Best rock lyric ever?

[Kijuer]

We can be heroes, just for one day
- or -
To be a rock and not to roll
- or -
In the canyons of the cities you can hear the buildings cry

 

[BOOG]

That is actually Ronnie Wood that sings the vocal on that one. He wrote it with Ronnie Lane.

Ahhh, good call on that one! I always just associate The Faces vocals with Rod S.
I’ll have to pay closer attention next time I listen to it

 

[Alkali Ike]

The place is really jumping to the high watt amps
'Til a twenty inch cymbal fell and cut the lamps
In the blackout they danced right into the aisle
And as the doors fly open even the promoter smiles
Someone takes his pants off and the rafters knock
Rock is dead they say
Long live rock

Not to be pedantic but HIWATT was an actual brand of amps. Actually it looks like they still are.

Hiwatt Custom 50W Half Stack - 50 DR-504 w/ 4x12 Cab from 1990 | Instrumental Music | Reverb

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

Not to be pedantic but HIWATT was an actual brand of amps. Actually it looks like they still are.

Hiwatt Custom 50W Half Stack - 50 DR-504 w/ 4x12 Cab from 1990 | Instrumental Music | Reverb

I knew that. I just copied and pasted the lyrics.
The whole song is great. The closest definition of what rock is.

 

[Lagado]

I've got a Gibson, without a case
But I can't get that even tanned look on my face
Ill fitting clothes and I blend in the crowd
Fingers too clumsy, voice too loud
But I am one...

 

[consectaneus]

I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

 

[Tom Bomb]

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[smeet]

“Hold you in his arms you can feel his disease” - Beatles
“If that chick don’t wanna know, forget her” - Thin Lizzie
“Do you realize / That everyone you know / someday will die?“ - Flaming Lips
“I shot my mouth off and he showed me what that hole was for“ - Pretenders
”do you feel like we do?” - Peter Frampton

 

[Bent77]

One man gathers what another man spills

St Stephen

 

[Paulabass]

I was a free man in Paris, feeling so much better than alive
Nobody calling me up for favours, nobody's future to decide
And I would go back there tomorrow, but for the work that I've taken on
Stoking the star making machinery behind the popular song

 

[Lagado]

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

 

[consectaneus]

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
Running like a watercolor in the rain.

 

[Guild B301]

“It’s Money, honey, -
If you want to get along with me”

The Drifters - w/Clyde McPhatter 1953

 

[Lagado]

So I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
I said: "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano..."

 

[The Schu]

That is actually Ronnie Wood that sings the vocal on that one. He wrote it with Ronnie Lane.

Yup...

 

[The Schu]

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you better stay with me, oh yeah… The Faces!

 

[Lagado]

People that despise you, will analyze then criticize you
They'll scandalize and tell lies until they realize
You, are someone they should have apologized to
Don't let these people compromise you
Be wise too

 

[JTE]

Most rock lyrics are pretty putrid, and the 57 pages of people posting the abysmal dtival they seem to be the best rock lyrics explains why rock lyrics so often are just plain bad.

"To be a rock and not to roll" is precisely why "Stairway To Heaven" is a bad song. This big anthemic thing tries to build up to... this silliness. It's a tremendous testament to Zep's musicianship that they were able to create such a phenomenal record out of such drivel.

 

[Guild B301]

Most rock lyrics are pretty putrid, and the 57 pages of people posting the abysmal dtival they seem to be the best rock lyrics explains why rock lyrics so often are just plain bad.

"To be a rock and not to roll" is precisely why "Stairway To Heaven" is a bad song. This big anthemic thing tries to build up to... this silliness. It's a tremendous testament to Zep's musicianship that they were able to create such a phenomenal record out of such drivel.

 

[Lagado]

"To be a rock and not to roll" is precisely why "Stairway To Heaven" is a bad song. This big anthemic thing tries to build up to... this silliness

That was written at Bron-Yr-Aur cottage, when Bob dropped his rock cake and it rolled down the bank into the stream.

For everything a reason.