Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky

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[san2chi]

"I spoke no Russian (and still speak none), and it was Munro Edmonson who taught me (phonetically) the Russian phrase I used in 'Lobachevsky' regarding going where even the Tsar goes on foot. The first phrase was the first line of Mussorgsky's Song of the Flea, with which I was already familiar and which Ed taught me how to pronounce. It means 'once there was a king who had a pet flea.' The second says 'now I go where even the Tsar goes on foot.' A reference... to the bathroom." --Tom Lehrer

[Ebrainiac1]

Jeez. They had this back then, and now we have to put up with "jizz in my pants" and such witty lyrics as "tomorrow is saturday and sunday comes afterwards"?

Oh how the music industry has slid down the crap chute.

[BartS4177]

Please, selectively pick poor lyrics of today's music harder.

[gigasloth]

Look up the Decemberists. You'll feel better.

[YuuichiProductions]

Don't you mean "KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKHYPOTENUS­E"?

[andrewldexter]

When he said "hhhhhypotenuse!" I lost it.

[dyad2r1]

My college rommate nearly drove me crazy singing this song!

[James Lefkowitz]

Tom Lehrer was never popular to the general public in his time, and he still isn't.

[NivMizzet89]

He doesn't, this song is merely a joke. The reason it is funny is that Lobachevskys greatest achievement was also (independently) discovered by other mathematicians at the same time. Lehrer merely picked Lobachevsky's name because it fit the song well.

[eviljoel]

This guy did nerd comedy decades before it was cool.

[Мила С]

thinks*



[Мила С]

I wonder, why he think that Lobachevsky had stolen ideas?