Tom Lehrer: National Brotherhood Week (concert live) (1965)

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • The first part of the video (my signature slide) is overlaid by the final bars of "National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran", which I played on my keyboard.
    The main part of the song is one of Tom Lehrer's live performed songs, "National Brotherhood Week". It is part of Tom's third published live performance album, "That Was The Year That Was". 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.
    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 the hungry i, San Francisco, CA (7/26/65-7/31/65)
    Produced by JIMMY HILLIARD
    Engineered by DON GEIS
    From the album "That Was The Year That Was," Reprise #RS-6179 (1965)
    "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" Compilation ℗ 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.

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  • @Sammie1053
    @Sammie1053 6 років тому +92

    I think I would give a year off of my life to be able to travel back in time and see this show live

    • @fieryfennekinz566
      @fieryfennekinz566 6 років тому +8

      I’d give 5 years honestly just to meet the guy, seriously- he’s an underrated legend. Its criminal how much recognition he gets, kinda sad. But to meet the genius of Tom Lehrer would be amazing. (Here’s a hint: I’m kind of a big fan. I already have two vinyl LP’s of his albums.)

    • @danielebonadeo1816
      @danielebonadeo1816 4 роки тому +6

      I flew all the way to the US (I'm italian) to see one of Bo Burnham's shows. For Lehrer I think I would gladly give a leg

    • @onionbroisbestwaifu5067
      @onionbroisbestwaifu5067 3 роки тому

      I wish I could give all the years off my life to meet him

  • @pallasproserpina4118
    @pallasproserpina4118 6 років тому +108

    The best part of this comment section it that the conservatives are getting mad at the liberals, the liberals are getting mad at the conservatives, and yet we can all agree that Tom Lehrer perfectly describes politics in the modern world.

    • @nopenope8427
      @nopenope8427 6 років тому

      Don't mistake USA for the world, my friend. He's describing your society, not any other.

    •  6 років тому +18

      Nope Nope No, tribalism and hating each other is a part of almost every democratic society. Greetings from the Czech Republic.

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 4 роки тому +2

      @ Actually not only democratic societies, but virtually anywhere in which civilization exists!

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 4 роки тому

      @@thesssradio5008 BOOM!!

    • @Nicpick
      @Nicpick 4 місяці тому

      The more things change. The more they stay the same.

  • @MyMy-li6qw
    @MyMy-li6qw 7 років тому +18

    Haven't heard Tom Lehrer in decades, we had his LP when I was a kid - I attribute most of my ability for witty sarcasm to Lehrer! Too bad everyone doesn't know about him.

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 3 роки тому

      Ditto here, as one of last millenials born onto this Earth!

  • @deenasattler9540
    @deenasattler9540 11 місяців тому +11

    Still so perfectly relevant. This is 2023!

  • @olivertwists
    @olivertwists 3 роки тому +115

    do people actually think its a jab at „both sides“?? its literally a „progressive“ song, he mocks people for discriminating others and the country not letting certain people in schools at this time

    • @casvandijck9338
      @casvandijck9338 3 роки тому +27

      The sarcasm poured over "smile at one-anotherhood week" is quite clear.

    • @davidwhite8220
      @davidwhite8220 2 роки тому +13

      Of course it's a jab at both sides. Lehrer is an equal-opportunity discriminator. The idea that "National Brotherhood Week" was ever going to counteract Tribalism is ridiculous, and the monologue, with its " and I hate people like that", is a clear jab at self-righteous Lefties. At least in those days Lefties could laugh at themselves.. These days, they are too involved in a titanic struggle between Good and Evil.

    • @elielbarreto1788
      @elielbarreto1788 2 роки тому +9

      It is at both sides. The introduction "there are people who don't love their fellow human beings, and I hate them" make this obvious.
      Also, the Left of today times would definitely be a target on his songs

    • @startedtech
      @startedtech 2 роки тому +2

      It's also about human nature. There's a reason this song has stayed relevant for 60 years and will be relevant for another 60 years, the idea of everyone always getting along will forever be a fantasy.

    • @chrisdayton35
      @chrisdayton35 2 роки тому +23

      @@elielbarreto1788 You do know that Lehrer is alive today and is still on the left, right?

  • @thrownstair
    @thrownstair 5 років тому +50

    This song is the perfect demonstration of how to be offensive without punching down.

