[Song-names] makes sense or not??

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Make your top 5 for both categories!


"song-names" that you think that make a lot of sense for the song and/or pv. and songs that the name do not fit or make any sense at all! or they're just lame names, boring, not creative.




MAKE SENSE:


-NEXT LEVEL (I like the tittle of this song, it fits the lyrics and the pv perfectly, plus, it wasn't what we all were expecting for. The song is all cute and lovely.)

-SEASONS (love the name of this song!! love the lyrics as well... the way that the song and lyrics start fits the name of the song a 100%.)

-HANABI ~episode II~ (This feeling, this feeling, go up into the sky
And be dispersed beautifully like a firework)

-(don't) leave me alone (Leave me alone now... But don't leave me alone.)

-A Song for XX (we all know the real meaning of "XX". Excellent name. Love all about this song!)




MAKES NOT SENSE:


-+ (the only reason that I can think of to call a song like this in this case is because they couldn't find any other more interesting name for it. It comes at the end of RAINBOW, after independent... so lets call it "plus" .)

-Humming 7/4 (whats the meaning of this?? Dx)

-(miss)understood (I'm sorry (miss)understood lovers, but this "word" has been used a thousand times before by many other female artists... I think that the song deserved a better name, something more creative.)

-teens (cute song, but why teens?)

-FRIEND II (comes after "FRIEND" in the album! lets call it "FRIEND II" .....)




(based on my opinion! do not bash me or any other opinions in this thread please!! lol)

[waterballoon]

Ooo this is fun!

5 Titles that make Sense:

1) (miss)understood
I like the play on words here... misunderstood, or Miss. Understood? I think we all know which one she means through the song.

2) evolution
The song is totally like that, and the lyrics really speak of moving to a new era.

3) (don't) Leave me alone
LOVE the bracketed don't so much! It makes a lot of sense actually, and it's really cool too.

4) It was
Beautiful song with a beautiful title.

5) Days
Basically, the song and title is more like "The days I spent with you are..."

5 Titles that don't make Sense:

1) +
Um, what does this mean to the song again.

2) Humming 7/4
Bad song, weird title.

3) In The Corner
Great song, but the title was copied from the sweetbox's one! And it doesn't make sense to the lyrics... other than sounding/looking cool.

4) girlish
The song isn't even about girls!

5) Are You Wake Up?
LOL.

[pommy48]

well teens is a cover...~

Make sense
Startin'
rainy day
GAME
rollin'
Beautiful Fighters

Doesn't make sense
STEP you
Humming 7/4
+
Heartplace
poker face

[love in music]

umm most of her song titles make sense, but ones i don't think relate to the lyrics:

Free & Easy
STEP you
Curtain call
Replace

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by pommy48

well teens is a cover...~

Make sense
Startin'
rainy day
GAME
rollin'
Beautiful Fighters

Doesn't make sense
STEP you
Humming 7/4
+
Heartplace
poker face

Well a poker face actually refers to a face with no expression... and in the song I think she sang something like how she could cry but she wanted to laugh or something... it's a contradiction of facial expressions, so perhaps that was what she meant.

[pommy48]

^ haha yeah XD i just put poker face for the last one cause i couldn't think of other song's lyrics~

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Make Sense

1. HAPPY ENDING
2. Endless Sorrow
3. Marionette
4. Who...
5. Mirrorcle World

No-Sense
1. Trauma
2. Forgiveness
3. YOU
4. Boys & Girls
5. NEVER EVER

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by pommy48

well teens is a cover...~

lol yes but I'm talking about the name... I could say the same about 卒業写真 for example.

thats a cover but I could say that the name is cool or blah blah blah... we are not talking if the song is a cover or not xD

[PinkShinigami]

I can't make such lists, really, but the Humming 7/4, it's something about the rhythm I don't really remember it, but I read it somewhere about the PV

[shippo]

I believe that some titles are chosen due to commercial demand... They use it just because it looks "cool" and still ayumi-sh...

