|
Post by Dale Latimer on Oct 16, 2016 11:23:13 GMT -5
Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that clearly prided themselves on titling songs in an unconventional manner. Perhaps it was to buck the trends of pop music, or maybe it was to keep people guessing as to what their song titles really meant. Either way, it was a clever trademark of sorts that they had as a band. I'm guessing their record company wasn't thrilled that they did that, but it didn't seem to hurt their popularity or the sales of their songs and albums too much... I'm surprised there aren't sites, much less print articles, devoted to Zep title-ology... dL
|
|
|
Post by johnnywest on Oct 16, 2016 12:39:01 GMT -5
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" should have included "Still"
|
|
|
Post by jamie9012 on Oct 18, 2016 10:43:12 GMT -5
Earlier, someone mentioned Songs from New Order. I would title their Song "True Faith" something such as "Morning Sun (I Used To Think That The Day Would Never Come)", although it is rather long. I remember reading that many of their Songs do not include the Titles in the lyrics. For me, they seem to be not only Songs, but also Paintings.
Also, when I was younger, I thought that "Truly, Madly, Deeply" from Savage Garden should have been titled "I Want To Stand With You On A Mountain".
Two more Examples
1. The German singer Nicole: She released, in 2013, an Album titled "Alles nur für Dich" (All for you), which I like very much. There is a Song on it titled "Stark wie nie zuvor" (Strong like never before). I did not look at the track Listing on the back, so when I first heard it, I thought that it was called, "Mein Kompass zeigt die Richtung" (My Compass shows the Way).
2. Helene Fischer: On her Album "So wie ich bin" is a Song titled "Das letzte Worte hat die Liebe". I sometimes think that it is called "Diese Nacht kennt keine Lügen". I also like that Album.
In both of these cases, my incorrect Titles were the first Words in the Chorus.
|
|
|
Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 24, 2016 19:05:39 GMT -5
Rod Stewart's "Reason To Believe" (flipside to Maggie May) could've been titled "Someone Like You". (just heard this on Music Choice, 70s)
|
|
|
Post by giannirubino on Oct 24, 2016 19:56:37 GMT -5
The passing of Pete Burns (of Dead Or Alive fame) reminded me of their 1985 #11 pop song. It should have been title "You Spin Me Right Round" but it was only titled "You Spin Me Round."
The chorus always started this way: "You spin me right round, baby right round, like a record, baby, right round round round."
|
|
|
Post by burcjm on Oct 28, 2016 10:29:32 GMT -5
On last weekend's 1987 show I heard a Fleetwood Mac song that should have been called "Tell Me Lies".
|
|
|
Post by at40nut on Oct 29, 2016 0:09:32 GMT -5
Green Day's 1994 hit "Longview" could have been titled "Bite My Lip And Close My Eyes (Take Me Away To Paradise)". Alternative Rock artists at that time always had strange names for their songs. Focusing on that genre in that time period can take on a life of it's own for mistitled songs . Nine Inch Nails had a song called "Closer" that same year which could have been called something else, but lets just say it would be similar to W.A.S.P.'s song on The filthy fifteen!
|
|
|
Post by 1finemrg on Oct 29, 2016 5:34:13 GMT -5
Though it almost cracks me up every time the song is introduced, “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)” by the Rolling Stones could’ve just lost the Doos and parentheses. "Heartbreaker" was just fine; maybe it was titled that way to avoid the Grand Funk Railroad and Led Zeppelin songs that preceded it.
The song has a shuffle style beat, but Boz Scaggs could have simply called his #11 hit “Lido”.
Dylan is confusing. How about the Top 10 hits “Rainy Day Women #12 and #35” and “Positively Fourth Street”?
I remember a local DJ as a bit told his listeners to call in and win $1,000 when Robert Plant sings the words “Big Log” as he was playing the song.
|
|
|
Post by davewollenberg on Oct 29, 2016 6:54:20 GMT -5
On this week's 10-27--84 show, we had John Waite's 'Missing you'. It should've been titled, 'I ain't missing you'.
|
|
|
Post by mitchm on Oct 29, 2016 10:40:07 GMT -5
I spent a lot of time once trying to find "Teenage Wasteland" by the Who in a Whitburn book. I never thought to look for Baba O'Riley.
|
|
|
Post by skuncle on Oct 30, 2016 8:04:37 GMT -5
Fleetwood Mac's only #1 song is "Dreams" to this day lots of people have no idea what song that is, but if you say "Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining" then they suddenly know the song. Stevie Nicks has many songs where the title is buried in a verse. It wasn't a single but in 1981 she recorded a song that later appeared on her boxed set called "Gold & Braid". On the slipcase to her 1981 HBO concert video the song is listed as "Golden Braid" which within the context of the song makes far more sense than the actual title.
|
|
|
Post by dukelightning on Oct 30, 2016 17:28:54 GMT -5
Not mistitled at all is "Gold" by Kiiara. I don't know what a better title would be but I think she is right not to title it, "Without Ever Letting Me Know". That is the phrase that she sings the most but that sounds like a subtitle to me. So calling it by that title does not make sense IMO. Great song btw.
|
|
|
Post by 1finemrg on Oct 30, 2016 21:29:41 GMT -5
Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that clearly prided themselves on titling songs in an unconventional manner. Perhaps it was to buck the trends of pop music, or maybe it was to keep people guessing as to what their song titles really meant. Either way, it was a clever trademark of sorts that they had as a band. I'm guessing their record company wasn't thrilled that they did that, but it didn't seem to hurt their popularity or the sales of their songs and albums too much... I'm surprised there aren't sites, much less print articles, devoted to Zep title-ology... dL Led Zeppelin was constantly at odds with Atlantic records over releasing tracks from their albums as singles. If they had their way, no 45s would have been released. Speaking of the mighty Zep, “Over The Hills And Far Away” could have been titled “Many Times” or even “Many”. Alice Cooper’s “Teenage Lament ‘74”, could have been “What Are You Gonna Do”? This one is not mistitled but the title is amusing. From “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” the fourth track is “This Song Has No Title”. Great song. And of course “Sister Mary Elephant” could’ve been titled “Classsss…Classsssss, Shudd-up!!!”, although the caricature of the sister does have her yelling “Shudd-up!” (thank you)
|
|
|
Post by Michael1973 on Nov 3, 2016 12:31:36 GMT -5
Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat ("I Could Never Love Again") Phil Collins -- Something Happened On The Way To Heaven ("You Can Run")
|
|
|
Post by johnnywest on May 29, 2018 11:21:19 GMT -5
Odd that "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes wasn't titled "What's Going On."
|
|