An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

[rowyn]

My parents didn't listen to music very much when I was a kid. They had perhaps a few dozen vinyl records, and I don't even know what most of them were. But there are two I listened to pretty often as a teen: the soundtrack for "Camelot", the musical, and "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

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[dulcinbradbury]

::grins:: Love Tom Lehrer. I'd heard a few things of his early on, but didn't know who he was until college maybe.

I did not, however, know that he was the origin of that particular phrase.

[rowyn]

I remember Dan had heard of his "Werner von Braun" song. Gosh, how did people find out about things before the Internet? n_n

[dulcinbradbury]

By listening to Doctor Demento? ;)

[jorrocks_j]

Bingo!

[terrycloth]

Comedians are one of the things I used to really like but now can barely stand listening to.

[rowyn]

Aww, even Weird Al?

[terrycloth]

If he was doing stand up?

Funny songs aren't really the same thing; I thought Tom Lehrer did stand up.

[rowyn]

Noooo, he's a musician.

"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park":

[rowyn]

"My heart is in my hand! ... yeuchh." :D

[jorrocks_j]

"Soon we'll all be going out
Among the world's cold strife:
Soon we'll all be sliding down
The razor blade of life..."

(Pauses while audience cringes, audibly)

(Spoken): "Are ya ready?..."

[duane_kc]

Both of these albums have a permanent place on my iPod. I'm not even sure I *own* any Weird Al. :)

[alinsa]

Tsk. ;)