I’m a Tom Lehrer junkie from way back (including his ditties for kids’ PBS show The Electric Company), but one thing I find really unsettling about him is that things that were over the top in the late fifties and early sixties (Pornographic stained glass windows? Sure! Ronald Reagan as president? Oh dear…) have come to pass in spades, and most of his songs have, depressingly, failed to date….
Oh I love Tom Lehrer and this brought back happy memories. My fave is The Vatican Rag (make a cross on your abdoman, when in Rome do like a Roman)….wonderful stuff
I’m a Tom Lehrer junkie from way back (including his ditties for kids’ PBS show The Electric Company), but one thing I find really unsettling about him is that things that were over the top in the late fifties and early sixties (Pornographic stained glass windows? Sure! Ronald Reagan as president? Oh dear…) have come to pass in spades, and most of his songs have, depressingly, failed to date….
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Oh I love Tom Lehrer and this brought back happy memories. My fave is The Vatican Rag (make a cross on your abdoman, when in Rome do like a Roman)….wonderful stuff
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