Monday 14 March 2011

Deconstruction of possible titles

Several of my titles have the word "pop" in them. The word "pop" is monosyllabic and begins with a plosive which makes it seem as if it's bursting with energy and and quite in your face.
"Pop" is a contracted form of "popular" and also fits in with the modern trend of shortening words, which we tend to do with most things (e.g. R'n'B is a contracted form of rhythm and blues).
The title "Tip Top Pop" kind of relates/reminds me of the sixties, which is when pop music properly came about (with the likes of The Beatles etc), so this has a definite relevance to my magazine, and is probably the title I am most likely to use. "Tip Top Pop" also has a rhyming kind of ring to it, which can link in to the pop style of music because pop songs are stereotyped for having a lot of rhyming words within the lyrics, unlike some other music genres such as indie or perhaps rock.

2 comments:

  1. Nice ideas! Really connotes the genres, maybe an onomatopoeia to reflect the word 'pop'?

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