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 I still remember when I first heard Lehrer's songs. My college friends and I couldn't stop laughing. What made you think of this one?
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He's still around. And even the younger crowd appreciates his music...
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I liked Elements. Renowned plectrum banjo player posted the pigeons tune on FB.
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I think Vatican Rag was on the same album. 
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Vatican Rag is on the album "That Was the Year That Was"
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This was a favorite of my kids. We listened in the car all the time as part of the Dr. Demento cds.
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"Two, four, six, eight, Time to transubstantiate!" Poisoning the Pigeons was new to me. Just connected the Vatican Rag to Lehrer. Thanks
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In case you want to host a Tom Lehrer sing-a-long... https://www.amazon.com/Lehrer-...Searle/dp/0394749308
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I have that book beside my piano. One of my sons bought it years ago. I first became acquainted with Tom Lehrer's songs by way of a college room mate. The thread reminded me of another satirical composer, P.D.Q. Bach, as imagined by Peter Schickele. P.D.Q. Bach - The Art of the Ground Round - VI. Nellie is a Nice Girl Big Al
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana |
i was introduced to PDQ Bach while in music camp in the berkshires when i was 12 years old. for the final performance of the summer, some members of the senior orchestra and chorus performed "Ipheginia in Brooklyn" which led me to get several PDQ Bach albums that fall. Iphegenia is performed by a counter tenor singing a recitative, accompanied by oboe and bassoon reeds--without the oboes or the bassoons. I was all alone in my appreciation after that summer, unfortunately.
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
I grew up listening to early Tom Lehrer - up to That Was The Year That Was. I knew all the words. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park The Elements Masochism Tango I Hold Your Hand in Mine Fight Fiercely Harvard The Old Dope Peddler and one of my all-time faves, Be Prepared! Many years ago on a road trip with mother, we sang along with the complete 3 CD set. He said his parents were "gastronomic Jews... they worshipped at the deli". Yeah.
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana |
Ha! I have a friend who calls himself a "culinary Jew" He reveres matzoh ball soup.
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Just in case you are unfamiliar... https://youtu.be/nLvCVRuZZgY
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