It’s not against any religion…

I found a pristine version of a superb Tom Lehrer song
that I posted earlier in the year.
Absolutely sublime in its approach, presentation and performance.
This is what I live for, some of the best satire on the planet.
Before you click on it though, please read this excerpt from his wiki Bio.
This is Tom himself from an interview earlier this year…

“The copyist arrived at the last minute with the parts and passed them out to the band
… And there was no title on it, and there was no lyrics.
And so they ran through it, ‘what a pleasant little waltz’…
And the engineer said, ‘”Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,’ take one,”
and the piano player said, ‘”What?”‘ and literally fell off the stool.

That seriously cracks me up!

Or, check out this quote from Randy Newman…

“He’s one of the great American songwriters without a doubt,
right up there with everybody, the top guys. As a lyricist,
as good as there’s been in the last half of the 20th century.”

That is quite the compliment.

Here is Tom Lehrer at his BEST…

Wonderful, just wonderful!

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