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Songs With Arresting Opening Lines

August 2, 2017
Blog
Column
Writer: Stephen Males (severin)
At: The Song Bar

A List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Double Barrel

Dave and Ansell Collins

SidecarShiv

2

And Breeding

The Priests

Panthersan

3

Sorted for E's and Wizz

Pulp

Uncleben

4

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Carmen McRae

Nilpferd

5

Love and Affection

Joan Armatrading

megadom

6

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Funkbrother69

7

Stop! In the Name of Love

The Supremes

Tempusfugit

8

Fog on the Tyne

Lindisfarne

SidecarShiv

9

The Head That Controls Both Right and Left
Eats Meats and Slobbers Even Today

Bleach

Hoshino Sakura

10

Kinky Afro

Happy Mondays

barbryn

11

Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodleoo

Grateful Dead

Chris7572

12

O Majhi Re

Shaan and Saurav Moni

Ravi Raman

B List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Reward

The Teardrop Explodes

Beltway Bandit

2

Rebel Rebel

David Bowie

SidecarShiv

3

In the Neighbourhood

Tom Waits

philipphilip99

4

Ticket to Ride

The Beatles

happyclapper

5

The Blues is My Business

Etta James

Ravi Raman

6

Who is He and What is He to You?

Me'Shell NdegéOcello

nosuchzone

7

Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

nosuchzone

8

Nowhere Fast

The Smiths

SidecarShiv

9

Au Suivant (Next)

Jacques Brel

Andrew Brown

10

These Foolish Things

Frank Sinatra

Suzi

11

Loser

Beck

happyclapper

12

Plastic Palace People

Scott Walker

Andrew Brown

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