PDA

View Full Version : Songs that you would change the title

vermicious knid
11-08-2005, 10:46 PM
"Ooh My Love" has got to be one of Stevie's worst titles for a song. I think that "Castle Walls" would be a great title for the same song, and is appropriately Stevie sounding.

A small change: "Crystalline" sounds prettier to me than "Crystal"

I have always liked the subtitle "Go Ahead Lily" better than "Rock a Little". When I first bought the album Rock a Little, I was thinking the title song would be some loud yelling song. It wasn't at all. And having been inspired by Lillian Hellman, I think it is a more powerful by itself.

The thought of "Everybody Finds Out" having been called "Monica" tickles my funnybone.

"Alice" should have been called "The Other Side of the Mirror". I always like for there to be a song on each album that matches the album title.

And then there is the issue of:
"Designs of Love" versus "That's Alright"
"You Could Forget" versus "Garbo"
"Nomad" versus "Candlebright"
"No Light" versus "Planets of the Universe"
"The Tower" versus "Goodbye Baby"
David
11-08-2005, 10:54 PM
"he thought of "Everybody Finds Out" having been called "Monica" tickles my funnybone.What is this about "Monica" & Everybody Finds Out? This is preposterous, this is mad, this is unspeakable.

I thought this was a running gag here on the ledge.
michelle2677
11-08-2005, 10:55 PM
Thunder only happens when it's raining instead of dreams so PEOPLE WILL GET IT RIGHT!!!
macfanken
11-08-2005, 10:59 PM
What is this about "Monica" & Everybody Finds Out? This is preposterous, this is mad, this is unspeakable.

I thought this was a running gag here on the ledge.


Monica? Ewww.

Hey David, your sig pics are awesome.
ontheEdgeof17
11-08-2005, 10:59 PM
HAEWAFY (cuz it's so damn long): (This is) Your Song.

RTTG: Toxic Garden
JazmenFlowers
11-08-2005, 11:08 PM
"Ooh My Love" has got to be one of Stevie's worst titles for a song. I think that "Castle Walls" would be a great title for the same song, and is appropriately Stevie sounding.

A small change: "Crystalline" sounds prettier to me than "Crystal"

I have always liked the subtitle "Go Ahead Lily" better than "Rock a Little". When I first bought the album Rock a Little, I was thinking the title song would be some loud yelling song. It wasn't at all. And having been inspired by Lillian Hellman, I think it is a more powerful by itself.

The thought of "Everybody Finds Out" having been called "Monica" tickles my funnybone.

"Alice" should have been called "The Other Side of the Mirror". I always like for there to be a song on each album that matches the album title.

And then there is the issue of:
"Designs of Love" versus "That's Alright"
"You Could Forget" versus "Garbo"
"Nomad" versus "Candlebright"
"No Light" versus "Planets of the Universe"
"The Tower" versus "Goodbye Baby"
some of these alternate titles are like swords through my heart...you can't change Ooh My Love, Rock A Little, Alice or Garbo - the others I'll let you have
Moony
11-08-2005, 11:08 PM
"Ooh My Love" has got to be one of Stevie's worst titles for a song. I think that "Castle Walls" would be a great title for the same song, and is appropriately Stevie sounding.
Really? I like the title quite a bit.

"Alice" should have been called "The Other Side of the Mirror". I always like for there to be a song on each album that matches the album title.
Alice should have been called "This Is Going Straight to the Trash Heap" and should have followed it's own sage advice. :)

And then there is the issue of:
"Designs of Love" versus "That's Alright"
"You Could Forget" versus "Garbo"
"Nomad" versus "Candlebright"
"No Light" versus "Planets of the Universe"
"The Tower" versus "Goodbye Baby"
That's how I like 'em.
JazmenFlowers
11-08-2005, 11:09 PM
HAEWAFY (cuz it's so damn long): (This is) Your Song.

RTTG: Toxic Garden
:lol: fo sho! or Has Anyone Ever?

similar to Brandy's Have You Ever?
vermicious knid
11-08-2005, 11:21 PM
HAEWAFY (cuz it's so damn long): (This is) Your Song.

