Tom Lehrer | EPIC Song Compilation
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Tom Lehrer is best known for his satirical songs from Cold War era America. Though many of his songs are sixty years old, they still hold up to this day. Lehrer is celebrating his 95th birthday this month, so in honor of the joyful occasion, here is a compilation of many of his greatest songs!
Ughhh what I would've paid to see him live :( this man is truly iconic and a creative legend I love his music so much lmao
Fr. Guy is 96 and still going strong, his whole life is a flex. Taught at Harvard, became one of the best political satirists the U.S. has ever had, quit when he wanted, still loved by many today, and may reach 100.
He's been kicking life's ass since '28.
@@kennethbutler3727 He retired because Satire became redundant.
@@battleship217 True, but in a way it's still going out on his own terms
SAME. i wish i had a time machine. :(
Same here.
As of 2024, he is still alive at 96!
When he passes unfortunately eventually istfg i will ugly cry he’s awesome
I had no idea!! That makes me happy to know!
can confirm: he's still around!
Amazing, still love him
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gotta love tom
This is an education. Wow.
LOVE this man!!! I was introduced to him by my 7th grade teacher.
I am 69 now. He released his first album in Boston, in the mid fifties. 1000 copies. They were pulled from the shelves as "too subversive". I am thrilled to say I have one of them. What a treasure. Many of those songs are in this compilation. . God be with you and bless you, Tom. You have blessed so many with your talent.
I was very fortunate to grow up with a mom who was a big fan, so I've been listening to Tom Lehrer for over 50 years. Thank you Mr. Lehrer for all the laughs.
While in high school in 1967 I bought his record “That was the Year that Was” (and still have the LP). Stumbled upon this video. Such joy!
About 10 years ago, I came upon A Night ^Wasted With Tom Lehrer in a thrift store. I snatched it up. 😂
How I love this man! Introduced to him by my 7th grade music teacher. I am 69 now. His first album was released in Bosto in the mid fifties. 1000 copies. It was pulled from the shelves as too subversive. I have one of them and it is one of my beloved treasures. Most of those songs are in this compilation.
TIME STAMP
0:00-The elements
1:59-poisoning pidgins in the park
4:24-so long mom
6:28-the Vatican rag
8:47-send the marines
10:37-the masicom tango
13:36-The Irish ballad
16:19-the old dope peddler
17:40-national brotherhood week
19:49-she’s my girl
22:36-my home town
25:01-the Wild West
26:59-when you are old and gray
28:38-I wanna go back to dixxy
30:34-verner von brown(?)
32:29-Alma
36:47-Christmas time
38:27-sleep baby sleep(?)
40:04-2game wardens, ???, and a cow
41:46- new math
45:55-we will all go together when we die
49:01-smut
52:22-who’s next?
54:25-edibus(?) Rex
56:04-I love my friends(?)
57:43-America
THANKS, Rosekittie24 💓
first one is called "The Elements"
38:27 is "The MLF Lullaby"
I believe the missing ones are
6:28 The Vatican Rag
13:36 The Irish Ballad
30:34 Werner Von Braun
32:29 Alma
40:04 The Hunting Song
54:25 Oedipus Rex
56:04 I Got It From Agnes
30:34 Werner von Braun is right
38:27 It’s the MLF lullaby
40:04 2 game wardens, 7 hunters, and a cow. The songs called the hunting song
I have been listening to his satirical genius for over 50 years. When I feel depressed, I play his songs and sing along. I idolize him. No one comes close.
You have to admit Victor Borge is as clever & funny. Tom even mentions him in his concert! 😂🎹
@@cherrypichick6782 Borge and Lehrer were two towering father figures for modern musical comedy. They're both very funny. I really appreciate Tom's biting satire and sarcasm, much of which is still very relevant today. Even earlier, in the 1880s, I imagine Gilbert and Sullivan must have had their audiences ROFL. When I took my family to see a very well done performance of The Pirates of Penzance in 2022 my 29-year-old daughter could hardly stop giggling and bursting out laughing at the pompous portrayal of the Major-General, whose main tune Lehrer borrowed for his The Elements.
