Prince on Spinner.com list of best opening lines in music

The Top 25 Opening Lyrics Hit List, courtesy of Spinner.com:

1. "She's a very kinky girl"
--Rick James' "Superfreak"

2. "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane"
--The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

3. "Hey, ho, let's go!"
--The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop"

4. "Well, she was just seventeen -- you know what I mean"
--The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There"

5. "Don't call it a comeback"
--LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out!"

6. "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?"
--The Carpenters' "Close to You"

7. "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey"
--Beck's "Loser"

8. "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go!"
--Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes"

9. "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine"
--Patti Smith's "Gloria"

10. "Tommy used to work on the docks"
--Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"

11. "Oh, I just don't know where to begin"
--Elvis Costello's "Accidents Will Happen"

12. "A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night"
--Roy Orbison's "In Dreams"

13. "What's with these homies dissin' my girl?"
--Weezer's "Buddy Holly"

14. "There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief"
--Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower"

15. "She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene"
--Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"

16. "Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk"
--Pavement's "Stereo"

17. "I was dreaming when I wrote this"
--Prince's "1999"

18. "We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee"
--Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskokee"

19. "Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body"
--George Michael's "Faith"

20. "I am an Antichrist"
--Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK"

21. "Hello, Darkness, my old friend"
--Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence"

22. "Go, shorty. It's your birthday"
--50 Cent's "In Da Club"

23. "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips"
--The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"

24. "I've been a bad, bad girl"
--Fiona Apple's "Criminal"

25. "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar"
--Human League's "Don't You Want Me"

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[Edited 10/29/09 10:41am]

... #17 hunh, cool ...

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Let's Go Crazy should have been top 10

JarviusLovesexy said:

Go shorty, it's your birthday? LMFAO, sure that's one of the best ever.

The best opening line of any song I know is Bruce Springsteen's "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City" -

"I had skin like leather, and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered, then I burst just like a supernova."

"Guitar" on Leno is the greatest performance in the history of rock ' roll

Second Funkiest White Man in America

It sure is nice having adults running our government now

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life." -- that's not on the list? Bon Jovi's random lyric makes it instead? I guess I shouldn't be mad at someone's arbitrary opinion but I can say it's pretty lame.

14. "There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief"
--Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower

That should be credited to Bob Dylan

I am glad Prince gets appreciated for all his many achievements someday I want to personally Thank Him for lifting us all HIGHER

~4ever~

16. "Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk"
--Pavement's "Stereo"

What kind of an intro is that?

djdaffy1227 said:

Shut up already, damn!

I never meant 2 cause U any sorrow...

Dearly Beloved We are gathered here today...

Imagine all of planet Earth in the palm of your hand...

I don't want 2 take my clothes off, but I do...

I remember when I met U baby...

Excuse me but I need a mouth like yours...


All of the above are great openers!

JarviusLovesexy said:

very

I was looking for:

"I guess I should've know by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last"

It fits much better with all these other funny, weird and bizarre quotes.

Sander said:

"the day I met you sugar, you were on your way to be wed"

One of the best opening line... simply because it's in one of the best songs in the history of popmusic. Someone who composes and records a song like that deserves a statute and that song should be listed in any top "whatever" dealing with popmusic of the last 50 years (even best guitar solo, though there isn't one in it but still!)


although "in france a skinny man died of the big disease with the little name" is a pretty good opening line too ... but maybe too serious

...Here we are in this big ole' empty room, staring eachother down.~Prince