so a hooker , a druggie ,a crazy idiot , someone who committed homicide, a math teacher that sold porn and a sunday school teacher that .... ?????? oh yes indeed, the people there are just plain folks !
I bought an LP in the early sixties of this genius. Lost the bugger many years ago but the songs live in my heart forever. He is a "one off" there has never been or will ever be another Tom Lehrer. Magic!!
In two years my school has a reunion... I wish I could get this song to be played, really loud, with lyrics and all. Anonimously preferably, since they seem to have branded me as a racist after laughing at the BEP parody "I'm a Korean" shown in class
@AlecTaylor6 There is no missing line. I'm not kidding you: Tom always found a way to leave it out of his recordings. He has even said, simply, that there is no line.
Sounds like that town has a high crime rate. I could tell you some bad things that happened in my hometown. Like when the KFC went out of business for selling marijuana. Kind of like that South Park episode: Medicinal Fried Chicken but not exactly.
It is kind of funny that he said he never thought of a line after "Parson Brown" and makes it sound really mean, bad, and dirty when he says "I guess I better leave this line out just to be on the safe side."
@SmattNC I've been searching for this line. Only one website seems to have it: "They shocked the congregation when they tied the knot".
Makes sense. I'm pretty sure the term "going down" wasn't in common use in the mid-60's. Also, no need for it to rhyme: note that the lines in the same position in the other verses also don't provide rhymes.
What really leaves me scratching my head is why he would consistently omit this line - it's certainly not the most offensive of his lyrics.
@TroyOi Okay, I can see that. But it's talking about gay marriage, I can see how that might offend the sensibilities of the middle class audience back in the mid 60's when this was recorded.
@SmattNC Yeah, but anyone with easily-offendable sensibilities had no business being in a Tom Lehrer audience in the first place. A sampling of his works: Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, Masochism Tango, National Brotherhood Week ("Be kind to people who are inferior to you")... plus his advice to Boy Scouts:
If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind,
And you come across a Girl Scout who is similarly inclined,
Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared,
@theMeteorgames You mean he left it out just to get a laugh? How can you be sure? It may be tempting to think that, but I've got a live recording of this song, and the reaction he gets from the audience for this line (or lack thereof) is pretty subdued.
@theMeteorgames Well, disregard my last comment... I should have done the research first. From Tom Lehrer:
"I was never able to come up with a line here that was better than simply implying that there was one which I wasn't allowed to include. Nowadays, of course, when one can say anything on a record, such coyness would make no sense. Nevertheless, I still haven't come up with a good line."
@squeekytoy123 I just posted a video response to this video that has an answer to your question - from Tom Lehrer himself! Look for his explanation in the video's description.
@irishmauddib "I am on a mission to contact tom himself,"
So did you ever succeed in your mission to find Mr. Lehrer? (You know, he's written very little in the last 40 years, and could probably use a good muse. And if he can't find a muse, he might just settle for a good stalker.)
@bogenseeberg Well, guess what! You will be getting the laughs with my videos. I am posting Tom Lehrer songs every 2-3 days, and they are all high quality. Expect me to post the ones with the laughs around late August.
ditto rotory. the sam the village idiot part came back to my head in response to another sam. so i found him again and remembered how good he was. of course at the time a lot of the joy of his songs was they were the only light in very repressed times. appaantly on this song he had to censor himself once
@rotory2002 I also grew up listening to Lehrer. I have to believe that many, perhaps most, of us who listened to him as kids have been profoundly affected by him, maybe in ways that we're not even fully aware of. Nothing was (is) sacred to him, and that irreverence was infectious.
so a hooker , a druggie ,a crazy idiot , someone who committed homicide, a math teacher that sold porn and a sunday school teacher that .... ?????? oh yes indeed, the people there are just plain folks !
tdg4evar35 1 week ago
I bought an LP in the early sixties of this genius. Lost the bugger many years ago but the songs live in my heart forever. He is a "one off" there has never been or will ever be another Tom Lehrer. Magic!!
pattayalob 4 weeks ago
In two years my school has a reunion... I wish I could get this song to be played, really loud, with lyrics and all. Anonimously preferably, since they seem to have branded me as a racist after laughing at the BEP parody "I'm a Korean" shown in class
1992Medusa 4 months ago
What's the missing line?
