Quote a one-line song lyric that has stayed in your brain for years or decades

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by RickH, Dec 8, 2022.

  1. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts Thread Starter

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    Lines from songs that still pop into your head from time to time for no apparent reason.

    "Is there gas in the car...yes, there's gas in the car"

    (from "Kid Charlemagne" - Steely Dan)
     
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  2. Turnaround

    Turnaround Senior Member

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    "How many songs can you make about a booty? Like a thousand, ooh girl, you gon' learn today, come get this poundin'."
     
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  3. The Lone Cadaver

    The Lone Cadaver Bass & Keys Cadaver

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    "There once was a note pure and easy playing so free like a breath rippling by"
     
  4. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    “When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door”

    ― Robert Hunter
     
  5. Daniel Plainview

    Daniel Plainview God's Lonely Man

    "IN THE NAME OF GOD MY FATHER I'LL FLY!!!!"
     
  6. live evil

    live evil Senior Member

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    I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
     
  7. rkt88

    rkt88 The unknown soldier

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    "my possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof" - Finn/House

    has stuck - and I recently was reminded of it.

    Also this gem.

    "I keep my on her and I'm thinkin' to myself - she's sure fine lookin' man - She's somethin' else" - Eddie Cochran
     
  8. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    " I am the God of hell fire and I bring you fire!"
     
  9. The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man Forum Resident

    “The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face...”
     
  10. Dawg In Control

    Dawg In Control Forum Resident

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  11. Ryan Lux

    Ryan Lux Senior Member

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    “No one knows what it’s like to feel these feelings like I do, and I blame you!”
     
  12. ARK

    ARK Forum Miscreant

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    Most things I worry about never happen anyway
     
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  13. OneHandLoose

    OneHandLoose Moxie Drinker

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    The sunshine bores the daylights out of me.

    - The Stones, man
     
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  14. L.P.

    L.P. Forum Resident

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    16 years, 16 banners united over the field...
     
  15. kevinsponge

    kevinsponge Senior Member

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    ‘They took turns at Becky, and there was three of them’

    Ah the days of communal Top 40 radio listening. You could hate a song from the git-go and still know it by heart.
     
  16. Stillin Rockville

    Stillin Rockville "it's not the band, it's the fans"

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    "the insurgency began, and we missed it" R.E.M., "Begin the Begin"
     
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  17. Fischman

    Fischman RockMonster, ClassicalMaster, and JazzMeister

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    He knows changes aren't permanent, but change is.

    Neil Peart/Rush
    Tom Sawyer/Moving Pictures
    1981
     
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  18. George P

    George P Notable Member

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    "Rejection is one thing, but rejection from a fool is cruel."

    - Morrissey, I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
     
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  19. TerryB

    TerryB Forum Resident

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    "Don't say a word, The last one's still stinging"
    Spoon-Everything hits at once
     
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  20. GPM

    GPM Forum Resident

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    You…
    We’re under the impression
    That when you were walking forward
    That you’d end up further onward
    But things ain’t quite that simple

    P. Townshend
     
  21. fluxkit

    fluxkit Things that don't swing are meaningless.

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    I got two tickets to Cleveland, pack your bags this evening!

    I mean, I got two tickets to paradise...

    When lines in songs stick in my head for years and years, they always come out in mutated forms.
     
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  22. 9 Volt

    9 Volt That cat's something I can't explain

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    He said "Captain!"
    I said Wot?
     
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  23. Mick Taylor Fan

    Mick Taylor Fan Forum Resident

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    I am just living to be lying by your side.
     
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  24. Oatsdad

    Oatsdad Oat, Biscuits, Abbie & Mitzi: Best Dogs Ever

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    "It's not the side effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love".

    Bowie - "Station to Station"
     
  25. Old Fred

    Old Fred Forum Resident

    Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.

    ELP
     
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