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Thomas Andrew (Tom) Lehrer (born April 9, 1928) is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician.
Musical career
As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, he began to write comic songs to entertain his friends, including Fight Fiercely, Harvard (1945). Those songs later became (in a joking reference to a leading scientific journal) The Physical Revue. Influenced mainly by musical theater, his style consisted of parodying the then-current forms of popular song. For example, his appreciation of list songs caused him to set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Major General's Song".
Inspired by the success of his performances of his songs, he paid for some studio time to record an album, Songs by Tom Lehrer, which he sold by mail order. Self-published and unpromoted, the album, which included the macabre ("I Hold Your Hand In Mine"), the mildly risqué ("Be Prepared"), and the mathematical ("Lobachevsky"), became a success via word of mouth. With a cult hit, he embarked on a series of concert tours and released a second album, which came in two versions: the songs were the same but More Songs by Tom Lehrer was studio-recorded, while An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer was recorded live in concert.
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[1/2] All I know about Catholicism I learned from Tom Lehrer, Frank Zappa, and George Carlin.
soquoted (bill quoted) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:05:08 -0000
[1/2] All I know about Catholicism I learned from Tom Lehrer, Frank Zappa, and George Carlin.
Tom Lehrer singing Vatican Rag (youtube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWI41G8h_A
soquoted (bill quoted) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:03:16 -0000
Tom Lehrer singing Vatican Rag (youtube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWI41G8h_A
Wikipedia devotes only a single Lind to Tom Lehrer's invention of the Jell-O shot. Such injustice!
dopplex (Daniel Bauman) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:59:37 -0000
Wikipedia devotes only a single Lind to Tom Lehrer's invention of the Jell-O shot. Such injustice!
Tom Lehrer INVENTED FRIGGIN jello shots?!
quitexander (Xander Cansell) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:59:29 -0000
Tom Lehrer INVENTED FRIGGIN jello shots?!
- Tom Lehrer's National Brotherhood Week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGMi0fTXvA LOL! sarkasm
seomaster (Christos Margetis) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:24:46 -0000
- Tom Lehrer's National Brotherhood Week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGMi0fTXvA LOL! sarkasm
Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. - Tom Lehrer, comedian-pianist #quote
craigs3rd (Craig Turner) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:22:25 -0000
Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. - Tom Lehrer, comedian-pianist #quote
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More Songs by Tom Lehrer - Liner notes from the album on Rhino Records.
A Conversation with Tom Lehrer - Paul D. Lehrman interviews Lehrer about his recording career.
All Music Guide: Tom Lehrer - Biography, discography, and reviews.
Internet Archive: Tom Lehrer - Video of a 1997 performance of five mathematics-related songs.
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Tom Lehrer - Includes a biography, career notes, and highlights of famous songs.
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Stop Clapping, This Is Serious - Article from the Sydney Morning Herald examines his views on the current state of politics, comedy, and satire.
Meta Description: [ Tom Lehrer is still feisty and funny, but the king of sophisticated satire tells Tony Davis there's no place for his style of humour now: the world just wouldn't get it. - The Sydney Morning Herald ]
That Was the Wit That Was - SF Weekly article covers his life and career.
Meta Description: [ SF Weekly is San Francisco's smartest publication. That's because we take journalism seriously, but not so seriously that we let ourselves be guided by an agenda. In fact, we cherish our political independence: The paper has repeatedly challenged massive public subsidies for private developments ... ]
The Elements - The famous song set to a Flash animation.
Meta Description: [ I'd always hoped I'd one day see Tom Lehrers 'The Element's' animated. Who knew I be the one to do it? ]
Tom Lehrer - List of songs with full text.
Tom Lehrer - Includes a discography, biography, lyrics, and historical tour dates.
Tom Lehrer - Profile, lyrics, discussion, writings, a FAQ, and links.
Meta Description: [ The most brilliant creative genius that America has produced in almost 200 years. ]
Tom Lehrer - An interview from the Onion AV Club.
Meta Description: [ This division of The Onion features Q&A's with entertainers, essays, and reviews of movies, music, and books, as well as Savage Love and the comic strip Red Meat. ]
Tom Lehrer Archive - Offers lyrics, images, audio, and video.
Tom Lehrer Fan Page - Includes images, lyrics, biography, discography, and other information.
Tom Lehrer Music Community - LiveJournal community for discussions and links to video, audio, and pictures.
Tom Lehrer Song Lyrics - Collection of lyrics with MIDI accompaniments, footnotes, links, and images.
TomLehrer.org - Information about cover recordings and the TomFoolery musical.
Wikipedia: Tom Lehrer - Encyclopedia entry provides biographical information and links.
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