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Line 14: Line 14: * Be specific rather than general.* Be specific rather than general.- ===Titles Types===+ ===Titles Types: Direct or Blind===- ====DNATitles====+ ====Direct Titles====- DNATitles are self-contained. They contain meaning all by themselves.+ Direct Titles are self-contained. They contain meaning all by themselves.* Rolling In the Deep, Adele* Rolling In the Deep, AdeleLine 25: Line 25: * E.T., Katy Perry* E.T., Katy Perry- ====ParasiticTitles====+ ====Blind Titles====- ParasiticTitles need lyrical context for full effect.+ Blind Titles need lyrical context for full effect.* Just Can't Get Enough, The Black Eyed Peas* Just Can't Get Enough, The Black Eyed PeasLine 51: Line 51: * Songs, especially lines you misunderstand* Songs, especially lines you misunderstand* References: Thesaurus, Dictionaries of phrases, Rhyming dictionary, Dictionary of alliteration* References: Thesaurus, Dictionaries of phrases, Rhyming dictionary, Dictionary of alliteration+ + ===Song Title Tips===+ + * [http://speedsongwriting.com/lizard-brain-titles/ How To Get More Listeners With A "Lizard Brain" Song Title]+ * [http://speedsongwriting.com/the-perfect-song-title-5-things-to-remember/ The Perfect Song Title - 5 Things to Remember]===Lyric Triad Billboard Examples======Lyric Triad Billboard Examples===Line 113: Line 118: [[category:Lyrics]][[category:Lyrics]][[category:Title]][[category:Title]]- __NOTOC__- __NOEDITSECTION__Revision as of 13:52, 10 April 2016
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Title Tips
Put your title in spotlighted positions: In chorus opening lines, closing lines, or both. in AABA form, at the end of each verse (modern) or at the beginning.
A good Title should...
- Express the central idea of the song.
- Be the target of the rest of the lyrics.
- Be able to be developed as the song progresses, so that it gains more impact as we gain more information.
- Be engaging and interesting, either by itself or in the ideas it provokes.
- Be specific rather than general.
Titles Types: Direct or Blind
Direct Titles
Direct Titles are self-contained. They contain meaning all by themselves.
- Rolling In the Deep, Adele
- Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO
- Firework, Katy Perry
- E.T., Katy Perry
Blind Titles
Blind Titles need lyrical context for full effect.
- Just Can't Get Enough, The Black Eyed Peas
- Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars
- The Time, The Black Eyed Peas
- Only Girl (In the World), Rihanna
- I Wanna Go, Britney Spears
Finding Titles
- Lizard Brain Titles
- Transformed clichés
- Suggest or contain metaphor or simile
- A clever play on words
- Sonic bonding with vowels (assonance), consonants (alliteration), or both
- Opposites
- Repetition
- Variation
- Double meanings
- Advertising
- Book and movie titles
- Interesting things people say
- Songs, especially lines you misunderstand
- References: Thesaurus, Dictionaries of phrases, Rhyming dictionary, Dictionary of alliteration
Song Title Tips
- How To Get More Listeners With A "Lizard Brain" Song Title
- The Perfect Song Title - 5 Things to Remember
Lyric Triad Billboard Examples
- Rolling In the Deep: Place/Kinesthetic/Behavior
- Party Rock Anthem (Party Rock Is in the House Tonight): People+Place+Time/Visual/Behavior
- Firework ('Cause baby, you're a firework): People+Things/Visual/Identity
- E.T. (Extraterrestrial): People+Place/Visual/Identity
- Give Me Everything (Give me everything tonight): People+Things+Time/*/Behavior
- Grenade (I'd catch a grenade for ya): People+Things/Visual/Behavior
- Fuck You (Fuck you and fuck her too): People/Auditory/Behavior
- Super Bass (He got that super bass. That's that super bass): People+Things/Auditory/Beliefs
- Moves Like Jagger (I've got the moves like Jagger): People+Things/Visual+Kinesthetic/Capabilities
- Just Can't Get Enough (I just can't get enough): People+Things/*/Belief
- On the Floor: Place/Kinesthetic+Visual/Behavior
- S&M: Activities/*/Behavior
- Pumped Up Kicks (All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, outrun my gun): People+Things/Visual/Beliefs
- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): Time/*/Behavior
- Just the Way You Are (Girl you're amazing just the way you are): People/*/Belief+Identity
- Tonight (I'm Lovin' You): People+Time+Activities/*/Behavior
- Raise Your Glass: Things+Activities/Visual/Behavior+Collective
- Born This Way (I was born this way): People+Information/*/Identity+Beliefs
- Fuckin' Perfect (You're fuckin' perfect to me): People/*/Beliefs
- What's My Name?: People/*/Identity
- Look At Me Now: People/Visual/Behavior+Capabilities
- Down On Me (Put it down on me): People/Visual/Behavior
- How to Love: People/*/Behavior
- Someone Like You (Never mind, I'll find someone like you): People/*/Beliefs+Behavior+Capabilities
- Good Life (This has gotta be good life): People+Things+Place/*/Beliefs+Environment
- The Lazy Song (Today I swear I'm not doing anything, nothing at all): Time+People+Activities/*/Behavior+Environment+Beliefs
- (Keep on dancing) Till the World Ends: Activities+People+Information/*/Behavior+Collective+Beliefs+Environment
- The Show Goes On: Information+Activities/*/Beliefs
- (I'm on) The Edge of Glory: People/*/Beliefs
- We R Who We R: People+Place+Time/*/Beliefs+Identity+Collective
- Black and Yellow: Place/Visual/Environment
- Tonight Tonight: Time/*/Environment
- (This place about to) Blow: Place+Time/*/Environment+Behavior
- (A sky full of) Lighters: People+Place+Things+Activities/Visual/Collective+Behavior+Environment
- If I Die Young: People+Activities+Time/*/Behavior
- Stereo Hearts (My heart's a stereo): People+Things/Visual/Collective+Beliefs
- The Time (I've had the time of my life): People+Time+Activities/*/Beliefs+Behavior+Environment
- (I'm) Coming Home: People+Activities+Place/*/Behavior+Environment
- Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor): People+Things+Activities+Place/*/Collective+Behavior+Environment
- Only Girl (In the World): People+Place/Visual/Collective+Identity+Environment
- 6 Foot 7 Foot (eight-foot bunch): People+Place+Information/Visual/Identity
- Just a Kiss: People+Activities/Visual/Behavior+Collective
- Dirt Road Anthem (Dirt Road): Place/Visual/Environment
- Dynamite: Things/Visual/Behavior
- No Hands: People+Things/Visual/Behavior
- I Wanna Go (all the way): People+Activities/*/Behavior
- I'm On One: People+Activities+Things/*/Identity+Behavior+Capabilities
- You Make Me Feel: People+Activities/*/Beliefs+Collective+Capabilities+Behavior
- (say) Yeah 3X: People/*/Behavior
- (I wish that I could have this) Moment 4 Life: People+Things+Place+Time/*/Belief+Capabilities
- I Need a Doctor: People/Visual/Beliefs
- Just a Dream: People+Things/*/Beliefs
- Motivation: People+Things/*/Identity+Beliefs+Capabilities+Behavior
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