From 1980, a television appearance by the brilliant Tom Lehrer, where he performs a song that never made it onto any of his records back in the day. (I hear it's on the CD re-issue, though.)
Via David Nessle.
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Tom Lehrer Got It From Agnes
From 1980, a television appearance by the brilliant Tom Lehrer, where he performs a song that never made it onto any of his records back in the day. (I hear it's on the CD re-issue, though.) Via David Nessle....
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Tom Lehrer Got It From Agnes
Category: Humour • Music
Posted on: June 2, 2009 4:23 PM, by Martin R
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I'd never heard that one before. Brilliant!
Posted by: The Science Pundit | June 3, 2009 12:13 AM
It's on "The Remains of Tom Lehrer", so I have heard it before.
There's a video of some stuff that didn't get into the CD, this is one of the songs.
Posted by: Bob O'H | June 3, 2009 1:28 AM
Haha, the "Sociology" song captures a trend in 60s and 70s archaeology as well. I wonder what Lehrer would have made of the reaction against that, the "post-processualism" of the later 80s and 90s.
Lehrer, born in '28, is still around, BTW.
Posted by: Martin R | June 3, 2009 3:28 AM
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Successful Researcher: How to Become One | June 5, 2009 6:13 PM
I remember this song from The Doctor Demento Show (a syndicated comedy radio show here in the U.S.; popular in the 1970's and '80's, for those of you not familiar).
The big surprise here was Martin's reference to Tom Lehrer still being alive. I had assumed he was long gone. I am glad to see he's still around.
Posted by: PsyberDave | June 5, 2009 9:21 PM
Tom Lehrer was, last I heard,
He's 81 or 82 now.
Posted by: Monado | June 9, 2009 8:18 AM