OT: Why no question marks in song titles?
Jeff
seen the Rain"? Does anyone know?
Thanks.
Nil
rec.music.beatles:
> Why are there no question marks in song titles such as "Have you ever
> seen the Rain"? Does anyone know?
Maybe 'cause there are. I have 72 MP3s on my computer that have
question marks in the titles. I'm sure I have tons more in my albums
collection...
12 Rods - What has Happened?
Alex Lloyd - What's Wrong?
Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Beatles - Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
Bleu - What Now?
Bleu - What Kind of Man Am I?
Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
Cat Stevens - Where Do the Children Play?
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love?
Clifford Brown - What Am I Here For?
Continental Drifters - Where Does the Time Go?
Copeland - What Do I Know?
Cowsills - What About Love?
Cowsills - Is It Any Wonder?
David Bowie & The Spiders - Life on Mars?
David McKinney - Can You Go Down on a Traffic Jam?
David McKinney - Susanna, Won't You Get On Board?
Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure?
Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
Elvis Costello - Why Can't A Man Stand Alone?
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Are You Ready Eddy?
Fat Joe, Ja Rule and Ashanti - What's Luv?
Frank Black and the Catholics - Where Is My Mind?
Frank Zappa - Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
Frank Zappa - Who Needs the Peace Corp?
Frank Zappa - What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
Human Sexual Response - What Does Sex Mean To Me?
Jack Bruce - Can You Follow?
Jackie Lomax - Is This What You Want?
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright?
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Joshua Redman - Dare I Ask?
Kate Bush - Why Should I Love You?
Keith Jarrett - How About You?
Lawrence Ross - Knacker'd?
Neil Young - Are You Ready for the Country?
Nik Kershaw - What Do You Think Of It So Far?
oz noy - Say What?!
oz noy - Which Way Is Up?!
Pete Townshend - How Did You Love Me Then?
Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There?
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
Tower of Power - What is Hip?
Queen - Is This the World We Created?
Richard & Linda Thompson - Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
The Apples In Stereo - Can You Feel it?
The Black Crowes - How Much For Your Wings?
The Dukes of Stratosphear - What in the World?
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Have You Seen Jackie?
The Fireman (McCartney & Young) - Is This Love?
The Fixx - Are We Ourselves?
The Flaming Lips - What is the Light?
The Home Guard - Friend or Foe?
The Kinks - Do You Remember Walter?
The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby,
Standing in the Shadow?
The Tubes - What Do You Want from Life?
The Who - Is It in My Head?
'Til Tuesday - How Can You Give Up?
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?
Todd Rundgren - Who's That Man?
Todd Rundgren - Does Anybody Love You?
Todd Rundgren - Is It My Name?
Todd Rundgren - Izzat Love?
Todd Rundgren - Don't You Ever Learn?
Todd Rundgren - How's About a Little Fanfare?
World Party - Is It Too Late?
World Party - Is It Like Today?
World Party - What Is Love All About?
Yes - Does It Really Happen?
ZZ Top - Have You Heard?
The Nice Mean Man
> On 24 Apr 2010, Jeff <yourimageunre...@yahoo.com> wrote in
Wow......
Dr. Strangemonde
doing is Stalin!"
- Dr S
jtees4
Now I'm wondering why there are so many songs WITH question marks in
the title ;-)
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The Harmonic Wheel
> On 24 Apr 2010, Jeff <yourimageunre...@yahoo.com> wrote in
> rec.music.beatles:
>
> > Why are there no question marks in song titles such as "Have you ever
> > seen the Rain"? Does anyone know?
> Maybe 'cause there are. I have 72 MP3s on my computer that have
> question marks in the titles. I'm sure I have tons more in my albums
> collection...
> Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret?
> Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the
Shadow?)
Jeff was correct. You DO NOT use end punctuation in song titles (on
the record).
Nil
wrote in rec.music.beatles:
> Jeff was correct. You DO NOT use end punctuation in song titles
> (on the record).
No, he's not correct. I might very well use end punctuation in my own
song title, and many other artists have used them.
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?" is listed with a ? on my "Through
the Past Darkly" LP.
Show me the page in the rule book, and I will then allow you to have
your lawyers contact all the offending artists.
I will fix the Beatles title, though.
Nil
wrote in rec.music.beatles:
> The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in
> the Shadow?)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/27t6596
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_You_Seen_Your_Mother,_Baby,_Standing_in_the_Shadow%3F>
ermitano
> On 25 Apr 2010, The Harmonic Wheel <from_me_to_...@comcast.net>
> wrote in rec.music.beatles:
>
> > The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in
> > the Shadow?)
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/27t6596
>
what about "How?" and "How Do You Sleep?" by Lennon. I couldn't find a
link with a pic of the LP showing the titles.
Nil
rec.music.beatles:
> what about "How?" and "How Do You Sleep?" by Lennon. I couldn't
> find a link with a pic of the LP showing the titles.
My CD shows "How Do You Sleep?" including the "?".
Nil
rec.music.beatles:
> My album database says over one in nine albums I own includes a
> song title with a question mark. And about one in 17 includes a
> song title with an exclamation point. Beyond RG being a verifiable
> lunatic, I have no idea why he is declaring it's some hardened
> rule to omit end punctuation. Total disconnect from reality.
Maybe he's joking. Maybe he's couching his certainty in a joke so he
can deny it later.
