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Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer
(more) »rank: 3520by: Tom Lehrer
: :In the wake of the '80s comedy boom that made casual obscenity and bodily functions safe for TV, a listen to these '50s classics from a piano-playing Harvard grad student with a thin singing voice sounds tame if not quaint. Yet Lehrer's first two self-produced albums, among the first generation of comedy LPs, remain beloved gems of musical parody, and noteworthy for their original success in an era when their topics were strictly taboo for broadcast media. He kids cold war paranoia ('We Will All Go Together When We Go'), sends up then-hip folk revivalists with a cheerful murder ballad ('The ...
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That Was the Year That Was
(more) »rank: 2020by: Tom Lehrer
: :Harvard-educated mathematician by trade and sociopolitical humorist and satirist by avocation, ivory tickler Tom Lehrer sang irreverent ditties that both outraged and delighted listeners during his on-again, off-again heyday of public performance in the late 1950s through the 1970s. Perhaps best known for his 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,' Lehrer combined razor-sharp wit with dry delivery inspired by everything from vaudeville and ragtime to whimsical show tunes and faux folk. Though a tad dated, Lehrer's wickedly pointed That Was the Year That Was is as good a representation of the mid-'60s American social and political climate as any. Recorded live in ...
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An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
(more) »rank: 6689by: Tom Lehrer
: :'If, after hearing my songs,' Lehrer says in this disc's liner notes, 'just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.' Makes him sound like a modern punk, eh? Not so, though. Lehrer, ever the king of jolly vitriol, recorded these still potent parodies in the '50s--and the best of them, 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,' 'The Masochism Tango,' and 'The Elements' (which joins science with Gilbert & Sullivan) remain both nasty and striking. Musically, Lehrer comes across like a demented Cole Porter, ...
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Revisited
(more) »rank: 25411by: Tom Lehrer
: :'If, after hearing my songs,' Lehrer says in this disc's liner notes, 'just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.' Makes him sound like a modern punk, eh? Not so, though. Lehrer, ever the king of jolly vitriol, recorded these still potent parodies in the '50s--and the best of them, 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,' 'The Masochism Tango,' and 'The Elements' (which joins science with Gilbert & Sullivan) remain both nasty and striking. Musically, Lehrer comes across like a demented Cole Porter, ...
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Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh
(more) »rank: 142015by: Martin Koch
:Album Description:Subtitled the Musical Word of Cameron Mackintosh. Import only 56-track collection. A live recording at the Lyceum Theatre in London, in the presence of her majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. In aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the combined theatrical charities. Universal.
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Caliban Does Christmas
(more) »rank: 206706from: Atma Classique
:Album Description:Subtitled the Musical Word of Cameron Mackintosh. Import only 56-track collection. A live recording at the Lyceum Theatre in London, in the presence of her majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. In aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the combined theatrical charities. Universal.
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Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh
(more) »rank: 164167from: Philips
:Album Description:Subtitled the Musical Word of Cameron Mackintosh. Import only 56-track collection. A live recording at the Lyceum Theatre in London, in the presence of her majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. In aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the combined theatrical charities. Universal.
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Tom Lehrer: An Evening Wasted With...
(more) »rank: 269365from: Reprise Records
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Serious Fun!
(more) »rank: 68055from: Albany Records
: :Jeremy Nicholas writes: “Phrases that chill the heart: ‘I want a volunteer from the audience.’ ‘Is this your car, sir?’ ‘Have we shown you our holiday snaps?’ Or how about “Tonight’s lecture is on the art of writing comedy.” Go to that seminar and one thing you know for sure in advance is that you are consigning yourself to an evening devoid of any humor. Dissecting comedy, analyzing jokes or, in this case, comic songs, has all the allure of pulling off the wings of a butterfly to see how it flies. Setting off writing a comic song is rather ...
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On Course
(more) »rank: 396366from: Albany Records
: :The works from On Course represent a broad cross section of sonic and stylistic moments created over an almost 24 year period by composer Laurie Altman. The generative links between all the pieces seem to be an overarching lyrical sentiment coupled with the interplay of animation, dance and drama. Laurie Altman attended Mannes, studying with Lester Trimble and William Sydeman. Influences abound with Altman: The Village Vanguard (Bill Evans), the Five Spot (Monk and Trane); the Chicago Symphony, jazz performances at The Blue Note and Soundscape a joining of classical and jazz.
