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This is probably my favorite line in all of Tom Lehrer's work. It's so sharp, the rhyme is surprising but phonetically perfect. And it's delivered right at the
by shimon 9y ago
This is probably my favorite line in all of Tom Lehrer's work. It's so sharp, the rhyme is surprising but phonetically perfect. And it's delivered right at the most musically interesting part of the song. I probably laughed for minutes the first several times I heard the song.
- lb1lf 9y agoSpeaking of rhyme, I mutilated it, didn’t I? It should be «So Israel’s getting tense, wants one for self defense...» I haven’t listened to that song in months; think I’ll put it on now. (My absolute Lehrer favourite, together with Wernher von Braun, National Brotherhood Week and New Math)