Really some songs are just BLAH! Where the hell do they get the title?

Anyone hasn't mention alterna?

[Not~Yet]

Imo all of Ayu's song titles are very related to the song/lyrics. But here's some that took me some thought before I really understood the title-lyrics connection:

vogue
Naturally
NEVER EVER

Oh yeah and the infamous alterna...^ I dunno, but I think it's some kind of lost in translation error. She probably thought it has something to do with "alternative" or something.

[kendelle]

^ I dunno, I always thought alterna made sense. The lyrics are a little unrelated but I think the meaning becomes clear in the PV. Ayu was speaking out against being used as an 'object' by Avex and I thought that perhaps she was trying to say that she felt trapped - she didn't want to do what they made her, but there is no alternative?

Also, I'm pretty sure that the 7/4 in Humming 7/4 comes from the beats per minute used in the track - plus, the song is something I hum to a lot


Hmm, so here's my list, in no particular order, just random~

5 song titles that make sense:

1) Pride
2) A Song for XX
3) evolution
4) NEXT LEVEL
5) JEWEL


5 song titles that make no sense:

1) ever free
2) Life
3) vogue
4) girlish
5) HANABI

[Not~Yet]

But "alterna" alone isn't really a word, right? So that's why I think she was "lost in translation".

[Chef+Vanny]

Makes sense
1.is this LOVE?
2.INSPIRE
3.MY ALL
4.untitled~for her~
5.UNITE!

Makes No sense (don't)ask me why lols...
(don't)Leave me alone
LOVE~refrain~
teddy bear
Load of the SHUGYO??(whats a shugyo?)
Catcher in the light

actually I dont know why these doesnt make sense
when I know these doesnt make sense to me
lols irony.......

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Alterna is often used to refer to alternative music. I've seen it in articles written as that, so I may be wrong.

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by kyuutii_hanii

But "alterna" alone isn't really a word, right? So that's why I think she was "lost in translation".

It suppose it's possible she shortened the word to create speculation about its meaning, drawing more attention to the PV?

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Originally Posted by kendelle

It suppose it's possible she shortened the word to create speculation about its meaning, drawing more attention to the PV?

Ok, maybe you know Rihanna's song Disturbia. This verb is changed in a gerund, or whatever. I mean: the title is based on the verb to disturb.

Alterna, means "changed, different" > alter = to change, to reform.

[dreamland2.0]

Actually she sings about humming in Humming 7/4
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
Humming a song

And as others have stated, I think the 7/4 has to do with the time signature of the song.

[Tasked]

so.. your explaination of why the title (miss)understood doesn't make sense is because others have used the same wordplay before?.. now THAT doesn't make sense :p

the title (miss)understood is very logical, considering the lyrics. It's about people thinking that they're treating her right, but in fact she just smiles and says "yea, Im alright", while she actually isn't. It's about that people missunderstand her as a person..

I think all Ayu titles make sense. Even humming 7/4 (ok maybe not the 7/4-part, but humming.. it's a song you can easily hum along to). +, since it's a bonus song. Life, since it's a light song that talks about life and it's ups and downs. Poker face, since she is often laughing on the outside, but actually wanting to cry. So you can't see through her pokerface (she even says: my true personality is disappearing!). (don't)leave me alone is ALL about that she wants someone to get lost, but in the end she actually doesn't want him/her to abandon her. Girlish talks about that she doesn't want to think about stuff too much, she just wants to be happy and be in the here and now. so she wants to stay a girl.

yea.. ayu wouldn't use a title if it didn't make sense... Although in some songs, it may be difficult to trace back the original idea (catcher in the light, for instance)

[waterballoon]

omg NEVER EVER is really hard actually... I think NEVER EVER makes the most sense when you look at the bridge... like about that "you" who would search for me/laugh for me... it's NEVER EVER, so it's still a depressing song.