hexachordal at the Nutshell - 12 May 09 - part 1

Tom singing at the Nutshell pub in Bury St Edmunds:
Seafood (see important retraction below),
Indigo,
The Elements by Tom Lehrer,
Bureau de change

At the end of Seafood, Tom admits that it appeared he had been singing the line "I've never eated a lobster", in error. He had eaten scampi many times and had only discovered the night before that according to Wikipanion, in the UK scampi had to be 'Norwegian lobster tails'.

We have subsequently looked up the UK government regulations on the labelling of fish. They say that a 'Lobster is All species of Homarus' and that 'Scampi (or Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn or Langoustine) are Nephrops norvegicus'. So by those government definitions, a scampo is not a lobster.

If I ordered lobster in a restaurant I would certainly not accept langoustine. The body proportions and size of the 2 species are entirely different.

Tom is delighted that he can continue to eat scampi without invalidating the line "I have never eaten a lobster".

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[Gobraza]

Today I found Greene King Strong Suffolk Vintage Ale at the alcohol strore!

[odderanswer]

@Gobraza Yeh! Progress. I'm in Danmark at the moment but have yet to spot any Greene King beer.

[CATSAREGREAT5]

So why had Tom come here anyway?

[odderanswer]

@CATSAREGREAT5 I took Tom up to Bury St Edmunds to perform at the Hunter Club. A visit to the Nutshell is compulsory and he fell in love with the place and asked the landlord if he could perform there.

[longlivechristian]

Are you the one that asks him to play "The elements"? <3

[odderanswer]

'Suggesting'. Yup! It's one of my favourite Lehrer songs and I'd heard him sing it before.

[IndigoXPurple]

Whoaa at the end of Indigo his hands become almost one big BLUR!!! :D

[mickeleh]

Thanks for posting these. It's great seeing Tom interacting with an audience... and hear an audience interacting with Tom.

[CATSAREGREAT5]

@PacicossCenetos Well, actually, that's a ukulele XD

The strings on most ukuleles aren't metal, so no, it probably doesn't hurt his fingers.

[PacicossCenetos]

Wow..he's just amazing..so impress with his guitar skillz..doesnt it hurts his finger?

[Artemisss1]

"Bureau de change. It's like a bank, but so much cooler." My favourite line. XD

[MissCandyCool]

How can he sing the elements after drinking beer!? Thats IMPOSSIBLE!

[MissCandyCool]

Awww. Tom's the cutest thing on this planet. I'm not able to smile while I sing. :D

I love you Tom.

[sha2424]

5:21 jeez take it easy! you write with that thing!