clark@sdcsla.UUCP (Clark Quinn) (10/11/84)
<it doesn't even matter if you stick a few extra syllables into a verse> Heard of Tom Lehrer? Of "That Was The Year That Was"? Who has been lauded with a musical review all his own, "Tomfoolery", which was a smash in London, and that I caught in San Francisco? Who sometimes makes awful rhymes, but always has a poignant social commentary? Who has songs covering such topical events as pollution "Pollution", nuclear war "Who's next?", bigotry "National Brotherhood Week", politics "Send the Marines", etc.? Who? Never heard of him. from the sarcastic keyboard of -- Clark ...ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcsla!clark, among others
dvw@hopd3.UUCP (D. V. Wilkerson) (10/15/84)
Professor Lehrer also did one of my favorite love songs, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". Sigh. Diane Wilkerson ..!hopd3!dvw
cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick Cuccia) (10/17/84)
For those interested in Tom 'Be Prepared' Lehrer, his collected works have been put into a book called _Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer_. All of the stuff from his three albums, the music that he wrote and performed for the PBS children's show _The Electric Company_, and, of couurse, the ever popular but never recorded _I Got It From Agnes_. I will send the name of the publisher to those who ask. --From the birthplace of FSM (1964-1984), --Nick Cuccia --ucbvax!cuccia
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/17/84)
By the way I should point out that "SONGS BY TOM LEHRER" which is currently available and the old TOM LEHRER 10 inch "His songs, his piano, and his So-called voice," while they contain the same titles, are not the same records. The newer one was rerecorded and some of the words were changed. -Ron
darryl@ism780.UUCP (10/18/84)
>When asked why he stopped writing satirical songs, Tom Lehrer >usually replies that satire died the day Henry Kissinger won the >Nobel Prize for Peace. > Randy Hudson I hadn't heard that before. But isn't that about 10 years after his last album was released? --Darryl Richman ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg "Bucket" Woods) (10/18/84)
> ..the ever popular but never recorded _I Got It From Agnes_.
Just wanted to let Tom's fans know: when I saw "Tomfoolery" in Boston
around Christmas 1982, they did "I Got It From Agnes". BTW "Tomfoolery"
is a must-see for any Tom Lehrer fan. True, it lacks the magic of "that
voice", but it's funny nevertheless.
--Greg
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"...the bus came by, and I got on, that's when it all began..."kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) (10/19/84)
xxx Tom Lehrer has 3 records in print by Reprise Records. Look in the humor section of most record stores. The most recent one (circa 1965) is "That Was The Year That Was" and is very enjoyable political music from the TV show of the same name. The other two are 50's stuff and somewhat raunchy. -- Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB 1D302, x7178 wb3g!kfl or hoxna!kfl
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/22/84)
> For those interested in Tom 'Be Prepared' Lehrer, his collected > works have been put into a book called _Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer_. > All of the stuff from his three albums, the music that he wrote and > performed for the PBS children's show _The Electric Company_, and, of > couurse, the ever popular but never recorded _I Got It From Agnes_. Actually, not all of his songs are in the book. Most are. -Ron