I love how the old math was the new math and idk new new math.
I checked it out and the old math looks largely like the kind of thing covered early on in computer science courses, kind of cool. Came with changes to the teaching method at the same time though that teachers didn't seem too well equipped for
So wonderful.
I listened to Tom Lehrer when I was a preteen into my older teen years because my older brother who was a fan. Didn’t understand much of what he was singing about but as I got older I started to understand and appreciate his genius.
Ah...this brought another memory to me. Does anyone else remember a scene from the TV series "Chicago Hope", where Many Patinkin sings "Poisoning Pigeons in The Park"? That was hilarious!
Just looked it up, and you're right lol
most of his music still applies today! a comedic tune to serious topics will always live to be the best music.
"Send the Marines" is so cutting! Brilliant
I would love to see the new math song done live, with a blackboard. Math, in my head, has such a tenuous hold.
I found out about Tom Lehrer through TikTok, and this is one of the times that I am thankful for the app. If I didn't have TikTok installed I'm afraid I wouldn't have explored Tom Lehrer's work. Although I knew Masochism Tango, I didn't really bother looking for any of his other performances. Nonetheless, thank you for making this neatly collected compilation of his songs.
How tf did he breathe during the periodic table song
He doesn't
HOW DOES HE DO THIS???????? amazing.. xxxx
Where did the "Love Ballad" live video go?
The lyric video or the one of him performing it wearing a dark shirt? That video is a short, so check my shorts section (not videos)
@@MusicalComedy Oh, I totally forgot it's a short. Do you have the full version of him performing it live?
Idk if this man is the OG Will Wood or Bo Burnham...
HE IS THE OG BO BURNHAM. I can make a 3 hour video essay on this topic
@@postrem0 I would watch that
The pidgeons one is amazing.
lol every generation had to have a bo burnham variant
Every generation had a tom lehrer variant*
Tom is the original.
The first song is from a performance in Denmark (I can read the sub-titles)
It must be weird to be that talented and smart. How do you deal with life .... write songs I guess
Thanks for this. Glad he's still alive to appreciate he is still enjoyed. ❤😂
How do you memorize these lyrics?
Maths
I'm not sure people today are intelligent enough today to fully enjoy his humor. Sad.
Mind you this man graduated Harvard at 15
Graduated at 18, entered at 15, still a serious accomplishment though
In college one of my classmate's family was close friends with him. He composed some of his songs at their house (so claimed). He did some amazing songs that are still relevant today. Of course, now he'd get culture-canceled. Sigh. No one appreciates satire anymore.
Maybe by right wingers but I can't think of a single leftist who wouldn't at least appreciate the things he's saying.
@@topphatt1312 exactly, it seems to me that OP isn't exactly toms target audience lmao
@@topphatt1312 there are some jokes that might not go very smoothly today. He kind of kicks in all directions, so a sensitive person might take offense to some of his jokes.
Nah he wouldn't, me and all my gender studies buddies love his satire.
@@ayakas-kh5mkBut the whole point is that because he "kicks in all directions" it shows that he isn't against any single group or religion. How can you object to somebody who's making fun not only of you but of somebody who isn't like you at all?
Cinematic Excrement brought me here.
TOM LEHRER FOR PRESIDENT 2028!!! 😂🎹🇺🇸
Imagine a college professor today writing songs like this. He would be fired for hate speech and micro aggressions
Well, sure. He was writing in the context of the times he was living in. An equivalent professor in 2024 wouldn't be writing about nuclear proliferation or segregation, they would be writing about climate change and people who commit micro-aggressions and getting rid of those f*cking pigeons. I guess some things never change.
Did you actually listen to his lyrics? He's woke as hell.
@@kwarra-an maybe I missed it. Was it the killing pigeons?
@@kiefmanning7394 Send the Marines, Dixieland, Werner von Braun, National Brotherhood Week, America, all of the many songs concerning nuclear weapons... every second song is poignant-but funny-social critique from a left-of-liberal standpoint.
Yeah the world WAS much better then.
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💞Arrrwrrgh..wonderfull ❤🌙
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