Opening Lines: coming to an end with a prize?

I've been finding that health, work and house-pressures have been taking their toll on me of late. Compounding these has been my guilt over the issue of what to do about my 'commitment' to providing opening lines for you.

So here's the thing.

I'm going to do a final 25 lines post sometime before the end of the year.

Everyone who has got one line or more right, whether from a daily or a collection post, can - if they want - receive a compilation 'prize' relating to the songs used in the posts.

So that's an incentive for you all; or maybe not??!! It kinda depends on your choice and your taste!

Opening Line: 10 October 2006

"You know it doesnt make much sense, there ought to be a law against, anyone who takes offense"


Straightforward really...

UPDATE: congrats to EineKleine Rob!!! Yeah!!!

Opening Line: 5 October 2006

Sheesh, I'd almost forgot how much I liked this album.


"Fragile, like a baby in your arms"

Artiste? Song?

UPDATE: Mucho apologies to Stu_n for not earlier crediting his knowledge of Depeche Mode. But glad to see I'm not alone in recalling their work...

Opening Line: 4 October 2006

"And I'd tear out the pages, that I've got in these books"


Artiste? Song?

I still have a copy of their first album on cassette (not much use to me without a player for it, but still...)

UPDATE: Wozza gets with no cheating or even checking his record collection! Huzzah!

Opening Line: 3 October 2006

A sweet voice to brighten my day:

"Well, they're strollin' in the gloamin'..."


Artiste? Song?

UPDATE: George gleefully gets this!

Opening Line: 2 October 2006

"Oh let the sun beat down upon my face"


Ooooh - just toooooo easy!


Artiste and song please. I'll do some better updates when things are less hectic on the work and home front (it's my worst time of year for getting above the waterline of stress so be patient with me).

UPDATE: Wozza is WELL on the ball with getting this one...

Opening Line: 1 October 2006

Zounds! It is October already (mind, given last week I may not last till Christmas - exhaustion already setting in...)

Anyway, new month and here's another line for you.

"Once I lived a life of a millionaire, spending all my money and I didn't care"


Artiste? Song? (The latter may be easier than the former, but kudos if you get the artiste right!)

UPDATE: Congrats to Joe for coming up with a suitable answer!

Opening Line: 30 September 2006

In honour of our trip today:

"Well I don't care about history"



Artiste? Song?


UPDATE: congrats to (new?) visitor Wozza, who has a number of Wozza blogs and spaces. Although I hope he hasn't been tempted into googling....!

Opening Line: 29 September 2006

"Summer in the city where the air is still, a baby being born to the overkill"


Artiste? Song?

I needed something cheery after the rollercoaster week I have had...

UPDATE: Well done Chrissie!

Opening Line: 28 September 2006

"Through the rails, I spied your ponytail; I tried with sugarcubes and they're okay"


Artiste and song please?

There's a subtle reiteration going on with this one so kudos to those who spot how!

UPDATE:Congrats to Chrissie (on both posts!) but hmmm, blogger problems so it WASN'T that I was being that unsubtle with double postings. No, the connection was that I have of course used Prefab Sprout before AND have used another song called "Wild Horses" (the Stone/Sundays)!

Opening Line: 28 September 2006

"Through the rails, I spied your ponytail; I tried with sugarcubes and they're okay"


Artiste and song please?

There's a subtle reiteration going on with this one so kudos to those who spot how!

Opening Line: 27 September 2006 (late)

Sorry!

Busy BUSY day!

"Everybodys got a thing but some dont know how to handle it"


Artiste? Song?


Just what I needed someone to tell me today...

UPDATE: Our lovely struggling-author-with-a-cold got this!

Opening Line: 26 September 2006

"Some day, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold"


Awh, I'm a sucker for this sort of thing.


Artiste? Song?

UPDATE: Gordon gets in with this. There is a link in my comment to direct you to more info and a clue as to which version I was thinking of (it was the earliest Oscar-winning one...)

Opening Line: 25 September 2006

"Tick, tock, go the death-watch beetles in el presidente's swill"



A song I have long loved (from a tape compilation I cannot replace on CD it seems), although I have just tracked this song on another collection. Yeah!

Artiste? Song?

Opening Line: 24 September 2006

House still in chaos with fireplaces so apologies for my erratic contributions to the daily burst of opening lines.

Here's another one!

"Dark in the city, night is a wire"


Hee hee hee...

Artiste? Name of the song?

Opening Line: 22 September 2006

"Clouds on the moon, it was a Hollywood sky"



This reminds me, I still owe someone a lyrics list....

Artiste? Song title?

UPDATE: Well done Chrissie!!

Opening Line: 21 September 2006

"Greetings, girl, and welcome to my world of phrase"


Artiste? Name of the song please?



Sorry for my lack of posts lately. We're in the midst of "ARGH" with the fireplace people being let down by the hearth supplying people and to say I'm a little tetchy would be an understatement.

The fireplaces though DO look lovely and I can't wait to have them installed!!!!

If it helps I am plotting my way to provide you with some further examples of favourite female film characters, despite Marie nicking loads of the best ones in her extended 25 list...

UPDATE: Struggling Author gets this after a minor panic that problems with comments recognition would block her! Well done!!!

Opening Line 20 September 2006

"I'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight, shortsighted, narrow-minded hypocrites"


Still a riveting track.


Artiste? Song title?

UPDATE: Mike is top visitor today! (And I remember the version he recalls as well!)

Opening Line: 19 September 2006

"The world is full of fools, who never get it right"


Artiste? Song title?

Not quite as cheesy as yesterday's selection!

UPDATE: Stu_n gets in with this and says he has cited it in an interesting place (I wonder what the context was??!!)

Opening Line: 18 September 2006

"Sittin here, eatin my heart out waitin', waitin for some lover to call"


See, I can do cheesy...
Artiste and song title please...

And bonus points (metaphorical only!) for those who get why I have this track!

UPDATE: big congrats to Gert who shouldn't be at all astonished to get in with an opening line! Well done! And yes, its the Ultimate CFS! (as discussed in my forthcoming essay on the topic...)