# Tom Lehrer news (and it's good!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 20, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421 "2020-10-20T16:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/1 "2020-10-20T16:44:53Z")
Tom is alive and well. This website has lyrics to many of his songs [https://tomlehrersongs.com/](https://tomlehrersongs.com/) and a statement from Lehrer: > I, Tom Lehrer, and the Tom Lehrer Trust 2000, hereby grant the following permission: > > All the lyrics on this website, whether published or unpublished, copyrighted or uncopyrighted, may be downloaded and used in any manner whatsoever, without requiring any further permission from me or any payment to me or to anyone else. It makes a fellow proud to be a Lehrer fan. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/2 "2020-10-20T17:10:36Z")
Ya gotta love Tom Lehrer. Funny AND classy. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/3 "2020-10-20T17:19:13Z")
Lyrics only, at least for now: > This permission applies only to the lyrics on this website. Most of the music written by Tom Lehrer will be added gradually later with further disclaimers . ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/4 "2020-10-20T17:23:24Z")
First time I’ve seen this version: [![](https://tomlehrersongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Elements-Aristotle.jpeg) ](https://tomlehrersongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Elements-Aristotle.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/5 "2020-10-21T06:20:42Z")
I assume he’s still of a mind to declare that satire, [which died when Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/jul/31/artsfeatures1), did not spring back to life after Trump was nominated for his. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/6 "2020-10-21T12:39:57Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > First time I’ve seen this version: Short, but catchy! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/7 "2020-10-21T13:02:58Z")
Hundreds of people are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize each year. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/8 "2020-10-21T14:19:03Z")
Shouldn’t Tom Lehrer be nominated for the literature prize? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-news-and-its-good/923421/9 "2020-10-21T14:24:48Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Hundreds of people are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize each year. Among past nominees: Hitler, Stalin, Putin and Crips founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams (nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, executed for murders committed during two robberies.