Tom Lehrer - Send the Marines - with intro - widescreen - now on DVD

[Das0s]

Oh my god. This is probably the most telling thing I've ever seen.

[moushka26]

Nothing has changed in the last fifty years which is why we're where we are today!

"Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it."

[1949Jens]

Guess nothing´s changed....

Still so many years later a Perfect comment on how we " The Western-world " " Solves any problem..:(

[mudkip201]

Thank you Thomas Jefferson. That is, for the Marines.

And an even bigger thank you Tom Lehrer, for making this funny song.

[joesphineIsrael]

Thank you for posting these i thought for sure there wouldnt be original video of him! Thanks again



[thepoliticalcat]

So delightful to hear him again.

[fallenraw]

My family, and myself, are huge fans of Tom's catchy and humorous songs. It's good to find videos of his performances so that I may share them with my friends and see if I can make them loyal fans.

[6funswede]

@fallenraw, thank you so much for your comment. Of course I want people to share the links to Lehrer´s TV-performance from 1967. Visit the channel page for "6funswede" and check out "previews" in the channel description. You will find the link to the 480P versions, and that´s a link you should all share :-)

[cavejohnsonful]

Ah, Tom Lehrer. Still amazing as ever.

[filetemyoung83]

yuck, Johnson...

sorry if I upset anyone with this statement, but Johnson sucked.

[Freakschwimmer]

"to the shores of Tripoli" at 0:58 is amazing and yet once more true due to the turmoil in Lybia. It also is the second verse of the USMC Hymn "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of tripoli we fight our county's battles in the air on land and see"

Semper Fidelis

[vnktravi]

Tom Lehrer is a Genius...



[Joesolo13]

obviously you people skipped history one day. the "shores of tripoli" line is from the 18th centuy(1700s) when the marines kicked pirates ass there, as well as from there song.

[1st1anarkissed]

Can you believe how on-topic this is in 2011? I heard it on rotation in my ipod when I heard about sending forces "onto the shores of Tripoli" and it smashed my brain to realize it's exactly the same now as 50 yrs ago!

[Saiaton]

How little has changed in nearly 50 years!

[6funswede]

@Saiaton, yes, true. How about the line "to the shores of Tripoli"? Email a link for this song to your friends and enemies, just to cheer them up :-)

[youngian67]

@6funswede

Although to be fair to Obama it should now be 'envoyer dans la légion' after the Tripoli line.

[Noncomplying]

@6funswede The line "to the shores of Tripoli" is actually from the Halls of Montezuma, a traditional USMC song [even more uncanny].

[MarinemanGames]

hehehe. my channel name..

[bowserhunter1]

4 marines did not get sent into diplomacy.

[darklordsma]

We'd rather kill them off by peaceful means!

[peterbear76]

semper fidelis



[BlakeLBoggs]

He's always said that he's no performer, but his facial expressions and timing are the best I've seen.

[mabarry3]

It's weird, I can mute the song and still mouth it while I watch it while listening to somebody talking (which is why it's muted in the first place). I memorized almost all parts (if not all parts) of every one of his songs.

Hope the rest of your life is quiet, and you can live in peace. In other words, follow your dreams now. Go to the Wild West, be a Dixie Pixie, kill your "fake" wife, and spend the rest of your days poisoning (or experimenting upon) pigeons to your heart's content.

[mabarry3]

Send the Marines! HOORAH!

[6funswede]

@mabarry3, thanks! I visited your channel to see where you're from and it seems that you are an American. Some of your fellow countrymen don't have your sense of humor, and a lot of people believe that this song is unpatriotic. But I think that this is one of the funniest satirical songs of all time, and it certainly has more than one element (!) of truth in it :-)

[fleury150]

@6funswede  “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” Mark Twain

[mabarry3]

Soo... He was a marine, chem professor, math professor at harvard... and satirist... wow... lot of jobs ☺

[firebreeze]

Tom Lehrer is the only prophet I'll ever need.

[Baskilisk]

"Rather kill them off by peaceful means"

[chihuahuapistolon]

vaya genio

[wacastervids]

This song is all too true

[Pam4Water]

Needs a little updating

UN and CIA, I guess that they're OK

but first...

[jbgandhi2]

Huh? You don't know what the OAS is. The CIA doesn't fit in this context.

[thexalon]

@Pam4Water I usually go with "UN and NATO, they have their place, I know" but the point remains clear.

[mabarry3]

@thexalon Did NATO even exist then?

[thexalon]

@mabarry3 Yes, since it's a product of the Cold War, but the difference is it stuck around, unlike the OAS.

[mabarry3]

@thexalon So THAT'S why I've never heard of OAS? I had to look it up (my parents didn't even know o.O).

[Pam4Water]

...

We only want the world to know,

We're here to help Democracy flow.

That's why they lover us every were we go. Send the Marines.

[americasucks100]

@Pam4Water :

We only want the world to know,

We don't want the gas price to grow,

That's why Suicide bombers hate us wherever we go.

Send the Marines!

[temporaldisplacement]

The UK sent the SAS to Ireland, and don't think they've forgotten.

All these S.Forces are a conservatives wet-dream, I wish opposing political forces would invite each other to horse-back sword fighting, as a rule people really arn't up for that crack anymore so ...no fighting! =)

[justice48palestine]

Might is right until they've seen the light....

Send the Marines to Palestine.

[ThatIsNotDeadWhich]

You mean to end the Israeli apartheid regime?

