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Use the more info link above. Do also click on the username and visit the channel's front page. And here is a link to a NEW channel support page:
http://home.broadpark.no/~emeyn/tl/
Over the years a lot of people have been offended by this song, also on YouTube. But the YouTube user "mtheadedwally" offered some help. Here is what he wrote:
"This song was written in response the Vatican 2 decree that the music of the liturgy would be modernised. Tom Lehrer was merely responding to this with a suggestion as to how the liturgy might sound in a modern format. There is nothing anti-catholic about it - Lehrer knocks everyone, even his own people and belief systems; it's not an -sm, it's satire. If you are offended by it, then try this; DON'T LISTEN!"
Mr. Tom Lehrer did react to "The Tom Lehrer wisdom channel" on YouTube. He said that he is fine with the postings, as long as the performance is not altered and as long as it's free in the YouTube flash video format. Do NOT ask for any video originals, ever again.
© 2008 Tom Lehrer
i love him and im 15. hes clever and funny with catchy tunes
By Doyly999 [Affiliate User] 1213788940 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveNot disagreeing with you, thats essentially what I'm saying, I was responding to yourbliss, whose reaction to someone pointing out the error seemed excerssive to me.
By Cafeeine [Affiliate User] 1213683569 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveCafeeine, lehrer made a mistake, that's all... everybody does from time to time. No need to be like that, nobody's denigrating nobody. A fact is just a fact, no judgement implied. So be calm :) and enjoy
By Aldlob [Affiliate User] 1213681714 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI am also 34 years old turning 35 day after fathers day. when i was a kid i just saw Lehrer's album at the library, got it, (after demento "So long mom") and just liked it from that day foreward. I have the cd box set...somewhere.
By TEMPmichaelhansen [Affiliate User] 1213533919 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removei am a huge lehrer fan, i am only 34 but the first song i ever heard of his was masochism tango on dr. demento and from there i was hooked, i have all of his songs and he is just wayyyy too much fun!
By sharall [Affiliate User] 1213524315 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removei swear during an interview, Tom said he didnt even submit this song. wow!!! A LOT OF PEOPLE WONT GET LEHRER: he did this in the 50's and 60'sl, but then he decided to quit showbusiness and has no interest in going back. He is 7# years old. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS SATIRE really in this day and age.
By TEMPmichaelhansen [Affiliate User] 1213466221 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveDude chill! Noting a flub is not the end of the world, and it doesn't denigrate Lehrer at all. You are being way too defensive, and I assure you Lehrer is too good to require our defense on a msg board.
By Cafeeine [Affiliate User] 1213367943 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removetom lehrer = genius!!
By matthewdunderdale [Affiliate User] 1212976366 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removesome people like Wierd Al but I prefer my musical parody in black and white with a touch of sacrilege.
By WillowWhiskers [Affiliate User] 1212659032 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI think that if listening to this lyrics (any song you take) you pay attention to a "slip" in the words he says, it's, like yourbliss888 said, thay you don'get him. You don't understand his critics, his irony, his wit. A math teacher making this comments on politics and the "american way of life" in the 60' is marvelouss, is great, even if he changes a ferw words. Besides, how many musicians do that when they sing live? Bya, Claudia
By xuxuloves [Affiliate User] 1212309197 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveNice opinions, but Lehrer made a mistake.
By jihadsoup [Affiliate User] 1212028804 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveOops! It's "Horowitz" - a typo!
My point is that if you want to a lyric-perfect performance, it can be purchased online. But it's live, too, so beware!
What the hell difference does it make if he rushed the lyrics? Great artists such as Horiwitz 'flubbed' notes; this is something called a "live" recording. No voice synthesizers or studio enhancement/corrections. Juggler, you're a bigger moron - neither of you obviously 'get' Lehrer's - or anyne's - genius, apparently. Step away from your computer, get out and listen to some live jazz or listen to something other than crack pop-rock. Errors may occur - that's the beauty of live art.
By yourbliss888 [Affiliate User] 1211973982 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removejihadsoup got it right, there was a slip in the lyrics at 0:18, when Lehrer started to do the "Make a cross on your abdomen" line, then quickly started in on the correct "Do whatever steps you want if" line. Surely you can see that it was rather rushed? And what is your problem, yourbliss888, that you would call someone a moron, when he/she probably "gets" Lehrer's genius at least as well as you do? Get a life, already.
By juggler64 [Affiliate User] 1211966927 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI agree
By natmax1 [Affiliate User] 1211911131 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveYou're right...when he was teaching (or is?) he said his students should call him either Mr. Lehrer or The Almighty...srry I just thought it was funny. lol
By ChisHallewell [Affiliate User] 1211896354 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removehe says "make do whatever steps you want if..." while the lyric is simply "do whatever steps you want if..."
By RoteHaareMann [Affiliate User] 1211890030 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThat's incredibly unfunny
By amitygardens [Affiliate User] 1211799540 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveYou moron - Lehrer is a genius. Nobody has reached his parody bar - you shouldn't even be permitted to type about him. "Very good?"
You don't really get him, do ya?
what lyrical mistake?
By natmax1 [Affiliate User] 1211312031 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveVery good except for the lyric mistake he makes in the beginning.
By jihadsoup [Affiliate User] 1211285864 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removehe's the personification of everything that's good in the world.
By BeavisPod [Affiliate User] 1210997155 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveTom Lehrer is or was a maths professor at, I think, Harvard. Started recording in the late fifties. Two albums and then back to Harvard. he was invited to contribute a topical song every week to the satirical tv show "That was the week that was" Finally gave up on satire when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize saying he couldn't top that. Tom lehrer is now 80 years old.
By gooneyakaspoon [Affiliate User] 1210494494 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveTom Lehrer is Jewish!
By natmax1 [Affiliate User] 1210446169 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removehe's saying the little man in the box will tell you if you've come up with an original sin. It's also a play on the original sin. Jeeze, I didn't think it was that hard to understand.
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