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Best first line...ever

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Having a bit of craic in the local...I have proposed that the best ever opening line of a song is from The Toy Dolls 'Dig That Groove Baby'...

'Friday night is bath night'

Can anyone come close?

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“We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels cross the floor...”

"Some people call me the Space Cowboy, some call me the Gangster of Love..."

"Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies..."

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“I am an antichrist. I am an anarchist...”

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slinger wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:06 pm
But the winner is...
“I am an antichrist. I am an anarchist...”

:epopc:
If only they had meant it.

I'm adding...

'Ground control to Monty Don'

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'There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold.'

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Ground control to Major Tom

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Oh I just don’t know where to begin.

A wop boppa loo bop a wop bam boom!
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Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
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They said that we were trash, well the name is Crass not Clash...
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In thebegining back in 1955 man did'nt know about a rock and roll show
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"Really don't mind if you sit this one out" - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
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"No-one would have believed........."

"Arseholes, bastards, f***ing C**ts and Picks"

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