[Dixielandjazz] Satire in song - Tom Lehrer

[Jerry Gordon]

 It's more parody than satire, but don't forget the wonderful Allen
Sherman. Lots of his stuff on YouTube.

Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Webmaster for http://APlaceForJazz.org  
http://SwingtimeJazz.org 



On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:30:06 EST Jtnt at aol.com writes:
> Phil Wilking wrote:
>  
> <<Amazon.com still has a collection of his songs in piano/vocal  
> version and 
> several CDs
> 
> But, hard as it is for us middle aged types  to believe, there are 
> many now 
> who don't remember when he was a popular  entertainer/song writer in 
> the 
> 1950's and 60's.
> 
> Here are some youtube  URLs for his performances. Hurry to get them 
> before 
> the PC police burn  them.>>
>  
> First, thanks for putting us in the ranks of the "middle  aged"   
> :-)
>  
> Second, for REAL fans, there's a LOT more of Lehrer here:
>  
>
_http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Atomic+bomb+Tom+Lehrer+We+wi
ll+al
>
l+go+together+comedy+profecy+satire+song&search=related&v=frAEmhqdLFs&pag
e=1_ 
> 
>
(http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Atomic+bomb+Tom+Lehrer+We+wi
ll+al
>
l+go+together+comedy+profecy+satire+song&search=related&v=frAEmhqdLFs&pag
e=1) 
> 
>  
> Jack Thomas
>