Songs with utterly improbable opening lines.
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Songs with utterly improbable opening lines.
I don't have a list of opening lines I never expect to hear in a song, not ever, but I know one when I hear it.
Recently I heard one; Paul Capsis started off with:
I don't believe in an interventionist god.
Paul himself is rather improbable. He looks like a diminutive Tiny Tim, he dresses and sings like a soul diva (yes, I mean diva) and he has a quickly increasing cult following.
Meet Paul here:
www.users.bigpond.com/paulcapsis/
Can anyone think of an opening line to top that?
Oddly, the line works well in the song but I couldn't find a full set of lyrics on the web.
Recently I heard one; Paul Capsis started off with:
I don't believe in an interventionist god.
Paul himself is rather improbable. He looks like a diminutive Tiny Tim, he dresses and sings like a soul diva (yes, I mean diva) and he has a quickly increasing cult following.
Meet Paul here:
www.users.bigpond.com/paulcapsis/
Can anyone think of an opening line to top that?
Oddly, the line works well in the song but I couldn't find a full set of lyrics on the web.
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Re: Songs with utterly improbable opening lines.
Hmmm... something like this?Wombat wrote:Can anyone think of an opening line to top that?
"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together..."
I Am The Walrus
(Lennon/McCartney)
Sergent Pepper Album.
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Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine.
"Joy to the World"
Doobie Brothers
Some of the musicians I know that survived the '60s don't consider this improbable at all.
dave boling
"Joy to the World"
Doobie Brothers
Some of the musicians I know that survived the '60s don't consider this improbable at all.
dave boling
I teleported home one night
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie's heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.
-- Douglas Adams
'Bundinn er bátlaus maðu'.
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie's heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.
-- Douglas Adams
'Bundinn er bátlaus maðu'.
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Richard Shindell's "On A Sea Of Fleur De Lis":
I adore thee Mother Mary but would you change me back to a witch
I adore thee Mother Mary but would you change me back to a witch
Jonathan
Help, Help! I'm being repressed...
Help, Help! I'm being repressed...
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Procol Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale"
We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
(Well, yeah, OK. Then what happened?)
We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
(Well, yeah, OK. Then what happened?)
Charlie Gravel
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde
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Especially, since it was Three Dog Night, as opposed to the Doobies. . .Denny wrote:improbabledaveboling wrote:Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine.
"Joy to the World"
Doobie Brothers
Some of the musicians I know that survived the '60s don't consider this improbable at all.
dave boling
Which probably means Dave was really there (if you know what I mean)
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He seems to be completely unreceptive.
The tests I gave him show no sense at all.
His eyes react to light the dials detect it.
He hears but cannot answer to your call.
- Tommy - the Who
There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship's smoke
Out on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move
But I cant hear what you're saying.
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we’ll be there and we’ll see you
Ten true summers we’ll be there and laughing too
Twenty-four before my love you’ll see I’ll be there with you
- Roundabout - Yes
I could go on all day ... Maybe I will!
djm
The tests I gave him show no sense at all.
His eyes react to light the dials detect it.
He hears but cannot answer to your call.
- Tommy - the Who
There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship's smoke
Out on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move
But I cant hear what you're saying.
- Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we’ll be there and we’ll see you
Ten true summers we’ll be there and laughing too
Twenty-four before my love you’ll see I’ll be there with you
- Roundabout - Yes
I could go on all day ... Maybe I will!
djm
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
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Paraphernalia
never hides your broken bones.
--Paul Simon, Everything Put Together Falls Apart
You never give me your money,
you only give me your funny paper.
--Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money
A movement is accomplished in six stages,
and the seventh brings return.
--Pink Floyd, Chapter 24
never hides your broken bones.
--Paul Simon, Everything Put Together Falls Apart
You never give me your money,
you only give me your funny paper.
--Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money
A movement is accomplished in six stages,
and the seventh brings return.
--Pink Floyd, Chapter 24
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