This song really is a show off for all Tom Lehrer's talents and it will stay with us as long as multi racial societies exists on this earth. No, as long as there are people on this earth :-) If you visit the channel front page, you can also watch another version of the song with Lehrer's intro.
Yes, Lehrer said "OK" to "The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel", as long as the performance is not altered and as long as it's free in the YouTube flash video format. Do NOT ask for any video originals, ever again.
Click on the Lehrer icon and visit the channel's front page. The channel is Lehrer only. And here is a link to a NEW channel support page:
Recording date: September 10th 1967 Format: Ampex Quadruplex PAL 4:3 Status: A very rare recording Storage: Sony Digital Betacam
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Cassius Clay and Mrs. Wallace are mentioned in this song, but were not mentioned in the original recording. The two people mentioned in the original recording were:
Lena Horne, born 1917, was a mulatto lounge singer, active in the 1960's, who became the first black American movie star when she signed a contract with MGM in 1942. Sheriff Jim Clark of Selma, Alabama, was responsible for several violent arrests of Civil Rights protestors, over the wishes of Selma mayor Joseph Smitherman, who wanted to bring industry to the town, and didn't want the negative publicity that violence would bring.
Production and preservation: The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation - the NRK, Norway. More here:
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What a genius... I don't understand every single phrase (English is my secondary language as well) but it's quite amusing... Thoughtful, ironic... I really like it.
One would think that this video would be inaccurate after so many years, but it isn't at all. Very sad that this country still has so many racial problems even though we're all over the world hypocritically telling people to be tolerant.
It is a very beautiful country. Half of my relatives live there (I'm danish) and It's always great! Were going there this christmas and I can't wait! Anyway, I digress. Very funny song! We really should all join hands and sing "Cumbaya", but I'm afraid it is going to take a long time to get to that point, if we ever will. And as much as I would like to think otherwise I'm having a hard time doing so... But nothing but love to Tom for saing things as they are! ;)
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"and eveybody hates the jews"
I don't understand every single phrase (English is my secondary language as well) but it's quite amusing...
Thoughtful, ironic... I really like it.
Anyway, I digress. Very funny song! We really should all join hands and sing "Cumbaya", but I'm afraid it is going to take a long time to get to that point, if we ever will. And as much as I would like to think otherwise I'm having a hard time doing so... But nothing but love to Tom for saing things as they are! ;)