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i dunno, thought it'd make a good companion to the book thread.
"They're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon and the Canterbury Tales will shoot up to the top of the bestseller list and stay there for 27 weeks" - Cubs in Five by the Mountain Goats
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"Mama stood crying at the dockside, saying 'Please son, don't take this trip.' I said, 'Mama, sweet mama, don't you worry none. Even God couldn't sink this ship.'" Harry Chapin, "Danceband on the Titanic."
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"Now and again it seems worse than it is, but mostly the view is accurate." - Something Vague by Bright Eyes
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"There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed....." THe Beatles, In My Life
"There's got to be a morning after If we can hold on through the night We have a chance to find the sunshine Let's keep on looking for the light." Maureen McGovern, The Morning After (a.k.a. the theme song to The Poseidon Adventure)
"Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for the train Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans...." Me and Bobbie McGee (written by Kris Kristopherson, but sung by everybody!)
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"I Accidentally touched my head and noticed that i had been bleeding, but for how long i didn't know. What was this, i thought that struck me?? What kind of weapons have they got??" -The Spark that Bled by The Flaming Lips
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I met a boy wearing Vans, 501s, and a dope beastie-t, nipple rings and new tattoos that claimed that he was OGT, back from '92, from the first EP, and in between sips of Coke he told me that he thought we were selling out, laying down, sucking up to the man.
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And love Is not the easy thing The only baggage That you can bring Not the easy thing The only baggage you can bring Is all that you can't leave behind
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When you were sixteen Your power was plain To me. The depth of your devotion Your goodness I admired you And loved you And wanted to tell you That your kind of light Is a blessing to the world.
Crow Greenspun, "Blood and Decision"
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Okay, this may make me look really old, but....I have not heard of most of this stuff!!!!
(Thank you, however, to those of you who are also over the age of 21 and listed things my poor 43 year old ears have actually heard before.)
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Singin' along to Joni Mitchell as his face went through the windshield of his '67 chevrolet - Joni Mitchell Tapes by SNFU
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I am under 21 and the only ones I have heard are "In My Life" by the Beatles, and "Joy To The World" (Jeremiah was a bullfrog) by Three Dog Night
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"I don't want to spend the rest of my life Looking at the barrel of an Armalite" -Invisible Sun, the Police
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"I - read you - and God I'm good at it - I'm so spot on..." -Frou Frou, Breathe In
"I join the queue on your answerphone And all I am - is holding breath Just pick up i know you're there Can't you hear - i'm not myself" - Frou Frou, Hear Me Out
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I don't know, but I had a fit when I heard their cover of "I need a Hero" for the Shrek 2 soundtrack on the credits for the movie.
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quote: Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten, Coloured in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, Amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole.
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"how can you not find everything you need in all of this? potatoes, rice, and bread, we'll burn it as we take it in. sing your heart out, sing it like you mean it, you're gonna sing everything you're thinking, and you're gonna sing it until they're listening." - rice and bread by AGAINST ME!
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hey, there's several really good songs on that there soundtrack. shrek2, that is. i even bought it. Posts: 3936 | Registered: Jul 2000
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Not an opening line, but maybe my favorite ever:
Next door, there's an old man Who lived to his nineties and one day Passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days And passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way To tell you that I know we belong. That I know that I am the luckiest.
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Everything had to be exactly as you had planned it Everything had to be exactly as you designed The sadness inside you was lost on exactly no one And there's nothing heroic or stoic in being a mime ~Jude, "Battered, Broken"
Lay off the coffee and the Kafka and the coughing ~Eve 6, "Still Here Waiting"
Good morning; don't cop out ~Matthew Good Band, "Strange Days"
I watched you fall I think I pushed ~REM, "Diminished"
First thing we climb a tree and maybe then we talk or sit silently and listen to our thoughts Illusions of someday cast in a golden light No dress rehearsal This is our life ~The Tragically Hip, "Ahead by a Century"
Sometimes I get the feeling that I won't be on this planet for very long I really like it here; I'm quite attatched to it; I hope I'm wrong ~Ben Folds Five, "Don't Change Your Plans"
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my girlfriend just quoted ben folds five and tragically hip in same post. she makes me happy.
