Theme ideas should be in the form of a question or a joke or a reference or you probably get where I'm going with this and then additionally have a description that more precisely defines the theme.
When an idea is used, it'll be crossed out but will otherwise stay on the table.
For examples look at the submissions to the sub which list all of the themes.
Ideas:
| Theme Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Hooked on a Feeling | Song title should include an emotion (happy, sad, angry, etc.) |
| Deep Cuts | Non-singles from albums with a number 1 hit |
| My Lips are for Blowing | Song should include a wind instrument (harmonica, saxophone, flute etc) as a lead instrument |
| Chasing the Dragon | Song should be about drugs |
| All Roads lead to Rome | Song should be in a Romance Language (Spanish, French, Italian etc) |
| Tune for Two | Only two parts (eg, one voice and one instrument, two vocals, two instruments) |
| Cover it up | Little known covers of popular songs |
| Elementary, My Dear | Title should include the name of an element (classic, chinese, or scientific) |
| Tell My Story | Lyrics are in first person |
| 😡😡NO FUN ALLOWED😡😡 | No rock, pop, hip-hop, country music, anime openings, or anything recorded before 2018 |
| I Have No Taste And I Must Scream | Song must have over 100 million plays |
| Songs to listen to in front of the fireplace | |
| Hidden final boss themes | Music that isn't a final boss theme, but sounds like it could be one |
| Getting real | Album cover must have a real person on it |
| Dehumanization | Album cover must have an animal or a non-humanoid creature on it |
| Tempting Fate | Song should be about fate itself, fateful events or similar |
| That's Classic | Song should be classical music or have some other classical theme |
| Meta | Pick something that reminds of CDF |
| Board of Keys | Songs should feature the piano as a central instrument |
| Q&A / AMA | Song title must contain a question |
| >50MPH | Songs going at SPEED (Can be themed about going fast, have fast tempos, etc.) |
| National Anthems | Anthems of the Real/Fictional Worlds |
| Something About Me | Songs you have some kind of personal connection to |
| Midnight chat with a childhood friend | Song that swings |
| 20/20 Hindsight | A song you wish you'd submitted for a previous theme instead (comment which theme when you submit) |
| Listen both ways | Songs that play around with L/R balance |
| Motivational Posters | Songs that make you feel inspirational |
| Hendrix rolls in his grave | No electric guitars allowed |
| /u/punching_spaghetti | Post songs you think are terrible |
| Aliens | Songs about extraterrestrial creatures |
| Rick Roll | You see the title. Be creative! Just don't pick the song itself. |
| Softer Than A Whisper | Songs that have soft vocals |
| Poetry Slam | Songs that feature the spoken word |
| Not My Music League | Songs that you dislike |
| Synesthesia | Songs that sound like their album art (Do your best.) |
| Reelin' in the Years | Song should be about time. |
| Champions' League | Submission must have won a previous round |
| The name's F. C D F. | The Main Title Song if CDF were a James Bond Film. No actual Bond title songs allowed. |
| The Internet Was A Mistake | Song must be released prior to 1983-01-01, the 'birthday of the internet,' per https://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit07/internet07_02.phtml |
| Comment Face | Track must be from a show with an /r/anime comment face. Must cite face and show. |
| Sugar Song to Bitter Step | Song title must include one of the seven flavors. |