  • @nikolopapini2410
    @nikolopapini2410 6 років тому +27

    Sense of Humor i adore...

    • @ducktapeman1631
      @ducktapeman1631 6 років тому +1

      Indecent magazines galore

    • @casvandijck9338
      @casvandijck9338 3 роки тому +1

      @@ducktapeman1631 I like them more - if they're hardcore!

  • @Abril766tf
    @Abril766tf 3 роки тому +30

    the fact that people dont understand this song is satire i--

  • @deanbagdasarian5017
    @deanbagdasarian5017 7 років тому +13

    Used to hear him on Dr. Demento in the 70's . Very talented all the way round.

  • @abubaseet
    @abubaseet 5 років тому +16

    11 people apparently need National Brotherhood Week more than ever!

  • @blixer8384
    @blixer8384 Рік тому +46

    Man all of the conservatives who think Tom Lehrer is agreeing with them are going to really mad when they discover the rest of his discography.

    • @user-mb7sc1ob2w
      @user-mb7sc1ob2w 4 місяці тому

      I'm sure they're over their delusion that Colbert is a conservative pretending to be a liberal pretending to be a conservative to trick the libs
      into agreeing with conservatives for one moment. 🙄
      Thus locking em into supporting fascist principles for eternity or risk being labeled a flip flopper.
      Do you remember when the gop hated flip floppers more than gay woke trans mermaids M&Ms all in one

  • @teresadombek30
    @teresadombek30 6 років тому +17

    Brilliant mind at its finest...

  • @YoushouNoKioku
    @YoushouNoKioku 7 років тому +33

    It's sad that this is still true in 2017... fuck hate!

  • @chickenman7801
    @chickenman7801 4 роки тому +64

    Why is this song still accurate?

    • @gabrielandradeferraz386
      @gabrielandradeferraz386 4 роки тому +11

      because we failed to solve basically all of the problems

    • @jacobyoakum6498
      @jacobyoakum6498 3 роки тому +7

      Because a person can change, but people - as a whole - rarely do.

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 Рік тому

      Many of his songs are timeless!

    • @briant7265
      @briant7265 Рік тому +2

      It's about hypocrisy and empty virtue signaling. We've just traded National Brotherhood Week for Black Month, Women's Month, Pride Month...

    • @greatglimbus
      @greatglimbus 7 місяців тому

      because nothing ever changes

  • @lotnemez1655
    @lotnemez1655 4 роки тому +34

    Brilliant, how he delivers to both sides, Huggers and haters.

    • @Jazz-cd5mu
      @Jazz-cd5mu 2 місяці тому

      He’s not delivering it to “huggers”; he’s giving it to haters and people who are complicit to hate without doing anything about it.
      The whole song is mocking what was essentially a bandaid on civil rights at the time. A meaningless encouragement to “promote brotherhood” without any legislation to actually accomplish that.

  • @jakobhawkins77
    @jakobhawkins77 2 роки тому +12

    Born too early for his time. Bloody brilliant!

  • @SoleaGalilei
    @SoleaGalilei Рік тому +19

    This is a great song, really biting satire that still resonates. It's too bad its meaning seems to have flown clear over the heads of many of the commenters here.

    • @harmoneebliss777
      @harmoneebliss777 6 місяців тому +1

      The source for the writing, still existing in abundance, over 50 years later. Saddens my heart. Wihing I was shocked, but am not, not even a tiny bit. :(

    • @BobBenson-qz8lp
      @BobBenson-qz8lp 3 місяці тому

      Not mine. I was 5 yrs old when I heard this song and asked my mother,:why does everyone hate the jews". She yelled to me, "don't say that".

  • @rowanaboat4523
    @rowanaboat4523 4 роки тому +24

    Who would be dancing cheek to cheek if this song was written nowadays?

    • @richardarmstrong9770
      @richardarmstrong9770 4 роки тому +10

      🎶National Brotherhood week, National brotherhood week, David Duke and Oprah are dancing cheek to cheek🎶

    • @AINGELPROJECT667
      @AINGELPROJECT667 4 роки тому +17

      🎵Donald Trump and AOC are dancing cheek to cheek🎵

    • @asparadog
      @asparadog 4 роки тому +2

      More tongue in cheek than check to cheek!

