Hi, fellow songsmiths. I was just wondering if you have set patterns that you follow when writing lyrics. Do you let the song suggest the title or do you prefer to think of a title and let the song flow from that?
Seems there are many songs that are based on famous sayings - for instance: A Stitch In Time Actions Speak Louder Than Words Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Then there are song titles that are a play on words, such as: Cool Britannia Katherine of Oregon Ohm Sweet Ohm
There's no shortage of songs that pose tricky questions e.g. What Becomes Of The Broken-hearted? Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Or this title I just made up: Can I Still Get To Gettysburg If I Don't Know The Address?
Any thoughts?
Last edited by Ghostgum; 11/16/1906:38 PM.
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Most to all of my songs come from a single idea/subject that grabbed me or a phrase that came to mind. Some personal examples: "Just Do It"...."She Sizzles"..."I'm Going That Way Too"..."I've Had A Good Life"...."Dark Forest". Just phrases I that came to mind that I thought would be worthy of fleshing out a good lyrical story into a song.
Once the idea/subject/title is in stone I won't deviate from that subject and try to make sure that each verse/pre-hook/chorus stays on topic. I'm not one to write randomly with unrelated phrases or lyrics just because they sound cool that add nothing to the song's specific subject.
Been giving this some thought recently. I know that a song title is generally not patented or copyrighted, although short phrases in advertising can be, I think Nike has "Do it" . But do song titles have to be original? After all it is just a string of words. How many unique combinations can actual exist?
When I hear a cleaver and creative lyric my fisrt thought is - "wish I would have written that" and my next thought is "...well there's one more thing I can never use".
So why would folks re-use popular song titles for their songs. If I were to write a song about past regrets or love lost or remorse - the last title I would chose would be "Yesterday". Is it just me?
If this is off topic - nevermind. It has just been something on my mind.
This is an interesting topic - sometimes, song titles just come really naturally. It is also safe to say there is a certain weight behind having an iconic and unique song names. For example: Stairway To Heaven, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Bohemian Rhapsody, I Am The Walrus. It helps cement your song as instantly distinct even before you hear it.
So why would folks re-use popular song titles for their songs. If I were to write a song about past regrets or love lost or remorse - the last title I would chose would be "Yesterday". Is it just me?
If this is off topic - nevermind. It has just been something on my mind.
Perhaps to get better placements on search engines?... BTW... Another title creation technique is take to an old title & add to it... Old Title: Yesterday New Title: Yesterday, When I Was Young (Writer Charles Aznavour)
New Title: Finding Yesterday (Written by Billy Arr & David Allds
Do a search & you will find more... Or you could change the title from... "Yesterday" to "Yes Today"
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