Remember: this song is from the time when married couples on T.V. sharing the same bed was horribly offensive. Just imagine the reaction to most of Tom Leher's works.
It wasn't because it was offensive, it was in the US, and it was only because of the regulations (Hays code) that the studios put in place because they feared government censorship... That happened anyway under the FCC.
That's because the 50 shades author is a moron. She started out with it being "Twilight" fan-fic (which tells you a lot right there). I don't believe in book censorship for the most part -- but those books (and the _Protocols of the Elders of Zion_) are notable exceptions because they're complete garbage....
Oh I know all that. And as someone who has both been in an abusive relationship and briefly in The Scene, I can tell you that that the former is not romantic and the latter I actually never felt safer and more respected.
@@ryanchungus8972 Your question makes no sense. I'm obviously here because I enjoy Tom Lehrer. I was originally just making a joke the way people will say "Still a better love story than Twilight" about things that are not love stories at all.
Dude is Nikola Tesla of music. I was gonna say that he ('was' the tesla) but then I realized he is still alive, thank god. Unfortunate though he hasn't wrote about today's public climate. To be more accurate I guess I should say 'its unfortunate he quit writing.'
By the way, when my party guests ask to dance to a tango, I frequently play this as an instrumental and always get compliments. (nobody's busted me yet...) It really stands on its own as a well-written piece of music.
@@foodofthegods Aw, you're too kind. Also enjoy performing "Dance-Ten, Looks-Three" -a great old-time feel and no one hears any naughty words. ua-cam.com/video/AyXYJvlUGnM/v-deo.html
"American singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer claims to have invented the Jell-O shot in the 1950s to circumvent restrictions on alcoholic beverages at the army base where he was stationed." an absolute ledge
I wouldn't think it is as much to do with generational thing. As it an more intelligence in general. Too many people get offended so easily. If it doesn't fit neatly into their little preconceived notion of how things should be. they don't take the time to appreciate anything.
@@MeonLights Pfft, hahaha. Same amount of stress and trauma... Lol... You don't have an understanding of either stress or trauma then. People's lives were shit back then. Today people's lives are great, even the poor live a much better life than they did 10 years ago, let alone 70 years ago, let alone 90 years ago when Tom Lehrer was born. You need a reality check. Back then, the governments were a lot better towards the people, women didn't have to work so families were overall happier, you didn't need a fortune to survive, rents were cheaper, houses were cheaper... but the quality of life in a materialistic manner didn't exist back then. Trauma was worse back then, specially due to war, you may not view the loss of lives as something traumatic, but a lot of families were ruined in the second world war, due to the death of soldiers and civilians en masse. D-Day would've failed if it weren't for the sheer amount of troops that landed on the Shores of France that day, the beaches were littered with corpses that day, like plastic litters our streets today. Today Trauma for you younguns are whatever bad word you've heard this day, oh no someone said the n-word, oh no someone had a different opinion than mine, therefore they are bad, if I had a penny for each time one of you kids, said something of such caliber of ridiculousness, I'd be the richest man on the planet, I'd be the 0.0000001%, I'd be richer than Bill Gates ever was in a second. Humor is however timeless, unless you're on Twitter because there it's nonexistent due to the toxic nature of fun haters that spend their time there.
He was probably thinking that he's old and could go at any time, so why not make his music easily accessible so nobody can screw with it when he's gone?
Guys just remember this was 1967. This was the same year that they decided you couldn't go to jail for being gay in the UK. It wouldn't be until 2003 that homosexual acts were federally legal in the US. This song is right out there.
"Degenerate," fuck off, that doesn't mean anything other than "you don't like it". Waah waah, shove it up your ass, and I mean that in the kinkiest way possible. It takes a special kind of emotional immaturity to think anything you don't like is bad.
"Take your cigarette from its holder and burn your initals in my shoulder, fracture my spine and swear that you're mine" the most romantic line i've ever heard
Abso-freaking-lutely! I loved that show. The best part of course being that they are the QUINTESSENTIAL early-mid 1960s upper middle class nuclear family: dad's a lawyer who dabbles in the stock market; mom's trying to "find" herself and dabbles in arts and crafts. Two kids (boy is a Boy Scout at one point; the girl gets a crush on the boy next door). The in-laws live with them. And they're more stable and emotionally secure than than The Brady Bunch or Ozzie and Harriet.... ;-)
As disturbing as I won’t deny this obviously is, this is actually pretty sweet by Tom Lehrer standards. Just a couple in a kinky and extreme but clearly consensual relationship. They’re not murdering anyone or poisoning any pigeons or giving STDs to any dogs. (Although they were unlikely to think about that way at the time, to be fair, given how puritanical society was and the fact that even now this is considered really disturbing - which it is of course, but considering it’s all loving and consensual it’s still sweet, not typically so, ONLY BY TOM LEHRER STANDARDS)
what if i and somebody else lovingly and consensually conspire to dismember your children and burn your house? It's a good joke song but never in the history of humanity sharing views with a yiddish entertainer helped anybody
I want a child for many reason, not the least of which is that I want to softly sing this song to them as a lullaby and then have them grow up and be like "THE FUCK?"
