Favorite Line from a Song
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It might be difficult to narrow it down to one, but what is your favorite line from a song?
I always like this line from “Freewill” by Rush: “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
I’ve come back to this line many times when I was procrastinating on making a difficult decision.
I always like this line from “Freewill” by Rush: “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
I’ve come back to this line many times when I was procrastinating on making a difficult decision.
Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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That one's easy for me. Killing in the Name
"F you, I won't do what you tell me" by Rage Against the Machine.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
There are so many, even from Led Zeppelin alone. A number of their songs have 5 or more lines each that I love. "The Rover," "Kashmir," "In the Light," "Ten Years Gone," "Achilles Last Stand."
Al Stewart has quite a few as well ("One Stage Before" and "Year of the Cat"), but this part of "Roads to Moscow" always, ALWAYS gives me goosebumps for some reason:
I'll never know, I'll never know why I was taken from the line and all the others
To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of holy Russia -
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
“ This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything”“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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There are so many...
Kansas's "Dust in the Wind"
Now, don't hang on
Nothin' last forever, but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
From Harry Chapin's "Taxi".
It was somewhere in a fairy tale
I used to take her home in my car
We learned about love in the back of a Dodge
The lesson hadn't gone too far.
Later at the end of the song...
And here, she's acting happy
Inside her handsome home
And me, I'm flying in my taxi
Taking tips and getting stoned
I go flying so high when I'm stoned
And from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle".
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me
From led Zeppelin's "Ramble On".
Mine's a tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air
'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum and the Evil One
Crept up and slipped away with her, her, her, yeah
And ain't nothin' I can do, no
I guess I'll keep on
Ramblin', I'm gonna
Sing my song, I've gotta find my baby
I'm gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gonna work my way all around the world
Baby, baby, ramble on, yeahMost people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
Another...
This one hits home hard. I was my own Doctor!
Yea..Jackson
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Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can
Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
If mountains crumble to the sea, it'll still be you and me.
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What do mean I'm not kind...just not your kind.--Gary--
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"Do Something" Mathew West
"So, I shot my fist at heaven
Said, God, why don't You do something?
He said, I did, I created you""engtaz
I love how music can brighten up a bad day. -
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly. -
Goo Goo Dolls - Broadway
"See the young man sitting in the old man's bar
Waiting for his turn to die"
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
"Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive" -
Dylan cracked me up with
the sun's not yellow, it's chickenYep, my name really is Bob.
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I can't post the lyrics from Gary Lee's "Rodeo Song" 'cause the net nanny here will be masking out every other word.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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Sheesh, I'd have to give that some careful thought for today, but back when I was in my 20's lol.....I'd take my AC/DC albums to parties and sing the lyrics to the girls that were interested....Love hungry man, Girls got rhythm, Touch too much, Walk all over you.....ug, it's difficult to believe what I did in those days....what I like I lick, what I don't I kick.....Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
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When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman -
I have two.
“Same as it ever was”…..
I must, from a cartoon….
“I better not, I just might be in there.” -
"I hurt myself today.
To see if I still feel." -
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^ Have never heard any other than cash.
Who was the original please? -
skipshot12 wrote: »^ Have never heard any other than cash.
Who was the original please?
Nine Inch Nails
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Tanks, will do.
Really like cash’s emotion he presents in that song. Makes my hair stand on end. -
skipshot12 wrote: »Tanks, will do.
Really like cash’s emotion he presents in that song. Makes my hair stand on end.
It was REAL pain. his wife June was sick, he had been sick, she died not long after the album was released, he died soon after she passed.
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Did not know that….
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I dig Johnny Cash's version
I strongly prefer the original Trent Reznor version. Not a big fan of the cover, but I know many people are. -
I'm betting I'm not the only one that heard something like this... BM, before marriage.
I come home in the morning light
my mother says when you gonna live your life right
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I strongly prefer the original Trent Reznor version. Not a big fan of the cover, but I know many people are.
Yeah. That's one of those songs that gives me chills. The whole album is a masterpiece for the era. It just had its 31 year release anniversary...wow, time flies. -
Led Zeppelin, "The Rain Song"-
This is mystery of the quotient: upon us all, a little rain must fall
Bruce Springsteen, "Brilliant Disguise"-
God have mercy on the man, who doubts what he's sure of
Rush, "Tom Sawyer"-
He knows changes aren’t permanent – but change is
"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
I know that's just the way it is
When you're all grown up but you're still a kid
And you realize you're somebody
That somebody loves more than themselves
And there's a beauty in the innocence
Of not knowing that the time they've spent
Is more than one could ask for
And that's a special kind of love
And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone
Yeah, it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone
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Some of you may be familiar with the band Calexico. Tonight, I was listening to their Algiers album, and the song "The Vanishing Mind" (last song on the album) really speaks to me, since my mom suffered from dementia. I don't know who wrote this song, but they clearly had to deal with a similar issue with a loved one."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
Cheena so sound so titi up this malchick say
Party up moodge nanti vellocet round on Tuesday
...has always spoken to me.Jay
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And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later, it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
