Aug
17Tom Lehrer – Pollution – with intro – now on DVD
Filed in: Uncategorized by aganag on 08-17-11www.amazon.com Use the above link and get the uninterrupted Lehrer TV-performance and The Tom Lehrer Collection from Amazon.com. www.shoutfactorystore.com If you live in the United States you can also buy the collection from Shout! Factory, using the above link. itunes.apple.com Use the above link to buy Tom Lehrer’s songs on iTunes. – - – Enable 480p and use the arrow icon! “Pollution” is now REPUBLISHED to celebrate a lot of video views for the first version(s) published to YouTube. Why? Well, to offer the song in slightly better (unpolluted) quality, that’s why. The old version is still on the channel. Again, Lehrer was ahead of his time. Pollution was not a hot topic in the sixties. This song will not become outdated, which of course is very sad. In 2008 Lehrer really said “OK” to “The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel”, as long as the performance is not altered and as long as it’s free in the YouTube flash video format. Click on the user name and visit the channel’s front page. The channel is Lehrer only. And here is a link to the channel’s support page: home.broadpark.no © 2011 Tom Lehrer Recording date: September 11th 1967 Format: Ampex Quadruplex PAL 4:3 Status: A very rare recording Storage: Sony Digital Betacam 2009 YouTube Source: 720 X 576 mp4 with H.264 compression Production and preservation: The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation – the NRK, Norway. More here: www.nrk.no
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There were several versions for one verse. The one recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco referred to the breakfast garbage thrown in the Bay being drunk at lunch in San Jose.
Zeyev, yes, that’s true, and Lehrer sometimes changed the lyrics just a little bit
Today I uploaded 4 new versions which will (eventually) play in HQ. Spread the word about this rare comedy history 
I love this song, it’s one of my favourites! It’s very sad that it’s true though.
Tom Lehrer is one of the greatest musical and comedic gems in the world. Long live Maestro!
Lol, and this song was written about 50 years ago….
how old is Lehrer?
Not gunna lie, i would love to see him live. that would make my life. But, i suppose there’s little chance of that… How old is he?
perpetualmotion192, he is 81 years old and stopped performing these comedy songs in the late 1960′s. Visit the channel’s front page.
How did you get these vids, exactly?
Archadios, I’ll write you a message and confess my (forgiven) sins
Please click the Lehrer icon and visit the channel’s front page too. It’s Lehrer only 
He’s so cool. Didn’t know him. How you got these vids?? Archive??
heartofzorro, yes, and I was a bad guy who got forgiveness. Click the Lehrer icon to learn more.
6funswede, where DOES Tom Lehrer live nowadays? I want to meet him, and I can’t seem to find the answer on the internet. Since you publish all of his songs, maybe you know?
Fireicee1, yes, I do. But I also want to make sure that Tom Lehrer can spend his time quiet-LY, because that’s he wants to do. Leave Lehrer alone, but enjoy the songs and keep them alive!
Ok. Wait.. are YOU Tom Lehrer?
I just love how expressive this man is. Just by seeing his face while he sings, a whole new depth to his songs is created.
he is performing in front of a foreign audience, norweigian maybe. do they understand what he is saying? no one is laughing!
This video is now out on DVD. Please read the updated video description or visit the channel page!
listened to it in english..xD
You can use the latest toothpaste, then rinse your mouth with industrial waste. xD
great comedian, but i fidn him better when you can actually hear people laughing, (liek on my mums CD) has a better atmosphere. but then they might have blocked out the laughter espeically for this video
@Zeyev i have that version
1 person is like a lamb to the slaughter.
It’s amazing that this recording is ~ 50 years old. I was introduced to Tom Leher 55 years ago.
@6funswede
This version differs from that released on vinyl (That Was the Year That Was). I still like it, but the change is a bit of a disappointment.