Lyrics I ache for the touch of your lips, dear But much more for the touch of your whips, dear You can raise welts Like nobody else As we dance to the Masochism Tango Let our love be a flame, not an ember Say it's me that you want to dismember Blacken my eye Set fire to my tie As we dance to the Masochism Tango At your command Before you here I stand My heart is in my hand (Yeechh!) It's here that I must be My heart entreats Just hear those savage beats And go put on your cleats And come and trample me Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany That's why I'm in such exquisite agony My soul is on fire It's aflame with desire Which is why I perspire when we tango You caught my nose In your left castanet, love I can feel the pain yet, love Every time I hear drums And I envy the rose That you held in your teeth, love With the thorns underneath, love Sticking into your gums Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches The last time I needed twenty stitches To sew up the gash That you made with your lash As we danced to the Masochism Tango Bash in my brain And make me scream with pain Then kick me once again And say we'll never part I know too well I'm underneath your spell So, darling, if you smell Something burning, it's my heart 'Scuse me! Take your cigarette from its holder And burn your initials in my shoulder Fracture my spine And swear that you're mine As we dance to the Maso-chism Tango
This is brilliant. Also.... it's almost like kink and sexuality is older than most of the folks who are constantly upset at "darn you kids and your modern music being so sexual" ;) Update: it's now 4.19.24, 2yrs later, I found this song again having totally forgotten and I now have 5.2K likes? 😮 Never been this popular before. Rad! 🎉 Thanks for making my day folks. Have a good one :)
@@uncertain_zee Or some of those old W.B. cartoons like "Red hot riding hood" which is about as suggestive as the title implies. Apparently during the production of the animation, one of the animation staff snuck into the slide files and stole one of the stills, did a quickie with himself and the image and burned it.
To be fair most modern music (especially hip hop, which _is_ most often accused of this) portrays sex and sexuality in such a grossly aggressive way. This is funny while being seductive and passionate, and sweet in comparison.
@@alhemičarka here's the thing.. that's how people saw these things in their time lol. Let's not forget the difference between precode (hays code) and post-code cartoons and movies. It's always seen as morally reprehensible, but people will always do it because humans will be human.
The song is obviously making fun of the idea, not celebrating it. That's the reason we laugh... the idea of juxtaposing it with a romantic form like tango is hilarious.
His piano playing has a lot of odd times and time changes. I agree the fills are fantastic he uses and barely looks down. Glad people recognize his talent and TY for the post.
"take you cigarette from it's holder and burn your initials in my shoulder/ fracture my spine and swear that you're mine" not to sound like a masochist but that is literally the most romantic thing i've ever heard
I was just gonna say how surprised i am that comedic songs have existed for so long. This guy+ whoever sang " I like bananas cuz they have no bones" I'm now convinced that people in the past were advanced memers
When I first heard this song I could have sworn that it must have been written in the past decade because it was so comedic and charming, but learning that it was this old just shows how ahead of its time it was. This man just oozes charm and humor
i love how he says amber and dismember, like they’re such different words but they both sounds so nice with his voice The lyrics are also so horribly romantic
I listened to this on radio in Spotify so I went in knowing no context and when I heard “Whips” I thought kinky then told myself the songs probably not going in that direction. Barely a line later I’m just *”oh it’s going in that direction”*
Yeah right. There are literally millions of pianists out there you've never even heard of, but this guy here we're all listening to is somehow the most under-appreciated. Right. Dude, do you even logic?
@@galahad9853 I mean I guess he isn't Mozart famous but during his time he was probably pretty popular. You cannot just make songs about gore, sex, war etc. without gaining a little attraction, especially in the 60s. And even now he still has fans watching his videos in UA-cam. But then again the Beatles were getting really popular, overshadowing many artists.
also ima pepper in this guy's songs with my "old classics" playlist and play it in my 40s themed party and watch as the guests' faces change to utter confusion as the start to realize what the lyrics say.
I know this comment is 2 years old but if you have another old time song party and want something that will make your guests howl with laughter you should look up shave ‘em dry by Lucile Bogen and play that.
Oh, thank you so very much! I get so happy every time someone says something positive about Lehrer's songs (and performance). One thing is that I myself love Tom Lehrer and his work. But another thing is that putting up this channel, and dealing with the consequences, has not been the easiest thing I've done. So, again: Thank you.
I come back to your channel again and again to sing his songs. I first heard his songs as a child and have loved them since then. There is no one who comes close to his wit and genius. Thank you for posting them.
And all its admirers pilloried. There is one thing I do think that is good though: We can all make parodies music videos of the movie, set to this and (for the metal-heads) "Ich tu dir Weh"
I think you'll find that we (=my 60s generation) were much freer with satire then , including jokes about masochism, than today's overcareful hedging of jokes and worry that nothing should ever offend anyone... much worse things than being offended can happen to people, you know. No-one can expect never to be offended over the course of a lifetime! Not even over religious issues (see contemporary France). Yours, a granny from Europe
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear But much more for the touch of your whips, dear You can raise welts Like nobody else As we dance to the Masochism Tango Let our love be a flame, not an ember Say it's me that you want to dismember Blacken my eye Set fire to my tie As we dance to the Masochism Tango At your command Before you here I stand My heart is in my hand . (Yeechh!) It's here that I must be My heart entreats Just hear those savage beats And go put on your cleats And come and trample me Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany That's why I'm in such exquisite agony My soul is on fire It's aflame with desire Which is why I perspire when we tango
You caught my nose In your left castanet, love I can feel the pain yet, love Ev'ry time I hear drums And I envy the rose That you held in your teeth, love With the thorns underneath, love Sticking into your gums Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches The last time I needed twenty stitches To sew up the gash You made with your lash As we danced to the Masochism Tango Bash in my brain And make me scream with pain Then kick me once again And say we'll never part I know too well I'm underneath your spell So, darling, if you smell Something burning, it's my heart . . . (hiccup) 'Scuse me! Take your cigarette from its holder And burn your initials in my shoulder Fracture my spine And swear that you're mine As we dance to the Masochism Tango
HUH??? Masochism is 100% sexual. Just look at ANY dictionary. That said, how an individual views any given sexual act ... anything sexual is considered 'dirty' because it has always been a taboo topic. I was raised to never talk about religion, sex, politics, and how much money I make. ALL of those are sensitive subjects, as it can cause arguments, embarrassment, and so on.
