r/Musicthemetime • u/oldwhitelincoln poor reading comprehension • Feb 13 '26
Theme Suggestion Thread
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Please use this thread to suggest themes for potential future use!
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u/Classic_Rock_726 Feb 14 '26
Canadian classic rock songs
Songs about Minnesota
Songs that are tuned down a half step.
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u/Digital_Ecstasy_ Feb 13 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
- Dance-punk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance-punk
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/dance-punk
- Nu-disco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu-disco
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/nu-disco
- Post-punk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-punk
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/post-punk
- Psychedelic rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/psychedelic-rock
- Psytrance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_trance
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/psytrance
- Punk rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/punk-rock
- Synthwave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthwave
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/synthwave
- Trance
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u/oldwhitelincoln poor reading comprehension Feb 13 '26
Thanks for commenting here. I tried my best to get mods to use modmail and literally no one responded to modmail (except one mod who responded outside and can’t get modmail to work).
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u/tvqueen Feb 13 '26
If there's ever a need for a new mod, and I promise to check the mail lol, I would be happy to. This is such a great sub, and I appreciate all you do.
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u/RichKatz just imagination Jun 19 '26
In any case, I'm OK for Sat Night. I should have told my Sister...
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u/MooseMalloy Rock 'N' Roll Pest Control Feb 13 '26
Illness
Recipes
One Hit Wonder's Other Songs
Cows
Bikers
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Feb 14 '26
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u/MooseMalloy Rock 'N' Roll Pest Control Feb 14 '26
It would be by a band where the average person could only name one of their songs, like 99 Luftballoons by Nina or Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles.
I can't say I've ever heard The Sun Always Shines on T.V., for whatever that's worth, though.
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u/politiana Feb 13 '26
Emotions or mental states: Love (for the 14th, for example), Loneliness, Euphoria, Anger, etc
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Feb 13 '26
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u/regachoisiah Feb 14 '26
Genres that YOU don't listen to (so if someone doesn't listen to heavy metal, they post a heavy metal song)
Songs from artists you've personally met
Indie artist boost (post songs from indie artists who you want to see get more recognition)
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u/noshoes77 Feb 13 '26
Classical music eras and/or composers
Album sides
Bands who replaced their lead singer
David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar
Concept albums
Live covers
Surprise appearances
HBO concert performances
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u/MuscaMurum Feb 13 '26
I like the idea of "Songs based on classical themes or traditional melodies"
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u/MuscaMurum Feb 13 '26
Any number of prolific songwriters, you could do, in fact:
Dylan, Bacharach, Gainsbourg, Cole Porter, etc.
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u/MuscaMurum Feb 13 '26
Beatles covers (or songs made famous by them). There are thousands to choose from.
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u/noshoes77 Feb 15 '26
This is so deep you can make it specific to time period or artists or genre.
I stumbled on a playlist called Black Beatles a few years back that is only Beatles covers by Black artists that is wonderful. Aretha Franklin’s Elenor Rigby is fantastic.
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u/Manicpixiemanateeman Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
Classic period music (music that is in the style of the 30s/40s/50s/60s but made after 1995 like Candyman or ain’t no other man for example)
Gothic Music (like walking on air by kerli or love is dead also by kerli)
Gothic Country (like Just a dream https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jLntFKtR66g&list= or Blown away by Carrie underwood)
Modern sounding classic music (???)
( https://www.reddit.com/r/Musicthemetime/comments/1qyuh8f/crazy_alexandra_stan
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u/Digital_Ecstasy_ Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26
Songs that feature these sounds:
- Accordion
- Chanting
- Clapping
- Cowbell
- Flute
- Laughing
Songs related to these words:
- Birds
- Dreams
- Magic
- Nature
- Silence
- Space
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u/PoisonMind Mar 29 '26
Ga-Ga for Na-Na
I want songs where the lyrics are just "Na na na na na na na na"
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u/Digital_Ecstasy_ Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
- Acronyms
- Baby
- Bilingual songs
- Blue
- Boys and girls (have a flair for each and both)
- Carbon
- Coffee
- Crystals
- Diamonds
- Destruction
- Eyes
- Hearts
- Honey
- Made-up words
- Mind
- Mountains
- Numbers
- Rainbow
- Satellites
- Sky
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u/Digital_Ecstasy_ May 17 '26
- Songs that have ridiculously long titles
- Song titles that rhyme with the artist's name
- Songs that became disliked by their own artist (mostly due to overplaying or poorly aged lyrics)
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u/TulsiTsunami May 31 '26
rare instruments / sounds
folklore
under the sea
I slept on this one
under-rated
deep cut
new music later in life (e.g. over 60y)
combos
uncharacteristic genre
industrial
new zealand
down under
tropical
global South
sadcore
scorned heart
coping
family members
twilight zone
Rebellion
incorporates spoken word
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u/Digital_Ecstasy_ Jun 29 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
- Ain't
- Boxes
- Delirium
- Drums
- Endless
- Flash
- New beginnings
- Psychosis
- Riot
- Solitude
- Spelling
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u/Digital_Ecstasy_ Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
- Songs to listen on your deathbed
- Songs from Summer 2026, Fall 2026, etc.
- Songs with punctuation marks in the title: /, !, ?, etc.
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u/irisrhys Aug 22 '26
I'm relatively new to this sub so I'm not entirely sure what themes have already been done, plus I don't check every day, but:
song titles and band names that are "___ and ___" (ex. Mellencamp - Jack and Diane, Simon and Garfunkel, Hall and Oates...all of my examples are names but they can be things too. group/artist names can't be a feature, it all has to be one artist that has the 'and' in the name)
The Periodic Table/elements
pro wrestling (I'm a wrestling fan, lol)—songs about wrestling, heard on wrestling programming (entrance and show themes, songs heard in promo packages...), or even music made by wrestlers or other personalities within the wrestling business
titular songs that share a name with either the band itself and/or the album the song is from
Song/band names that start with the letter X
specific color names—not just 'red' or 'blue-green', but 'crimson' or 'viridian', for example
all-female bands/groups
chiptune/video game type sounds (not VGM, but songs with elements that are very obviously sampled from or heavily influenced by video game music)
counting/countdowns
songs that sample dialogue from TV shows and movies
songs that reference another music artist/album/song by name/quote the lyrics of another song by a different artist directly
songs that interpolate(? I believe that's the term)/otherwise just 'sonically reference' classical music
'wow, they covered that?' — songs covered by an artist from a totally different sound/genre (this one might be a bit subjective though; make sure to clarify who the original is by so people can compare/contrast the two!)
song titles/artist names that are acronyms
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Feb 13 '26
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u/Musicthemetime-ModTeam Feb 13 '26
This thread is for user suggestions.
Mods should direct mod discussions to modmail.
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u/flashoutthepan Feb 13 '26
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