[78-L] Longest title

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
> Patrick Feaster wrote:
>> Steven C. Barr writes: "I shall try to see if I can create an EXTREMELY 
>> long
>> German word based thereupon...?!"
>> In the spirit of keeping things on topic: passengers aboard that Danube
>> steamship who were kept awake at night by the captain's noisy talking
>> machine, and who found him unwilling to "put a sock in it," might have 
>> asked
>> whether he would at least consider some
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsphonographenmembranenschwingungsamplitudenverminderungsmaßnahmen!
>>
> Not the longest, but a few years back, Steppenwolf did a number called,
> "Earschplittenloudenboomer".//
> "Today I have good news und I have bad news...Die erste Hlfte wird nicht
> verstehen, was ich jetzt gerade gesagt habe, und die zweite Hlfte wei?
> noch immer nicht, was ein Earschplittenloudenboomer ist."
> I think it has to do with the sound of an atomic bomb blast.
> Translation?
NOT needed...simply listen to music played by Led Zeppelin fans...?!
>
Since the German language creates "compound words" by stringing together
all the applicable adjectives in ever-longer words...is there not no such 
thing
as a "longest German word?"

As far as ACTUAL "longest titles"...there was a c.191? title (with MANY
sets of parentheses) which I used to cite; sadly, I can no longer recall the
applicable tune! It was, IIRC, around the same length as a tune (with
intended length) titled something like "I'm Looking For a Guy Who
Plays...and Wears a Size 37 Suit"...?!

Steven C. Barr