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If anyone of us wrote a song called "Always and Forever" we would have to wear a bullet proof vest Cause they will start a shootin!

Why do you say that? That's a pretty good song. Who cares what the title is?

The reason I say that is simple. As songwriters
we all have to borrow and use things that have been done before. We know we can use any title
we want cause we can't copyright our titles. However I think we try to avoid very popular ones
like "Always and Forever" a past hit which has been sung at every wedding I have ever attended and probably every wedding I haven't attended, in this region anyway. To me it's like calling your song "Just The Way You Are" Songs that live on in events like weddings are never forgotton so it's kind of harder to use there tiles. Generations of people know these types of songs. "Color My World" We are Family" "After The Lovin" etc.. I'm sure there are lots of country song eqivalents.
"Walk The Line" "Stand By Your Man" etc..

And anyone who hasn't heard "Still The One" by
Orleans would have to be from another planet.
That's a great record, I think it would be a hit in any decade.

As far as caring about titles- I'm more in the rock world etc.. and today titles don't matter much there neither does alot of other things lol!
I assumed that in country songs Titles and Lyrics are a bit more important. And I think publishers and labels would be a bit more picky if a new comer was trying to Break Through as they like to call it . With a song like Shania's "Always and Forever" I feel that only an established artist could get away with a song like this one.Kinda weak lyrically, melodicaly, and musically in general. Nothing to special for a hit single.
Sounds nice and nice beach footage

Outside of country music, songwriters are vanishing in a lot of other genres in the industry. I would hate to see that happen to country music not that it ever will,but if every artist can get over with there own songs then what?

I'm not very up on country writers and such so
forgive me if get some names or info wrong.

I still think Shania is lovely and very talented.

Thanks for your replies
Sub


[This message has been edited by substudio (edited 05-11-2005).]