If you have never heard of Tom Lehrer before, it is more than likely because you are too young to know about him, myself included. However, my parents, and their parents grew up listening to this musical genius, who was also a tenured profession at a well known Ivy League school, and who happened to be a leading scientist during the late 1940s, and the early 1950s, before he started touring the world to offer up his brand of comedy.
A comedic, and in your face performance, especially considering the day and age where nobody talked about anything that was socially unacceptable—but Mr. Lehrer begged to differ, and did it quite well too! Rather, the comedic musical fathoming of Tom Lehrer broke many social taboos of the day, equally offending the masses. But in turn, also made even more people laugh out loud. So like Elvis Presley was to Rock and Roll, Tom Lehrer was equally to comedic music. Read more
