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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."

StabMaster Arson · 03-14-2005, 08:56 PM

That was a cut and paste job.
Anywho, what's your vote for best first line to a song?

I'll start...
"You Suck, Motherfuckers"
-The Queers: You're Tripping

"You are a homosexual to the max, you are a child molester in the mix"
-Wesley Willis: Michael Jackson

"Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head."
-Johnny Cash: Cocaine Blues

"Listen little girl its getting near the hour, on your face I'll leave the golden shower"
-The Mentors: I can't remember

"Ladies first, who the fuck made up that shit?
9 times outta 10 it was a bitch
I'm comin' at cha like this
Cause your pussy ain't no more important than my dick miss"
-Geto Boys: Gentleman

"Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt, and the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had another for dessert"
-Johnny Cash: Sunday Morning Coming Down

"Frank settled down in the valley and he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife’s forehead"
-Tom Waits: Frank's Wild Years

"I caught you with him on those damp, slick, sticky satin sheets"
-Wayne Hancock: 87 Southbound

"I'm just a regular Joe with a regular job
your average white suburbanite slob"
-Denis Leary: Asshole

"I might get drunk and rob a bank"
-Hank Williams III: I Don't Know

[ March 14, 2005, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: StabMaster Arson ]

Ugly Bastard · 03-14-2005, 09:06 PM

Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination

"Come with me, and you'll be in a world of Pure Imagination"

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

"Scar tissue that I wished you saw.
Sarcastic Mr. Know It All"

David Gray - Please Forgive Me

"Please forgive me if I act a little strange.
For I know not what I do.
Feels like lightening running through my veins.
Everytime I look at you"

Dave Matthews - Dodo

"Once upon a time, when the world was just a pancake.
Fears would rise, that if you went too far, you'd fall."

-Ugly Bastard

That's a shitty post.

[ March 14, 2005, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: Ugly Bastard ]

underwater · 03-15-2005, 12:04 AM

Cursive- A Gentleman Caller

"Your gentleman caller, well he's been callin' on another. He loves his forbidden fruit."

hello mr. man · 03-15-2005, 01:12 AM

James Brown: " WOW I FEEL GOOD...!!"

Alkaline Trio: "Shaking, like a dog shitting razor blades. Waking up next to nothing...."

Blood Brothers: " Scarecrow. You ruined me. Now i've caught my hands in the death machine..."

wow that's all the good ones i can think of..

fancymeghan · 03-15-2005, 01:56 AM

WEEZER (tired of sex): "i'm tired, so tired of having sex."

THE WHO (my generation): "people try to put us down/just because we get around"

THE BEATLES (in my life): "there are places i remember all my life though some have changed some forever not for better"

THE CARS (let the good times roll): "let the good times roll, let them knock you around"

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (we laugh indoors): "when we laugh indoors, the blissful tones bounce off the walls and fall to the floor"

Mr. Blonde · 03-23-2005, 05:02 AM

I have many, I will add.

Yellowcard

"If you're gonna rip my heart out,
Could you use a knife that's dull and rust in color?
(Once I die) there will be no way that you can cover
That scar"

[ March 23, 2005, 02:02 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Blonde ]

Mr. Blonde · 03-23-2005, 10:36 AM

The Rocket Summer

"Cross my heart, hope to die
I swear I won't say what happened that night
So starting today, things are gonna be alright"

the Butcher · 03-23-2005, 03:22 PM

gary jules - mad world.

"all around me are familiar faces, worn out places."

bad religion - i want to conquer the world.

"hey brother christian with your high and mighty errand, your actions speak so loud, i can’t hear what you’re saying."

fancymeghan · 03-23-2005, 03:28 PM

butcher...i almost put that one from bad religion.

THE BEATLES (a day in the life): "i read the news today, oh boy. about a lucky man who made the grade. and though the news was rather sad, well, i just had to laugh..."

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, & YOUNG (carry on): "one morning i woke up and i knew you were gone."

DENISON WITMER (the 80s): "it feels like the 80s, when we were much smaller, but somehow felt bigger than now."

[ March 23, 2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: fancymeghan ]

StabMaster Arson · 03-23-2005, 03:53 PM

bad religion has great lyrics altogether... here's a couple more first lines from them

"sit back and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong, eradicate, procrastinate as progress creeps along"

"I don't need to be a global citizen cause I'm blessed by nationality, I'm a member of a growing populace, we enforce our popularity"

"Did you ever see the concrete stares of everyday?
The lunatic, the hypocrite, are all lost in the fray."

and, of course...
"Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren’t all the same, to conquer was his goal"

Beebs · 03-24-2005, 03:32 AM

CCR - Traveling Band
737 come on out of the sky...