@@carakrzyzanowski381 Looked it up in dictionaries. Usually they say, yes, its mostly sexual, but there are cases where it is not. I'd say like 80% of the time its a sexual thing.
I've had 2 difficult finals earlier today, and now I'm studying for my 3rd, which is also today. This song very accurately describes how studying feels for me right now.
Ask a band to play the song without the lyrics while people dance a tango, if your significant other doesn't look either really amused or really horrified, you are not a good march.
Lehrer is a very underrated artist. He composed many brilliant satirical songs that have withstood the test of time, and he was a math genius, having graduated Harvard to become a mathematics professor. He even put all of his songs in the public domain for us to enjoy free of charge. A true G.
Absolutely love all this man’s satirical work. This is a man with personality & humor, not just looks. Tom Lehrer is still alive, and may this man spend his days with joy, knowing his legacy is still being carried on.
Burnham cares too much about having his audience like him and it sabotages the value of his critique by a lot, whereas Midoriya's heart is if anything bigger than All-Might's.
hits different when you're a masochist in general and always seek for pain from manipulators and toxic people and you're basically addicted to toxic people when you're a nice kind person just because your brain wants the thrill and adrenaline kicks
I just sang this song at karaoke last night. As far as I could tell everyone at the bar loved it and thought it was funny. Thanks Mr. Lehrer for such a fun song!
Congratulations on Your 94th birthday today, Mr. Lehrer! You were and are always a legend! May Your timeless and genius music and lyrics live on forever!
"Go put on your cleats and come and trample me" is the 1950s equivalent to "step on me, mommy"
Y e s lol we need more like that-
✨️💅🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
Exactly!
real
What's old is new again, Tom Lehrer is timeless
Masochist: "Hurt me!"
Sadist: "No."
The worst pain 😭😂
Damn, I’ve been FOILED!!!
Ooh... reverse card
I did this to my ex once.
@@silvercandra4275 and thats why they're your ex lmfao
No matter what period of history you visit, you will find people wanting a mommy dom to step on them. Humanity is beautiful.
Dommy mommy
This comment keeps me up at night you are so right
Tom is still going. 96
Chanukah in Sta. Monica: coming up Dec 7th
HELP AHAH
"Fracture my spine, and swear that you're mine" is one of the most romantic lyrics ever written
YES
Completely agreed.
@@ghostie3707 someone get me a old camera ....we need Golmaz and Morticia dancing to this
Get therapy
@@aydenperkins2251 pay for it?
Ball torture enthusiasts after a long day be like: Time to hit the sack
Oh my god 😂😂😂
I just snorted my tea! Very funny comment indeed!
HAHAH!
Balls.
Yikes! Ouch
He was a mathematics prodigy too, apart from his genius as an entertainer.
Still is.
Explains why he likes torture lol
Mindy Sandefur
PFFFFFFF-
Mathematics professor at Harvard
And the inventor of jelloshots
“I love the kind of woman that would actually just kill me”
Based pfp ↙️↙️↙️
NOOO GET OUT GET OAUT OAUTR OUTEJ OUEJT
Yes,me too!
Yes
But men
Like if they're hot idfc just hurt me and make me cry I'll like it
It's not gay it's being a masochist trust
@@astro.dwmaindenial is a river in Egypt..
Remember: this song is from the time when married couples on T.V. sharing the same bed was horribly offensive. Just imagine the reaction to most of Tom Leher's works.
Yeah, 1959
Also it was the swinging sixties though...
It wasn't because it was offensive, it was in the US, and it was only because of the regulations (Hays code) that the studios put in place because they feared government censorship... That happened anyway under the FCC.
Didn't Lucy get spanked by Ricki on I love Lucy in the 50s?
Mumuh Meah unless you’re celibate for religious reasons you and you spouse are supposed to share a bed.
He really said "bottom rights"
Submissive rights
Masochist rights
He really did tho
Randomname period
All About Beebo erotik
Today is Tom Lehrer's 96th birthday, he's still kickin it. from 1928 to 2023. happy birhtday Tom
Kicking and getting kicked hopefully
@@vondas1480 LMFAOOO
@@vondas1480 HELP
@@vondas1480NO WAY DUDE LMAOOOO
@@vondas1480STOP 💀
Mans really said "Savage beats" followed DIRECTLY by a more proper version of "step on me mommy". He was extremely ahead of his time
he was so real for that
He's one of us
He is literally a chronically online boomer!😭✋
@@hellohaveagooddayreal
@@LeaveMeAlone3-c5beven older! he was born at the beginning of the silent generation and boomers were still being born when he wrote this song
Still a more accurate representation of BDSM than 50 Shades.
