The Masochism Tango, Tom Lehrer
He’s not actually dead, you know: Tom Lehrer just spread that rumor around to keep people from sending him fan mail. He’s also a firm liberal, which makes my cheerful and blatant attempt to make a buck off of him via Amazon… a sincere attempt to emulate one of the masters of innocent, life-affirming viciousness, really.
I grew up with Lehrer and Stan Freberg. Love ’em (and ignore their politics).
I’m used to ignoring the politics of the musicians I listen to; otherwise Tom Schulz and Roger Waters would have driven me away from Boston and Pink Floyd long ago.