    • @richardarmstrong9770
      @richardarmstrong9770 4 роки тому +5

      He wouldnt kiss her hed grab 'er by the 😺

    • @MattThe
      @MattThe 4 роки тому +3

      Colin Kaepernick and Tomi Lahren

  • @griffruby8756
    @griffruby8756 Рік тому +5

    Like that little bit of Phantom of the Opera at the end.

  • @RuskePerson
    @RuskePerson 5 років тому +24

    How is this still so relevant?

    • @Shermanbay
      @Shermanbay 4 роки тому +2

      When is it not?

    • @casvandijck9338
      @casvandijck9338 3 роки тому +1

      It's in the nature of people to dislike other kind of people.

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 Рік тому

      Because Tom Lehrer songs are basically timeless!

  • @juanig4198
    @juanig4198 3 роки тому +17

    1:18 the other version said cassius clay and ms wallace, he probably changed it because cassius was now muhammad ali

    • @dennisgallagher
      @dennisgallagher 7 місяців тому

      When was this? I had the record and it was just like this.

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  7 місяців тому

      I remember hearing it in the recording of Tom Lehrer's Copenhagen performance. I'm sure you can search it up on UA-cam.

  • @seanarki
    @seanarki 3 роки тому +37

    This is a song that only bo burnham could pull off today

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  3 роки тому +29

      Or Tom Lehrer

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 3 роки тому +7

      @@AlexSh789 If he comes out to perform again, which I hope it happens!

    • @TheMaryaBell
      @TheMaryaBell 2 роки тому +2

      @@jmwoods190 Lehrer's 93 --- he'll be 94 in April . . .

    • @rabidbunnies2
      @rabidbunnies2 2 роки тому

      You are clearly unfamiliar with Thomas Benjamin Wild, Esquire. I think you'll find him right up your alley.

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 Рік тому

      @@TheMaryaBell Never say never!

  • @thegreyman1575
    @thegreyman1575 5 років тому +29

    Fuck this is relevant lol

  • @queenalice7483
    @queenalice7483 4 роки тому +54

    Damn, this aged so well, it might as well be Trump and Hilary dancing cheek to cheek

    • @KolchaksGhost
      @KolchaksGhost 4 роки тому +18

      “Ben Shapiro and AOC are dancing cheek to cheek”

    • @chuck_in_socal
      @chuck_in_socal 4 роки тому +2

      More like Trump and Pelosi.

    • @queenalice7483
      @queenalice7483 4 роки тому +1

      @@chuck_in_socal love that 👏

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 3 роки тому +1

      @@queenalice7483 Personally I wouldn't be that surprised if that actually happened in reality, as they're both in The Big Club that we ain't in(to paraphrase George Carlin on this)!

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 3 роки тому +1

      @@queenalice7483 But don't just stop there, let's add more duos to the Dancing Cheek-to-cheek party!
      Tucker Carlson & Rachel Maddow
      Tomi Lahren & Cenk Uygur
      Stormy Daniels & Sean Hannity
      Alex Jones & Joe Scarborough
      Dave Portnoy & Ana Kasparian
      Matt Gaetz & Ilhan Omar

  • @ebrucan7161
    @ebrucan7161 Рік тому +30

    This man was the Bo Burnham before Bo Burnham.

  • @robbouwens8005
    @robbouwens8005 3 роки тому +15

    56 Years after the song the situation is almost the same

    • @casvandijck9338
      @casvandijck9338 3 роки тому +4

      2000 years ago it was the same and 2000 years from now it will still be the same. People suck.

  • @dn6725
    @dn6725 5 років тому +44

    2:09 everyone hates Jews while the jew is the one singing lol

    • @ecsender7785
      @ecsender7785 4 роки тому +1

      Moshe knows that look at his name

  • @anticorncob6
    @anticorncob6 6 років тому +13

    I’m so grateful that it doesn’t last all year.

  • @mckavitt
    @mckavitt 7 років тому +3

    The original version like most of the songs on here!

  • @martinherrmann8646
    @martinherrmann8646 7 років тому +2

    Is this really a recording from 1965? Or may be earlier? During the youtube-film "Full Copenhagen Perormance" of 1965 Tom Lehrer sings in the song "brotherhood week": "cassius clay and mrs. wallace are dancing cheek to cheek". In your recording he sings: "sheriff clark and lena horn are dancing cheek to cheek" - and the laughing of the ordians in your film is much stronger.

