Quiz: Hitsongs und ihre unvergesslichen Anfangszeilen

[SteveJ]

Es gibt Melodien, die mit solch unvergesslichen Texten beginnen, dass sie einen von der ersten Silbe an fesseln.
So eingängig, dass die Zuhörer sie schon mitsingen können, bevor die erste Strophe überhaupt erklingt!
Solch einprägsame Eröffnungstexte zu schreiben, ist in der Tat eine große Leistung für einen Songwriter.

Hier eine lyrische Reise in die Vergangenheit mit einigen der legendärsten Eröffnungszeilen der Musikgeschichte noch einmal Revue passieren
Seid Ihr bereit, Euer musikalisches Können zu testen?

1. "I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and for you. And I think to myself: ...."
2. "Well, it's one for the money two for the show, Three to get ready now go, cat, go."
3. "Birds flying high you know how I feel. Sun in the sky you know how I feel…"
4. "Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again."
5. "They tried to make me go to rehab but I said: No, no, no. Yes, I've been black, but when I come back you will know, know, know..."
6. "Some people call me the space cowboy... Yeah... Some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice, 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love."
7. "Just a small town girl. Livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere.
   Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere."
8. "And now, the end is here, And so I face the final curtain."
9. "I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way."
10. "All the leaves are brown, And the sky is gray."
11. "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk."
12. "I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime. Played it till my fingers bled..."
13. "She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean. She was the best damn woman that I ever seen."
14. "At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.
    But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along."
15. "Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you gotta do.
    I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now."
16. "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see."
17. "Do you have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once?"
18. "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me...Speaking words of wisdom"
19. "Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a ..."
20. "She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories...Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky."
21. "The world is a vampire."
22. "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you. I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around. Turned you into someone new."
23. "The world was on fire and no one could save me but you..."
24. "Ground Control to Major Tom."
25. "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air."
26. "I get up in the evenin' and I ain't got nothin' to say. I come home in the mornin', I go to bed feelin' the same way.
    I ain't nothin' but tired, man, I'm just tired and bored with myself. Hey there, baby, I could use just a little help..."
27. "We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow."
28. "1989 the number, another summer, get down. Sound of the funky drummer. Music hittin' your heart, 'cause I know you got soul, Brothers and sisters."
29. "Johnny’s in the basement, Mixing up the medicine. I’m on the pavement, Thinking about the government."
30. "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around for a long, long year, stole many a man's soul and faith."
31. "There is a house way down in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun, and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God I know I'm one."
32. "Now I′ve heard there was a secret chord, that David played, and it pleased the Lord. But you don't really care for music, do you?"
33. "Love is a burning thing. And it makes a fiery ring. Bound by wild desire. I fell into a ..."
34. "It′s a little bit funny, this feeling inside. I'm not one of those who can easily hide. I don′t have much money, but boy if I did, I'd buy a big house where we both could live."
35. "It′s close to midnight, something evil's lurking from the dark. Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart."
36. "Tonight, I want to give it all to you in the darkness, there′s so much I want to do. And tonight, I want to lay it at your feet 'cause girl, I was made for you
    And girl, you were made for me."
37. "Young man there′s no need to feel down, I said young man pick yourself off the ground, I said young man 'cause your in a new town. There′s no need to be unhappy."
38. "Day-o, day-o! Daylight break me, wanna go home."
39. "Wooooo hoooo! I got my head checked by a jumbo jet. It wasn′t easy, but nothing is No."
40. "So close, no matter how far. Couldn′t be much more from the heart. Forever trusting who we are."

Spoiler: Lösungen

1. "What a Wonderful World" von Louis Armstrong
2. "Blue Suede Shoes" von Elvis Presley
3. "Feeling Good" von Nina Simone
4. "The Sound of Silence" von Simon & Garfunkel
5. "Rehab" von Amy Winehouse
6. "The Joker" von Steve Miller Band
7. "Don't Stop Believin" von Journey
8. "My Way" von Frank Sinatra
9. "The Greatest Love of All" von Whitney Houston
10. "California Dreaming" von The Mamas & the Papas
11. "Stayin' Alive" von den Bee Gees
12. "Summer of '69" von Bryan Adams
13. "You Shook Me All Night Long" von AC/DC
14. "I Will Survive" von Gloria Gaynor
15. "Wonderwall" von Oasis
16. "Bohemian Rhapsody" von Queen
17. "Basket Case" von Green Day
18. "Let it Be" von The Beatles
19. "Heart of Glass" von Blondie
20. "Sweet Child o' Mine" von Guns N' Roses
21. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" von The Smashing Pumpkins
22. "Don’t You Want Me" von The Human League
23. "Wicked Game" von Chris Isaak
24. "Space Oddity" von David Bowie
25. "Hotel California" von Eagles
26. "Dancing in the Dark" von Bruce Springsteen
27. "Immigrant Song" von Led Zeppelin
28. "Fight the Power" von Public Enemy
29. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" von Bob Dylan
30. "Sympathy for the Devil" von The Rolling Stones
31. "The House of the Rising Sun" von The Animals
32. "Hallelujah" von Leonard Cohen
33. "Ring of Fire von Johnny Cash
34. "Your Song" von Elton John
35. "Thriller" von Michael Jackson
36. "I Was Made for Loving You" von KISS
37. "Y.M.C.A" von Village People
38. "Banana Boat Song" von Harry Belafonte
39. "Song 2" von Blur
40. "Nothing Else Matters" von Metallica