My parents had the “An Evening Wasted With…” album.
5 thoughts on “Tom Lehrer”
Sad. Even though he didn’t think much of us who could count backward from 10… But I give him a lot of cred for explaining “New” Math. He will be missed.
I have three Tom Lehrer albums, all (some time since) ripped to MP3’s: “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer,” “Tom Lehrer Revisited,” and “Tom Lehrer – The Year That Was.” My faves: “The Elements,” “The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be,” “National Brotherhood Week,” and “Wernher Von Braun.” (“‘Za rockets go up…who knows vere zey come down…zat’s not my department,’ says Wernher Von Braun!”)
Back in the 90’s? I saw him playing at UCSB…worth a drive up from WLA.
I may not agree with his politics but his songs were funny. My backseater would sing “So Long Mom” when we were training to drop a bomb on eastern Europe.
Sad. Even though he didn’t think much of us who could count backward from 10… But I give him a lot of cred for explaining “New” Math. He will be missed.
I have three Tom Lehrer albums, all (some time since) ripped to MP3’s: “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer,” “Tom Lehrer Revisited,” and “Tom Lehrer – The Year That Was.” My faves: “The Elements,” “The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be,” “National Brotherhood Week,” and “Wernher Von Braun.” (“‘Za rockets go up…who knows vere zey come down…zat’s not my department,’ says Wernher Von Braun!”)
Oh, and…Riders in the Sky did a terrific rendition of “The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be.”
Had every song on TWTYTW memorized in my teen years. Can probably still sing half of them from memory in my late 60s.
Back in the 90’s? I saw him playing at UCSB…worth a drive up from WLA.
I may not agree with his politics but his songs were funny. My backseater would sing “So Long Mom” when we were training to drop a bomb on eastern Europe.