Most iconic lyrics in history.

[lord bunberry]

I’ll go first
All the stars that never where are parking cars and pumping gas.

Dione Warwick - do you know the way to San Jose

[1875godsgift]

Ha ha ha
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome
And you can't catch me

David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome

[snooky]

"I'm standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat bed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me"
'Take It Easy' - Eagles

".... sad as a gypsy serenading the Moon"
'Skylark' - Hogey Carmichael

"While the Chief puts Sunshine on Leith"
Proclaimers

[Hibrandenburg]

You can do anything but don't step on my blue suede shoes.

[Mr White]

Words are flowing out like endless rain in to a paper cup, they slither while they pass they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, possessing and caressing me.
The Beatles- Across The Universe


I can feel the earth begin to move, I hear my needle hit the groove.
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

[Hermit Crab]

Maybe I will never be
all the thing that I wanna be
now is not time to cry
nows the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We'll see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

Oasis - Live Forever 1994

[Geo_1875]

My name is Sue! How do you do! Now you're gonna die!

Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue

[PeeJay]

Neat idea - BD - Like A Rolling Stone



Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal

How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

[Peevemor]

Plucked her eyebrows on the way,
Shaved her legs and then he was a she...

Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side


When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard

Dr Hook

[Smartie]

I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

Africa, Toto

… When I was a very small boy
Very small boys talked to me......

True Faith, New Order

[Hibbyradge]

"I hope I die before I get old".

[Hibbyradge]

When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard

Dr Hook

A classic.

There's a line later in the song which sounds like; " When you're in love with a beautiful woman, you want your ride". :tee hee:

When I found out that it was actually "You watch her eyes" I was most disappointed.

[Geo_1875]

"I hope I die before I get old".

That is iconic.

As is "One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock."

[makaveli1875]

we dont need no education , we dont need no thought control

[Alfiembra]

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head but dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away and forget about everything

[Hibbyradge]

That is iconic.

As is "One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock."

For lyric to be truly iconic, there should be no need to attribute it to a song or an artist.

Everyone knows it immediately.

However, well kent doesn't necessarily mean iconic, but that's a subject for another thread.

[Pretty Boy]

Libraries gave us power.
Then work came and made us free
What price now for a shallow piece of dignity?

A Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers

A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I can give you life, I can take it away.

Banquet - Bloc Party

Design for Life qualifies as iconic imo, Bloc Party maybr not so much but they are great lyrics.

[Geo_1875]

For lyric to be truly iconic, there should be no need to attribute it to a song or an artist.

Everyone knows it immediately.

However, well kent doesn't necessarily mean iconic, but that's a subject for another thread.

Agreed, to be iconic it should invoke an era, event or person that represent a time or changed the path of history.

I'd say a song performed at Woodstock in 1969 or the first mainstream rock and roll song are contenders.

[Hibbyradge]

"Ground control to Major Tom".

[Geo_1875]

"Ground control to Major Tom".

Nope... give us a clue?

[WeeRussell]

"Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind" - Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones

"I know you won't believe it's true, I only went with her 'cause she looks like you" - Babies, Pulp.

"Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses" - Killing in the name, Rage Against the Machine

"When I was young I thought I had my own key, knew exactly what I wanted to be. Now I'm sure, you've boarded up every door." - Fade Away, Oasis.

"I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel. I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real" - Hurt, Johnny Cash.

"It's 9 O'clock on a Saturday, regular crowd shuffles in, There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin" - Piano Man, Billy Joel.

"If I listened long enough to you, I'd find a way to believe that it's all true." - Reason to Believe, Rod Stewart.

"I'm alive again, more alive than I have been in my whole entire life.." - No Love, Eminem.

"I'm only a paperboy from the North West, but I can scrub up well in my Sunday best. How could I ever do for you, because I'm true and I'm real, and this is how I feel." - Courteeners.

[Hibbyradge]

Nope... give us a clue?

:tee hee:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way

[Hibbyradge]

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way

Good one. There's a lot more from that stable too.

Which reminds me;

"Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try".

