Clever but creepy,
Two people can never be closer than the killer’s knife and the victim’s plea for life. -Candy Butchers
“Get your black suit on
And be a son of a bitch
I need a scratch from the hand of the ass that sold me the itch.”
—Masters of Reality, “High Noon Amsterdam”
*Long-as-she-got-a-dime-the-music-wont-never-stop
Chuck Berry - Roll-Over Beethoven
I don’t know if I’ve posted in this thread before, and there are a lot of posts to look over, so…
“The bugle of my backside blows a blues in B.”
Supersuckers
Born With A Tail
“Keats and Yeats are on your side, while Wilde is on mine”. (Cemetery Gates, The Smiths).
Nitpick: the complete line is : “Keats and Yeats are on your side, but you lose, because Wilde is on mine”. Yeah, it’s the greatest line from my favorite Smiths song.
“Keep your drink, just give me the money
It’s just you and your hand tonight” Pink.
So whistle in the sweet pine trees
the imaginary airport breeze
it flickers and flows
fans fires in the road and
all we want to do is go home
Someone’s Gonna Break Your Heart - Fountains of Wayne
More from “The Boxer”: This line most of all:
Seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
“Looking for the places only they would know.” There’s something weirdly magical about it.
Nitpick: I think mine might be the correct line from the first verse; but the song ends with your quote, from the fourth verse?
“Give me one good reason why I should never make a change”, George Ezra, Budapest
“From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen”, Cat Stevens, Father and Son
“‘Cause everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed in school”, Motley Crüe, Smokin’ In The Boys’ Room
“Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell”
“I heard somebody whisper “Please adore me’, and when I looked the moon had turned to gold”, The Marcels, Blue Moon
“We’ll get there fast and then we’ll take things slow”, Beach Boys, Kokomo
“So if you pass me by, three hearts will break in two, ‘cuz me myself and I, are all in love with you”, Billie Holiday
“These are the contents of my head, And these are the years that we have spent, And this is what they represent”, Annie Lennox, Why
“I got a John de conqueroo, I’m gonna mess with you”, Muddy Waters, Hoochie Coochie Man
“Out of my window I could see them in the moonlight, two silhouettes saying good night by the garden gate”, Cone Dancing, The Kinks
“You can have it all but how much do you want it?”, Supersonic, Oasis
Draining the glass, they walk home at last, Reaching for each other’s hands. Nothing is said, he goes to bed, Dreaming of her on his own. She stays up all week, watching him sleep, Scared that she’ll wake up alone.”, Sleeper, What Do I Do Now?
“Well if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free”, Cat Stevens
“Who’s the Black Sheep, what’s the Black Sheep?
Know not who I am, or when I’m coming so you sleep”, Black Sheep, The Choice Is Yours
“Ain’t got no future or family tree/ But I know what a prince and lover ought to be”, Spin Doctors, Two Princes
“And just like fashion it’s a passion for the with-it and hip, if you got the goods, they’ll come and buy it just to stay in the clique”, Smash Mouth, Walking On The Sun
“And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow ; With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go; Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain”, Stan Rogers, The Mary Ellen Carter
“Well it’s too late, tonight, to drag the past out into the light; we’re one but we’re not the same”, U2
“Both mother and daughter, workin’ for the Yankee dollar, oh you vex me, you vex me”, Andrews Sisters, Rum and Coca Cola
“The essence, the basics without did you make it?
Allow me to make this childlike in nature… Rhythm, you have it or you don’t - that’s a fallacy”, Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood
And we’ll go dancing baby, then you’ll see
How the magic’s in the music and the music’s in me
Do You Believe In Magic The Lovin’ Spoonful
Yes, you’re right.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Won’t Get Fooled Again, The Who
“How many friends have I really got?
Who love me
Who want me
Who’ll take me as I am?”
The Who, “How Many Friends”
Along those lines (pun intended):
“One good friend in life is more than most men ever have.”
Bill Camplin
There’s an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin.
A lifetime of angst , in 7 words
(Billy Joel, The Piano Man )
“¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?”
Manu Chao, Me Gustas Tú.
“Il avait de grands yeux très clairs
Où parfois passaient des éclairs
Comme au ciel passent des orages
Il avait plein de tatouages
Que j’ai jamais très bien compris
Son cou portait « pas vu, pas pris »
Edith Piaf, Mon Legionnaire
“Soy la mera vena jugando con el ritmo
Mono me da el tono, yo pongo los modismos
Puro vandalismo, puro carnalismo
Seguimos en lo mismo, somos de los mismos
Vamos por lo mismo, pero ahora son un chingo
La neta hasta los gringos andan zumbando en mi lingo”
Cartel de Santa, Bombas y Tarolas
“Creo en lo imposible,
Creo que es posible
Hacer de este mundo
Un mundo sensible
Creo en nuestros sueños
Como punta de lanza,
El arma perfecta para nivelar la balanza,
Creo en las acciones, las acciones quotidianas
Que te llenan de vida, te llenan de esperanza”
Ana Tijoux, Creo En Tí
“Yo ya estoy hasta la madre de que me pongan sombrero, escuche entonces cuando digo: “No me llames frijolero”
Molotov, Frijolero
« Je ris au nez des vendeurs d’ordre
Des exploiteurs endimanchés
Distributeurs de cochonneries
Et de bonheurs préfabriqués
Allez vous en au paradis. »
Les Colocs, Pissiômoins
« Mais qu’est-ce qu’un gars peut faire quand y a pus l’goût de boire sa bière? Quand y est tanné de jouer à mère avec la fille de son voisin? Tous mes amis sont disparus Pis moé non plus j’me r’connais pus… »
Beau Dommage, Les Blues de la Métropole
Piaf? Pardon, monsieur, j’ai dis rock. 