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Track Listings
| 1. National Brotherhood Week |
| 2. MLF Lullaby |
| 3. George Murphy |
| 4. The Folk Song Army |
| 5. Smut |
| 6. Send The Marines |
| 7. Pollution |
| 8. So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III) |
| 9. Whatever Became Of Hubert? |
| 10. New Math |
| 11. Alma |
| 12. Who's Next? |
| 13. Wehrner Von Braun |
| 14. The Vatican Rag |
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Harvard-educated mathematician by trade and socio-political humorist and satirist by avocation, ivory tickler Tom Lehrer sang irreverent ditties that both outraged and delighted listeners during his on-again, off-again heyday of public performance in the late 1950s through the 1970s. Perhaps best known for his "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", Lehrer combined razor-sharp wit with dry delivery inspired by everything from vaudeville and ragtime to whimsical show tunes and faux folk. Though a tad dated, Lehrer's wickedly pointed That Was the Year That Was is as good a representation of the mid-'60s American social and political climate as any. Recorded live in 1965 and composed largely of songs from the contemporaneous NBC series That Was the Week That Was, the album takes on boho Americana ("The Folk Song Army"), censorship ("Smut"), and the atomic bomb ("Who's Next"). Devilishly funny as well are the outstanding "Vatican Rag" and the puzzle that is "New Math". --Paige La Grone
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Met Tom Lehrer...,
By Gary Wolff (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: That Was the Year That Was (Audio CD)
in 1972. He came to St. Louis, MO during the election year between McGovern and Nixon, and he played at a private residence as a fund-raiser for McGovern. My father knew what I huge fan I was at age 14, and we all sat on the floor (the kids did, at least) and listened to him play the wonderful tunes that I had already memorized for 4 years. Afterwards, my dad introduced me and asked him if he'd be willing to play for a private party at our house, and he politely declined. But I shook the hand of the master, and to this day I sing his songs aloud while driving (with or without his accompanying CD.) Who else out there has memorized "The Elements"? Never took chemistry, but I've got em down... How about the line in "The Vatican Rag": "Step into that small confessional; there the guy whose got religion'll tell you if your sin's original!" Was there ever a funnier line written anywhere? Thanks Tom, for being you. My only regret is that you never received the true acclaim you deserved; of course, being a Harvard lib, maybe its for the best!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great C/D,
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This review is from: That Was the Year That Was (Audio CD)
had this as a vinyl album but worn out. nice to have it again
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
What is The Meaning of Life? (hint: The answer is not "42"),
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This review is from: That Was the Year That Was (Audio CD)
Nuclear war, pollution, law, politics, religion, planned obsolescence, multicultualism, racism, etc. etc. It's all here. This is Doctor Strangelove meeting Mark Twain -- with predictable results (or, picture "Mr. Spock" from STAR TREK as a humorist).Comic genius so sublime it still rings true nearly 4 decades later. A Mathematician who became a sensation at Harvard took his material on the road (so to speak), and this is part of the results. Unlike most 1960's art (which was really just trash camouflaged in sleek, slick, and shiny space-age sheathings), this is the space age technology itself -- without the fancy packaging. The principle of Occam's Razor has rarely been put to comic purposes with such effect. I hate to sound like an intellectual snob, but in this case it's true that one's propensity to "get" the humor here is very strongly and closely correlated with IQ or general intelligence. So, don't bother playing it for dumb relatives or other dimwits -- it will all go right over their heads. If you belong to 'Mensa', you probably already have this, so you are already "One of the Ones Who Knows". I'd rate it "6 STARS" but there are only 5 available here.
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