RIP Tom Lehrer. Truly a genius.

American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv02yd2714o

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TOM LEHRER, 97
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Tom Lehrer, Influential Satirist Whose Topical Songs Poked and Prodded America in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97

https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/tom-lehrer-dead-satirist-topical-singer-songwriter-1236471506/

When I was a kid, my Catholic friends got tremendous joy out of Tom Lehrer's "Vatican Rag." So please, in Lehrer's honor, Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect.....

"That Was the Week That Was" was so huge at the time it is hard to remember that it only aired in 1962 and 1963. Tom Lehrer might echo words from its closing theme,

That was the week that was
It's over, let it go
Oh, what a week it was
That was the week that was

RiP

I just went down the Tom Lehrer rabbit hole (once again). Such a brilliantly witty satirist & pianist, and creator of some of the best worst puns & internal tortured rhymes you could ever wish for (and I say that as a card-carrying #Sondheim fan 🙃)

and he’s still alive! 😜

I hope you all know his wonderful body of work already, but if not – strap in, you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000…! 🎉🎉🎉

enjoy his biting ditties in glorious B&W…
👉 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1C68974C982CBA68

he released all his songs into the public domain in 2022
👉 https://tomlehrersongs.com/disclaimer/

so…

go stream or download them
👉 https://tomlehrersongs.com/albums/

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