What is the one line in any song

[Tiger_heart]

that strikes a chord, every time you hear it?

I am too young to have fought in the Vietnam war, (or any war, thankfully), yet this iconic line from "I was only 19" has to be one of the most touching I ever heard:
" And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
God help me - he was goin' home in June".

Never underestimate the power of language and music.

 

[upthetigers]

We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

 

[Suzie-Q]

We're not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again

 

[GNR4LIFE]

There are so many. Off the top of my head, a verse from I Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart by Cornell

When you came along, the time was right
Pulled me like an apple, red and ripe
Wasn't very long, you took a bite
And did me wrong, and it serves me right

Also, if you have never listened to Say Hello to Heaven, there is a chord inside your soul that has not been struck.

The sky was your playground, but the cold ground was your bed

 

[upthetigers]

There are so many. Off the top of my head, a verse from I Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart by Cornell

When you came along, the time was right
Pulled me like an apple, red and ripe
Wasn't very long, you took a bite
And did me wrong, and it serves me right

Also, if you have never listened to Say Hello to Heaven, there is a chord inside your soul that has not been struck.

No GNR quote mate

 

[Merlot]

The Cruel Sea - better get a lawyer son,
better get a real good one

 

[innsaneink]

These days turned out nothing like I had planned

 

[twentyforty]

To dream the impossible dream

 

[GNR4LIFE]

No GNR quote mate

Not really. GNR were more vibe and attitude rather than lyrics.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

These days turned out nothing like I had planned

Great song. Plays at the end of Two Hands. One of the best uses of a song in a movie I have ever seen.

 

[Merlot]

around,like a spiral,like a wheel within a wheel

 

[Buttface]

Chuck Berry was a lyric genius.
I think Memphis Tennessee is a pretty good example of his talent and then the last verse you find out it’s his kid. The line in bold “hurry-home drops” for tears is just Chuck Berry genius. And he has so many other songs that just paint a picture.

Last time I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye
With hurry-home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
Marie is only six years old, information, please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee

 

[happy_tiger]

Da da da

 

[westTAHger]

Some days are diamonds, some days are stone.

 

[Winston Churchill]

 

[tiger_one]

Hello darkness my old friend .......

 

[twentyforty]

Da da da

That was written by Freddie Mercury. Don’t stop me now has a better line.
”I’m a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger”
😁

 

[twentyforty]

There are places I’ll remember all my life, though some have changed – some forever – not for better. Some are gone and some remain. All these places have their moments, with lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living. In my life, I’ve loved them all.”

 

[Jolls]

that strikes a chord, every time you hear it?

I am too young to have fought in the Vietnam war, (or any war, thankfully), yet this iconic line from "I was only 19" has to be one of the most touching I ever heard:
" And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
God help me - he was goin' home in June".

Never underestimate the power of language and music.

I have sat down and had beers with guys who were serving in Vietnam and responded (Sappers) when that happened. It gets me too.

I served in Iraq at one point and Beccy Cole wrote the song Poster Girl (Wrong Side of the World) after her return from doing a "Tour de Force" gig. I know the Brigadier she mentions in the song and the story she portrays. Brings me to tears when I hear it as it takes me back there and the memories come flooding in.

 

[upthetigers]

"They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast."

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."

It's a song about addiction.