That would be a swell idea...

[justice48palestine]

That's exactly what I mean.

Semper Fidelis

[ThatIsNotDeadWhich]

Ah, sorry, should have guessed.

I didn't see your handle before now. Normally don't pay attention to usernames in casual conversation ;-)

[0503130s]

Iraq anyone? Funny how history repeats itself.

[6funswede]

All the twelve Tom Lehrer songs from this channel have now been republished in better quality. Click the Lehrer icon or the username, go to the channel and select one of the uploaded HQ-versions :-) Don't forget to click the HQ-button.

[margot980]

@6funswede thank you so much for doing this. Tom Lehrer is 82 and lives in Santa Cruz CA. I think this is him:

Thomas A Lehrer

22130 E Cliff Dr, Apt 3D

Santa Cruz, CA 95062-4975

(831) 475-2637

Worthy of letters, cards, pilgrimages. His birthday is April 9.

[VxZidaneXv]

hahah thsi is so true XD

[rcevey2]

Sooo accurate. Amazing how one little song can express so much.

[thedragon133]

The US don't always send the marines. Sometimes they send assassins. like 9/11... 1973. The CIA murdered the elected president of Chile to put the US-friendly dictator Pinochet in his place.

Sad but true.

[RandumbZproductions]

who cares.. just enjoy the song

[Doughnut189]

Who cares? WHO CARES IF WE CANT LET COUNTRIES RULE THEMSELVES? Look, I dont know if you know, but im pretty sure alot of people care if the U.S. is using underhanded tactics whist waving a flag in their faces.

[hairwire]

I effing LOVE Tom Lehrer! I cannot get enough of these videos at the moment.

[BrentonSucks]

shut the fuck up

[BrentonSucks]

half the people who rated this as 5 don't get that its an indictment.

[MySerpentine]

Sad, isn't it?

[Bunnyrabbitgal]

Indictment, sure. However that does not excuse the fact that its funny as all hell. XD Exoneration never made me giggle so much! lol

[moons160]

um...isn't that obvious (that its an indictment)?

[BrentonSucks]

yes

[acotw67]

moons160:

Yes, it is. Mr Sucks is a card-carrying member of MENSA-perhaps he meant to help the poor viewers cursed by low IQs and inadequate educations. He took pity on those too shallow or stupid to understand satire.

I cringed with shame until I noticed a grammatical error or three. Perhaps the comment is Intellectual superiority without the intellect.

[acotw67]

BrentonSucks:

Could you please give others the benefit of the doubt? Intellectual snobbery is so recherche, dude.

[BrentonSucks]

like i know what recherche means

[acotw67]

BrentonSucks:

I replied to this comment:

BrentonSucks (1 month ago) Show Hide +8 Marked as spam Reply | Spam half the people who rated this as 5 don't get that its an indictment.

Apparently, you know the cognitive abilities of half of those who rated this video. I'm sorry I misjudged yours.

[BrentonSucks]

Stop talking.

[acotw67]

BretonSucks: Are you are a dictator?Pose much? Free speech is a constitutional right.

START SUCKING.

[ursaminor8sq]

re·cher·ché (rə-shěr'shā') adj. Uncommon; rare. Exquisite; choice. Overrefined; forced. Pretentious; overblown. [French, past participle of rechercher, to research, from Old French recercher; see research.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cite This Source

[6funswede]

April 2009 - 6funswede YouTube log. Errors July 2007-April 2009. "Pollution": Sound deteriorated. "When You Are Old And Gray": Video stuttering. "Send the Marines": Video stuttering. This is ALL YouTube errors, have written to them, but I don't expect any answers. Viewers: PLEASE use the annotation boxes with links in the videos.

[sh0gun98]

Simper fi

[RJWaters2]

Semper Fidelis

;0

[deadjerusalem]

i have an MP3 of this song where before it he says something along the lines of "current events have a lot of us feeling like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis". I was hoping this version would have that. It kills me every time.

[6funswede]

deadjerusalem, yes, well, the audio recording was made in the U.S. This video recording was made in a foreign country, and maybe Lehrer felt the urge to be a little more...polite? I agree that the intro you're referring to is more fun :-)

[chemy999]

i have the same one!!!

lolololol

[YoomOmer]

Great as usual.

Thanks.

[howebridge]

The sad thing is that that song is just as topical, and true, now as it was forty years ago

[kahlessreborn]

I would keep the 4:3 aspect versions on the site, doesn't add much to the experience wide screen plus it takes up precious screen space on my ipod.

[6funswede]

kahlessreborn, thank you SO much for your comment. This version is indeed an experiment, and of course the 4:3 versions will be kept on the channel. When you are talking about playing back 40 year old Lehrer stuff as a flash video on a portable IPod, I really feel old and useless. I am from a time with 78 RPM records and proper books. But your comment is very much appreciated :-)

[6funswede]

This video is a fresh test version. Please click the link under the video window and watch in high(er) quality. The main video window is 4:3 and the background is converted to 16:9 with gaussian blur. Is this a way to deal with the new video window on YouTube? The old version of the song remains on this channel. Thanks for watching!

[snakeguy76]

when was this performance recorded?

[6funswede]

snakeguy76, click on the statistics and data link right under the video window. Your question will be answered :-) Thanks!

[lukelewisDOTnet]

Amazing how true it is, even today.

[lukelewisDOTnet]

Or rather, how biting the satire still is, should I say.

[mauserman3]

Great song!!!