(he certainly is)
― Valentijn, Thursday, 16 November 2023 09:48 (ten months ago) link
I love that Jens song, but David Berman should get most of the credit there, and for the chorus too, because those lyrics are based on this bit of Berman's poem "Governors on Sominex":
P.K. was in the precinct house, using his one phone callto dedicate a song to Tammy, for she was the lightby which he traveled into this and that
iirc one of Jens's friends had included these lines (uncredited) in a letter to him, and Jens paraphrased them in the song thinking his friend had written them.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Thursday, 16 November 2023 19:07 (ten months ago) link
jens has plenty of candidates for the thread to be fair
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 November 2023 20:05 (ten months ago) link
It has often been my dreamTo live with one who wasn't there
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Saturday, 18 November 2023 03:17 (ten months ago) link
Life is dull, life is grayAt its best it's just OKBut I'm happy to report:Life is also short
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Saturday, 18 November 2023 03:34 (ten months ago) link
I like opening lines that set the scene.
"You opened my mail apart at the seams / Now you know I live beyond my means"
"The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68 and he told me / all romantics meet the same fate some day / Cynical and drink and boring someone in some dark café"
"I got a letter from the government the other day / I opened and read it / It said they were suckers / They wanted me for their army or whatever"
― Alba, Saturday, 13 April 2024 20:16 (five months ago) link
I like second lines that are critiques of opening lines, like in "Lovergirl" by Teena Marie:
Coffee, tea, or me, baby? Touché au laitMy openin' line might be a bit passé, yes
― henry s, Sunday, 14 April 2024 00:16 (five months ago) link
God knows you ain’t pretty, God knows its true
― bbq, Sunday, 14 April 2024 03:18 (five months ago) link
I think the first 5 seconds of Destroyer's Streethawk are some of the best opening seconds of any album. You could turn it off right there and have a clear idea of what the next 40 minutes are going to entail.
― H.P, Sunday, 14 April 2024 03:33 (five months ago) link
The room, it was lit upMe too, I couldn't sit up.
"Midnight Through Morning," David Blue (1966)
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:35 (four months ago) link
Wayne Marshall - Orgy
"Baby, let's have an orgy"
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 19 May 2024 16:58 (four months ago) link