AlecTaylor6 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Tom Lehrer
@AlecTaylor6 There is no missing line. I'm not kidding you: Tom always found a way to leave it out of his recordings. He has even said, simply, that there is no line.
cavejohnsonful 5 months ago
@cavejohnsonful I'm sure there's a line! - We need to get into contact with someone who knows him, so we can find out the missing line!
AlecTaylor6 5 months ago
Sounds like Martha Grimes` Long Piddleton...
Londonrainwaters 6 months ago
sound like a great place, don't it?
kokomuff321 6 months ago
OMG I never knew you lived in my home town Tom, why didn't you tell me!?
UnableToBleed 7 months ago
Sounds like that town has a high crime rate. I could tell you some bad things that happened in my hometown. Like when the KFC went out of business for selling marijuana. Kind of like that South Park episode: Medicinal Fried Chicken but not exactly.
GenerationX1984 7 months ago
I love those dear hearts and gentle people, who live in my home town....
thenutintheushanka18 8 months ago
@thenutintheushanka18 Haha gotta love fallout 3..
07NateyG 5 months ago
great song
liberal20111 9 months ago
What is the music playing beneath the singing? i've heard the tune somewhere before, especially the bit from 1:50 to 2:00. Does anyone know?
goldenlsheep 10 months ago
What a nice place . . .
hesperus99 11 months ago
what line was left out of this song
you hear him say this at the 146 mark
all i want to know is what he was going to say
can anyone please tell me
thanks
mrtimetime123 1 year ago
@mrtimetime123 I heard another recording of this song that was done before a live audience.
In that recording, he mentions that they are recording and that he's leaving out the line.
My guess is that he did this purposely just to make us wonder.
Here we are 50 years later still talking about it. I guess it worked.
RA59 11 months ago
The little Girl - The Whore
Dan - The Murderer
The Sunday School Teacher - The Pedophile
Parson Brown - The Rapist
Sam - The Pyromaniac
The man who monogramed his wife - The Narcasist
Am I wrong? :3
luluFUCKER 1 year ago 7
@luluFUCKER also the guy who taught him math was selling dirty pictures
withashine 8 months ago
Wow.. this is seriously my town =)
Llammafication 1 year ago
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@Llammafication "Wow.. this is seriously my town =)"
Wasilla, Alaska, eh?
TroyOi 1 year ago
It is kind of funny that he said he never thought of a line after "Parson Brown" and makes it sound really mean, bad, and dirty when he says "I guess I better leave this line out just to be on the safe side."
mabarry3 1 year ago 12
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What exactly did he leave out?
mabarry3 1 year ago
@mabarry3 Nothing. That's the official lyric. He decided if would be funnier to leave it blank.
NotTheLaw 7 months ago
OUCH! "Now there's a charge for what she used to give for free in my home town."
mabarry3 1 year ago 13
Hehe love it
mabarry3 1 year ago 7
This is how I feel about my home... Love Tom Lehrer's music. =D
777Mystik 1 year ago 3
where the hell dose he live cuz i wont to live there? (=>0
sacreddawn100 1 year ago
"super-special just plain folks" HAHA
searchingly 1 year ago
This is the best! Happy what ever!
sanphaka04 1 year ago
related search : Google 'our town movie'...
'IMDb' would have it...
tomwmloppe 2 years ago
what is the line he left out?! I've NEVER heard it!!
squeekytoy123 2 years ago
@squeekytoy123 He always leaves it out. Leaving it to your imagination, but "going down" does rhyme with "Parson Brown" and "home town"
SmattNC 2 years ago
@SmattNC I've been searching for this line. Only one website seems to have it: "They shocked the congregation when they tied the knot".
Makes sense. I'm pretty sure the term "going down" wasn't in common use in the mid-60's. Also, no need for it to rhyme: note that the lines in the same position in the other verses also don't provide rhymes.
What really leaves me scratching my head is why he would consistently omit this line - it's certainly not the most offensive of his lyrics.
TroyOi 1 year ago
@TroyOi Okay, I can see that. But it's talking about gay marriage, I can see how that might offend the sensibilities of the middle class audience back in the mid 60's when this was recorded.
SmattNC 1 year ago
@SmattNC Yeah, but anyone with easily-offendable sensibilities had no business being in a Tom Lehrer audience in the first place. A sampling of his works: Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, Masochism Tango, National Brotherhood Week ("Be kind to people who are inferior to you")... plus his advice to Boy Scouts:
If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind,
And you come across a Girl Scout who is similarly inclined,
Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared,
Be prepared!
