swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Yeah, another one of those threads...
The stress on the 'one line' being 'cos we've had lots of threads on 'great lyrics', but people end up (myself included) cut 'n pasting whole songs, which I suspect no-one else ever reads. Basically, no cut 'n pasting...if it's too long to type, it's too long.
Two of my favourites, to kick off...
First, for all the Beatles-haters among us:
"Eleanor Rigby, wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door"
...the simplicity yet strikingness of the image, the monsyllabicity (shutup) and unshowiness of the words, and the overall understated rhythm of the phrase perfectly conveying the song's quiet melancholy.
And, perhaps my favourite:
"We're so happy we can hardly count."
"Oh and by the way, which one's pink?" is generally quoted as the standout from 'Have a cigar boy', but I just love the brash, vulgar humour of my preferred line. Again, it's the ethos of the song (if not the entire album) summed up in one pithy phrase.
The stress on the 'one line' being 'cos we've had lots of threads on 'great lyrics', but people end up (myself included) cut 'n pasting whole songs, which I suspect no-one else ever reads. Basically, no cut 'n pasting...if it's too long to type, it's too long.
Two of my favourites, to kick off...
First, for all the Beatles-haters among us:
"Eleanor Rigby, wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door"
...the simplicity yet strikingness of the image, the monsyllabicity (shutup) and unshowiness of the words, and the overall understated rhythm of the phrase perfectly conveying the song's quiet melancholy.
And, perhaps my favourite:
"We're so happy we can hardly count."
"Oh and by the way, which one's pink?" is generally quoted as the standout from 'Have a cigar boy', but I just love the brash, vulgar humour of my preferred line. Again, it's the ethos of the song (if not the entire album) summed up in one pithy phrase.