Re: long title
Howard, on host 209.86.38.28
Thursday, June 8, 2000, at 16:44:35
Re: long title posted by Dave G. on Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at 09:58:27:
> > > What's the longest song title? > > > I'll vote for "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?" It was sung by Fred Astaire and Jane Powell in the movie "Royal Wedding." > > > > > > In the country field, I vote for "I've Got Tears in My Ears from Lying On My Back in My Bed While I Cry Over You." > > > > > > I wonder what's the longest movie title? > > > Book title? > > > Howard > > > > Lest us not forget Pink Floyd's "Several Species Of Small, Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict", or something very close to that. > > > > Would the longest movie title be "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain"? (Or something very close to that.) -No, I didn't see it. > > > > Jeff > > I believe that the longest song title is "I'm A Cranky Old Yank In A Clanky Old Tank On The Streets Of Yokohama With My Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beato Beato Flat On My Seato Hirohito Blues" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943. > > Dave G.
And I thought I knew everything Hoagy wrote! It's hard to believe that could come from the same brain that wrote "Stardust." But then he wrote "Buttermilk Skies," too. Howard
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