Songs That Begin and End with the Same Line (Part One)

Ziggy played guitar

I just heard a new “Diner topic” on the Jukebox Diner with Lou Simon radio show on Sirius/XM. It was to come up with songs that open and close with the same exact line of lyric. I thought this sounded fun so I started coming up with some. There are a lot more that I would have ever thought so here we go.

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Bob Feldman Dies

My boyfriend’s back he’s gonna save my reputation
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend’s back)
If I were you I’d take a permanent vacation
(Hey-la, hey-la, my boyfriend’s back)

Robert C. Feldman, commonly known as Bob Feldman, was a prominent American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Robert was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 14, 1940. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home and briefly studied to become a cantor.

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Covers – America

She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy, I said “Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera”

“America” is a song by Simon & Garfunkel, the iconic folk rock duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It’s featured as the centerpiece track on their fourth studio album, “Bookends,” which was released in 1968.

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Album Art – Peter Lloyd

This is where I’ll be talking about the Album Art that I like. That is one of the benefits of 12″ vinyl albums, the cool packaging that surrounded the record. Here I’ll research the creations that we all loved as children, teenagers, and adults. I’ll try to find as much information on the artists as I can.

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My Favorite Albums – Discipline – King Crimson

“Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end”

Discipline is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on September 22, 1981, by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The band was founded by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and lyricist Peter Sinfield in 1969.

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