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

This ones iconic to me as it represents some fine times

When I hold you baby
feel your heart beat close to me
want to stay in your arms forever
only love will set you free

[Eaststand]

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away..


I cant get no....


Still don't know what I was waitin' for
And my time was runnin' wild


GGTTH

[Onceinawhile]

"You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge"

The intro from straight outta Compton by nwa.

[Pretty Boy]

I said a hip hop
A hippie to the hippie
The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop

Arguably the song that started to bring rap into the mainstream and everyone knows those opening lyrics.

[Just Jimmy]

and so Sally can wait
she knows it too late...

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[SuperAllyMcleod]

Bless my cotton socks I’m in the news.

[Wilson]

How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man? How many seas must the white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?

[Wilson]

I can see you. Your Brown skin shining in the sun. You've got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby. I can tell you my love for you will still be strong. After the boys of summer have gone.

[Wilson]

I'm sitting on the dock of the bay. Watching the tide rolling away. I'm sitting on the dock of the bay. Wasting time.

[Peevemor]

These braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream....

[Eaststand]

Goodbye Norma Jean

Do they know its Christmastime at all

We're all goin on a ... :-)

GGTTH

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

There's no point in asking, you'll get no reply.

[Jim44]

There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief

[TRC]

Please to meet you,
hope you guess my name.

The Rolling stones
Sympathy for the Devil

[lord bunberry]

I’m an Edinburgh man myself :greengrin

[Mibbes Aye]

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna go to school today
She’s going to make them stay at home.......

[Hiber-nation]

Never chew a pickle
With a little slap and tickle
You have to throw the stone
To get the pool to ripple...

[Mibbes Aye]

There’s been a load of compromisin’
On the road to my horizon
But I’m gonna be where the lights are shinin’ on me........

[Hibbyradge]

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

[Mibbes Aye]

Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps

[Alfiembra]

My Maserati does 185 I lost my license now I don’t drive

[Mibbes Aye]

With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue
Dissolve the nerves that have just begun
Listening to Marvin (all night long)
This is the sound of my soul
This is the sound........
Always slipping from my hands
Sand’s a time of its own
Take your seaside arms and write the next line
Oh I want the truth to be known......

[Hiber-nation]

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

[Don Giovanni]

God save the queen,
The fascist regime

[Mibbes Aye]

The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody’s out on the run tonight but there’s no place left to hide
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul

[matty_f]

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, screaming, Gucci little piggy.



To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die.

In my mind my dreams are real
Now you're concerned about the way I feel
Tonight, I'm a rock n roll star

[NAE NOOKIE]

A broken antler points the way to the still pond where reflections of Bonnie Prince Charlie lie wounded in the shallow water :greengrin

Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as the northern star, and I said 'constantly in the darkness. where's that at? if you want me I'll be in the bar'

[Jones28]

We are the sultans of swing...

[The_Exile]

A few that instantly spring to mind are:

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.

There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don't know how.

Well I've heard there was a secret chord, that David played and it pleased the Lord.

Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?

Oh it's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spent it with you.

i'm worth a million in prizes, with my torture film, drive a G.T.O, wear a uniform, all on a government loan.

[Mixu62]

I wrote for luck
And they sent me you

Happy Mondays

I sold my medal
It paid a bill

Manic Stree Preachers

[WeeRussell]

Jarvis had a few decent ones actually.. okay maybe I've just started thinking of ones I like rather than iconic. But I'm enjoying myself.:

"You will never understand how it feels to live your life with no meaning or control, and with nowhere left to go." - Pulp, common people.

"Let's do some living after we die" - Rolling Stones, Wild Horses.

"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean, she was the best damn woman that I ever seen." - ACDC, You shook me all night long (defo iconic that one)

"So how can you tell me that you're lonely and say for you that the sun don't shine?" Ralph McTell, Streets of London.

"Jimmy was a local boy but he's seen much more than a change in the weather." The Rifles, Local Boy.

"Never saw it as the start. It's more a change of heart." Ocean Colour Scene, the day we caught the train

[snooky]

Three great examples of the genius that is Tom Waits.

