Behlmene Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Every time I think of a name for a song I recorded I google it and it's already been used!!! Am I lacking in creativity or do other guys here deal with this too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Don't sweat it. One of my band's songs is called "Fire" - there are probably dozens of other songs out there with the same name, but it's not really an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Mr Venom doesn't seem to have any problem… ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1450683992' post='2934753'] Mr Venom doesn't seem to have any problem… ;-) [/quote] Your band did spring to my thoughts 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm awful, I can't write lyrics or song titles... I have nothing to say or complain about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 It's easy to come up with original song names, but only if they are long and/or unusual/humourous. E.g. I don't think anyone has ever written a song called "You Leave those Galapagos Tortoises Alone", "My Baby Puts Saffron in her Custard", or "Stegasaurus Reggae Stomp". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Easy solution: don't google it. Also, there's no copyright in titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1450685574' post='2934767'] It's easy to come up with original song names, but only if they are long and/or unusual/humourous. E.g. I don't think anyone has ever written a song called "You Leave those Galapagos Tortoises Alone", "My Baby Puts Saffron in her Custard", or "Stegasaurus Reggae Stomp". [/quote] They sound like unreleased Zappa tunes, or maybe Beefheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1450686159' post='2934773'] They sound like unreleased Zappa tunes, or maybe Beefheart. [/quote] I'm influenced by both. I've just bought the Roxy Blu-ray but haven't had a chance to play it yet. Bands/Composers like Zappa, Beefheart, and the Terrortones have it relatively easy with as their niche not only allows unusual song titles, it's expected. If I had been deliberately making Zappa or Beefheart style titles, I would have gone even weirder though It's a challenge to come up with more straightforward titles which have a good chance of being original. All of these have had a very quick check on google. I've rejected some song titles where there was something similar. E.g. "The River Flows on Forever" - there is a "The River that Flows Forever." I've tried to not cheat by swapping words - E.g. I could have gotten away with "The Amazon Flows Forever", but don't feel that would be right. Heart like a Hornet You Told Me Nothing Four String Symphony Sail Away from You Morning Lake Light Lady Play that Bass Cold Wind Coming One More Train to Ride ---------- (there's a book called this, about hobos) (You Never Gave Me) Mercy Faster than a Falcon Alone on the Summit ---------- (Stephen Venables wrote 'Alone at the Summit' - I want to read it now) It's Hiding in my Heart Your Sister Loves me More ----------- (Too many of these might only work in C&W) She Dances in the Flames ------- getting too long Your Love is in your Motion He Loves You More Fifteen Miles from You Keeps Me Missing You ---- too many 'you's. (Too Much Light) At Night You Never Made Things Right This may be getting self-indulgent. I'll stop. Edited December 21, 2015 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1450685624' post='2934768'] Easy solution: don't google it. Also, there's no copyright in titles. [/quote] this, most of my songs titles just come from a line in the song, or a random line from a film i may have watched recently. I don't google band names or song names as it will drive you nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 All you need to do is to take your original song title or band name and convert it into business guff. To get you started, here's the Financial Times (no, really, have a look): https://ig.ft.com/sites/guffipedia/ So if you want to start a band called The Cars, and you can see that there might be some issues, you could instead call yourselves [i]The Sustainable Mobility Solutions[/i] (Toyota, 2010). For song titles you could just go for obscurity and make them mean what you want to mean: [i]Move The Planet A Little Closer To The Future [/i](Cisco Systems, 2012) [i]Robustify Learnability [/i](US Federal Reserve, 2006) [i]Go-Forward Scenario [/i](AOL, 2014) But it's worth bearing in mind that a newly-written song can also be viewed as a [i]Multi-Dimensional Communication Scaffold [/i](Circus Street, 2014). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1450685209' post='2934760'] I'm awful, I can't write lyrics or song titles... I have nothing to say or complain about. [/quote] This describes me as well. I stay firmly away from anything involving words in the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Well my latest composition is called 'fish and cod Roe' and I cant find any other songs of that title , so it can be done If you feel the need to listen to it there is a link in this months composition thread in the recording forums. However , you could wait a day or two then vote for it when the thread pops up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm assuming that the titles come out roughly the same because the subject matter is similar Try writing about your love of, say, second order differential equations and I'm sure the title would be unique.. Although Coldplay might have got there first with x and y, and to be honest Linear Homogeniety could be Zep's "The song remains the same". I'll get me coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't write songs, only music. I also don't use real titles any more, but when I did, I used to use titles that the music reminded me of. One piece the melody seemed to be saying 'Such a lonely place', so that was the title. Sometimes I'd name them after what my influence for the track was. I did a piece last year, the idea came to me while sheltering from a storm, I called it 'A moment of peace, after the rain'. Others have been quotes from books that I've been reading, words that I've seen while travelling around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't know about that. Here are some of my song titles Man hippo Put it in the tossbank Beastiality Bacon butty Do the Fish Steve Christie is a media man and so is Linda lesbian Bombers on benefits Degeneration of the penis Fish special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Alternatively, you could adapt my suggestion for a band-name generator from a few months back, and just use Basschat topic titles as song titles: [list] [*]Why did you start? [*]I must be getting old [*]Scooped tone [*]Credit where credit is due [*]Shivers down your spine [*]You'll never perform [/list] etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1450716112' post='2935155'] I don't know about that. Here are some of my song titles Man hippo Put it in the tossbank Beastiality Bacon butty Do the Fish Steve Christie is a media man and so is Linda lesbian Bombers on benefits Degeneration of the penis Fish special [/quote] One of those has already been done ... [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Other%20music%20related/Great%20Album%20Covers/Bestiality_zpsxh2kmxyw.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Other%20music%20related/Great%20Album%20Covers/Bestiality_zpsxh2kmxyw.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1450716265' post='2935162'] One of those has already been done ... [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Other%20music%20related/Great%20Album%20Covers/Bestiality_zpsxh2kmxyw.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Curses! Guess it's time to retire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behlmene Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I should have been more clear...it's nearly impossible to come up with an original song name that doesn't suck! Apologies to anyone I offended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1450716265' post='2935162'] One of those has already been done ... [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Other%20music%20related/Great%20Album%20Covers/Bestiality_zpsxh2kmxyw.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] The actual term is [b]bestiality[/b]. It is frequently mispronounced, and consequently mis-spelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1450727580' post='2935321'] The actual term is [b]bestiality[/b]. It is frequently mispronounced, and consequently mis-spelled. [/quote] Actually, when we wrote Beastiality (not the one above) we knew this but thought if we were singing "bestiality" people might not know what we were on about. We realised most people said beastiality! So +1 to us smart arse bastards! Plus it's funnier and fit better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1450716112' post='2935155'] Degeneration of the penis [/quote] We had one called 'Spiders Ruined My Dong'. Also, 'Dracula Helps Us To Pee' and 'Bungalow Business'. That band folded for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450729446' post='2935346'] We had one called 'Spiders Ruined My Dong'. Also, 'Dracula Helps Us To Pee' and 'Bungalow Business'. That band folded for some reason. [/quote]That's a shame! It sounds like the perfect, high end, conceptual arty stuff I'm into! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1450716265' post='2935162'] One of those has already been done ... [url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Other%20music%20related/Great%20Album%20Covers/Bestiality_zpsxh2kmxyw.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] bringing home the bacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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