For most days in the past two or three weeks, I have included with my blog posts videos of songs by one of the greatest musical satirists of all time, a Harvard math professor named Tom Lehrer who enjoyed phenomenal success in the late 50's and early 60's. His lyrics, though often intentionally silly, skewer just about every aspect of life as he lived it in those very interesting days, and many are still extraordinarily relevant today. One of his songs, "The Elements," was recently sung on a British talk show by Daniel Radcliffe (a clip I included). I've actually performed that song myself onstage in a student-teacher variety show at the school I taught at in the early 80's.
So what I'm wondering is: what did you think of him? Did you enjoy his more intellectual brand of humor? Did he lose you with his button-down appearance? Did you like some songs more than others? Let me know; I'm quite curious!
3H: We'll be discussing symbolism and themes in Macbeth.
2CP: Back by popular demand: another WW day!
Drama: Memorize!! And get me those character lists.
Songs I have already shared: The Elements, Masochism Tango, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, The Vatigan Rag, Smut, National Brotherhood Week, So Long Mom (A Song For WWIII), New Math, and Oedipus Rex.
And here is something else from Tom Lehrer, a truly uplifting song:
And another bomb song:
Here we have Lehrer on STD's:
And here's Lehrer's environmentalist side:
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