That's because the 50 shades author is a moron. She started out with it being "Twilight" fan-fic (which tells you a lot right there). I don't believe in book censorship for the most part -- but those books (and the _Protocols of the Elders of Zion_) are notable exceptions because they're complete garbage....
Oh I know all that. And as someone who has both been in an abusive relationship and briefly in The Scene, I can tell you that that the former is not romantic and the latter I actually never felt safer and more respected.
50 Shades...utter dreck. Nothing more than a racy Harlequin take for folks with no clue.
@@JamiJR why are you here then?
@@ryanchungus8972 Your question makes no sense. I'm obviously here because I enjoy Tom Lehrer. I was originally just making a joke the way people will say "Still a better love story than Twilight" about things that are not love stories at all.
"Just hear those savage beats" are we just gonna ignore that he's 100% a time traveler
not to mention that right after that he practically told someone to step on him
@@thefreakasaurus FRRRRR
I thought the same!
Then i wondered if it was in relation to savage as in savagery since it’s BDSM
My song is fire now step on me mommy -Tom Lehrer
He was apparently a mathematical genius so you may actually be onto something
He can’t not be a time traveller
your username is top tier
@@sw4mp_c0rp3s What about mine
@@ActuallyDeath i mean death do be kinda pog
Naw bros just a little freak
@@Coraisthe14ulmao the sangwoo on your pfp makes this funnier
Lol. Tom Lehrer, first to sincerely use the phrase, "savage beats".
Haha every time I hear that line I have to think for a second.
HA I GET IT!
Ahead of his time
Epic
Dude is Nikola Tesla of music.
I was gonna say that he ('was' the tesla) but then I realized he is still alive, thank god.
Unfortunate though he hasn't wrote about today's public climate.
To be more accurate I guess I should say 'its unfortunate he quit writing.'
By the way, when my party guests ask to dance to a tango, I frequently play this as an instrumental and always get compliments. (nobody's busted me yet...) It really stands on its own as a well-written piece of music.
What a Chad we stan you
Tom Lehrer put all his songs in the public domain in 2020 so you're good. 😃
You sir are a genius
@@foodofthegods Aw, you're too kind. Also enjoy performing "Dance-Ten, Looks-Three" -a great old-time feel and no one hears any naughty words. ua-cam.com/video/AyXYJvlUGnM/v-deo.html
Weird Al is the same way. Just an all around great writer, parody or not.
"American singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer claims to have invented the Jell-O shot in the 1950s to circumvent restrictions on alcoholic beverages at the army base where he was stationed."
an absolute ledge
Mackenzie Mullett more like stephen hawking’s found everything
Well, yes I suppose it isn't a beverage
He also found a rhyme for orange
Mackenzie, this is absolutely untrue!
This is absolutely untrue!
This may be about BDSM - but it's about HAPPY people doing BDSM.
Indeed
Fanfic writers are quaking
BDSM*
Free range bdsm from Happy People
@@howmuchdidthatcost Both work it’s a variation on the acronym.
Proof that people who lived through ww2 have the same humor as millennials and gen z
Trauma coping?
🎶 We will all go together when we go . . . 🎶
I wouldn't think it is as much to do with generational thing. As it an more intelligence in general.
Too many people get offended so easily. If it doesn't fit neatly into their little preconceived notion of how things should be. they don't take the time to appreciate anything.
Same amount of stress and trauma tbh.
@@MeonLights Pfft, hahaha. Same amount of stress and trauma... Lol... You don't have an understanding of either stress or trauma then.
People's lives were shit back then. Today people's lives are great, even the poor live a much better life than they did 10 years ago, let alone 70 years ago, let alone 90 years ago when Tom Lehrer was born.
You need a reality check. Back then, the governments were a lot better towards the people, women didn't have to work so families were overall happier, you didn't need a fortune to survive, rents were cheaper, houses were cheaper... but the quality of life in a materialistic manner didn't exist back then.
Trauma was worse back then, specially due to war, you may not view the loss of lives as something traumatic, but a lot of families were ruined in the second world war, due to the death of soldiers and civilians en masse. D-Day would've failed if it weren't for the sheer amount of troops that landed on the Shores of France that day, the beaches were littered with corpses that day, like plastic litters our streets today. Today Trauma for you younguns are whatever bad word you've heard this day, oh no someone said the n-word, oh no someone had a different opinion than mine, therefore they are bad, if I had a penny for each time one of you kids, said something of such caliber of ridiculousness, I'd be the richest man on the planet, I'd be the 0.0000001%, I'd be richer than Bill Gates ever was in a second.
Humor is however timeless, unless you're on Twitter because there it's nonexistent due to the toxic nature of fun haters that spend their time there.
I wonder if any couple has ever used this song as a wedding dance?
goals
Gomez and Morticia Addams maybe. *Winks*
John Bruce now that you mention it XD
Must have been some interesting wedding night afterwards
John Bruce I would.
Tom Lehrer ceded rights to his music and lyrics to the public domain in 2020 at the age of 92. He is the best!
Absolutely.
this man is actually awesome, this song is so catchy and funny at the same time
LEGEND!
