As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Monday, July 28, 2025

Tom Lehrer

(first time I’ve ever linked to an obituary from Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/27/tom-lehrer-song-satirist-dies-at-97-00479485

 

“I spent many, many years satisfying all the requirements [for my doctorate], as many years as possible, and I started on the thesis,” he once said. “But I just wanted to be a grad student, it’s a wonderful life. That’s what I wanted to be, and unfortunately, you can’t be a Ph.D. and a grad student at the same time.”

 

Favorite songs:

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

We Will All Go Together When We Go

The Masochism Tango

The Elements

Oedipus Rex

A Christmas Carol

Clementine

In Old Mexico

Harvard Fight Song

It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier

She's My Girl

Bright College Days

I Got It From Agnes

The Hunting Song

Be Prepared

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