And what about titles with exclamation points? There are lots of them,
too.
> But here's a rare treat: the track titles I have which contain a
> semi-colon. ;)
I'm cure your idea of a treat is way different than mine, but be that
as it may...
> Todd Rundgren - Just Another Onionhead; Da Da Dali
This one actually a medley. It has a semicolon on my LP label, but are
separate titles on the lyric sheet. I've also seen it with a slash. The
next track is listed as "When the Shit Hits the Fan; Sunset Blvd." on
the label, but with a dash on the lyric sheet. Which I guess goes to
show that the artist may not be committed to that level of detail,
unless, I suppose, the punctuation makes some sort of point or
ambiguity. Like, "Paint It, Black".
marcus
> Why are there no question marks in song titles such as "Have you ever
> seen the Rain"?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Jeff
wrote:
How can I go from asking a question to being correct on this? HaHa.
Anyhow, from reading the thread, I still don't understand why there
is no question mark after "Have you seen the rain"? If some songs
have them, why don't others?
Nil
rec.music.beatles:
> How can I go from asking a question to being correct on this?
> HaHa. Anyhow, from reading the thread, I still don't understand
> why there is no question mark after "Have you seen the rain"? If
> some songs have them, why don't others?
I don't think there's a real answer for that. Every case is different,
but I bet it's usually that the artist doesn't really care, so the
publisher or cover artist makes the decision for them.
Jeff
> On 25 Apr 2010, Jeff <yourimageunre...@yahoo.com> wrote in
I think you're right.
Jeff
The Harmonic Wheel
> On 25 Apr 2010, The Harmonic Wheel <from_me_to_...@comcast.net>
> wrote in rec.music.beatles:
>
> > Jeff was correct. You DO NOT use end punctuation in song titles
> > (on the record).
>
> No, he's not correct. I might very well use end punctuation in my own
> song title, and many other artists have used them.
>
> "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?" is listed with a ? on my "Through
> the Past Darkly" LP.
>
> Show me the page in the rule book, and I will then allow you to have
> your lawyers contact all the offending artists.
Lawyers?
You're taking this a bit seriously, aren't you, Nil?
The Harmonic Wheel
> On 25 Apr 2010, poisoned rose <nur...@ward-duty.com> wrote in
> rec.music.beatles:
>
> > My album database says over one in nine albums I own includes a
> > song title with a question mark. And about one in 17 includes a
> > song title with an exclamation point. Beyond RG being a verifiable
> > lunatic, I have no idea why he is declaring it's some hardened
> > rule to omit end punctuation. Total disconnect from reality.
>
> Maybe he's joking. Maybe he's couching his certainty in a joke so he
> can deny it later.
That must be it! I was wondering what I was doing?
Thanks, Nil! What would I do without you?
Anybody ever tell you that you were a jerk?
The Harmonic Wheel
> On Apr 25, 5:22 pm, The Harmonic Wheel <from_me_to_...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
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> > On Apr 25, 12:34 am, Nil <redno...@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > On 24 Apr 2010, Jeff <yourimageunre...@yahoo.com> wrote in
> > > rec.music.beatles:
>
> > > > Why are there no question marks in song titles such as "Have you ever
> > > > seen the Rain"? Does anyone know?
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/26z3qoh
>
> > > Maybe 'cause there are. I have 72 MP3s on my computer that have
> > > question marks in the titles. I'm sure I have tons more in my albums
> > > collection...
> > > Beatles - Do You Want to Know a Secret?
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/29qcg2t
>
> > > Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/25v5fpd
>
> > The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the
> > Shadow?)
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/27t6596
>
> > Jeff was correct. You DO NOT use end punctuation in song titles (on
> > the record).
>
> How can I go from asking a question to being correct on this? HaHa.
Damn! You're right! PR's right!
I'm as big an idiot as you!
Jeff
Let's not talk ourselves too seriously. Life is too short.
The Harmonic Wheel
Good idea!
Thanks, Jeff!
Apologies and have a good night and a great day tomorrow.
Nil
wrote in rec.music.beatles:
> Lawyers?
>
> You're taking this a bit seriously, aren't you, Nil?
Whoooshhhh!
The Harmonic Wheel
> On 25 Apr 2010, The Harmonic Wheel <from_me_to_...@comcast.net>
> wrote in rec.music.beatles:
>
> > Lawyers?
>
> > You're taking this a bit seriously, aren't you, Nil?
>
> Whoooshhhh!
Boy, you took that personally, didn't you?
Grow up.
Nil
in rec.music.beatles:
> Boy, you took that personally, didn't you?
Not at all.
Eric Ramon
>
> And what about titles with exclamation points? There are lots of them,
> too.
>
like Help!
Dale Houstman
>
> How can I go from asking a question to being correct on this? HaHa.
> Anyhow, from reading the thread, I still don't understand why there
> is no question mark after "Have you seen the rain"? If some songs
> have them, why don't others?
Maybe because it's a strictly abstract and rhetorical question. I have
seen - in fiction and journalism (often the same thing) - this sort of
device: if the question isn't meant to be answered, then it is not given
a question mark. "Have You Seen The Rain" is no more a real inquiry than
"Where's Your Head"...
dmh
tlnic...@frontiernet.net
> the Shadow)?" (with the question mark OUTSIDE the last parenthesis).
>