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."
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

03-14-2005, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425	That was a cut and paste job. Anywho, what's your vote for best first line to a song? I'll start... "You Suck, Motherfuckers" -The Queers: You're Tripping "You are a homosexual to the max, you are a child molester in the mix" -Wesley Willis: Michael Jackson "Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head." -Johnny Cash: Cocaine Blues "Listen little girl its getting near the hour, on your face I'll leave the golden shower" -The Mentors: I can't remember "Ladies first, who the fuck made up that shit? 9 times outta 10 it was a bitch I'm comin' at cha like this Cause your pussy ain't no more important than my dick miss" -Geto Boys: Gentleman "Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt, and the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had another for dessert" -Johnny Cash: Sunday Morning Coming Down "Frank settled down in the valley and he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife’s forehead" -Tom Waits: Frank's Wild Years "I caught you with him on those damp, slick, sticky satin sheets" -Wayne Hancock: 87 Southbound "I'm just a regular Joe with a regular job your average white suburbanite slob" -Denis Leary: Asshole "I might get drunk and rob a bank" -Hank Williams III: I Don't Know [ March 14, 2005, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: StabMaster Arson ]
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

03-15-2005, 12:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
underwater Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: indiana Posts: 1,453 Internets: 10	Cursive- A Gentleman Caller "Your gentleman caller, well he's been callin' on another. He loves his forbidden fruit."
	We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, because your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine.

03-23-2005, 05:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	I have many, I will add. Yellowcard "If you're gonna rip my heart out, Could you use a knife that's dull and rust in color? (Once I die) there will be no way that you can cover That scar" [ March 23, 2005, 02:02 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Blonde ]
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

03-23-2005, 10:36 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	The Rocket Summer "Cross my heart, hope to die I swear I won't say what happened that night So starting today, things are gonna be alright"
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

03-14-2005, 09:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination "Come with me, and you'll be in a world of Pure Imagination" Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue "Scar tissue that I wished you saw. Sarcastic Mr. Know It All" David Gray - Please Forgive Me "Please forgive me if I act a little strange. For I know not what I do. Feels like lightening running through my veins. Everytime I look at you" Dave Matthews - Dodo "Once upon a time, when the world was just a pancake. Fears would rise, that if you went too far, you'd fall." -Ugly Bastard That's a shitty post. [ March 14, 2005, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: Ugly Bastard ]

03-15-2005, 01:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
hello mr. man Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: somewhere around here Posts: 30 Internets: 10	James Brown: " WOW I FEEL GOOD...!!" Alkaline Trio: "Shaking, like a dog shitting razor blades. Waking up next to nothing...." Blood Brothers: " Scarecrow. You ruined me. Now i've caught my hands in the death machine..." wow that's all the good ones i can think of..

03-15-2005, 01:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
fancymeghan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: indiana. Posts: 504 Internets: 306	WEEZER (tired of sex): "i'm tired, so tired of having sex." THE WHO (my generation): "people try to put us down/just because we get around" THE BEATLES (in my life): "there are places i remember all my life though some have changed some forever not for better" THE CARS (let the good times roll): "let the good times roll, let them knock you around" DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (we laugh indoors): "when we laugh indoors, the blissful tones bounce off the walls and fall to the floor"

03-23-2005, 03:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
the Butcher Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: that one place...you know, with the fire and damnation? oh yeh, hell. Posts: 895 Internets: 10	gary jules - mad world. "all around me are familiar faces, worn out places." bad religion - i want to conquer the world. "hey brother christian with your high and mighty errand, your actions speak so loud, i can’t hear what you’re saying."
	meet me at the corner of 5th and pontiac. and make sure that no one else is with you, if you wish to see them alive again.

03-23-2005, 03:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
fancymeghan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: indiana. Posts: 504 Internets: 306	butcher...i almost put that one from bad religion. THE BEATLES (a day in the life): "i read the news today, oh boy. about a lucky man who made the grade. and though the news was rather sad, well, i just had to laugh..." CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, & YOUNG (carry on): "one morning i woke up and i knew you were gone." DENISON WITMER (the 80s): "it feels like the 80s, when we were much smaller, but somehow felt bigger than now." [ March 23, 2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: fancymeghan ]

03-23-2005, 03:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425	bad religion has great lyrics altogether... here's a couple more first lines from them "sit back and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong, eradicate, procrastinate as progress creeps along" "I don't need to be a global citizen cause I'm blessed by nationality, I'm a member of a growing populace, we enforce our popularity" "Did you ever see the concrete stares of everyday? The lunatic, the hypocrite, are all lost in the fray." and, of course... "Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren’t all the same, to conquer was his goal"
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

03-24-2005, 03:32 AM	#12 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	CCR - Traveling Band 737 come on out of the sky...