(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
Tell me is the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzin'?
Telephone's ringin', it's your second cousin

Time
And you’re east of East St Louis
And the wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause

Shiver Me Timbers
Where the clouds are like headlines
On a new front page sky

[Geo_1875]

One day I'll cut my legs off
I'll burn myself alive
I'll do anything to get out of life to survive
Not ever to be next

[heretoday]

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay....

[Pretty Boy]

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay....

Is that one by Steven Gerrard?

[Hibee87]

Son im thirty, I only went with your mother cause she's dirty.

[Hermit Crab]

Now I'm a union man
Amazed at what I am
I say what I think, that the company stinks
Yes I'm a union man

When we meet in the local hall
I'll be voting with them all
With a hell of a shout, it's "Out brothers, out!"
And the rise of the factory's fall

Oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Til the day I die
Til the day I die

Us union men are wise
To the lies of the company spies
And I don't get fooled by the factory rules
'Cause I always read between the lines

And I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
And this is what I say:

Oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Til the day I die
Til the day I die

Before the union did appear
My life was half as clear
Now I've got the power to the working hour
And every other day of the year

So though I'm a working man
I can ruin the government's plan
And though I'm not hard, the sight of my card
Makes me some kind of superman

Oh, oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Til the day I die
Til the day I die

You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Til the day I die
Til the day I die

[Jim44]

Let's move before they raise the parking rate - all right now? :thumbsup:

[McD]

She’s got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories

silver horses, run down moonbeams, in her dark eyes

She told me come but I was already there

I’ve seen a million faces, and I’ve rocked them all

But I gotta get out, I gotta break out now, before the final crack of dawn

She was more like a beauty queen, from a movie scene

Rebel souls, deserters we are called

Like a fool, I fell in love with you, turned my whole world upside down

And as we wind in down the road, our shadows taller than our soul

is this the real life, is this just fantasy

we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

[Mixu62]

Son im thirty, I only went with your mother cause she's dirty.

And I don't have a decent bone in me...

[Peanut Shaz]

On the National Express there's a jolly hostess
Selling crisps and tea
She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks
For a sky-high fee
Mini-skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle
Back in '63 (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
But it's hard to get by when your arse is the size
Of a small country

[matty_f]

All the people, so many people
And they all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their Parklife

[heretoday]

Wouldn't it be nice, to get on with me neighbours

But they make it very clear, they've got no room for ravers

[O'Rourke3]

I may not always love you,so long as there are skies above you. You never need to doubt it ...

I see seas of green, red roses too

What becomes of all the little boys, who never comb their hair.

[Hiber-nation]

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so's Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

[Onceinawhile]

Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps

ELVIS was a hero to most,
But never meant **** to me.

[snooky]

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so's Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

I've always wondered about those lyrics.
Is Lola glad that 'she' (Lola) is a man or is Lola glad that the singer (Ray Davies) is a man? Or both? :dunno:

[SuperAllyMcleod]

I've always wondered about those lyrics.
Is Lola glad that 'she' (Lola) is a man or is Lola glad that the singer (Ray Davies) is a man? Or both? :dunno:

If we are doing confusing lyrics then how about this mind bender from Billy Bragg.

“I was 21 years when I wrote this song,
I’m 22 now but I won’t be for long”

If he wrote it at 21, why does it say he’s 22?

[snooky]

If we are doing confusing lyrics then how about this mind bender from Billy Bragg.

“I was 21 years when I wrote this song,
I’m 22 now but I won’t be for long”

If he wrote it at 21, why does it say he’s 22?

Those lyrics are from Paul Simon's "The Leaves That Are Green" are they not?

He's saying he wrote the song when he was at least a year younger - he's singing it right now while fast approaching his next birthday.
Well, that's how I read it.

[Geo_1875]

Those lyrics are from Paul Simon's "The Leaves That Are Green" are they not?

He's saying he wrote the song when he was at least a year younger - he's singing it right now while fast approaching his next birthday.
Well, that's how I read it.

From New England and the confusion is he's either a very slow writer or the song is unfinished.

[snooky]

From New England and the confusion is he's either a very slow writer or the song is unfinished.

