# Best first line (music) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826 "2009-06-24T13:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/1 "2009-06-24T13:54:38Z")
Yesterday I was driving to the golf course. Getting psyched to see Joan Jett this Saturday, I was cycling through her CDs and what should come on but the first song on the first side of her first solo album. **I don’t give a damn bout my reputation!** After I cranked that mother and screamed along for a few miles, I started thinking that was just about as awesome of a debut as I could think of. So what are some of your faves? I’m not asking about best first albums, or even best first songs - give me your best first lines! My runner up may well be: _Now that your picture’s in the paper being rhythmically admired and you can have anyone that you have ever desired all you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why welcome to the working week!_ Of course, a part of my fondness for my runner-up might result from memories of one of my fave local bands ([The Rave](http://www.theraveband.com/)). Saw the week the Shah of Iran was deposed, and they opened with that tune, dedicating it to the Shah… ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/2 "2009-06-24T14:56:46Z")
Radiohead - Airbag - “In the next world war, in a jackknifed juggernaut, I am born again.” ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/3 "2009-06-24T15:06:00Z")
KICK IT! (Beastie Boys: Fight For Your Right To Party) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/4 "2009-06-24T15:17:50Z")
“Well I woke up Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt…” Kris Kristofferson ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/5 "2009-06-24T15:57:09Z")
Fuck tha police coming straight from the underground. A young nigga got it bad 'cause I’m brown. -Fuck tha Police by N.W.A. L. L. Cool J is hard as hell… -Rock the Bells by L. L. Cool J. _This one’s in the delivery._ ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/6 "2009-06-24T16:27:55Z")
Jim Steinman: “You can’t run away forever, but there’s nothing wrong with getting a good head start.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/7 "2009-06-24T17:00:14Z")
[QUOTE=Prince, Little Red Corvette] I guess I shoulda known, by the way she parked her car side-ways, that it wouldn’t last. [/QUOTE] This one came to mind first. As did this one: [QUOTE=The Beatles, I Saw Her Standing There] She was just seventeen - you know what I mean [/QUOTE] Which I think pretty much wins it… ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/8 "2009-06-24T17:15:14Z")
Patti Smith: “Jesus died for somebody’s sins - but not mine!” The opening line from “Gloria” on her amazing album **Horses**. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/9 "2009-06-24T17:34:34Z")
Wow - some pretty good ones I especially like the Patti Smith and the Beatles. Re: the one who shall not be named, wouldn’t that have to be something off of For You? (It’s been a while, so I can’t provide the line.) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/10 "2009-06-24T17:36:15Z")
_ **Hey, you!** _ -Madness, _One Step Beyond_ ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/11 "2009-06-24T17:42:06Z")
**There’s a madman in the corner of your eye** -Iron Maiden, _Chains of Misery_ ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/12 "2009-06-24T17:46:29Z")
“I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest” - Ben Folds Five, _Best Imitation of Myself_ ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/13 "2009-06-24T18:00:31Z")
I’ve always liked “Nothing to do to save his life, call his wife in” (“Good Morning, Good Morning”, The Beatles, on the off chance somebody doesn’t recognize it). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/14 "2009-06-24T18:03:17Z")
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: “I AM THE GOD OF HELL FIRE AND I BRING YOU … FIRE” ---
**Author:** ![ashman165](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/15 "2009-06-24T18:06:59Z")
“It’s murder on the dancefloor, but you better not kill the groove; Dj, gonna burn this goddamned house right down.” Sophie Ellix-Bextor I don’t know why. It’s just amusing to me to think of a bunch of people actually dancing around people getting killed. Either that, or I haven’t had enough coffee yet to make a good choice. /shrug ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/16 "2009-06-24T18:23:50Z")
“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain.” Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/17 "2009-06-24T18:29:24Z")
**I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm** Iggy Pop - Search and Destroy, from the unforgettable Raw Power ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/18 "2009-06-24T19:23:05Z")
If I thought about it, I’d probably come up with some better ones, but for some reason, the one that popped into my head was: “‘Can I have your autograph?’ he said to the fat blonde actress” (Velvet Underground, “New Age”) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/19 "2009-06-24T19:31:54Z")
> [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](#): > > **I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm** > Iggy Pop - Search and Destroy, from the unforgettable Raw Power Oh, good _call_. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826/20 "2009-06-24T19:37:49Z")
Two from Dylan: I ran out most hurriedly, and joined the John Birch Society and God said to Abraham, kill me a son [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-first-line-music/500826.md?page=2)