Music : Tom Lehrer In Concert

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042284424127
Format: Live
Label: Decca - Pop
Manufacturer: Decca - Pop
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca - Pop
Release Date: October 10, 1994
Running Time: 50 minutes
Studio: Decca - Pop
Sales Rank: 4503

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Disc 1:

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

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Rating: - 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.

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Rating: - 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 ... Read More

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Rating: - 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 ... Read More

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Rating: - First wave of the satire boom
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 ... Read More

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Rating: - Tom lehrer in concert his best piece ever
Review of Tom Lehrer In Concert
Tom Lehrer was a pioneer in the music form known as Classical-Comedy. The self-taught musician made a total of five CDs the most commonly known are "Tom Lehrer In Concert" and "That Was The Year That was." Tom Lehrer in concert covers many topics including the four, which I will review. These are (#4) "The Elements, (#7)" Clementine," (#16) "Lobachevsky", and (#23) "Be Prepared".
"The Elements" is a simple list set to a beat that is just faster than your heartbeat. ... Read More

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