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Favourite opening line

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:48 pm
by forglasgowonly
I'll kick it off:
"Sonny wakes up in the morning, feeling kinda sick.
Needs a little Stoli Vodka. Needs it really quick".

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:00 pm
by mr.barlow
Please clean your plate dear the Lord above can see you;
Don't you know people are starving in Korea"

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:05 pm
by mr.barlow
Honorable mention:
I got lost on the road somewhere;
Was it Texas or was it Canada?

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:04 pm
by concolz
Poetry in motion:
She struts into the room, well I don't know her
But with a magnifying glance I just sort of look her over.


Runner up:
I love the dead before they're cold
Their blueing flesh for me to hold.

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:14 am
by lordcatfish
I'd have to have a think, but for some reason the below always comes to mind first when I see this sort of topic

"You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car" (The One That Got Away)

Not a great album lyrically, but always found this mildly amusing.

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 4:11 pm
by Daggers & Contracts
"We still got a long way to go, We all got a long way to go"!

Honorable Mention-
"Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin"

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:44 am
by rodentdog
" Mommy where's Daddy ? "

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:23 am
by Babysquid
“I got a job in Atlanta in the mall playing Santa not because of any talent but because I was the only one the suit would fit”
Well if it’s not that it’s
“I love that mountain with those four big heads”

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:35 am
by Saint&Sinner
always partial to "Voices come from down the hall. In my room all painted white." just sets the scene ready for the epic journey

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:47 am
by tuneylune
"I wake up in the basement- I'm so hungry, I'm dry"

It really sets the mood for what I feel is one of his creepiest numbers.

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:02 am
by Type-O
Babysquid wrote:
Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:23 am
“I got a job in Atlanta in the mall playing Santa not because of any talent but because I was the only one the suit would fit”
Well if it’s not that it’s
“I love that mountain with those four big heads”
This is the correct answer.

An honourable mention would be "I couldn't tell if the bells are getting louder, the songs they ring I finally recognize" but that's only due to the perfect vocal delivery.

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:40 pm
by Voodoo Revolution
"I'm hidden in the scream when the virgin dies."

Re: Favourite opening line

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:52 pm
by Marcelocooper
Hello! Hurray!! Let the show begin, I’ve been ready.


Ok, maybe somethings written by Alice:

I saw you in your wedding gown the prettiest dress