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There is not much pop culture from the 1950s that is just as fresh today as then, but Lehrer’s work is remarkable for its staying power.
by Mediterraneo10 9y ago
There is not much pop culture from the 1950s that is just as fresh today as then, but Lehrer’s work is remarkable for its staying power.
- jacquesm 9y agoIt's the epitome of evergreen, most political satire has no staying power at all, you'd have to be born into that time to get it, by contrast Tom Lehrer's stuff is as fresh as it was when he wrote it.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y agoNational brotherhood week is a good example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgASBVMyVFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgASBVMyVFI You don't need to know any history, but it probably helps if you went to a public school or had siblings.
- jacquesm 9y agoBe grateful that it doesn't last all yeaaar....
- justin66 9y agoThe great thing about the song is, it works well as a satire of a completely plausible, well-intentioned but absurd event whether or not you're aware of the historic National Brotherhood Week. https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-21/whatever-became-national-brotherhood-week https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-21/whatever-became-natio...
- exolymph 9y agoOh my god that was an actual thing?
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 9y agoIt might actually be a thing in the future.
- lostlogin 9y agoTry Spotify’s playlist under Decades > 1950s. It’s excellent and I stumbled into some great new-to-me music.
- ghaff 9y agoI've actually always rather liked "oldies" (which I guess is still a specific genre category). The better Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, etc. is still good music.