Greatest first lines ever
Hi GuysI've stolen this topic from Radio 2 who recently ran a phone in on this very subject. The idea was to identify the best first lines of songs by virtue of it's originality, although I think some...
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One for our busker in Germany.One for the money and two for the showThree for the busker who plays by the roadThey say life's a bitch, and then you dieAnd if wishes were fishes then all pigs would...
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Opposing the original thread title how about one the greatest last lines of a song.I submit the following thought from The Eagles.Quote:You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.
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I have taken the liberty of copying and pasting "Auld Lang Syne" with the translation for the Sassenachs! I find the last lines poignant and also something this site is all about!Should auld...
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That's the spirit, Ray.I would complement that with the lines in a later verse from the Scottish de facto national anthem 'Flower Of Scotland'Quote:Those days are past now, And in the past they must...
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I have the first line of a song going through my head at the moment and it is all that I remember."I met my love by the gaswork's wall, dreamed a dream by the old canal"I know it was called "Dirty Old...
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Can you hear the Irish lilt LesThe Pogues is who you are looking forA quick google search came up with these lyrics for you:(Ewan McColl)I met my love by the gas works wallDreamed a dream by the old...
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Have I got it wrong then Alan?Why are the Pogues singing about Salford - whose song was it?
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Thanks Mike,No wonder I couldn't remember who sung it, never heard of them!!It has to be a fairly large industrial town so Salford would fit the bill. Maybe it was written by someone from Salford.Les
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Mox:I posted in more detail about this last night, but the bloody thing got lost when the server suddenly went down for a few minutes!The song was indeed written by Ewan McColl (nee Jimmy Miller)....
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I have answered my own question in part:Quote:Ewan MacColl was born Jimmie Miller in Salford, Lancashire, in 1915link: Ewan McCollQuote:As a songwriter, MacColl is best known as the author of "The...
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LesI started singing the song in the shower a few minutes ago and my wife shouted out "The Dubliners" - perhaps you would know them?Why the song is associated with two Irish groups, I know not.
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As far as I remember Salford is a city and along with Manchester they must be the closest cities in the country?Martin
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There is also another connection with The Pogues in that his daughter Kirsty sang with them on a Christmas song, the name of which escapes me at the moment - perhaps somebody else will remember it - I...
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Ian, great song; It has a light sound about it so people can feel happy . . . until they listen to the words which include a bit about junkies . . .Quote:You're a bumYou're a punkYou're an old slut on...
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...which was, of course, orignally a Ray Davies song. To give him his due, he brought Kirsty MacColl on stage to sing it with The Kinks at a gig once.
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Kirsty McColl, indeed one of my faves as well Mox. 'Days' a firm fave as is 'Fairytale'.
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These have to be among the best:In the twilight glow I see herBlue eyes crying in the rainAs we kissed goodbye and partedI knew we'd never meet againLove is like a dying emberOnly memories...
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