If I had written a song last year when I was say, 21 years and 11 months old, and I had then stuck it in a drawer. Today, a year later (I'm now 22 and 11 months old), I take the song out the drawer and sing it to you and say "I was 21 years when I wrote this song. I'm 22 now but I won't be for long - because I'll soon be 23"
Can't see the confusion unless you're thinking he's taken 21 years to write the song? :dunno:

[PeeJay]

From New England and the confusion is he's either a very slow writer or the song is unfinished.

Not originally - Bragg "borrowed" the lyrics from Simon's song as he was a great fan of S&G ...

"I was 21 years when I wrote this song
I'm 22 now, but I won't be for long
Time hurries on"

[Hibee87]

And I don't have a decent bone in me...

What you see, is just whatya get :thumbsup:

[Hibee87]

Husband don't know what hes done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum
She can't sayyyy, they can't seeeeee
Putting it down to another bad day

[WeeRussell]

If I had written a song last year when I was say, 21 years and 11 months old, and I had then stuck it in a drawer. Today, a year later (I'm now 22 and 11 months old), I take the song out the drawer and sing it to you and say "I was 21 years when I wrote this song. I'm 22 now but I won't be for long - because I'll soon be 23"
Can't see the confusion unless you're thinking he's taken 21 years to write the song? :dunno:

Kind of similar thing to (sorry, again) Pulp's 'something changed'.

"I wrote the song two hours before we met
I didn't know your name or what you looked like yet"

Nice... but confusing :greengrin

[Loopz]

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.

[Killiehibbie]

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone (https://genius.com/Elvis-presley-jailhouse-rock-lyrics#note-2070724)
Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone (https://genius.com/Elvis-presley-jailhouse-rock-lyrics#note-2070743)
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole rhythm section (https://genius.com/Elvis-presley-jailhouse-rock-lyrics#note-3315455) was the Purple Gang (https://genius.com/Elvis-presley-jailhouse-rock-lyrics#note-1389069)

Alone here in the kitchen
I feel there's something missing
I'd beg for some forgiveness
But begging's not my business
And she won't write a letter
Although I always tell her
And so it's my assumption...

[Loopz]

Just what is it that you want to do?
Well, we wanna be free, we wanna be free to do what we wanna do
And we wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time
And that's what we're gonna do (away baby, let's go)
We're gonna have a good time, we're gonna have a party

[SuperAllyMcleod]

If I had written a song last year when I was say, 21 years and 11 months old, and I had then stuck it in a drawer. Today, a year later (I'm now 22 and 11 months old), I take the song out the drawer and sing it to you and say "I was 21 years when I wrote this song. I'm 22 now but I won't be for long - because I'll soon be 23"
Can't see the confusion unless you're thinking he's taken 21 years to write the song? :dunno:

Yeah, but you have changed your original song and are effectively writing a new one.

He is either 21 and has said he is 22 or he is 22 and said he is 21.

Anyway, probably not worth all this discussion and thanks for the info about S&G - I didn’t know that, just love New England as a song. [emoji4]

[lord bunberry]

I had an uncle who once played, for red star Belgrade.

[Killiehibbie]

I had an uncle who once played, for red star Belgrade.You Bragging?

[snooky]

Yeah, but you have changed your original song and are effectively writing a new one.

He is either 21 and has said he is 22 or he is 22 and said he is 21.

Anyway, probably not worth all this discussion and thanks for the info about S&G - I didn’t know that, just love New England as a song. [emoji4]

Where does it say I've changed the original?

Ach, no matter, you're right. It's not worth taking this any further. :aok:

[Pete]

Bathgate no more
Linwood no more
Methil no more...

[Mixu62]

Husband don't know what hes done
Kids don't know what's wrong with mum
She can't sayyyy, they can't seeeeee
Putting it down to another bad day

Yes! There's some you can read and some you have to sing in your head!

[CropleyWasGod]

What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

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[Hibbyradge]

What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

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You're listening to the same radio show as me :greengrin

[CropleyWasGod]

You're listening to the same radio show as me :greengrinHa. Good old Huey.

Were you dancing as badly as I was?

