{"id":1840,"date":"2006-03-20T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2006-03-20T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-20T22:52:00","slug":"an-after-thought-tom-lehrer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/20\/an-after-thought-tom-lehrer\/","title":{"rendered":"An after thought: Tom Lehrer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, to be honest; I think Lehrer&#8217;s most brilliant use of lyric is from the opening of &#8220;We will all go together when we go&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>When you attend the funeral<br \/>\nIt is sad to think that sooner&#8217;r < --- that's just friggin' brilliant\nlater, those you love \nwill do the same for you.\n\nAnd you may have thought it tragic\nNot to mention other adjec-   <-- not quite as brilliant, but still cool.\n-tives for all the weeping they will do.\n\n\nAnd yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/solcita.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">solcita; now that one is stuck in your head, too \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1840\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/20\/an-after-thought-tom-lehrer\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1840\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/20\/an-after-thought-tom-lehrer\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-1840\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/20\/an-after-thought-tom-lehrer\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/20\/an-after-thought-tom-lehrer\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, to be honest; I think Lehrer&#8217;s most brilliant use of lyric is from the opening of &#8220;We will all go together when we go&#8221;: When you attend the funeral It is sad to think that sooner&#8217;r < --- that's just friggin' brilliant later, those you love will do the same for you. 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