We've had fantasy festival lineup.
We've had fantasy dinner party guests.
We've had replace one word in a song title with 'cock'.

Now, beloved b3tans, I give you: First Line of a Song, Championship Edition.

You know the rules and so do I - quote the first line of a song, and the first person to get it sets the next one.
Googlers will be trouted.

I'll start: I met my love by the gasworks wall
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:35, 83 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Dirty Old Town

( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:37, Reply)

WINRAR.
Your go, Clenders.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:40, Reply)

OK!
See below...
( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:41, Reply)

Dirty old town - The pouges
Am I right?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:39, Reply)

You are indeed :)

( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:40, Reply)

Yes and no.
It was actually written by Ewan MacColl and is a song about Salford.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:41, Reply)

Ah, he was wonderful.
As was his daughter. Cried when I heard she'd died.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:41, Reply)

V's version of motorboating is a lot more fun than hers was.

( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

I can quite imagine!
How does V go about such things?
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:45, Reply)

With great vigour.

( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:46, Reply)

The only right way
to do it!
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:47, Reply)

Realy?
Huh. I didn't know that. I'll track down the origonal.. I love the Pouges version.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:42, Reply)

Got it stuck
in my head at work today. Which was good because it replaced Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

Danger Zone
FUCKING ROCKS
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:50, Reply)

My downloaded version
is only a minute and a half long because the torrent spacked out. Need to reacquire it!
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:54, Reply)

Well, I see him on the TV preaching about the promised land.

( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:40, Reply)

er....

( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:43, Reply)

This is a Poison song,
can't remember which though
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

Something to Believe In?
(had to sing it to myself)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

D'oh! I so knew that.
your turn, CHCB.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:45, Reply)

Nice!
Something to Believe In
I just happened to be listening to it at the time.
( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

I've got iTunes open
for my next one. I'm terrible at thinking of songs ad hoc.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:46, Reply)

every rose has it's thorn

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

So close!

( thealternativefact, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:44, Reply)

cripes

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:47, Reply)

There's a man going round taking names

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:47, Reply)

When the man comes around?
I think.....
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:49, Reply)

Aye!

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:49, Reply)

Awesomes!
I shall think of one now....
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:50, Reply)

Well aint it just like the night, to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet?
:)
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:52, Reply)

I suck at this game :(
suspect it's a Dylan song.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:56, Reply)

It is Dylan, yeah
Want a clue?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:56, Reply)

Try me :)
*google fingers itching*
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:00, Reply)

We sit here stranded, though we're doing our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain tempting you to defy it.....

Think Blonde on Blonde
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:01, Reply)

visions of johanna...
i think...well actually know...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:04, Reply)

Spot on!
Congrats. Your turn now
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:05, Reply)

that was SO easy... let's have a wee think...
see below in 5 mins!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:06, Reply)

Hellava song though
The line that goes "Ghosts of electricity howl in the bones of her face...." Looking forward to your one.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:07, Reply)

my fave dylan track from that year is "like a rolling stone"...
so many nuggets of wisdom in that song!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:15, Reply)

Oh cock,
I knew that too!
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:07, Reply)

Hmm.
Second place?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:10, Reply)

I can run with that.

( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:14, Reply)

It does come with a shiny shiny medal
:D
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:17, Reply)

Woo yay!
*yoink*
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:22, Reply)

Medal theif!
:( There was going to be a ceremony as well. Speeches and everything
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:37, Reply)

I knew yours
but the rest are missing me, google is my friend hence not answering
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 21:56, Reply)

Same here.
I can't very well trout myself, either :(
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:07, Reply)

"lately, lately, i find i rush...
can't piece together the sun and the sky and the spots on my face..."
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:10, Reply)

first 2 lines actually...
dunno if that helps?
1992...

edit: did i just kill that with obscurity???
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:13, Reply)

I think I head it... I think.
No idea who did it, or the name of the song though.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:18, Reply)

I may have to give in
and google. An exceptional gesture.
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:22, Reply)

It rings a bell
It's a fine line between obscure and impossible though.

Is it someone like new fast automatic daffodils?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:22, Reply)

*hits spotify*
Thats not cheating, you said Google. And besides, I need to know the band for Spotify to be any use.

It's "Stockholm" isn't it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:25, Reply)

*strokes trout menacingly
and wishes Pot was here since his is bigger*
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:27, Reply)

if indeed that were from memory...
(and i trust thee) then...1,2,3...

BANG ON THE MONEY!!!

"stockholm", track 2 off "body exit mind"

"and our travels take us further north,
where there's fish in the sea and food on the shelves..."

well done sir!

your turn...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:26, Reply)

A winrar is you!

( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:27, Reply)

Wahey!
I knew who it was just not the song. I had to trawl through a few before I spotted the intro that went with my mental fragment of song.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:28, Reply)

cool work, dude!
do you know their album "Love it all"? if not then get it. right now!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:30, Reply)

I actually keep hearing them
in pursuit of other things and think I ought to get some but never do.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:43, Reply)

get thyself "love it all"...
darken the lights and turn it up to 9.5.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:52, Reply)

Not quite as obscure
"Pretty teeth scrapy clean with a wind-up machine"
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:29, Reply)

"I'm feeling very striking, It's taken to my liking"?
Cardiacs?
thinks???
er?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:32, Reply)

You're so close
come on. It's quite the notable song.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:42, Reply)

the sea, the sea!
Big ship?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:47, Reply)

YES!
Here it comes again, god bless her!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:51, Reply)

okay, my turn?
"his wicked sense of humour suggests exciting sex..."
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 22:54, Reply)

Hmmmm
Venus as a boy I think....
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:03, Reply)

"i think" has become a by-word for "i know"...
i think...

bob-on matey! have a point...
your go now!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:05, Reply)

Okay....
You work in the village shop, putting a poster up, dreaming of anything, dreaming of the time you are free from the trouble you are in.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:08, Reply)

belle and sebastian?
bugger me, the song...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:14, Reply)

Yep. It's belle and sebastian
Good one too....
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:16, Reply)

GRRRRRRRRRR!
cannae get it...
clue for half a point?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:38, Reply)

OKay.
In the mud, on your knees, trying hard not to please anyone all the time. In a rebels fight you go all the way to being brutal.

You will have a boy tonight, you will have a boy tonight on the first bus out of town.

Ummmm - Appears on Push Barman to open old wounds.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:41, Reply)

i want to say "Hazey Jane"...
but that's Nick Drake so...
"Cra..."

no...

"Lazey Jane"

painting lines..?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:45, Reply)

Lazy line painter Jane!
Close enough... One half point and your go.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:46, Reply)

Fuck! my brain's all done in now...
okay folks, how about...
first line only...
listened to it this afternoon, from "compact-cassette" tape found in an old box of mine...


"this government had an idea and parliament made it law..."
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:52, Reply)

Face down in the gutter won't admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black,
He's a big, strong man with a childs mind, don't you take his booze away!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:05, Reply)

sorry
didn't really read the rules.

Feel free to ignore.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:06, Reply)

Noooo.... Not ignoring..
I just have no idea who it is!
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:08, Reply)

Nor do I :(
Apparently I live in a musical cave!
( Maladicta, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:13, Reply)

Okays Mrs Liveinabin...
Clue?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:41, Reply)

Bar room Hero - Dropkick Murphys
Cracking tune!

My turn! - "A chill runs up your spine, It crawls into your brain"
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:48, Reply)

i have not the faintest idea...
no mental bells ringing at all...
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Thu 25 Jun 2009, 23:55, Reply)