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RIP Tom Lehrer 😥

 

 

For those who like his songs, you may not know that they are all in the public domain and freely downloadable here.


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 8:40 am
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Only found out about him as Bill Bryson had Poisoning Pigeons In The Park as one of his Desert Island Discs. That's a good innings he had. 🙂 


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 8:51 am
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Ah that's a shame, my Dad is (was?) a big fan, and I enjoyed hearing his songs in the house when I was growing up.


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 10:07 am
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A genius. I'll play the Vatican Rag tonight.

The New York Times reviewed him with "Mr lehrer's muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste"


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 10:57 am
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Masochism Tango for the Sandwich family tonight. The information on his 60 year joke in NSA papers is also worth seeking out along with his sample authorisation letter to 2 Chainz (not quoted here due to some strong language in the rap idiom).


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 12:23 pm
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To be honest, I haven’t heard anything of his for years, I hadn’t realised he was still alive, well, obviously he isn’t now…

I’ll have to check his stuff out, Poisoning Pigeons In The Park is a certified classic! 
In a funny sort of way he reminds me of a very early predecessor of Half Man Half Biscuit.


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 1:07 pm
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Except for the ones we take home to experiment...

We had a bit of a Tom Lehrer fan club at school, that would be 50 years ago.  Eeeeek!

He had a good innings and brought smiles and laughs to so many.  Also taught a few people maths apparently.


 
Posted : 28/07/2025 3:08 pm

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