Tom Lehrer is a bad ass.
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Not sure what prompted this, so I wandered over to Wikipedia. (I mean, I have a bunch of Lehrer songs memorized.) Here's a charming story;
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In 2012, rapper 2 Chainz sampled Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. In 2013, 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?"
@Helical_Code he is just a wonderful man. And so very clever. I think you’d appreciate a large portion of his work. Very sharp.
Every time I hear his work I am impressed all over again.