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65 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What is it about Tom Lehrer? Why do these period-piece satires from the late 1950s resonate down the decades, such that a retailer on something called 'the Internet' can still turn a dollar selling them? Simply, Lehrer coined a kind of musical humour that is simple, universal and stands up to repeated playing.
What was risqué in 1959 is still funny now, as Lehrer indulges his everyday passions for murder, drug abuse and necrophilia in a Noel Coward piano style in front of an appreciative audience of middle-class Americans for whom the newfangled rock'n'roll was (as Lehrer puts it) "for children".
One of the joys of this CD - an amalgam of 'An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer' and 'Tom Lehrer Revisited', so you also get 80 good minutes - is that it is live. Lehrer's introductions are often as funny as the songs, and he proudly quotes his New York Times review: "Mr Lehrer's muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste."
Lehrer sells himself, and the humour crosses all ages: a CD bought for my father-in-law at Christmas went down so well that another had to be acquired for his 10-year old grand-daughter...
What was risqué in 1959 is still funny now, as Lehrer indulges his everyday passions for murder, drug abuse and necrophilia in a Noel Coward piano style in front of an appreciative audience of middle-class Americans for whom the newfangled rock'n'roll was (as Lehrer puts it) "for children".
One of the joys of this CD - an amalgam of 'An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer' and 'Tom Lehrer Revisited', so you also get 80 good minutes - is that it is live. Lehrer's introductions are often as funny as the songs, and he proudly quotes his New York Times review: "Mr Lehrer's muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste."
Lehrer sells himself, and the humour crosses all ages: a CD bought for my father-in-law at Christmas went down so well that another had to be acquired for his 10-year old grand-daughter...
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Tom Lehrer is completely brilliant, and these songs that kept my parents laughing in the 1950s are just as relevant and entertaining today. The man is a wonderful musician and the musical jokes are as clever as the verbal ones. This CD is also excellent value with 23 of his finest songs for just £6.97. There's not a single duffer amongst them, which works out at a miniscule 30p per track. Unmatchable for laughs and value.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Now this man is a lyrical genius. Hilarious throughout, not only from the songs but also the in between song speeches, often explaining a song coming forward. The best of the songs are Oedipus Rex, Lobachevsky, and The Irish Ballad.
There must of been thousands of people just like Mr Lehrer, doing the exact same throughout the 50's and 60's but he is one of the only ones remembered today. And rightly so for he is hilarious and has joyful little ditty's. His lyrics were widely controversial at the time, and may be even more so now. They remain truly dispuable.
This is probably a good purchase as this is Tom Lehrer at his best. I do not recommened buying his 3 disc set unless you love this, as it is fairly pricey. But i feel it is worth the money. This is 78 minutes of songs and speech and is totally delightful. At the price, it is a steal.
I recommend this for anyone with a decently intelligent sense of humour and a good sense of fun, you will love it.
Enjoy!
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Tom Lehrer is a superb comic lyricist. This CD contains a large number of highly hillarious songs which are brilliant for a quiet night in or to brighten up those long boring... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jarlath
Revisited
I had a friend who had a vinyl record of the Tom Lehrer (An Evening Wasted) so this was a good way of jogging the memory. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Colin Banks
Fantastic
The fabulous Tom Lehrer in concert in Harvard. Needless to say the songs are uniformly brilliant - though "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" and "We Will All Go Together When We Go"... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Crimdac
Timeless
I remembered "poisoning Pigeons in the park" from my days at home as a kid - with my Dad guffawing at everyone of the 33 rpm s. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ginola14
Very funny.
I loved Tom Lehrer when he was popular and radical in the 60's. I feel his humorous ditties are a bit dated now, especially for young, first time listeners. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Foxboy
Tom Lehrer
Superb wit and although the performance is at least 50 years old it still retains an almost unique ability to produce bouts of uncontrolled laughter
Published 12 months ago by Tcr Davies
Tom Lehrer in Concert
Enjoyable and raises memories.
Recording quality not good - live recording which is good, but the balance of voice against piano is wrong. Read more
Recording quality not good - live recording which is good, but the balance of voice against piano is wrong. Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. Turner
Tom 5 Amazon 0
i now have 2 copies of this disc. i had bought a copy from Amazon only weeks ago and for some reason, when i was purchasing a completely different item for Xmas, the original disc... Read more
Published 17 months ago by skeleton
Genius
Tom Lehrer is brilliant. This is pure satire 60s style. I grew up listing to this stuff and it still works for me. Not sure the kids will get it but so what. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Philip Jepson
Blast from the past
All my old favourites on a CD. Brilliant - Fast service at a great priceTom Lehrer In Concert
Published on 6 April 2010 by Nostalgia Freak
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