He was probably thinking that he's old and could go at any time, so why not make his music easily accessible so nobody can screw with it when he's gone?
Guys just remember this was 1967. This was the same year that they decided you couldn't go to jail for being gay in the UK. It wouldn't be until 2003 that homosexual acts were federally legal in the US.
This song is right out there.
Not just homosexual acts. I'm pretty sure parts of this song were illegal under the same ban, regardless of who was engaging in them...
Well, two things: One, he is a white man with a B.A. from Harvard. Two, satire and pith have always been a cloak for truths that may be uncomfortable.
and now bdsm is practically considered "vanilla" these days.
the alt-right has a thing or two correct in their diagnosis of the west as degenerate.
"Degenerate," fuck off, that doesn't mean anything other than "you don't like it". Waah waah, shove it up your ass, and I mean that in the kinkiest way possible. It takes a special kind of emotional immaturity to think anything you don't like is bad.
Technically, this isn't about homosexuality. It's about BDSM. A sadist can be female just as easily as male, and the same can be said for masochists.
"Take your cigarette from its holder and burn your initals in my shoulder, fracture my spine and swear that you're mine" the most romantic line i've ever heard
FUCK YES ! !
Y'all are sick fucks
Gross and weird
FUCK YEAH BRO, THIS IS ALSO MY FAVORITE PART
Why is it though 😭
I need to find more songs like this, oh my gods. May the music gods smile upon me and bestow:
UA-cam playlists.
question to masochist: "Why do you go with that sadist?"
answer: "Beats me."
Holy shit that's one of the best jokes I've ever heard
ba dum
*TSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS*
@@alligatordawgbill pfp found
@@astro.dwmain You just got bill'd
Bro was rlly breaking stereotypes with this one, he wasnt the wife-beater he was the wife-beaten
And HE ENJOYS IT TOO!
@@qwmxfrrrrr
i snorted when i read this
And everyone liked it for once!
I love your profile; I wish emos were real.
I just wanna throw out the fact that this man invented the jello shot, you're welcome.
Jesus Christ the man that decided to poison a few pigeons went to invent the jello shot
@@patrickanderson62 we can only ever aspire to be half the human being he is.
He's no human he is a god.
@@JosieVal You right
2:12 that growl when he says "the last time" is just 😍🤤
Alyssa Camacho thirsty
Kinkshame
Spotted the dom
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Wät
Let's be real, though, Morticia and Gomez's theme song
Honestly, 100% yes.
ParticularlyGoodFinder Tom Lehrer is no mere regular human!
Abso-freaking-lutely! I loved that show. The best part of course being that they are the QUINTESSENTIAL early-mid 1960s upper middle class nuclear family: dad's a lawyer who dabbles in the stock market; mom's trying to "find" herself and dabbles in arts and crafts. Two kids (boy is a Boy Scout at one point; the girl gets a crush on the boy next door). The in-laws live with them. And they're more stable and emotionally secure than than The Brady Bunch or Ozzie and Harriet.... ;-)
Yeah, he's definitely playing their song 🙃
Who?
As disturbing as I won’t deny this obviously is, this is actually pretty sweet by Tom Lehrer standards. Just a couple in a kinky and extreme but clearly consensual relationship. They’re not murdering anyone or poisoning any pigeons or giving STDs to any dogs. (Although they were unlikely to think about that way at the time, to be fair, given how puritanical society was and the fact that even now this is considered really disturbing - which it is of course, but considering it’s all loving and consensual it’s still sweet, not typically so, ONLY BY TOM LEHRER STANDARDS)
its actually pretty sweet by any standards i think - definitely relationship goals
Lol the poisoming pigeons one was so good
what if i and somebody else lovingly and consensually conspire to dismember your children and burn your house? It's a good joke song but never in the history of humanity sharing views with a yiddish entertainer helped anybody
@@UnserZeitMrGlinko the person whos house got burnt down didn’t consent. So nah it’s not ok lmao
@@UnserZeitMrGlinko What the fuck are you even talkin about
Me : i got nothing to do. Might as well go youtube
UA-cam recomend : hey kid. Ya like jazz...? Well heres a little treat for ya. The masochism tango
this is not even near jazz lmao
It's a tango, not really jazzy per sé.
You need a sense of humour to appreciate this song. The style is called tango, the genre is called satire and the song is 50 years old approx.
Yeah, somehow you need to have that. But isn't it crazy that so many people can still enjoy music Humor like that, years and years later? 😃💕👍
Humor? I don’t get what’s funny about it
It’s just a good song
Hh g@@pumpkin_314
@@martina.teislerova ?
@@pumpkin_314 I have no idea 😆 It was not my intention.
I want a child for many reason, not the least of which is that I want to softly sing this song to them as a lullaby and then have them grow up and be like "THE FUCK?"
you are very confident)) I hope this joke-experiment will not get out of control)))
LMAO YOUD TRAUMATIZE THE POOR THING JTBSJGBSJJRJE
You can also sing the MLF lullaby, equally fucked up haha
You can also teach them Poisoning Pigeons!
Love the seemingly effortless way that Tom’s slim, elegant hands ripple across the keyboard when he plays this song!
STAHP! I noticed the same thing.
He’s not even TRYING.
do you by any chance write fanfiction?
