- Audio CD (24 July 2000)
- Number of Discs: 3
- Format: Box set, Original recording remastered, Import
- Label: Warner Archives/Rhino/Reprise
- ASIN: B00004SWBH
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 89,862 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Fight Fiercely, Harvard | |||
| 2. Old Dope Peddler | |||
| 3. Be Prepared | |||
| 4. Wild West Is Where I Want to Be | |||
| 5. I Wanna Go Back to Dixie | |||
| 6. Lobachevsky | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Introduction | |||
| 2. I Wanna Go Back to Dixie | |||
| 3. Wild West Is Where I Want to Be | |||
| 4. Old Dope Peddler | |||
| 5. Fight Fiercely, Harvard | |||
| 6. Lobachevsky | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. National Brotherhood Week | |||
| 2. MLF Lullaby | |||
| 3. George Murphy | |||
| 4. Folk Song Army | |||
| 5. Smut | |||
| 6. Send the Marines | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Tom Lehrer was never a popular favourite in his native country: in the States, Lehrer was--and is--a cult artist, appealing to Ivy Leaguers and Wallace Shawn-era New York readers. Maybe it's due to the fact that Lehrer has a sense of humour--he's ironic, intelligent, literary and knowing--and not a sense of humor: this is not music for the masses that have made Adam Sandler a star. Lehrer's métier is to use classic song styles (waltzes, tangoes, traditional folk tunes) and twist them to his needs; he sings them (relatively) straight, but with vaudeville timing, taking pot shots at the left, right and centre.
The three-disc set The Remains of Tom Lehrer collects every album that Lehrer's ever released: the studio albums Songs by Tom Lehrer and More of Tom Lehrer, the live recordings Tom Lehrer Revisited and An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer, and That Was The Year That Was; they're joined by studio sessions with Richard Hayman, Joe Raposo and Rob Fisher. Amazing, then, that there are only 59 different songs here--31 appear here twice (in both studio and live versions), with a further four songs making three appearances (those reprised in the Hayman sessions). The real surprise is the inclusion of six previously unreleased songs--some old, some new; some witty but educational (recorded for a children's TV show), the others witty but cynical. --Randy Silver
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
from the bible to the popular song......,
This review is from: The Remains Of Tom Lehrer (Audio CD)
everything is ridiculed, picked on, laughed at and generally sung about.From nuclear war to nuclear families sleeping together, every idea everwrote about is to be found somewhere in here. This is simply a fantasticcollection of some of the funniest, most hilarious, timeless pieces ofcomedy ever written. Any one interested in music, politics, war,americans, sleeping with or killing various members of their families,murdering various small animals or remembering their college years, thereis a song here for you. But dont just buy this collection for the songsand extremely funny interludes, which will have you rolling with laughter,but also for the book which comes with the box set. Which contains manyinsights in to the life of lehrer and what made him the way he is today (amaths lecturer who needed to get out and sing hilariously daft songs).
142 of 146 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Prepare to be disillusioned...,
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This review is from: The Remains Of Tom Lehrer (Audio CD)
...with today's comedy. After having listened to Tom Lehrer, you'll find it difficult to be so entertained by comedians today, many of whom seem to think standing on stage and swearing is funny.No, there's not a single swear word on these CDs. No reference to sex either (unless, of course, you count Oedipus Rex) or any of the other topics today's entertainers fall back on. Mr. Lehrer is, however, one of funniest people to ever get up on stage. He covers issues which would appear completely devoid of humour brilliantly. The theme of nuclear fallout, for example, is taken and turned into a ballad entitled 'We Will All Go Together When We Go' (which includes the great rhyme of "sooner'll" with "funeral"). What's amazing is how much of the material here could have been written yesterday. 'Send the Marines' is a case in point, and could easily have been written about the recent war in Iraq. Some, of course, - particularly some of the songs on disc 3, which were recorded for a current affairs show - are obviously dated, but even when this is the case, the songs are still enjoyable in their own right. You might even learn a bit about '60s American politics... Personally I prefer the live records to the studio ones, and rarely listen to the latter. Yes, as others have mentioned, quite a lot of the material is very similar, but for just over £20, you get 2 concerts, and a book, as well as the duplicate songs for completeness. Is it worth the money? Yes. Definately. 100%. Just do yourself a favour and buy it. To close, a quote from the liner notes: "Any ideas expressed on this record should not be taken as representing Mr. Lehrer's true convictions, for indeed he has none. 'If anyone objects to any statement I make,' he has said, 'I am quite prepared not only to retract it, but also to deny under oath that I ever made it.' So don't write in, Okay?" Please don't forget to vote for this review if you found it helpful. Thanks.
45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant - caustically satirical and laugh-out-loud funny,
This review is from: The Remains Of Tom Lehrer (Audio CD)
Tom Lehrer is one of the great satirists - you will see him quoted in collections of wit and hear modern humourists claim him as an influence. He can be serious & funny, silly & funny, political & funny, you name it. This box set also includes a book which contains a lengthy biography with plenty of comments from the man himself - making it worth buying even if you have most of the songs already.
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