"i never thought this could be me! well, i guess you never do until its happening to you! - boysetsfire
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quote:"Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for the train Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans...." Me and Bobbie McGee (written by Kris Kristopherson, but sung by everybody!)
Might be sung by everybody, but it was only SUNG by Janis Joplin.
My contribution:
Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.
--Leonard Cohen (also sung well by Willy Nelson)
Kris Kristopherson told Cohen that he was going to use that verse on his tombstone.
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Not all of these are beginning lyrics to songs.
And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse. Johnny Cash, "The Man Comes Around"
They say theres a place, where dreams have all gone They never said where, but I think I know Its miles through the night just over the dawn On the road that will take me home Gods and Generals Soundtrack (Mary Fahl) "Going Home"
Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it Strike a match, go on and do it "Sunny Came Home"
And I find I kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had Donnie Darko Soundtrack (Gary Jules) "Mad World"
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One of my favorites is in Spanish, so I'll translate after I write it.
Pongan atencion, Senores A lo que me ha pasado a mi. Me he tragado una bolita Creyendo que era un mani. Desde entonces, Companero, Siento gran preocupacion. . .
Pay attention, Gentlemen, To what has happened to me. I have swallowed a little ball Believing that it was a peanut. Ever since then, my companion/friend, I feel great preoccupation/worry. . .
Por un Mani -- Yossie Esteban (the greatest merengue bandleader of all time)
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quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for the train Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans...." Me and Bobbie McGee (written by Kris Kristopherson, but sung by everybody!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Might be sung by everybody, but it was only SUNG by Janis Joplin.
Yes, Joplin did it best, but there have been some other really good versions. Willie Nelson calls it the best song ever written and does it justice. Tina Turner slaughtered it (worst than any American Idol performer could have possibly done).
Remakes are generally pretty poor (with few notable exceptions). The only great remakes that actually improved the song that I can think of off the top of my head are "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles, "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack (yes, her signature song was originally recorded by someone else), "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters (originally a TV commercial jingle written by Paul Williams), and "R E S P E C T" by Aretha.
Note: I'm really surprised that no one has listed "Hotel California" or "The House of the Rising Sun." These both have great openings. SO does Billy Joel's "Piano Man."
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"You and I we're like four year olds, we want to why and how come about everything we want to reveal ourselves at will and speak our minds and never talk small orbe intuitive." Alanis Morrisette
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Ayelar: Yeah, it was weird. At first I couldn't even tell it was her. But then I was all like... Wait... A minute... FROU FROU!!
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quote:Might be sung by everybody, but it was only SUNG by Janis Joplin.
Yes, Joplin did it best, but there have been some other really good versions.
There are a few versions of a few songs that are so transcendant as to render all other versions moot, no matter how good they are. It's definitely a matter of personal taste, but for me, Bobby McGee will always be sung by Janis Joplin, Twist and Shout will always be sung by the Beatles, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds will always be sung by William Shatner.
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All our times have come Here but now they're gone Seasons don't fear the reaper Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are Come on baby...don't fear the reaper Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper Baby i'm your man... The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Time Pink Floyd
A lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade Says something like you and me babe how about it? Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits
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Slow to marry, swift to die we leave disasters where they lie I know these lines look crooked on paper but I swear I got it straight in my head ~Harvey Danger, "Loyalty Bldg."
(when you base your whole identity on reaction against somebody it's the same as being in--) I tend to forget when I drink I'm doing it again I think A hand to hold, an ego to flatter cause you were the wineskin, I was the bladder ~Harvey Danger, "The Same as Being in Love"
All I ever wanted to be was a woolly muffler round your naked neck Double-wrap me when it's cold But you pulled a little tight just now And I'm afraid I feel a chokehold coming on ~Harvey Danger, "Woolly Muffler"
Here's something beautiful now smash it to bits Save your little wheelchair empowerment films Save your swoons I'm spoken for It isn't funny to think so but I can't feign interest now ~Harvey Danger, "(Down at the) Terminal Annex"
Guess who I've been talking about/listening to this afternoon . . .
And this reminds me that I miss HD fanboy ApostleRadio.
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