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789  7 років тому +2

      Martin Herrmann - Details about the recording are at the bottom of the description. This was indeed recorded in July 1965.

    • @martinherrmann8646
      @martinherrmann8646 7 років тому

      Thank you for the info. By the way: Tom Lehrer stays one of the best.

    • @dsteere2303
      @dsteere2303 6 років тому +1

      @@martinherrmann8646 it cant be earlier as malcom x was killed in February 65

  • @MURDERPILLOW.
    @MURDERPILLOW. Місяць тому +1

    0:46

  • @annbarak54
    @annbarak54 2 роки тому +12

    HEY! I’m a Jew!

  • @earthboundkid1
    @earthboundkid1 7 років тому +33

    Is it just me or did Tom Lehrer just predict the current state of of US politics? and the current sate of the far left?

    • @earthboundkid1
      @earthboundkid1 7 років тому +5

      @Nami Walton. You know ANTIFA was around before the alt right was right? and ANTIFA are almost always the ones that start the fights right? Now I don' or agree like the Neo Nazi's or the alt right or ANTIFA I am just say as an independent outsider it looks the far left is doing far worse than the far right. Though neither extreme is correct. Ever heard of horseshoe theory? Your comment pretty much proves it right. The far left thinks "everyone who says something I don't like is a Nazi" the far right says "everyone I don't like is an SJW". The Far left wants everyone to be a socialist communist progressive. The far right wants a white ethnic state. need I go on to prove that they are two sides of the same shitty coin.

    • @pointlesssentience3987
      @pointlesssentience3987 7 років тому +6

      earthboundkid1 If you want to play the "I am an independent" card, provide me a reason why your first comment singles out the alt left but your reasoning claims that "they are on the same side of the shitty coin"
      Just saying...

    • @earthboundkid1
      @earthboundkid1 7 років тому +2

      @Pointless Sentience. I said the two extremes are two sides of the same shitty coin. You should now as well as I do regardless if you agree with me or regardless of where you are on the political compass. The regressive left NOT ANTIFA has all the "institutional power". let me put it to you this way how come there is always a big stink when ever some one like Milo Yiannopoulos or people like him try to speak at any university? How come all you hear from the MSM is how bad Trump is? How come you have people like Madonna or Johnny Depp talking about killing Trump? This did not come from no where. Most MSM is controlled by a left leaning agenda you can not deny this fact.
      The BIG reason I said the left is this. Not only does this "regressive left" seem to hold all the power these days. I want you to watch footage from both sides of any recent protest. I would suggest one involving free speach vs hate speach or something like that. When independent reporters on the ground ask the people on this regressive left "what is your end game/what do you want/why Trump bad etc.." the regressive left often has a had time explaining why they fell they way they do and are kind of all over the place whit what they believe.
      I know I can speak to this truth for one of my collage classes I had to go to a few city council meetings. It just so happened that at the two meetings I went to the cities BLM chapter was there. I tried to interview them so I could get a better understanding of their goals and beliefs. All the people from this BLM I talked to both times told me to go to there website. They simply could not tell me what they wanted in person.
      Not only does this regressive left have a hard time voicing its goals. It is anti free speach. How many time shave you heard people say don't talk to Nazis or the alt right? This regressive left is not interested in conversation because they think they are not only right but righteous.
      If you listen interviews from independent reporters talking to people on the right leaning side of a protest. It is also super important to note even though I would describe myself as on the left side of the political spectrum I am a centrist classical liberal, I firmly believe that the Republican party is far more divers ideologically then the Democratic party is right now.
      That is why it is so hard to say who all shows up of on the right leaning side of a protest. Because it is so diverse in its thinking, yes some of it is bad. Not to mention if you know your Horseshoe theory you know most people are in the center anyway. I am not saying the Republicans are better than the Democrats both parties have there issues. All I am saying is from my observations the people closer to the center and people on the right are more capable of voicing their opinions in public protests and more interested in conversations like free speech rallies than this regressive left is. I will like you to a video i watched that echos many of the points I made here hope you enjoy it. ua-cam.com/video/cAodB1h_ozU/v-deo.html

    • @shreddman8704
      @shreddman8704 6 років тому

      They have always been there.

