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Songs With Great Opening Lines
April 2, 2010
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul MacInnes

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Oh Bondage, Up Yours!

X-Ray Spex

DarceysDad

2

Search and Destroy

Iggy and the Stooges

1234Ramones

3

Warm It Up Kane

Big Daddy Kane

ejaydee

4

10 Degrees and Getting Colder

Gordon Lightfoot

lonniej

5

B-Movie

Gil Scott-Heron

tonymacp1

6

Steppin' Razor

Peter Tosh

ejaydee

7

I've Been Tired

The Pixies

malacara

8

Baby Said

Hot Chip

saneshane

9

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Chuck Berry

Fintan28

10

Plaistow Patricia

Ian Dury & the Blockheads

Mark68

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Limb by Limb

Cutty Ranks

BarringtonWomble

2

Friday Night, Saturday Night

The Specials

EMnut

3

Slip Inside This House

13th Floor Elevators

MrMustard

4

Dead Cities

The Exploited

wyngatecarpenter

5

Red Right Ankle

The Decemberists

steenbeck

6

Random Rules

The Silver Jews

lambretinha

7

Running With the Devil

Van Halen

whatisquicksand

8

Baby Workout

Jackie Wilson

RockingMitch

9

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

ejaydee

10

Werewolves of London

Warren Zevon

ashenfacedsupremo

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