a winner here.

Whoever you are, you are awesome.

alpha lobster wrote:

Vancomycin wrote:

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's

His hair was perfect.

We have a winner here.

Whoever you are, you are awesome.

And I’ll throw in another line from the same artist:

Send lawyers, guns and money. The s#it has hit the fan.

Opinionated guy wrote:

Eagles:

Some rich men came and raped the land

Nobody caught 'em

Put up a bunch of ugly boxes

And Jesus people bought 'em

It must be so depressing to be a defeatist loser liberal. So negative about life.

great stuff alpha. Along those same lines....the US involvement in Central America....Henley also commenting..

Dirty little secrets

Dirty little lies

We got our dirty little fingers

In everybody's pie

We love to cut you down to size

We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo

We can dance and sing

When it's said and done

We haven't told you a thing

We all know that crap is king

Give us dirty laundry...ETC.

sorry....scratch the last post...

They're pickin' up the prisoners

And puttin 'em in a pen

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

Rebels been rebels

Since I don't know when

And all she wants to do is dance

Molotov cocktail, the local drink

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

They mix 'em up right

In the kitchen sink

And all she wants to do is dance

Also big Dylan fan, so here are a couple of other great lines of his;

I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul...

We always did feel the same

We just saw it from a different point of view

And we never failed at failing, it was the easiest thing to do

CSN

Southern Cross

umstead wrote:

great stuff alpha. Along those same lines....the US involvement in Central America....Henley also commenting..

Dirty little secrets

Dirty little lies

We got our dirty little fingers

In everybody's pie

We love to cut you down to size

We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo

We can dance and sing

When it's said and done

We haven't told you a thing

We all know that crap is king

Give us dirty laundry...ETC.

Yes, I’m very happy with the USA’s historical commitment to fight the spread of evil communism throughout the world.

That said, the “news” is worthless and is indeed nothing but dirty laundry. It’s a catchy song.

"Well they blew the horns

And the walls came down

They'd all been warned

And the walls came down

They stood there laughing

They're not laughing anymore

The walls came down"

-The Walls Came Down

Song by The Call

The last chorus is good, too:

"Well they blew the horns

And the walls came down

They'd all been warned

But the walls came down

I don't think there are any Russians

And there ain't no Yanks

Just corporate criminals

Playin' with tanks"

:

"Ashes of laughter

The ghost is clear

Why do the best things always disappear

Like Ophelia

Please darken my door"

Ophelia, lyrics by Robbie Robertson, as performed by The Band

agip wrote:

qs wrote:

Take me down, little Susie, take me down

I know you think you're the queen of the underground

Send me dead flowers every morning

Send me dead flower by the mail

Send me dead flowers to my wedding

And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

Townes Van Zandt "Dead Flowers"

FFS

Exactly. That's a Rolling Stones song.