"The line 'One life, with each other, sisters, brothers' came top of a poll of 13,000 people by music channel VH1[...]".
I think what this poll reveals is that 13000 Brits are a bunch of sappy, tasteless morons.
The Pogues "Fairytale of New York" kills this by a ton...."It was Christmas Eve babe/In the Drunk Tank". C'mon! Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited"? Or "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"? Hell, all of "Highway" or "Blonde on Blonde". No Lou Reed? No Leonard Cohen? No fucking John Lennon? Shit, what about The Clash? "Straight to Hell" not worthy of Bono's mastery?
What say you? What would be on your list?
It's neither witty, illuminative, insightful nor even a complete sentence. I'm-a have think about my vote...
ReplyDeleteRight on! Get back to us.
ReplyDeleteFunny. Numbers 1 and 5 are platitudes, 2 is a cliche, and 3 and 4 directly speak against those two deadly sins. I'm still thinking.
ReplyDelete"Somethin' 'bout the way you taste makes me want to clear my throat." Devo, "Gut Feeling" It works in many contexts.
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding? It has to be a line from the greatest love song ever written:
ReplyDelete"And if I'd known what she was dealin' out,
I'd have dealt it back"
One of my favorite lyrics:
ReplyDeleteYou can rent your blues and photograph your soul
You can even dig some diamonds out of rock’n roll
You can change the world
But if you lose control
They will take away your T-shirt.
-ELP
If you know it's love when you can't live without her then the best love song has to be China Girl - Bowie/Pop
ReplyDeleteThat Devo lyric's a pretty decent choice.
ReplyDeleteIt's tough to beat the sheer rhythmic poetry of this Chuck Berry lyric:
"I met a German girl in England who was going to school in France / Said we danced in Mississippi at a Alpha Kappa dance / It wasn't me, officer."
Excellent examples. Covington, should he ever get married, will no doubt slow dance to "The Jack" with the lucky misses.
ReplyDeleteIf we're talking getting hyped for a night out, then its gotta be the first line from the Stooges song "1970": "Outta my mind/On Saturday Night/ 1970 rolling inside/ Radio burning up above/Beautiful Baby, feed my love/ All night.
or Uncle Lou's "Power of Positive Drinking": "Some like wine/some like hops/ But what I really love is my Scotch".
Of course, you can't go wrong with the lilting WASP love song, subtly titled "Animal (Fuck like a Beast)" either...
For when I'm feeling surly:
ReplyDelete"I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm..."
Yeah, that's an excellent 3 am song.
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