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[snooky]

"It was a moonlit night in old Mexico
I walked alone between some old Adobe haciendas
Suddenly I heard the plaintive cry of a young Mexican girl......"

[Pedantic_Hibee]

We are Hibs,
We are good,
We had Celtic on the run...

[Hibbyradge]

I'm a creep...

[Captain Trips]

Chanson d'amour
Rat ta ta ta tat

[Haymaker]

19

[matty_f]

I'm a creep...

Can we stick to the lyrics please?

[snooky]

Get your motor running, head out on the highway........

[Hiber-nation]

Well, I've been runnin down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind

Four that wanna own me
Two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy
Take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Drive you crazy

[lord bunberry]

I’ve just realised that it was me that started this thread. That’s not an iconic lyric by the way.

[snooky]

I’ve just realised that it was me that started this thread. That’s not an iconic lyric by the way.

"And I think I'm Going Out Of My Head" - Little Anthony & the Imperials
BTW, that works two fold. For the iconic lyric thing & LB's post above. :greengrin

[wpj]

Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich
And welcome me back to town

[lord bunberry]

"And I think I'm Going Out Of My Head" - Little Anthony & the Imperials
BTW, that works two fold. For the iconic lyric thing & LB's post above. :greengrin
I was thinking more of where is my mind by the pixies :greengrin

[wpj]

Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back roads headin' south
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe

Harsh but who knows why he wrote it?

[ancient hibee]

1. Well since my baby left me...

2. Well that'll be the day...

[Jim44]

Hello silence, my old friend .....

[CropleyWasGod]

Hello silence, my old friend .....

Is silence a friend of darkness, too? :greengrin

[Mixu62]

This is a journey ....into sound

[Pedantic_Hibee]

It's a little bit funny...

[snooky]

Born down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground .......

[Jim44]

Is silence a friend of darkness, too? :greengrin

Touchee. :greengrin

[rodhibs55]

Its The Final Countdown - Europe

And for the Jazz lovers - Your Feets Too Big - Fats Waller

[YehButNoBut]

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

The Boss - Thunder Road

[Hibbyradge]

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.

[Hiber-nation]

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.

My fave is

You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive

[Mr White]

The question doesn't matter
The answer's always "aye"
The best view of all
Is where the land meets the sky.

[Wilson]

My fave is

You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive

I had some dreams - they were clouds in my coffee.

[heretoday]

Shangalangalangalanga shoobeydowey,
Remember all the little things we used to say..........................

[Mixu62]

It's a god awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair

[Billy Whizz]

Springsteen, Darkness on the edge of town, one of my favourite songs of all time

Everybody’s got a secret, Sonny
Something that they just can’t face
Some spend their whole lives trying to keep it
The carry it with them every step that they take

[matty_f]

I sing myself to sleep
A song from my darkest hour

[patch1875]

Mana mana

[Hibee87]

Theres things that i regret. Like being called a nervous wreck and working up another sweat for you.

[WeeRussell]

The question doesn't matter
The answer's always "aye"
The best view of all
Is where the land meets the sky.


YES! Been thinking of those very lyrics quite a bit recently :aok:

[Hiber-nation]

Theres things that i regret. Like being called a nervous wreck and working up another sweat for you.

Good choice :aok:

[snooky]

:singing: "She was just 17, you know what I mean........." 20769

[matty_f]

I don't have to sell my soul, he's already in me

[Mibbes Aye]

I don't have to sell my soul, he's already in me

Took me a while to recall the previous James one but I recognised this as soon as I read it.

I think if you fall into a certain age bracket, this was the be-all and end-all.

I don't want to start a debate about what the best album ever was, and I wouldn't necessarily put this forward, but when this came out it simply changed everything for people my age. No doubt, no dispute, this was the album you listened to and these were the opening lines. That makes it truly iconic, though you could have posted from "Made of Stone" too, I reckon.

Having said all that, it's made me realise there's a lack of Smiths lyrics on here.

