The best album opening lines
1 January 2024, 6:00
We pick a selection of great lyrics that kicked started some classic albums.
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"I don't have to sell my soul, he's already in me"
(from I Wanna Be Adored: The Stone Roses, 1989)
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"I just wanted to be one of The Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make.”
(from Star Treatment: Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, 2018)
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"Load up on guns, bring your friends"
(from Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana - Nevermind, 1991)
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"I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand"
(from Disorder: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, 1979)
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"I live my life in the city, there's no easy way out"
(from Rock 'N' Roll Star: Oasis - Definitely Maybe, 1994)
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"I remember the sickness was forever"
(from Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under, 2021)
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"Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol"
(from Feel Good Hit of The Summer: Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R, 2000)
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"Time is never time at all, you can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth"
(from Tonight Tonight: Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, 1995)
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“Happiness, hit her like a train on a track”
(from Dog Days Are Over: Florence And The Machine - Lungs, 2009)
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"We took a walk that night, but it wasn't the same"
(from Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine: The Killers - Hot Fuss, 2004)
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"I'm gonna fight 'em off / A seven nation army couldn't hold me back"
(from Seven Nation Army: The White Stripes - Elephant, 2003)
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"He's a Twentieth Century Boy, with his hands on the rails"
(from For Tomorrow: Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish, 1993)
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"Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools"
(from The Headmaster Ritual: The Smiths - Meat Is Murder, 1985)
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"Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun"
(from Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, 1975)
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"I was blind, now I can see, you made a believer out of me"
(from Movin' On Up: Primal Scream - Screamadelica, 1991)
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"Oh, a storm is threatening / My very life today"
(from Gimme Shelter: The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed, 1969)
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"In the next world war / In a jackknifed juggernaut / I am born again"
(from Airbag: Radiohead - OK Computer, 1997)
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"Let me tell you how it will be"
(from Taxman: The Beatles - Revolver, 1966)
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"In ending fitting for the start / You twist and tore our love apart"
(from Can't Stand Me Now: The Libertines, 2004)
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"The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes."
(from David Bowie - Station To Station, 1976)