Greatest lines in Rock 'n Roll history

"...And I'll stand over your grave

'Til I'm sure that you're dead"

Dylan, Masters of War

tenkrunner wrote:

"yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!"

The Who

Won't Get Fooled Again

For many, many years, the greatest primal scream in the history of rock.

cb wrote:

My favorite opener:

Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste.

I shouted out

Who killed the Kennedys?

When after all

It was you and me

johnny99 wrote:

Only one correct answer wrote:

I want to rock and roll all night

And party every day

I'm not a KISS fan, but this is a good call.

Put your hand in my pocket

Grab onto my rocket

Feels so good to see you Lucille

(Take Me, KISS)

Get up. And get your grandma outta here.

(Deuce, KISS)

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss” is up there

"I took a record of pretty music

I went down and baby, you can tell

I took a record of pretty music

And now I'm putting it to you straight from hell

And I'll stick it

Deep inside

And I'll stick it

Oh

Well, I'm loose"

-Iggy Pop and the Stooges , "Loose"

Just a few Dylan lines:

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."

"Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet"

"Whatever colors you have in your mind I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine."

"As I turn my my head back to the room where my love and I have laid."

You may get to touch her

If your gloves are sterilized

Rinse your mouth with Listerine

Blow disinfectant in her eyes.

Germ Free Adolescents by X-Ray Spex

Vancomycin wrote:

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

His hair was perfect.

Great pull with Zevon.

Here are a couple favorites of mine:

Some will sell their dreams for small desires

Or lose the race to rats, get caught in ticking traps

And start to dream of somewhere to relax their restless flight

Somewhere out of a memory...

Of lighted streets on quiet nights

-Rush, "Subdivisions"

Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop

I'll be on that hill with everything I got

Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost

I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost

For wanting things that can only be found

In the darkness on the edge of town

-Springsteen, "Darkness on the Edge of Town"

Yeah, I got more records than the KGB

So I'll be sure to stay wary of you, love

To save the pain of once my flame and twice my burn

I can't go back there anymore

You know my keys won't fit the door

Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?

You're dressed to kill and guess who's dying?

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything

But then again I was thinking about nothing

Why don't you get me a Pepsi

I spend my Saturdays

Alone in the mirror

Arranging my hair

In the end, what is there?

To talk of passing time

Should I turn off the TV?

Or go to the race track

And bet on the dogs

And the weather is strange

No summer this year

In the days of the war

But the Red Sox are winning

Thousand words are spoken loud,

Reach the dumb to fool the crowd

I got this friend named Neil, swears Nixon had a soul

But what I'd like to know is can Giuli' do the stroll?

Look at her laughing

Like a heifer to the slaughter

Efficiency, efficiency, they say

Get to know the date and tell the time of day

As the crowds begin complaining

How the Beaujolais is raining

Down on darkened meetings on the Champs-Élysées

No life at all in the house of dolls

I fell right into the arms of Venus de Milo

I got a letter from the government the other day

Opened and read it, it said they were suckers

They wanted me for their army or whatever

Picture me giving a damn, I said never

What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding?

Credits:

MIA

Fiona Apple

Joni Mitchell

Frank Zappa

Roxy Music

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

Earth Opera

Joy Division

!!!

Brian Eno

John Cale

Joy Division

Television

Tricky

Elvis Costello

“But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight

Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight”

Bruce Cockburn

Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice

Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice

Now he's getting a tattoo yeah, he's getting ink done

He asked for a 13, but they drew a 31

I read the news today , oh boy

You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

You may find yourself in another part of the world

You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife

You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?

some of this thread reminds me of this ol' thing. Rock lyrics. There's a fine line between clever and stupid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkfvg1j1yg8

Springsteen

THE RIVER

Is a dream a lie that don't come true or is it something worse?

Not a line but I couldn't resist adding this verse:

ITS HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY

And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead

As the tracks clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed straight ahead

They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread

But it's too hot in these tunnels you can get hit up by the heat

You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat

Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet

Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street

Love reading these. I'll add a few from Springsteen's "The Wish" (about his mother):

Well it was me and my Beatle boots, you in pink curlers and Matador pants

Pulling me up off the couch to do the Twist for my uncles and aunts.

If Pa's eyes were windows into a world so deadly and true

You couldn't stop me from looking, but you kept me from crawling through.

And one from Joni Mitchell:

There's a gypsy down on Bleeker Street

I went in to see her as a kind of joke

She lit a candle for my love luck

And eighteen bucks went up in smoke.

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