Tom Lehrer | EPIC Song Compilation

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 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!
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  • @rosalie4509
    @rosalie4509 3 месяца назад +151

    As of 2024, he is still alive at 96!

    • @Chaoticmusicgremlin45
      @Chaoticmusicgremlin45 3 месяца назад +17

      When he passes unfortunately eventually istfg i will ugly cry he’s awesome

    • @Zzyzzyx
      @Zzyzzyx 3 месяца назад +8

      I had no idea!! That makes me happy to know!

    • @roycehamel6754
      @roycehamel6754 2 месяца назад +3

      can confirm: he's still around!

    • @freddibnah1830
      @freddibnah1830 2 месяца назад +2

      Amazing, still love him

    • @rsfaeges5298
      @rsfaeges5298 Месяц назад

      🖖

  • @tomleary9761
    @tomleary9761 2 месяца назад +27

    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.

  • @gokuscalves2102
    @gokuscalves2102 5 месяцев назад +186

    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

    • @kennethbutler3727
      @kennethbutler3727 4 месяца назад +33

      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.

    • @battleship217
      @battleship217 4 месяца назад +7

      @@kennethbutler3727 He retired because Satire became redundant.

    • @kennethbutler3727
      @kennethbutler3727 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@battleship217 True, but in a way it's still going out on his own terms

    • @moonliqhttt
      @moonliqhttt 4 месяца назад +3

      SAME. i wish i had a time machine. :(

    • @kitperdunn4524
      @kitperdunn4524 3 месяца назад

      Same here.

  • @megindenver
    @megindenver 4 месяца назад +55

    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!

  • @papajmegg1774
    @papajmegg1774 Год назад +52

    gotta love tom

  • @berniceweinstein6476
    @berniceweinstein6476 Месяц назад +5

    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.

  • @geraniaceae4470
    @geraniaceae4470 Месяц назад +8

    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.

    • @cherrypichick6782
      @cherrypichick6782 11 дней назад +1

      You have to admit Victor Borge is as clever & funny. Tom even mentions him in his concert! 😂🎹

    • @johnwiersba9957
      @johnwiersba9957 8 дней назад

      @@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.

  • @cutecats532
    @cutecats532 4 месяца назад +34

    I love how the old math was the new math and idk new new math.

    • @TheMellowSide
      @TheMellowSide 4 месяца назад +4

      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

  • @GuestProfile1
    @GuestProfile1 3 дня назад

    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.

  • @Rosekittie24
    @Rosekittie24 3 месяца назад +50

    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

    • @marilynharris4118
      @marilynharris4118 3 месяца назад +3

      THANKS, Rosekittie24 💓

    • @ethan91372
      @ethan91372 3 месяца назад +3

      first one is called "The Elements"

    • @boopydoopy4506
      @boopydoopy4506 3 месяца назад +2

      38:27 is "The MLF Lullaby"

    • @felixroux
      @felixroux 3 месяца назад +8

      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

    • @azlanadil3646
      @azlanadil3646 2 месяца назад +2

      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

  • @trst361
    @trst361 6 месяцев назад +30

    This is an education. Wow.

  • @PR_SM_
    @PR_SM_ Месяц назад +2

    most of his music still applies today! a comedic tune to serious topics will always live to be the best music.

  • @antonbruce1241
    @antonbruce1241 4 месяца назад +13

    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!

  • @kirkwoodward8443
    @kirkwoodward8443 Год назад +10

    So wonderful.

  • @serenakoleno9338
    @serenakoleno9338 2 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for this. Glad he's still alive to appreciate he is still enjoyed. ❤😂

  • @kwarra-an
    @kwarra-an 2 месяца назад +2

    "Send the Marines" is so cutting! Brilliant

  • @sherrybirchall8677
    @sherrybirchall8677 4 месяца назад +14

    I would love to see the new math song done live, with a blackboard. Math, in my head, has such a tenuous hold.

  • @Atlas226
    @Atlas226 3 месяца назад +15

    How tf did he breathe during the periodic table song

  • @lunaintellion498
    @lunaintellion498 4 месяца назад +20

    Idk if this man is the OG Will Wood or Bo Burnham...

    • @postrem0
      @postrem0 4 месяца назад +13

      HE IS THE OG BO BURNHAM. I can make a 3 hour video essay on this topic

    • @nyx6903
      @nyx6903 3 месяца назад +4

      @@postrem0 I would watch that

  • @plunder1956
    @plunder1956 3 месяца назад +5

    The first song is from a performance in Denmark (I can read the sub-titles)

  • @marcelostalker
    @marcelostalker 2 месяца назад +4

    The pidgeons one is amazing.

  • @Michael-te6ly
    @Michael-te6ly 3 месяца назад +7

    It must be weird to be that talented and smart. How do you deal with life .... write songs I guess

  • @rr2r2r2ra
    @rr2r2r2ra Год назад +13

    Where did the "Love Ballad" live video go?

    • @MusicalComedy
      @MusicalComedy  Год назад +9

      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)

    • @rr2r2r2ra
      @rr2r2r2ra Год назад +5

      @@MusicalComedy Oh, I totally forgot it's a short. Do you have the full version of him performing it live?

  • @grassman5579
    @grassman5579 4 месяца назад +56

    lol every generation had to have a bo burnham variant

  • @crevette.mp4760
    @crevette.mp4760 19 дней назад +1

    Mind you this man graduated Harvard at 15

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier 4 месяца назад +7

    How do you memorize these lyrics?

  • @rosalie4509
    @rosalie4509 3 месяца назад +1

    😍

  • @cherrypichick6782
    @cherrypichick6782 11 дней назад +1

    TOM LEHRER FOR PRESIDENT 2028!!! 😂🎹🇺🇸

  • @aariley2
    @aariley2 24 дня назад

    I'm not sure people today are intelligent enough today to fully enjoy his humor. Sad.

  • @kiefmanning7394
    @kiefmanning7394 3 месяца назад +22

    Imagine a college professor today writing songs like this. He would be fired for hate speech and micro aggressions

    • @emilymesch7537
      @emilymesch7537 3 месяца назад +1

      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.

    • @kwarra-an
      @kwarra-an 2 месяца назад +8

      Did you actually listen to his lyrics? He's woke as hell.

    • @kiefmanning7394
      @kiefmanning7394 2 месяца назад

      @@kwarra-an maybe I missed it. Was it the killing pigeons?

    • @kwarra-an
      @kwarra-an 2 месяца назад +9

      ​​@@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.

    • @DisneyGrrrl
      @DisneyGrrrl 2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah the world WAS much better then.

  • @bille6182
    @bille6182 4 месяца назад +21

    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.

    • @topphatt1312
      @topphatt1312 4 месяца назад +22

      Maybe by right wingers but I can't think of a single leftist who wouldn't at least appreciate the things he's saying.

    • @codymoon7552
      @codymoon7552 4 месяца назад +8

      ​@@topphatt1312 exactly, it seems to me that OP isn't exactly toms target audience lmao

    • @ayakas-kh5mk
      @ayakas-kh5mk 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@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.

    • @mikulasalbrecht2823
      @mikulasalbrecht2823 2 месяца назад +6

      Nah he wouldn't, me and all my gender studies buddies love his satire.

    • @alidabaxter5849
      @alidabaxter5849 9 дней назад

      ​@@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?

  • @betinaschreier
    @betinaschreier 4 месяца назад +3

    💞Arrrwrrgh..wonderfull ❤🌙
    TANxX4sharinc.🐇