The Remains of Tom Lehrer | 
 enlarge | Artist: Tom Lehrer
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $49.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 5197
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 2.1
MPN: 79831
UPC: 081227983123
EAN: 0081227983123
ASIN: B00004SWBH
Release Date: May 23, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Fight Fiercely, Harvard | | • | The Old Dope Peddler | | • | Be Prepared | | • | The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be | | • | I Wanna Go Back to Dixie | | • | Lobachevsky | | • | The Irish Ballad | | • | The Hunting Song | | • | My Home Town | | • | When You Are Old and Gray | | • | I Hold Your Hand in Mine | | • | The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz | | • | Poisoning Pigeons in the Park | | • | Bright College Days | | • | A Christmas Carol | | • | The Elements | | • | Oedipus Rex | | • | In Old Mexico | | • | Clementine | | • | It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier | | • | She's My Girl | | • | The Masochism Tango | | • | We Will All Go Together When We Go | | • | I Got It from Agnes | | • | That's Mathematics |
Disc 2
| • | Introduction | | • | I Wanna Go Back to Dixie | | • | The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be | | • | The Old Dope Peddler | | • | Fight Fiercely, Harvard | | • | Lobachevsky | | • | The Irish Ballad | | • | The Hunting Song | | • | My Home Town | | • | When You Are Old and Gray | | • | The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz | | • | I Hold Your Hand in Mine | | • | Be Prepared | | • | Poisoning Pigeons in the Park | | • | Bright College Days | | • | A Christmas Carol | | • | The Elements | | • | Oedipus Rex | | • | In Old Mexico | | • | Clementine | | • | It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier | | • | She's My Girl | | • | The Masochism Tango | | • | We Will All Go Together When We Go |
Disc 3
| • | National Brotherhood Week | | • | MLF Lullaby | | • | George Murphy | | • | The Folk Song Army | | • | Smut | | • | Send the Marines | | • | Pollution | | • | So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) | | • | Whatever Became of Hubert? | | • | New Math | | • | Alma | | • | Who's Next? | | • | Wernher Von Braun | | • | The Vatican Rag | | • | Poisoning Pigeons in the Park | | • | The Masochism Tango | | • | The Hunting Song | | • | We Will All Go Together When We Go | | • | L-Y | | • | Silent E | | • | O-U (The Hound Song) - Tom Lehrer, Public Domain [1] | | • | S-N (Snore, Sniff, and Sneeze) | | • | N Apostrophe T | | • | Selling Out | | • | (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This three-CD set collects many of Tom Lehrer's tunes, described by Time magazine as "brilliant and coruscating parodies," bringing back a bygone era when the "liberal consensus," as Lehrer calls them, knew who they were and could, therefore, laugh at both themselves and the well-defined enemy. Delivering clever, witty rhymes about topical subjects was Leher's strength. In "Wernher Von Braun" [the Nazi German scientist who later worked for NASA], Lerher sings: "I'll sing you a tale of Wernher Von Braun / A man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience / Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down / 'That's not my department,' says Wernher Von Braun." Using a rollicking piano as accompaniment, Lehrer will remind some of Mark Russell, the current political satirist, but Lehrer's more pointed humor and grating, nasal voice make him a much tougher listen. His Jimmy Durante-like delivery, however, doesn't completely trump his truly quick mind and clever use of language. --Wally Shoup
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| Customer Reviews: Read 30 more reviews...
 Absolutely wonderful December 3, 2008
A brilliant satirist with a razor sharp wit and something to say. This collection is wonderful and I recommend it to anyone who needs a laugh or leans politically to the left.
Genuflect! Genuflect! April 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Take a knee before the awesomeness that is Tom Lehrer! Don't let reviewers who tell you that the music becomes repetitive, almost Vivaldi; NO! Even if Tom Lehrer's work was the spoken word alone, it would be enough to give me just as severe cramps (from laughing!) as do his kinky melodious songs! As a current Music Major undergrad, I can appreciate many of the musical nuances of Lehrer's compositions. However, it is in the COMPLETE combination of words, music, and Lehrer's fantastic inflexions and sometimes extremely subtle humor that get the laughs!
Still not convinced? These recordings were produced in the 60s... and are still - unadulterated - relevant today.
Enjoy!
Beautiful compilation, well mastered November 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Remains of Tom Lehrer constitutes almost the entire corpus of Mr. Lehrer's works, preserved in its original hilarious form and accompanied by a lovely book detailing the life and works of this little-known comedian. Lehrer fans will not be disappointed at the breadth or quality of this set and it's a steal at the price.
What a great compilation! September 9, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This collection really took me back to childhood, when my dad used to play them for me. Absolutely complete!!
5++ Stars July 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Now who doesn't love Tom Lehrer? I had all of his Reprise label vinyl albums, and knew the words to every song therein, when I was in high school. Of course I got beaten up a lot.
If you don't know who Tom Lehrer is, then you probably won't enjoy this record. Otherwise, unless you have pristine vinyl, and my records have been overplayed, this is a very good compendium.
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