@@deviltown.residentLMAO
my question still stands
Lyrics
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear
You can raise welts
Like nobody else
As we dance to the Masochism Tango
Let our love be a flame, not an ember
Say it's me that you want to dismember
Blacken my eye
Set fire to my tie
As we dance to the Masochism Tango
At your command
Before you here I stand
My heart is in my hand
(Yeechh!)
It's here that I must be
My heart entreats
Just hear those savage beats
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany
That's why I'm in such exquisite agony
My soul is on fire
It's aflame with desire
Which is why I perspire when we tango
You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love
I can feel the pain yet, love
Every time I hear drums
And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love
With the thorns underneath, love
Sticking into your gums
Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash
As we danced to the Masochism Tango
Bash in my brain
And make me scream with pain
Then kick me once again
And say we'll never part
I know too well
I'm underneath your spell
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, it's my heart
'Scuse me!
Take your cigarette from its holder
And burn your initials in my shoulder
Fracture my spine
And swear that you're mine
As we dance to the Maso-chism Tango
Thank you :)
Thank you hon
Don't worry, I know all of them🤭
I think I'm in love with a dude who is 90 years old now.
Hm.
I didn't think he was still alive so that's nice to know
Masochism tango! XD
Well I'm in love with Danny DeVito and he's 74
@@SusPitch And probably shorter than you!
Welp.
This is brilliant.
Also.... it's almost like kink and sexuality is older than most of the folks who are constantly upset at "darn you kids and your modern music being so sexual" ;)
Update: it's now 4.19.24, 2yrs later, I found this song again having totally forgotten and I now have 5.2K likes? 😮 Never been this popular before. Rad! 🎉 Thanks for making my day folks. Have a good one :)
Love showing things like this or the couple of "daddy" themed Marilyn Monroe songs to people when they talk about "how rotten society has gotten"
@@uncertain_zee Or some of those old W.B. cartoons like "Red hot riding hood" which is about as suggestive as the title implies.
Apparently during the production of the animation, one of the animation staff snuck into the slide files and stole one of the stills, did a quickie with himself and the image and burned it.
To be fair most modern music (especially hip hop, which _is_ most often accused of this) portrays sex and sexuality in such a grossly aggressive way. This is funny while being seductive and passionate, and sweet in comparison.
@@alhemičarka here's the thing.. that's how people saw these things in their time lol. Let's not forget the difference between precode (hays code) and post-code cartoons and movies. It's always seen as morally reprehensible, but people will always do it because humans will be human.
The song is obviously making fun of the idea, not celebrating it. That's the reason we laugh... the idea of juxtaposing it with a romantic form like tango is hilarious.
Look at his hands... it's as though he doesn't need to put forward effort to play like that.
His piano music is actually fairly simple to play for people with a decent amount of experience. Except those damned trills.
It's easy when you've got those little bumps on the home keys.
Blah Blaah dude there are no bumps on a pianos keys you are thinking of a computer keyboard has just had the notes down to muscle memory
His piano playing has a lot of odd times and time changes. I agree the fills are fantastic he uses and barely looks down. Glad people recognize his talent and TY for the post.
Kevin O'Brien the mans an actual genius so...
I'm a masochist and found this song seductive lol . Honestly, that's the ART !
Do you still find this song seductive
@@Normalguy_employer dang really throwing a question at them 10 years later
@@spritebee881 💀💀
@@Normalguy_employer LMAOO 😭
@@spritebee881 I will wait 10 years again then ask the same question
"I only listen to *real* music!"
Fluffy clue??
"take you cigarette from it's holder and burn your initials in my shoulder/ fracture my spine and swear that you're mine" not to sound like a masochist but that is literally the most romantic thing i've ever heard
I ant even a masochist but that just sounds so sweet
I think I might have just fallen in love a little.
Just a little?
You can't not fall in love with this
He’s so hot
Why do I have the hots for this idk XD
Honestly, I find his voice quite soothing. . . 😪
Glad to see masochism was alive and well in the 50's
OG Bo Burnham
facts
Yep he's even got a song called new math
@@oogatz1917
OH. MY. GOD!!!! SHOW ME!!!
I was just gonna say how surprised i am that comedic songs have existed for so long. This guy+ whoever sang " I like bananas cuz they have no bones" I'm now convinced that people in the past were advanced memers
@@cb034 facts
Tom Lehrer may be the only performer who brags about having played LESS than 100 live concerts with a TOTAL repertoire of 37 songs.
When I first heard this song I could have sworn that it must have been written in the past decade because it was so comedic and charming, but learning that it was this old just shows how ahead of its time it was. This man just oozes charm and humor
Sweet profile picture.
The look on his face is priceless, through the whole song. And yes this is by far my favorite Tom Lehrer song!
I love how the people are too scared to laugh
2:40
The way he looks at his shoulder like it may actually be there....why am I lusting after him even tho he's 90 aaaaaaa
He's 91, and I feel the same way.
@@inkycat5542 oof
Still alive in 92. Same here.
daddy issues gang where u at
@@4skin-gaming rite here mate, rite here
Somehow, I can see Gomez and Morticia Addams dancing to this.
so glad i’m not the only one who thought this
Oh absolutely, it's like the song was made for them xD
Pretty much
"I would diiieee for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss?!" - Gomez Addams to Thing, Addams Family can't recall what year
@Wednesday Addams You would know better than anybody else. :)
My friends: "She is so old fashioned and pure!"
