Great opening lines - book, song or speech

[Ming the Merciless]

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

 

[Ming the Merciless]

“Deep in darkness, far from warmth and sun and moons, I lie, quiet as the stone that surrounds me, imprisoning my hunched body in a dreadful womb.”

 

[raleighnut]

5 miles out?

Yep, my favourite song by him

 

[Zanelad]

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Yep, my favourite song by him

I haven't heard it for years. It wasn't something that ever got a lot of airplay.

However, you've brought back memories of many nights listening to Tubular Bells in a darkened room, so thank you for that.

 

[raleighnut]

I haven't heard it for years. It wasn't something that ever got a lot of airplay.

However, you've brought back memories of many nights listening to Tubular Bells in a darkened room, so thank you for that.

I remember being quite shocked by how 'Rock' it was and it being the first song I remember with vocals being put through a 'Synth'. I was a bit young to appreciate 'Tubular Bells' (though I like it now) At the time I was into SAHB, Nazereth, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Quo and Rush amongst others though I had mates into Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Hawkwind and Mike Oldfield etc. I'd come from liking Rock and Roll to a Ska fan in the early 70's so Tubular Bells was a bit too cerebral for me.

 

[AndyRM]

People are afraid to merge on freeways in Los Angeles.

- Less than Zero, Bret Easton Ellis

 

[Hover Fly]

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.

 

[steveindenmark]

"SPACE...The final frontier.......