Thoughts on these Titles

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sephsleft06

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« on: October 15, 2014, 02:21:03 PM »
Hi,
Just a handful:

1) 'Be There'
2) It's the Only Sin that Shows
3) Midnight Crisis
4) Little Lights.....

just wonderin' if they piqued the slightest bit of curiousity....

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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2014, 03:01:18 PM »
Titles are a lot like character names; give a song one, and it'll grow to fit it, not the other way around. So you don't need to worry too much :)

The main 'rules' are that they feature a regularly-appearing line in the song (usually the hook) and are memorable in some way, usually snappiness or a slight rhyme in the words. Midnight Crisis is my favourite of your song title ideas because it has both of those things; Little Lights is also memorable.

Being there is a theme I've heard a lot in songs (massive Gaslight Anthem fan...) so that one doesn't hold much appeal for me personally, and It's The Only Sin That Shows sounds like my kind of music but doesn't feel like a song title. I think 'The Only Sin That Shows' would work the best as it omits that superfluous word :)
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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2014, 08:35:15 PM »
I think the standout would be number 2. Its got a touch of naughtiness that everyone loves. And I think it'd make a nice hook for a song.

Particularly a song about Herpes :p

Agree that 'it's' should be cut from the title. Reads better like that,

But personally, the one that intrigues me the most would be little lights. Just because I don't know what it could possibly mean just by the title. It's far too weird if taken literally, so you must intend to use it in some clever way. So many possibilities exist for that title, you know?

The rest, number 2 included, I already assume what the song is about, just by virtue of it being possible to be taken literally. For instance, number 1, I'd assume was about being there for someone, or running away together. Number 2 would be something sexual. Number 3 would be an old man needing to pee in the middle of the night. I may not be wrong, but some of the mysticism is lost.

sephsleft06

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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2014, 02:52:55 PM »
Hi,
thanks lads....

I got yer replies...

yes 'it's' is useless word, I shoulda known.....

good to get feedback....

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« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2014, 07:23:53 PM »
I like "Midnight Crisis" and "Little Lights".  They're memorable and just by reading the song titles, I already have an opinion of what key I imagine the songs to be in.  LL is a song title that can be repeated over and over, although I can't imagine that for MC  "Be there" sounds a little too "safe" and generic to me (this is just me, but I like mouse-click-inducing song titles), like the pop-music factory just manufactured another Katy Perry.  I'd take the "It's" off of #2, then it'd be better, though to me I wouldn't remember it as easily and it's not grasping me has hard as  MC and LL are.