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

http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Lehrer-Collection-CD-DVD/dp/B0039TD73G/ref=sr_1_3?i...

Use the above link and get the uninterrupted Lehrer TV-performance and The Tom Lehrer Collection from Amazon.com.

http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257149

If you live in the United States you can also buy the collection from Shout! Factory, using the above link.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tom-lehrer/id293867859

Use the above link to buy Tom Lehrer's songs on iTunes.

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Enable 480p and use the arrow icon! "Send the Marines" is now REPUBLISHED yet another time to celebrate a lot of video views for the first two versions published to YouTube. Why? Well, to offer the song in (even) slightly better quality. Use HQ if possible and play back the video on a single YouTube page to get a bigger video window. The older versions will stay on the channel.

"Send the Marines" -- with Lehrer mocking the peaceful American foreign policy -- will never be outdated, which of course is sad. But it's reassuring to know that (at least) some Americans were aware of their role as the world police, even in the 1950's and 60's.

In 2008 Lehrer really said "OK" to "The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel" on YouTube, as long as the performance is not altered and as long as it's free in the YouTube flash video format. You should buy the original video from that new DVD, here:

http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257149

Click on the user name and visit the channel's front page. The channel is Lehrer only. And here is a link to the channel's support page:

http://home.broadpark.no/~emeyn/tl/

© 2011 Tom Lehrer

Recording date: September 11th 1967
Format: Ampex Quadruplex PAL 4:3
Status: A very rare recording
Storage: Sony Digital Betacam
2009 YouTube Source: 720 X 576 mp4 with H.264 compression
Production and preservation: The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation - the NRK, Norway. More here:

http://www.nrk.no/informasjon/about_the_nrk/1.3698504

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[IUErika88]

So I had to create a social studies lesson using music for my methods class and I got this crazy idea to use this and "Who's Next" to teach about the Cold War and Vietnam. I got an A. Apparently my professor appreciates satire. :)

[6funswede]

@IUErika88, I really enjoyed this comment. Thank you.

[6funswede]

This video is now out on DVD. Please read the updated video description or visit the channel page!

[Ferret2YourFace]

Why send soldiers when we can send McDonalds cheezeburgers? heart disease ftw!

[megamanst101]

I guess that explains the line about how they would rather kill them through peaceful means. xD

[leljala]

@Ferret2YourFace Bio warfare FTW!

[Natendowii]

Obama's Foreign Policy in a Nutshell.

[zamonium]

More perfect than the original! Cut a CD already

[romanlegions]

@frother And he's awesome for that :D

So I think he's taking your comment as a compliment.

[monkgot45]

To skip the intro. 0:19

[meg5730]

Wonder if he knew that we would in fact send the marines to the shores of tripoli? O.o

[KissMeQuenley]

@frother Yes, I hear that Tom Lehrer IS of the Jewish faith... and his eyebrows ARE amazing.