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StabMaster Arson · 03-14-2005, 08:44 PM

Cult songwriter Warren Zevon's 1978 single Werewolves Of London has won a top accolade today beating songs such as Bill Haley and The Comets' Rock Around The Clock and Bruce Springsteen's Hungry Heart for the Greatest Opening Song Line in rock 'n' roll history.

The track opens with the lines: "Saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, he was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's, going to get a big dish of beef chow mein".

The top ten

1. Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London - "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein."

2. Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock - "One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock."

3. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Jo - "Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand."

4. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti - "A Wop Bop A Loo Bop A Lop Bam Boom!"

5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - "If I leave here tomorrow, Would you still remember me?"

6. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart - "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back."

7. ELO - Telephone Line - "Hello. How are you? Have you been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights That's what I'd say. I'd tell you everything If you'd pick up that telephone."

8. Paul Simon - Kodachrome - "When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all."

9. Morrissey - Every Day Is Like Sunday - "Trudging slowly over wet sand Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen."

10. Elvis Costello - Alison - "Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. And with the way you look I understand that you are not impressed."

03-14-2005, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425	Cult songwriter Warren Zevon's 1978 single Werewolves Of London has won a top accolade today beating songs such as Bill Haley and The Comets' Rock Around The Clock and Bruce Springsteen's Hungry Heart for the Greatest Opening Song Line in rock 'n' roll history. The track opens with the lines: "Saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, he was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's, going to get a big dish of beef chow mein". The top ten 1. Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London - "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein." 2. Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock - "One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock." 3. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Jo - "Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand." 4. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti - "A Wop Bop A Loo Bop A Lop Bam Boom!" 5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - "If I leave here tomorrow, Would you still remember me?" 6. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart - "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back." 7. ELO - Telephone Line - "Hello. How are you? Have you been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights That's what I'd say. I'd tell you everything If you'd pick up that telephone." 8. Paul Simon - Kodachrome - "When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all." 9. Morrissey - Every Day Is Like Sunday - "Trudging slowly over wet sand Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen." 10. Elvis Costello - Alison - "Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. And with the way you look I understand that you are not impressed."
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