Rock n' Roll Comma

"Paint It, Black" is the title of a truly smashing Rolling Stones song. I have just listened to it in the office, and it was all I could do to stop myself launching into a full-scale Jagger imitation on my desk.

But knew you this - that the comma in the song title is an accident? It was never intended to be there by the band. But owing to a mix-up at the record company it was inserted on the record label, it stuck, and the rest - as Keef croaked, before lighting up another industrial-strength fag - was 'istory, man.