JessamynWhen I heard the news about Kissinger, I remembered what Tom Lehrer (who stopped touring about the same time this happened, and is still alive) said about his legacy.
Lehrer put all his songs in the public domain. Legend.
Cyberpunk Librarian@jessamyn That man is an absolute treasure.
חנן כהן • Hanan Cohen@jessamyn I already saw posts about asking Lehrer to return now with just one last song.
Ryuno-Ki@jessamyn Hero of our English lessons! 🦸♂️
Coles Street Pothole@jessamyn
When I consider the question, "Who radicalized me?" I often think of listening to "That Was the Year That Was" as a ten-year-old, in particular this song.
https://tomlehrersongs.com/so-long-mom/
When I consider the question, "Who radicalized me?" I often think of listening to "That Was the Year That Was" as a ten-year-old, in particular this song.
https://tomlehrersongs.com/so-long-mom/
🇪🇷Götterdämmerung@jessamyn Yeah, which only supports my sentiment that the Onion's headlines are no longer satirical, but truthful.
RodneyPetersonTalentAgencyBest known for his Billboard Summer Song of the Year hit record, covered by countless other artists, delighting children everywhere, and populating Christmas playlists on radio stations and playing giddily for Holiday shoppers in retail establishments overhead PA music systems endlessly, “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”🎄🎅🏻🧑🏼🎄
SparkleTeaLove that man so much.
I took a math class in college from him, it was called "Philosophical Problems in Mathematics"; years later unknowingly he became the second famous person to follow me on that bird place.
EdgeWhat a wonderful, talented man. I know most of his songs by heart.