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Good names for instrumental rock tunes

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Instrumental rock tunes have one big advantage over those with vocals: the composers can call them whatever they want. There are no lyrics to match up to. They also don't have to be (although they can be) as self-consciously clever as jazz instrumental titles usually are.

So here are some of my names for (so far) non-existent instrumentals:

• How Tall Jennifer Is
• Meltdown Man
• Deep Cycle Discharge
• I'm So Scared I Can't Stop Talking
• Fresh Snow in the Valley
• Gronk Patrol
• Stop Yield Go Merge
• And the Other Thing

I wonder how often someone's built an album by coming up with the track titles first?

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