Tom Lehrer: Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (studio orchestra) (1960)

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  • Опубліковано 22 чер 2016
  • The first part of the video (my signature slide) is overlaid by the final bars of "March of the Volunteers", which I played on my keyboard.
    The main part of the song is one of Tom Lehrer's studio-recorded songs with orchestra, "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park". It is one of four songs recorded with Richard Hayman in 1960. But I obtained the actual music from the box set, "The Remains of Tom Lehrer", which was released in 2000. Enjoy.
    And the last part is the main theme of "The Phantom of the Opera", by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Simply the 'cherry on top', and my personal song.
    Here's the description Tom Lehrer himself made about the song: "'Poisoning Pigeons In The Park' is a gay spring song, proselytizing for one of the author's favorite avocations."
    Sorry I gave so much information about the music earlier. I don't want to get screwed by stupid WMG again. They are a bunch of arse-holes. And to make sure I am not screwed, have them read the following credits:
    Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, New York, NY (1/21/60)
    Produced by JAMES STAGLIANO
    Engineered by RAY HALL
    Arranged & Conducted by RICHARD HAYMAN
    Capricorn single #C-451 (1960)
    "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" Compilation ℗ 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 40

  • @evelynvocu8731
    @evelynvocu8731 4 роки тому +77

    My favorite fact about this version of the song: Tom recounted in an interview that a pianist who worked on the recording fell out of his chair when he heard the title of the song, as the pianist had apparently not known what the song was for.

  • @cosmicwatermelon3927
    @cosmicwatermelon3927 6 років тому +30

    This is by far the best version. Sounds like something from a Disney movie.

  • @DoncasterA1Music
    @DoncasterA1Music 7 років тому +32

    Sounds like music to a Disney movie with the orchestra. Nice!

    • @nancyhanson5620
      @nancyhanson5620 3 роки тому

      Tuppence from mary Poppins is on a different version of this song

  • @sakar181
    @sakar181 4 місяці тому +16

    Its sunday. Anyone free?😏

  • @robbouwens8005
    @robbouwens8005 3 роки тому +16

    Welcome to Disney Land. When sitting somewhere feel free to poision the pigeons!

  • @cheesy7976
    @cheesy7976 6 років тому +8

    i'm watching the track that you made, and I just love this guy

  • @Burgerface57
    @Burgerface57 Рік тому +8

    Tom Lehrer is the most epic person

  • @Sirlancelotdulac
    @Sirlancelotdulac 2 роки тому +8

    love this song sm

  • @threedicksonabench3141
    @threedicksonabench3141 4 роки тому +18

    Can’t wait for all the comments saying “I CAME FROM-“

    • @jack002tuber
      @jack002tuber Рік тому +3

      I come from Alabama with a bandaid on my knee

    • @V0X._.T3K
      @V0X._.T3K 3 місяці тому

      Lol I got here cuz my brother recommended his music

  • @G6JPG
    @G6JPG 4 роки тому +19

    You say "It is one of four songs recorded with Richard Hayman in 1960." So far I've got Pigeons, Masochism, and Hunting: what was the fourth one?
    (There is on UA-cam a version of the rare "Agnes" that has "orchestral" in its description, but it isn't, though it _is_ different piano to the version he performed on "Parkinson" in the leadup to Tom Foolery.)

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  4 роки тому +2

      I believe the fourth is "We Will All Go Together When We Go," which I haven't uploaded yet (you can still find the concert and solo versions on my channel).
      I must say, it's a refresher to finally see someone who actually reads the description.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG 4 роки тому +1

      @@AlexSh789 Thanks for replying. Can you post a reply to this when you do upload it?
      [And I don't suppose you can leave a gap between it and your additions? (-:]

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG 4 роки тому +4

      @@AlexSh789 I put "We will all go together" on the presentation system when I left my job!

  • @valeriaswanne
    @valeriaswanne 7 років тому +12

    The correct roman numerals for 1960 are MCMLX and it's spelled "Tom Lehrer" I don't think you can copyright the words to someone's else's music or public domain materials, even if you are performing them.

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  7 років тому +4

      V Sparrow - The production credits and details for the song itself are in the description (as is denoted in the rolling credits), whereas the title card exists to signify that I alone produced the video and no one else. Also, in this context (and in the font I use), the encircled C symbol does not stand for copyright.

    • @wynndoesthings8662
      @wynndoesthings8662 5 років тому

      @@AlexSh789 what does it stand for, if you don't mind my asking?

    • @mnm1273
      @mnm1273 5 років тому +3

      @@wynndoesthings8662 Cyanide maybe?

    • @bannermanigans
      @bannermanigans 4 роки тому +1

      @@wynndoesthings8662 I think it might be "cream" - or perhaps "cartography"?

  • @rapunzelz5520
    @rapunzelz5520 4 роки тому +12

    What is the context to this one? I don’t get it because I don’t know the context like the other songs.

    • @plague5865
      @plague5865 4 роки тому +1

      Idk. But it catchy tho

    • @kidinadinosuit7039
      @kidinadinosuit7039 4 роки тому +3

      I saw something on another video that said that laws were passed to prevent poisoning pigeons or something like that.

  • @AngelOfMusic9430
    @AngelOfMusic9430 6 років тому +10

    Why Phantom at the end though?

    • @lyl9255
      @lyl9255 3 роки тому

      More incongruously, why the Chinese national anthem in the beginning?

  • @serialhag1647
    @serialhag1647 2 роки тому +3

    Dr Paul Bearer ☀️

  • @kierandrake6564
    @kierandrake6564 4 роки тому +10

    I came from a danganronpa panel

  • @Languslangus
    @Languslangus 4 роки тому +2

    bawk

  • @duamhormazabal6179
    @duamhormazabal6179 8 років тому +4

    Creo que al ponerle mas instrumentos que el piano le quitan lo "lehreristico"a las canciones

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  8 років тому

      Yo creo que mucha gente no estaría de acuerdo con eso.

    • @duamhormazabal6179
      @duamhormazabal6179 8 років тому +1

      +Alexander Shekhtman y no me molestaría ya que escuchamos al mismo cantante,son solo opiniones

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  8 років тому

      ¡Claro que sí!

    • @duamhormazabal6179
      @duamhormazabal6179 8 років тому +1

      +Alexander Shekhtman De todas maneras,muchas gracias por tomarte el tiempo de buscar su musica y dar la posibilidad de que otros lo conoscan

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  8 років тому

      No hay ningún problema. Y gracias por esta oportunidad de escribir algo de español. (Spanish is not my native language, haha.)