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Radio X Chilled with Sarah Gosling 7pm - 10pm
1 January 2020, 12:00 | Updated: 1 January 2020, 12:01
We pick a selection of great lyrics that kicked off classic albums.
Apparently, the opening line on the sixth Monkeys album, from the song Star Treatment, is: “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make.” How does it fare against these classics…?
"I don't have to sell my soul, he's already in me" - I Wanna Be Adored
"Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools" - The Headmaster Ritual
"Load up on guns, bring your friends / It's fun to lose and to pretend" - Smells Like Teen Spirit
"I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand" - Disorder
"I live my life in the city, there's no easy way out" - Rock 'N' Roll Star
"Anticipation has the habit to set you up / For disappointment in evening entertainment / But tonight there'll be some love" - The View From The Afternoon
"Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol." - Feel Good Hit of The Summer
"Time is never time at all / You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth." - Tonight Tonight
“Happiness, hit her like a train on a track” - Dog Days Are Over
"I'm gonna fight 'em off / A seven nation army couldn't hold me back" - Seven Nation Army
"20 foot high on Blackpool promenade / Fake royalty second hand sequin facade” - Elvis Impersonator, Blackpool Pier
"He's a Twentieth Century Boy, with his hands on the rails / Trying not to be sick again and holding on for tomorrow." - For Tomorrow
"I was blind, now I can see, you made a believer out of me." - Movin' On Up
"Oh, a storm is threatening / My very life today" - Gimme Shelter