Me:
i love how he says amber and dismember, like they’re such different words but they both sounds so nice with his voice
The lyrics are also so horribly romantic
The word is _”ember”_ which is another word for “coal”.
I listened to this on radio in Spotify so I went in knowing no context and when I heard “Whips” I thought kinky then told myself the songs probably not going in that direction. Barely a line later I’m just *”oh it’s going in that direction”*
Genius composer/lyricist, could Tom Lehrer be the world's most under-appreciated pianist?
Holly Shirt Yes
He's also a mathematical genius who got into Harvard at 15
Yeah right. There are literally millions of pianists out there you've never even heard of, but this guy here we're all listening to is somehow the most under-appreciated. Right.
Dude, do you even logic?
Schwallex he’s pretty underrated
@@galahad9853 I mean I guess he isn't Mozart famous but during his time he was probably pretty popular. You cannot just make songs about gore, sex, war etc. without gaining a little attraction, especially in the 60s. And even now he still has fans watching his videos in UA-cam.
But then again the Beatles were getting really popular, overshadowing many artists.
also ima pepper in this guy's songs with my "old classics" playlist and play it in my 40s themed party and watch as the guests' faces change to utter confusion as the start to realize what the lyrics say.
Confusion and horror
I know this comment is 2 years old but if you have another old time song party and want something that will make your guests howl with laughter you should look up shave ‘em dry by Lucile Bogen and play that.
If I had a time machine I would ask Tom Lehrer out and when he said no because I was too vanilla I would totally respect it.
Same girl
He's still alive, and maybe you'd have a better chance with 94 year old Tom.
@@kylenielsen5341 he's most likely married or has a s/o
@@rsw__u Actually, no. He's never been married and has never had a partner. He has no kids, so the bloodline ends with him.
@@kylenielsen5341 still too vanilla :-(
Oh, thank you so very much! I get so happy every time someone says something positive about Lehrer's songs (and performance). One thing is that I myself love Tom Lehrer and his work. But another thing is that putting up this channel, and dealing with the consequences, has not been the easiest thing I've done. So, again: Thank you.
I come back to your channel again and again to sing his songs. I first heard his songs as a child and have loved them since then. There is no one who comes close to his wit and genius. Thank you for posting them.
i want whatever tom lehrer was on
Same
He was on down bad
mathematics i think
You know, the words are so witty and so clever, you can totally miss the sheer excellence of his piano playing.
So many painful tortures in such a catchy tune. The epitome of romance.
This is unironically one of the most romantic songs I’ve heard
It's a pity this clip isn't in color, but then again, there's some appeal to 50s shades of grey.
(...I know it's '67. Piss off.)
Unreadable book, probably unwatchable movie, but one goddamn excellent joke.
+Brandon Frye Come one, the joke is good :))
I can't help but love this to an unhealthy extent
50s Shades of Grey should be laughed out of every community for the waste of paper it is.
And all its admirers pilloried.
There is one thing I do think that is good though:
We can all make parodies music videos of the movie, set to this and (for the metal-heads) "Ich tu dir Weh"
they were allowed bondage jokes in 60s music?
I think you'll find that we (=my 60s generation) were much freer with satire then , including jokes about masochism, than
today's overcareful hedging of jokes and worry that nothing should ever offend anyone... much worse things than being offended can happen to people, you know. No-one can expect never to be offended over the course of a lifetime! Not even over religious issues (see contemporary France). Yours, a granny from Europe
Christine Lawrence Smith slow clap :)
* allowed
+LOVEWhispersUK .... oops
Well, you certainly could if you were a mathematician from Harvard.
and now he has turned over all of his songs to public domain! what a guy!
That's good news because I really want to make it into a burlesque set 😂
lord give me the strength to not read the comments, the patience to not read the comments, and the wisdom to not read the comments.
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear
You can raise welts
Like nobody else
As we dance to the Masochism Tango
Let our love be a flame, not an ember
Say it's me that you want to dismember
Blacken my eye
Set fire to my tie
As we dance to the Masochism Tango
At your command
Before you here I stand
My heart is in my hand .
(Yeechh!)
It's here that I must be
My heart entreats
Just hear those savage beats
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany
That's why I'm in such exquisite agony
My soul is on fire
It's aflame with desire
Which is why I perspire when we tango
You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love
I can feel the pain yet, love
Ev'ry time I hear drums
And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love
With the thorns underneath, love
Sticking into your gums
Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
You made with your lash
As we danced to the Masochism Tango
Bash in my brain
And make me scream with pain
Then kick me once again
And say we'll never part
I know too well
I'm underneath your spell
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, it's my heart . . . (hiccup)
'Scuse me!
Take your cigarette from its holder
And burn your initials in my shoulder
Fracture my spine
And swear that you're mine
As we dance to the Masochism Tango
Thanks sweetie
"Recommended: Christian Music Hotlist"
Thanks UA-cam.
They do use a torturous method of execution as their holy symbol, so there might be something to that.
Don't understand the comments saying you need a sense of humor to appreciate the song when while it is funny its also a MASSIVE BANGER on its own
I also think its not necessarily funny? it can be, but i like to view it unironically
The songs are clean it's the mind that's dirty
And I absolutely love it
HUH??? Masochism is 100% sexual. Just look at ANY dictionary. That said, how an individual views any given sexual act ... anything sexual is considered 'dirty' because it has always been a taboo topic. I was raised to never talk about religion, sex, politics, and how much money I make. ALL of those are sensitive subjects, as it can cause arguments, embarrassment, and so on.
