Tom Lehrer in Copenhagen
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roflmaoi give up, i could not spot him in the crowd. Which one was bin laden????
Professor Tom Lehrer is one of my heroes. A musical genius, perhaps the greatest musical satirist of all time, and he is of course a genius in the strictest definition of the word, a professor of mathematics at M.I.T. and Harvard and other institutions of higher learning. At the age of 84, in 2012, he sent the following note to rapper 2 Chainz, who sampled one of his songs in a rap:
Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler" is sampled in rapper 2 Chainz's song "Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. The following year, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his song sampled "literally sixty years after I recorded it." Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"[23]
Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler" is sampled in rapper 2 Chainz's song "Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. The following year, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his song sampled "literally sixty years after I recorded it." Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"[23]
He was a professor at University of Santa Cruz Music and mathematics) when I lived in California; a son of one of my friends went to that University, and one night he called on his phone and let me listen to Prof Lehrer play one of his songs.Professor Tom Lehrer is one of my heroes. A musical genius, perhaps the greatest musical satirist of all time, and he is of course a genius in the strictest definition of the word, a professor of mathematics at M.I.T. and Harvard and other institutions of higher learning. At the age of 84, in 2012, he sent the following note to rapper 2 Chainz, who sampled one of his songs in a rap:
Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler" is sampled in rapper 2 Chainz's song "Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. The following year, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his song sampled "literally sixty years after I recorded it." Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"[23]
