Tom Lehrer - So long, mom (a song for world war III)

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Yes, yes, yes. This is the american satirist and humourist Tom Lehrer again. Here he is, in the golden sixties, performing his tune "So long, mom (a song for WW III)". He is (was) a pure satirist genius, nothing less. I've heard that he is still around, but I surely miss THIS part of him. BTW, M
r. Tom Lehrer has now reacted to "The Tom Lehrer wisdom channel" on Youtube. He says that he is fine with the postings, as long as the performance is not altered and as long as it's free in the Youtube flash video format. Please do NOT ask for any video originals. Enjoy! Special link: A Swedish Yo
utube user just published an introduction to Lehrer, partly in Swedish and partly in English. It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader on your machine. Click here for the pdf document: http://www2.sofi.su.se/~joj/docs/Lehrer_introduktion.pdf The Tom Lehrer song index: http://www.casualhacker.net/tom.lehr
er/song_index.html MySpace tribute: http://www.myspace.com/tomlehrertribute Tom Lehrer interview (2003): http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046407753895.html

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guess i was lucky.. ... ( 2 months ago by brabon)

guess i was lucky....grew up in san francisco and tom was a prof at uc santa cruz and guest lectured at sf state...so he showed up from time to time on local tv tom is a national treasure, and i would like to know when he is gonna get honored at the kennedy center

He was edgy then; ... ( 2 months ago by manzanadecoco)

He was edgy then; he's still edgy now. The Smothers Brothers got kicked off the air in the 1960s for edginess. The culture is more conservative now. Nixon got ousted after 1/10 of what Bush has been up to. I think Kennedy Centre honours are unlikely. It's more likely that Reagan will be exhumed and charged with state-sponsored terrorism.

I like who's next ... ( 2 months ago by BIZNAILEY)

I like who's next alot! All of his songs are really good!

I've always ... ( 1 month ago by Poorhuni)

I've always pronounced it Lairer. Like... Evil lair and er on the end... Yeah. Made more sense in my head.
Ah well, he's a genius anyway...

lol! he was so ... ( 1 month ago by Pa1ntBall3rs)

lol! he was so ahead of his time wasnt he!?

No. I'd say he was ... ( 1 month ago by SmokeDef)

No. I'd say he was pointing out that the usa where going for another war shortly after the second world war was over. Communism was the new threat and target of wars to come. Not ahead of his time, we're still behind and fight for petty shit

What do you expect ... ( 1 month ago by RedwoodTheElf)

What do you expect for a race so primitive WE STILL USE ROCKS FOR MONEY!

this guy is actuly ... ( 1 month ago by jimmybobface)

this guy is actuly very cleaver u can tell by the word he uses in the song

I guess you hope we ... ( 1 month ago by SmokeDef)

I guess you hope we get a cashless society. What do you want to use as currency instead of "rocks" ?? Bits and bytes, zeros and ones ? Money was "inveted" to make trading easier. Imagine you want to buy a fish for dinner but the fish dealer does not want your tomatoes, he has no need for them but he would need some new furniture. Now you gotta trade your tomatoes for a chair so you can trade the chair then for fish. This is a fucking metaphor if you didn't get the point.

What does "inveted" ... ( 1 month ago by RedwoodTheElf)

What does "inveted" mean? I presume you meant "inveNted" instead.
I am quite familiar as to the "why" of the invention of cash, thanks...and by "still using rocks for money" I was referring to the use of gold, silver, and things like diamonds. Plus, it was a JOKE...

adn I geuss yuo ... ( 1 month ago by SmokeDef)

adn I geuss yuo maent "What do you expect OF a race so primitive" fucking typo nazi ...ho yaeh, ti saw vobiuolsy a jeko yuo fikcugn hopycreti fuck you again

wlel praodn me, oh ... ( 1 month ago by RedwoodTheElf)

wlel praodn me, oh mnildses ibemlclie.
smoe may fnid tihs itnreetsnig...raendnig tihs wkros bcuasee as lnog as the fsirt and lsat lrtetes are crecort, yuor bairn itnrerptes wdros as a wlhoe and not as idvniidaul ltetres.

I'll look for you ... ( 3 weeks ago by schnellbomber87)

I'll look for you when the war is over...an hour and a half from now! Pure genius!!

"the year that was" ... ( 3 weeks ago by RarewareLover)

"the year that was" is my favorite collection

Can any one tell me ... ( 2 weeks ago by Elevationary)

Can any one tell me how many people have to be killed in order for it to be called a Holocoust,because we know what a holocoust is,but there is no mention on the amount of people have to be part of it in order for it to be considered a holocoust,we all know what the germans did,but are there other Holocousts that we take fro granted?

smokedef are you ... ( 2 weeks ago by intowiz)

smokedef are you actually going to attack people on every one of tom lehrer's videos. whats teh point why do it?

I'll second that, ... ( 1 week ago by Malaka57)

I'll second that, mate! I think I was nine or so when my parents got the record (he sang the songs a little differently on the vinyl)... To this date I know every single one of them and not one has lost its vigor.

ok, ok... jesus ... ( 1 week ago by olin3434)

ok, ok... jesus christ, smokedef... what the hell is your problem???

wow, do you have ... ( 1 week ago by olin3434)

wow, do you have any life, smokedef? do you go onto youtube just to attack people? talk about anger management! i can see this guy smashing his monitor against the wall in anger! lol!

a Holocaust is a ... ( 4 days ago by Lawler016)

a Holocaust is a mass extinction, or attempted mass extinction of a race. There is no real set death toll.

well then Lawler016 ... ( 1 day ago by Elevationary)

well then Lawler016 does that mean we should class wars as holocausts then?including the war against Ireland by the Brits,for example in the early 80s there were under 1 million people living in Ireland,200 years before that there was 3 million,and 800 years before that there was around 7 million,if you take the amount of Irish people in the U.S today,most of those peoples ancestors never wanted to leave Ireland long ago,Americans have to understand that the Irish were pushed/killd from Ireland.

u have to ... ( 1 day ago by jimmybobface)

u have to understand is dat the usa nd "brits" ie england are better than irland in so many ways ie. in england we can have the C of E living allongside catholics and not try and blow each other up and we arnt such twats as to attack little kiddies on their way to school and make them need a police gaurd to get to school

so befor u start ... ( 1 day ago by jimmybobface)

so befor u start critasising the USA and "brits" take a quick look at Irland coza whatever both USA and "brits" did was only helpin u out over there coz ur to primatave to sort
anythink out for ur self

Thank you, ... ( 22 hours ago by 6funswede)

Thank you, crazedkid103, for your comment. These videos are rare and genuine live video recordings of Lehrer and very few exists. I am so happy that people appreciate them, as is Tom Lehrer (I guess). Discussions posted under each video clip is a good thing. It is not necessary that people agree on "everything". As long as people doesn't say rude things about Lehrer (or me for posting), that's ok. :-)

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