@@carakrzyzanowski381 Its not
@@carakrzyzanowski381 its not
"Clean mind...Clean body...Take your pick." - Lou Gottlieb
@@carakrzyzanowski381 Looked it up in dictionaries. Usually they say, yes, its mostly sexual, but there are cases where it is not. I'd say like 80% of the time its a sexual thing.
Man those growls and those tango rhythms
omg is it possible to love EVERY SINGLE LINE of this song???!
I've had 2 difficult finals earlier today, and now I'm studying for my 3rd, which is also today. This song very accurately describes how studying feels for me right now.
+Darwin Award Knowledge's a pretty harsh mistress, I'd say!
Knowledge? More like academy drudgery!
damn you must be having a blast
First heard him as a child in the sixties. He changed me. Genius.
I can't help but imagine...he'd be the cutest sub
edit: this is probably my most liked comment. I am not ashamed.
dear lord why are you right
That’s it, I’m kinkshaming
@@apenguinnamedabraham You're going to kink shame them in a song where a guy begs someone to fracture his spine and brand him? Okay then lmao
James Smith it’s a joke
See you all in Hell, lol
"the spirit of the internet existed long before it had an electronic vessel to inhabit"
First few seconds: what a elegant pieces
Hear the lyrics: oh wait.. it's even better than i imagaine!
That will be my wedding song.
Lilah E Noir kinky 🥴
I will sing this myself on my wedding to whom i hope is my future wife.
Ask a band to play the song without the lyrics while people dance a tango, if your significant other doesn't look either really amused or really horrified, you are not a good march.
1967 - Machochism Tango, Tom Lehrer
2016 - Torture Tango, Tin Can Bros
🤔
Yeeeees I was looking for this comment, it's kinda like the masochism tango is from curt's perpective
@@f4d4 *another man of culture, I see*
Oh my g o d
Aha, yes, indeed. I made the exact correlation whence I listened to this as well.
SAF actually takes place around when this was released, so that’s i n t e r e s t i n g
Lehrer is a very underrated artist. He composed many brilliant satirical songs that have withstood the test of time, and he was a math genius, having graduated Harvard to become a mathematics professor. He even put all of his songs in the public domain for us to enjoy free of charge. A true G.
In my lifetime, I have only had a few idols: Tom Leher and The Marx Brothers.
That took some balls Mr. Lehrer
*"So go put on cleats, and come and trample meeee! :D"*
did he just... eloquently ask someone to step on him?...
Yep
IM CRYINGGAGAGABAGSGSHSHSGDGD
Lmaoo
why is everyone in this comment section so goddamn thirsty for tom lehrer
I personally find him very sexy!
Why are you not
How can you not be thirsty for this snacc 🤤
come on. look at him
i mean. have you watched the video
Happy birthday Tom Lehrer
Ooohhh
I came in the right day!
Absolutely love all this man’s satirical work. This is a man with personality & humor, not just looks. Tom Lehrer is still alive, and may this man spend his days with joy, knowing his legacy is still being carried on.
nobody:
this dude: *STEP ON ME*
(also MASSIVE Julian Devorak vibes from this song)
Lmao true
oh my god this IS julian's anthem i can't ndajdfvodsnovsd
I found this song because of a Julian cosplay tik tok it is absolutely his theme song
I know right, this is 100% him
T r u e
Lehrer is to Bo Burnham what All Might is to Midorya.
I have never agreed with something so much in my life
Burnham cares too much about having his audience like him and it sabotages the value of his critique by a lot, whereas Midoriya's heart is if anything bigger than All-Might's.
Lehrer is legendary.
Weirdly enough, this is probably the most wholesome song Tom Lehrer ever wrote.
EDIT: Not counting his Electric Company stuff.
He is so real for this
i just can't it's supposed to be comedy and there's audience laughing and I can't stop thinking about HOW ROMANTIC IT IS
Yeah it's like romantic but it's a comedy song
He seems like such a warm-hearted guy, which adds to the hilarity of the content of his songs!
Truly a man ahead of his time.
0:48 he's so cute i cant 😭😭
hits different when you're a masochist in general and always seek for pain from manipulators and toxic people and you're basically addicted to toxic people when you're a nice kind person just because your brain wants the thrill and adrenaline kicks
That comment is so me coded fr
Worded it perfectly
I feel so called out lol
so inexplicably in love with tom lehrer
If you trample him, he might just like you back. Oh wait... He is 96 💀
Same
@@michalpokluda7387 gray hair, don't care 😻😻
I adore his expressions. It adds to the song.
2:24 - 2:39
My favorite part
I love this song and the voice fits it so well
I just sang this song at karaoke last night. As far as I could tell everyone at the bar loved it and thought it was funny. Thanks Mr. Lehrer for such a fun song!
That glissando at 0:13 ! :o i’m a pianist and would LOVE to have even half of Tom’s talent
Congratulations on Your 94th birthday today, Mr. Lehrer! You were and are always a legend! May Your timeless and genius music and lyrics live on forever!
In the Lehrer song book illustrated by Ronald Searle, the playing instruction for this song is "Immoderato". Apropos!