The Folk Song Army by Tom Lehrer
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Uploaded by willspear1564 on Mar 26, 2008
Tom Lehrer's response to the folk song of protest
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The tune don't have to be cleverrrrrrr and it don't matter if you put a couple of few extra syllables into a lineeeeeeeeeee! Best lyrics EVER!
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@ILackCreativity1 Why do you think it was about Phil? I love him as well, but I feel like this was just a general stab at all folk/protest artists.
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Thank you so much!
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Lehrer hits the nail on the head with enough force to shoot the damn thing straight through the drywall and out the other side. Can't take protest folk songs seriously.
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brillant cheers The Makem Folk Singer
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@EddieTrooper22 It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English and it don't even gotta rhyme...excuse me, rhyne...
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@novascotia2010 This is old school. Tom Lehrer quit political humor when Nixon was elected. Said it was getting too easy.
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Somehow I should be offended (because I LOVE protest songs), but I'm not. He completely nailed it, and his sarcasm is endearing.
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@willspear1564 Good call - the introduction is an important part of the fun of the song.
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niceone, c heers Dave
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imorio 2 years ago
But the introduction itself was part of the original recording, I'm just keeping it real :)
willspear1564 2 years ago 28
Oh, thank you very much!
6funswede 3 years ago
Thank you for commenting 6funswede, it's awesome having a Lehrer video liked by the Youtube Lehrer Expert
willspear1564 3 years ago 7
Heard about this song this morning on a repeat of Car Talk on NPR!
olmose 3 years ago 4
Good marketing techniques, eh?
willspear1564 3 years ago