Track Listing

1. Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
2. Bright College Days
3. A Christmas Carol
4. The Elements
5. Oedipus Rex
6. In Old Mexico
7. Clementine
8. It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier
9. She's My Girl
10. The Masochism Tango
11. We Will All Go Together When We Go
12. I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
13. The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
14. The Old Dope Peddler
15. Fight Fiercely, Harvard
16. Lobachevsky
17. The Irish Ballad
18. The Hunting Song
19. My Home Town
20. When you are old and grey
21. The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
22. I hold your Hand in mine
23. Be prepared

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #912 in Music
• Released on: 1994-10-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Running time: 50 minutes

Customer Reviews

Completely brilliant
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.

Delightful!
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!

Hilarious satire!
This album is both humourous and musically brilliant. I suspect that it is as entertaining today as it was when it was recorded over 40 years ago. Although the appeal of some of the songs might be limited to those with a rather warped sense of humour (such as myself,)one cannot deny the brilliance of the composer and performance. Tom Lehrer takes frequently used song topics, (the most obvious being love) and adds his own refreshing and amusing slant to them. He also writes his own humerous lyrics while maintaining established forms such as the ballad and walz. My personal favourite is track 6, "in old Mexico." Generally a great album and I would recommend it to anyone with a sense of humour and an open mind. It will be especially appreciated by those with musical skills.