Good idea. I like that better also. If only it didn't seem like she were copying Elton John that way.
David
11-08-2005, 11:23 PM
Hey David, your sig pics are awesome.Thanks, KG! My shots are blurry, but they are suffused with heart & icono-visual musicality.
macfanken
11-08-2005, 11:26 PM
Thanks, KG! My shots are blurry, but they are suffused with heart & icono-visual musicality.


Well, those were the old days... before fancy digial cams... i'm surprised the pics are in color! :shocked:
mikeschmike
11-09-2005, 09:35 AM
How about "In the Still of the Night" instead of How Still My Love. I mean, that's what Stevie calls it anyway.
melly
11-09-2005, 11:29 AM
I think I would change Kind of Woman and Kick It.. and uh, Love Is Like A River (is it??? really???)

but I'm not sure what to change them to...



http://thenicksreview.blogdog.com/
chiliD
11-09-2005, 11:37 AM
How about "In the Still of the Night" instead of How Still My Love. I mean, that's what Stevie calls it anyway.


Would be confused with the Five Satins' classic '50's doo-wop song.
AliceLover
11-09-2005, 09:26 PM
Really? I like the title quite a bit.

Alice should have been called "This Is Going Straight to the Trash Heap" and should have followed it's own sage advice. :)

That's how I like 'em.

I smell some trash heap and it aint alice.
catinthedark
11-09-2005, 09:35 PM
"Ooh My Love" has got to be one of Stevie's worst titles for a song. I think that "Castle Walls" would be a great title for the same song, and is appropriately Stevie sounding.

Couldn't agree more. I dislike "Ooh My Love," though I'm not wild about Castle Walls, either. :o I guess it is the only real alternative title there could be, though.



I have always liked the subtitle "Go Ahead Lily" better than "Rock a Little".

Rock a Little is one of my favourite titles ever - for the album and the song. I actually think it's perfect - doesn't connote a screaming rock song at ALL to me. She's rocking a little...


And then there is the issue of:
"Designs of Love" versus "That's Alright"
"You Could Forget" versus "Garbo"
"Nomad" versus "Candlebright"
"No Light" versus "Planets of the Universe"
"The Tower" versus "Goodbye Baby"

That's how I like those...
dissention
11-09-2005, 11:08 PM
Couldn't agree more. I dislike "Ooh My Love," though I'm not wild about Castle Walls, either. :o I guess it is the only real alternative title there could be, though.

How about just dropping the silly "ooh" and renaming it "My Love"? That's what I call it because I can't bring myself to say the name "Ooh My Love."
GateandGarden
11-09-2005, 11:12 PM
RTTG: Toxic GardenI think "Deadliest Poison" might have been good for that one.
Richard B
11-09-2005, 11:18 PM
I think "Deadliest Poison" might have been good for that one.
Forget that. Stevie should have went straight to the heart of it all:
Rappaccini’s Daughter

Most people woul have just been WTF? Unless they were super literate on Nathaniel Hawthorne. But really......I prefer 'Running Through The Garden.' It just sounds so wonderful. Yeah.... in brilliant colors!
GateandGarden
11-09-2005, 11:24 PM
Forget that. Stevie should have went straight to the heart of it all:
Rappaccini’s Daughter
Then it would be too obvious that the story is much better than the song! :laugh::lol:

I do love the song to death, though.
Kelly
11-10-2005, 08:15 AM
Forget that. Stevie should have went straight to the heart of it all:
Rappaccini’s Daughter

Most people woul have just been WTF? Unless they were super literate on Nathaniel Hawthorne. But really......I prefer 'Running Through The Garden.' It just sounds so wonderful. Yeah.... in brilliant colors!


Stevie did say, in Performing Songwriter, that she considered calling RTTG "Rappaccinis's Daughter" but they felt she would have to deal with copywrite issues and whatnot, so they went with RTTG instead.