I see a lot of toots paying tribute to the dearly departed #TomLehrer and if it weren't for the fact that YouTube is where one finds his discography, I'd be one of them also paying tribute. He never wrote a song I didn't like although there's one I came pretty darn close to heavily disliking it: The Irish Ballad.
Tom was Weird Al before there was a Weird Al--but like Weird Al and Allan Sherman, he'd take an existing tune (so he didn't write the music) then put satiric words to it. Come to think of it, so did Peter Schickele, aka PDQ Bach. #RIP to the entire lot of 'em. ❤
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Tom Grzybow
in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan • • •So you avoid Youtube also? Good!
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in reply to Tom Grzybow • •There was a time when I could still go to YouTube using the Brave browser to block YT-generated content but YT has gotten wise to that and has basically blocked me from using it UNLESS I drop my own blockers and that's just not going to happen. Since then, I notice that Mastodon has developed its own YT tracking cleaner, but I remain anti-YT for the principle of the thing.
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]
in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan • • •The late (great!) #TomLehrer's music is (also!) available at his (still online!) site: tomlehrersongs.com/
And you can stream (and share / purchase) most of his discography at #Bandcamp: tomlehrer.bandcamp.com/music
Additionally, there's this handy site where you can download the tunes and sheet music: tomlehrersongs.nl/
#ListeningTo "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)"
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Gone, but not forgotten! 🖖!
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in reply to Juan A. Zamarripa [E.] • •Ooooh, kewl! Bookmarking that! Thanks!!