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Opening Line

Saw this online today and thought it would be interesting. What are some of your favorite or instantly recognizable opening lines. 
The Joker -Steve Miller.

Some people call me the space cowboy

 

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"Twenty-five dollars and a six pack to my name"

Six pack  Black Flag

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“Let me take you baby, down to the river bed”

I got a line on you, Spirit

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When are you going to come down?

When are you going to land?

 

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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"Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damned depressed"

Sister golden hair  America

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”Look around me, I can see my life before me”

Wasted on the way, C,S&N

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Radar Love-Golden Earring

 

I've been drivin' all night, my hands wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel

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”Dyin’ flame, you’re free again

Who could love, do that to you”

Fool (If you think it’s over)   Chris Rea

 

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"When the world is a monster, Bad to swallow you whole"

Can't get there from here  R.E.M.

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“Just as I thought it was goin’ alright

I found out I’m wrong, when I thought I was right”

That’s all, Genesis

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Hello - Adele
"Hello, it's me"


Not to be confused with
Hello - Lionel Ritchie
"I've been alone with you Inside my mind"

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"Didn't I" - OneRepublic

 

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I love you?
Didn't we, didn't we, didn't we fly?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPGtpO1g_jk 

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”Standing tough under Stars and Stripes”

I.G.Y.  Donald Fa-en (From Steely Dan)

Love that censorship 😡

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Sugar, We're Goin Down - Fallout Boy


"Am I more than you bargained for yet?"

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"Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers

 

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away"

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"After six hours of school, I've had enough of the day"

Dance, dance, dance  Beach Boys

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”She comes in colors everywhere”

She’s a rainbow, Stones

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Take a Bow - Rihanna


"You look so dumb right now / Standing outside my house..."

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Well, we got no choice, all the girls and boys

School’s Out, Alice Cooper

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You always won every time you placed a bet

You’re still **bleep** good, no one’s gotten to you yet…

 

Still The Same - Bob Seger

 

Honestly, I think I could list all of his great songs! 😸

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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Me too, one of my all time favs 🎼💜

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Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne


"He was a boy, She was a girl, Can I make it any more obvious?"

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"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede

 

"Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga"

 

also putting this in the Cheer Up songs and Great Covers thread.

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Wonderwall - Oasis

 

"Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you"

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"A long, long time ago; I can still remember how the music used to make me smile"

American Pie  Don McClean

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“Hey hey Mama said the way you move,

gonna make you sweat, gonna make 

you groove”

Black Dog, Led Zeppelin

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Kinda surprised it took so long for this one to show up...and a little embarassed at not thinking of it sooner.

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”Standing in line, marking time, waiting

for the welfare dime”

The way it is, Bruce Hornsby&the Range

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"Who Can it Be Now?" - Men at Work

 

"Who can it be knocking at my door?
Go 'way, don't come 'round here no more"

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All Star - Smash Mouth

 

"Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed"

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He'll Have To Go:  Jim Reeves  (Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone).

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