THE TOP TEN Best Opening Lines in a Rock 'n' Roll Song
 These first lines are so intriguing, so compelling they sweep you away, and you have no choice but to follow where they lead -- which is usually on to a classic song. From all-out rockers to sublime ballads, these opening lines are so powerful they define what rock 'n' roll is all about. Imagine that moment when the singer steps up to the mic, looks out over the audience and sings...
 These first lines are so intriguing, so compelling they sweep you away, and you have no choice but to follow where they lead -- which is usually on to a cla...  more
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"C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon now touch me babe..."

Touch Me
The Door
 
 

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"Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below

Imagine
John Lennon
 
 

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"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and ta

Sympathy for the Devil
Rolling Stones
 
 

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"The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves, like a vision she da

Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
 
 

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"Get you motor running, Head out on the highway, Lookin' for adv

Born to Be Wild
Steppenwolf
 
 

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"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again.

Sounds Of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
 
 

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"When truth is found to be lies, And all the joy within you dies

Somebody Love
Jefferson Starship
 
 

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"Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has

Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles
 
 

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"Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train, Feelin' near a

Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
 
 

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"Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you..."

Maggie May
Rod Stewart
 
 





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