But, on the plus side, there is now a song with a longer title than, "If you tolerate this, the next song title will be even longer." I don't remember what it is (it's not by them) but it has "children" in there somewhere. Worth noting, I thought.

Well, there is the Johnny Boy single "You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve", which is an impressive title…but long and pretentious titles can be fun sometimes…

And this is ignoring, all the while, that the Manics' songs are generally a tuneless load of whining toss. Johnny Boy are far better ;-)

Google is your friend, Richard; consider:

* "The Young Electric Psychedelic Hippie Flippy Folk And Funky Philosophic Turned-on Groovy 12-string Band" (Barry Mann, 1968)
* "The Man Who Took The Valise Off The Floor Of Grand Central Station At Noon" (1966)
* "Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills" (Ray Stevens)

(And how is Final Straw, Ian? :-) )

PS Shame on you for not thinking of:

"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave Grooving With A Pict" (Pink Floyd, Ummagumma)

PPS My personal favourite:

"The man who owned the world and thought very highly of selling the world but the decided that maybe it might be better if he kept the world for the slight chance the price might slightly raise in the next couple of years" (Satan's Menstrual Cycle, of all bands)

Yeah, but I was trying not to count dubious prog (which, since we're talking about JDB-era Manics, is something of a hiding to nothing), otherwis I just wouldhave mentioned King Crimson's "The Court of the Crimson King including The Return of the Fire Witch and The Dance of the Puppets". ;)

The sad thing is that the Satan's Menstrual Cycle song could never live up to a title as great as that…