TroyOi 1 year ago 4
@TroyOi Those noble little... bastions of democracy.
DiamondbackCobra 1 year ago
@TroyOi
That line never existed. It was left out due to purely comedical purposes.
theMeteorgames 1 year ago
@theMeteorgames You mean he left it out just to get a laugh? How can you be sure? It may be tempting to think that, but I've got a live recording of this song, and the reaction he gets from the audience for this line (or lack thereof) is pretty subdued.
TroyOi 1 year ago
@theMeteorgames Well, disregard my last comment... I should have done the research first. From Tom Lehrer:
"I was never able to come up with a line here that was better than simply implying that there was one which I wasn't allowed to include. Nowadays, of course, when one can say anything on a record, such coyness would make no sense. Nevertheless, I still haven't come up with a good line."
TroyOi 1 year ago
@squeekytoy123 I just posted a video response to this video that has an answer to your question - from Tom Lehrer himself! Look for his explanation in the video's description.
AlexSh789 1 year ago
@squeekytoy123 There isn't one. He invites you to think for yourself about what Parson Brown is up to.
thexalon 1 year ago
I am on a mission to contact tom himself, if anyone can help me please give me some hint, I will do my best to reward you
irishmauddib 2 years ago
Well, he doesn't have Internet. If you want to find him, check the listings for Santa Cruz, California.
(It's amazing how few people think to check the phonebook. I found Gil Trythall that way...)
Wolfrover 2 years ago
c/o harvard maths faculty? i don't know if he still teaches there, but they may have a forwarding address.
firestartertwistedfi 2 years ago
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@irishmauddib "I am on a mission to contact tom himself,"
So did you ever succeed in your mission to find Mr. Lehrer? (You know, he's written very little in the last 40 years, and could probably use a good muse. And if he can't find a muse, he might just settle for a good stalker.)
TroyOi 1 year ago
"invironment"?
Sidedish71 2 years ago
I think its Ghetto lol
XlightassassenX 2 years ago
Man, that makes my getto invironment seem so much better. I love his voice ^_^
RukaAkiye100 2 years ago
Today April 9 is Tom Lehrer's 81st Birthday! Happy Birthday Maestro your music will live on forever!!!
fatalbeatings 2 years ago 107
happy Belated Birthday!
cableguys1234 2 years ago 3
@fatalbeatings HE DEAD????? pls nononononono!!!
thepatrick0603 1 year ago
@thepatrick0603 Lehrer's still alive, but he retired from music while still in his forties in order to focus on his math teaching.
SimuLord 1 year ago
Yeah, how /nice/.
MySerpentine 3 years ago
WHOA!! where did this recording come from? It sounds a lot better than the version i have from Revisited. big thumbs up!
funnyname123 3 years ago 5
this channel's videos are really well-recorded but there's no laughter like in other versions
bogenseeberg 2 years ago 2
@bogenseeberg Well, guess what! You will be getting the laughs with my videos. I am posting Tom Lehrer songs every 2-3 days, and they are all high quality. Expect me to post the ones with the laughs around late August.
AlexSh789 1 year ago
yup they definitely are normal!
timah1002 3 years ago 5
ditto rotory. the sam the village idiot part came back to my head in response to another sam. so i found him again and remembered how good he was. of course at the time a lot of the joy of his songs was they were the only light in very repressed times. appaantly on this song he had to censor himself once
bwendo 3 years ago 3
Or else he said that as a joke.
MySerpentine 2 years ago
AWSOME, I grew up listening to Tom Lehrer (that might explain a few things lol) Well thanks for the post.
rotory2002 3 years ago 42
@rotory2002 ditto
phantom12321 1 year ago
@rotory2002 I also grew up listening to Lehrer. I have to believe that many, perhaps most, of us who listened to him as kids have been profoundly affected by him, maybe in ways that we're not even fully aware of. Nothing was (is) sacred to him, and that irreverence was infectious.
TroyOi 1 year ago
@rotory2002 No one in my high-school knows lehrer, kinda makes me sad.
commentableuser 6 months ago in playlist Tom leher creations
LOL! And great... some more Tom Lehrer songs on YouTube!
He really is one of the best satirical songwriters ever! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
catminima 3 years ago 5