The Tom Lehrer Collection.

Locations
Call Number: CD Pop Lehrer Tom
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Shout Factory: 826663-11823 (826663-11824--826663-11825).
Humorous songs.
Selections originally released 1959-2000.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Tom Lehrer (15 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
CD: Fight fiercely, Harvard (2:26) -- Lobachevsky (4:20) -- The Irish ballad (5:11) -- When you are old and grey (2:26) -- Be prepared (2:28) -- The elements (2:10) -- We will all go together when we go (5:32) -- National Brotherhood Week (2:36) -- Pollution (2:14) -- So long, Mom (A song for World War III) (2:24) -- New math (4:30) -- Who's next? (3:02) -- Smut (3:15) -- Wernher von Braun (1:47) -- The Vatican rag (2:21) -- I got it from Agnes (1:47) -- That's mathematics (1:33) -- L-Y (2:11) -- Silent E (1:33) -- O-U (The hound song) (1:12) -- S-N (Snore, sniff, and sneeze) (2:33) -- N apostrophe T (2:12) -- Selling out (2:25) -- (I'm spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica (1:51) -- Poisoning pigeons in the park (2:07) -- The masochism tango (2:51).
DVD: Oslo 1967: National Brotherhood Week ; When you are old and grey ; MLF lullaby ; Poisoning pigeons in the park ; So long, Mom (A song for World War III) ; Pollution ; The masochism tango ; Send the Marines ; Who's next? ; Wernher von Braun ; The Vatican rag ; We will all go together when we go -- Bonus videos: I got it from Agnes (from the BBC program The Michael Parkinson show, 1980) ; Poisoning pigeons in the park (from the concert Hey, Mr. Producer! the world of Cameron Mackintosh, with intro by Stephen Sondheim, 1998) ; Four animated clips from The electric company. L-Y ; Silent E ; O-U (The hound song) ; S-N (Snore, sniff, and sneeze) ; The derivative song ; That's mathematics (performed at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1997).
Tom Lehrer, vocals and piano; in part with orchestra.
Lehrer's first hits collection contains highlights from across his 40-year recording career. This set also contains his first-ever DVD, featuring a slew of unreleased performances.
DVD.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Timeless Wit submitted by Meginator on August 23, 2020, 6:34pm Tom Lehrer’s dry, ironic wit has a timeless quality to it, despite the fact that so many of his songs deal directly with the anxieties of Cold War-era politics. Yet Lehrer manages to to make subjects as varied as the imminent threat of nuclear annihilation, the mechanics of (*ahem*) disease transmission, and mathematics laugh-out-loud hilarious, deploying little else aside from cheerful piano ditties and appropriate vocal affectations in service of his humor. While this particular collection inevitably omits some of the classics (“Oedipus Rex” is the most glaring absence), it offers an excellent, broad introduction to his work, accompanied by video of a 1967 performance in Oslo that showcases his unique joke delivery and Electric Company videos set to educational songs about grammar. Tom Lehrer’s legacy is evident in every contemporary comedic musical release, and this collection is a great representation of his unique and lasting genius.