    • @theultimatereductionist7592
      @theultimatereductionist7592 6 років тому +2

      Cuntservaturds & the Far Right are the most politically correct scum on earth.
      They won't allow you to make jokes about bombing or killing the President or FBI or DEA or military
      or wiping your ass on a bible or the american flag.

  • @kelseymathias3881
    @kelseymathias3881 Рік тому +11

    Today it would be called National Siblinghood Week

    • @robertorick6383
      @robertorick6383 Рік тому

      More like National Wokehood Week.

    • @Jazz-cd5mu
      @Jazz-cd5mu 2 місяці тому +2

      It seems media literacy truly is dead

  • @roys8870
    @roys8870 7 років тому +17

    Did Feminism kill National Brotherhood Week?

  • @davidwhite8220
    @davidwhite8220 2 роки тому +14

    The phenomenon known as "In-Group Preference" is a universal of human nature, or rather social-animal nature: it can be seen every day in dogs, for example. The reason is that 1) as Darwin observed, the purpose of life, practically speaking, is to out-reproduce the competition and 2) for social animals, beating up on other groups is one of the best ways to do that. I am not sure whether some of commenters here think that enough finger-wagging will make it go away. It won't. It's hard-wired. Maybe some eugenics?

    • @antifantastisch4467
      @antifantastisch4467 2 роки тому +8

      Yes, but then you should realise you aren't a monkey & rationalize your instincts.

    • @davidwhite8220
      @davidwhite8220 2 роки тому +1

      @@antifantastisch4467 That applies to Hutus as well as Tutsis.

    • @AlJR189
      @AlJR189 2 роки тому +6

      Evolutionary spoken, this group should only be up to 100 individuals. If at all. So every larger group you have your "in-group preference" is just arbitrarily defined and everybody who isn't a piece of shit could easily define it to contain all of humanity.

    • @davidwhite8220
      @davidwhite8220 2 роки тому

      @@AlJR189 No. There is no reason that the evolution of in-group preference should include a restriction in the size of groups just because hunter-gatherer bands have, for practical reasons, a restriction in size. Nor is it as if there is no Tribalism in tribes that are are (as almost all tribes are) larger than bands, such as the Hutus in central Africa.

    • @AlJR189
      @AlJR189 2 роки тому +5

      @@davidwhite8220 We have two possibilities: Either we defend in-group preferences with social-animal nature, then we have to look at the original group size humans lived according to their social-animal nature. Or we accept that the relevant group is a question of definition (hunter-gatherer tribes, bigger tribes, nations, religion, colour of skin etc) which can be chosen and makes everybody sticking to like colour of skin or religion a piece of shit.

  • @miadahhajbi6442
    @miadahhajbi6442 8 місяців тому

    What the Puerto Rican is not that chick hahaha

  • @KieranBorovac
    @KieranBorovac 8 років тому +24

    Political correctness at its finest.

  • @lisawinters6081
    @lisawinters6081 5 років тому +16

    I was sent by Ben Shapiro ;)

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 2 роки тому +5

    Hello isnt this what WOKE is about. Yes, it doesn't work.

    • @toottoot3410
      @toottoot3410 Рік тому +19

      this is absolutely unrelated to "wokeness"...this is from 1965. Lehrer was ahead of his time, but not clairvoyant.
      he was making fun of hatred and how the USA is inherently built up on this hatred...sort of what these "woke" people are doing...

    • @jmwoods190
      @jmwoods190 Рік тому +2

      @ot3410 It IS related to wokeness and identity politics- because wokeness anchors itself on a person's skin color, culture, creed and sexual orientation to determine what they get, only that it is the extreme opposite of white supremacy(whose existence is just as real). And the line "New Yorkers love the Puerto Ricans 'cause it's very chic" implies this, plus certain forms of off-label 'wokeness' probably existed before they got the label. Tom Lehrer's satire isn't simply ahead of its time, but a timeless caution of human nature wrapped in the most sophisticated form of humor!

    • @jayveerisdabest7500
      @jayveerisdabest7500 3 місяці тому +1

      literally made in 1965, what are you talking about

    • @jayveerisdabest7500
      @jayveerisdabest7500 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jmwoods190 name one woke white supremacist