[Mibbes Aye]

As previously promised, some Smiths - the lyrics of Morrissey, laid over the music of Johnny Marr

"There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry
And you want to die"

[Mibbes Aye]

As previously promised, some Smiths - the lyrics of Morrissey, laid over the music of Johnny Marr

"There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry
And you want to die"

And from the same song, a belter of an opening line:

"I am the son, and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar"

[Hiber-nation]

Do the Wall Street Shuffle
Let your money hustle
Bet you'd sell your mother
You can buy another

[snooky]

Do the Wall Street Shuffle
Let your money hustle
Bet you'd sell your mother
You can buy another

I love 10cc.
They've be described as 'a band's band'. :aok:

"We all got balls and brains
But some got balls & chains"
(Rubber Bullets)

[Mixu62]

"god save the queeeeeen....."

Apt one for this weekend.

[LustForLeith]

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear (insert name if someone coincidentally born on that day) Happy Birthday to you.

[matty_f]

You're twisting my melon, man.

[Hibee87]

I see a red door and i want it painted black.

[Hibee87]

Ohhh, high on diesel and gasoline, psycho for drum machine.

[Hiber-nation]

I love 10cc.
They've be described as 'a band's band'. :aok:

"We all got balls and brains
But some got balls & chains"
(Rubber Bullets)

I loved their first 4 albums. In hindsight, the 1st 2 are still classics and the next 2 are sort of half and half.

[Hiber-nation]

Sup up your beer and collect your fags
There's a row going on down near Slough

[Mibbes Aye]

And you may find yourself
Living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself
In another part of the world
And you may find yourself
Behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house
With a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, well
How did I get here?

[snooky]

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear (insert name if someone coincidentally born on that day) Happy Birthday to you.

Highlighted part doesn't scan. :cb

[makaveli1875]

with the lights out its less dangerous
here we are now , entertain us

people are strange , when your a stranger
faces look ugly when your alone

we jammin , i hope you like jammin too

No, I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way the story goes

[JeMeSouviens]

As previously promised, some Smiths - the lyrics of Morrissey, laid over the music of Johnny Marr

"There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry
And you want to die"

"Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear"

[PeeJay]

Two of my favourite bands from the 70s ...


"A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream
Staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim
A movement regained and regarded both the same
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you ..."

&

"Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off
Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes
As the sound of motorcars fades in the night time
I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right
And it's hello babe, with your guardian eyes so blue
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true ..."

[HappyAsHellas]

Don't need no woman to help me starve to death - can you dig it?

Williams and Watson - Too late

[sleeping giant]

I walk so tall, ascending I stand so high
Earth below me revolving above the sky
I feel no fear to be here is oh so fine
Shining brightly, like sunlight inside my mind

[sleeping giant]

Have to
Move to the flow of the P.D. Blaster
Bass ballistics
I'm gonna kick this hard
And you can catch it
Down with the crew crew
Talking 'bout the Mu Mu
Justified Ancient Liberation Zulu
Got to teach and everything you learn
Will point to the fact that time is eternal

[snooky]

"Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled, Scots wha Bruce has aften led

Welcome tae your gory bed, or tae victory."

:saltireflag

( :stirrer: )

[ancient hibee]

There's somethin the matter wi Glasgow cos it's ga'in roond und roond.

[Hibs Class]

Loving you isn't the right thing to do


I dont pretend to know what you want but I offer love


Could have won the cup but he ****ed it up Andy Halliday

[Caversham Green]

Since we're talking history, how about this from 1642 (only song lyrics from the 1970s AFAIK):

Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor Iron bars a cage
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an hermitage
If I have freedom in my love
And in my soul am free
Angels alone that soar above
Enjoy such liberty.

Or one that has always made my heart ache - about African slaves in the US from 1927 but relating to an earlier era:

I get weary and sick of trying
I'm tired of living and scared of dying

[snooky]

"Tonight you're mine, completely...." - Shirelles

[HibbyDave]

I saw a dead head sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said don’t look back you can never look back.

News guy wept when he told he told us earth was really dying.

A cop knealt and kissed the feet of a priest and a queer threw up at the sight of that.



So no-one told you life was gonna be this way


I met a gin-soaked bar room queen in Memphis, she tried to take me upstairs for a ride





And you come to me on a summer breeze