Tom Lehrer: Fight Fiercely, Harvard (concert live) (1960)
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- The first part of the video (my signature slide) is overlaid by the final bars of "Argentine National Anthem", which I played on my keyboard.
The main part of the song is one of Tom Lehrer's live performed songs, "Fight Fierrcely, Harvard". It is part of Tom's second published live performance album, "Tom Lehrer Revisited". But I obtained the actual music from the box set, "The Remains of Tom Lehrer", which was released in 2000. Enjoy.
And the last part is the main theme of "The Phantom of the Opera", by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Simply the 'cherry on top', and my personal song.
Here's the description Tom Lehrer himself made about the song: "Most football fight songs have a tendency to be somewhat uncouth and violent. This one, however, written for the author's Alma Mater, is rather dainty and thus fills a need which has long been felt. [The need was evidently filled, because the Harvard band now plays the song at halftimes and in concerts, just as though it were the traditional Harvard song.]"
Sorry I gave so much information about the music earlier. I don't want to get screwed by stupid WMG again. They are a bunch of arse-holes. And to make sure I am not screwed, have them read the following credits:
Recorded at KRESGE AUDITORIUM, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (11/23/59 & 11/24/59)
Produced by TOM LEHRER
Engineered by STEPHEN FASSETT
From the album "Tom Lehrer Revisited", Decca [U.K.] #LK-4375 (1960)
[NOTE: A somewhat different version of this album, incorporating portions of concerts done in Australia in 1960, was issued domestically as Lehrer #TL-201 (1960)]
"The Remains of Tom Lehrer" Compilation ℗ 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.
Football was one thing but hockey another. I've spoken to a couple of folks over the years who played Ivy League hockey in the early 1960s and the game basically started with both sides agreeing they were each intelligent, erudite, elite men of good standing. Then they agreed to drop the puck and kick the living *&*# out of each other for 60 minutes. Following, they'd crawl off for a sherry in the infirmary.
Even better: "Sports Song," by Weird Al.
This is definitely the most Transatlantic Lehrer's admittedly soft accent ever sounded.
It's often hard to believe he's Jewish and not a WASP.
Ben Simon How do you expect a highly-educated Jewish person to speak? Like Fran Drescher's blue collar tv family from Queens in The Nanny?
I mean hes clearly putting on somewhat during the song part and the lines leading into it
@@BennSimonn he's jewish? suddenly ww2 sounds a lot scarier
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He did say he was being genteel
And, of course, Harvard themselves adopted it as their REAL fight song!
At 1:21 the word should be genteel, not gentile.
Campus library closed on a Saturday afternoon. What a biting comment on academia, am sufficiently disenchanted with that life to wish it more obvious.
Fabulous. I don’t know how I always missed this one, the intro is deadly!
Thanks for posting, this is the first time I've heard this and I love it
Even better: "Sports Song," by Weird Al.
This is fun. Thanks for posting it. (And don't worry about the typo criticisms. )
Well, criticisms they may be, but they're still valid and correct. (Especially "gentile" vs. "genteel," considering the fact that I didn't have the introductions written anywhere, and the fact that my 17-year-old self could never have possibly known that word.) The only problem is that it's too late to correct them.
Tom Lehrer is brilliant. (I would put an exclamation point, but that would be an overstatement of a self-evident fact.)
I do hope that CURRENT Harvard students sing this at Harvard football games. It would be so "Harvard-like"!
they still do!
@@mayochupenjoyer That must be fun to hear!
_Hahvard_ -like.
Ladies and their sensitivities, peace that passeth beyond understanding, fact is, met Stetson and gave him an earwirm
« Gentile » o jesus shoot me dead
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a mister-peace of daffodilo
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film at ten now shake ur stuff
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Bow down to Washington. Mighty are the men who wear the purple and the Gold, joyfully we welcome them within the victors fold. we will write their name in the hall of fame to preserve the memory of our devotion. Heaven help the foes of Washington. (there is more, you can look it up. I like the part about crossing the dardanelles.).
Years ago in the pre Ice Age, I was in high school in Canada.
We are known for being a kind and gentle people.
Polar Bears and Igloos are our culture.
However, my friends came up with a cheer which I remember fondly.
We have a rope,
We have a tree,
Let's go grabbed the Referee!!
Of course our esteemed adult leadership (PUSSIES) objected.
It's as if the Barmy Army wrote an American football song
1:28 song starts here if you wanna skip the intro.
"Crimson" should have been capitalized.
+Bruce Jerrick - In accordance with the lyric book published by Tom Lehrer himself, no, it shouldn't.
Tom Lehrer goofed -- "Crimson" is the name of the team, i.e., a proper noun.
+Bruce Jerrick - I'm sure that Mr. Lehrer would know the name of his own alma mater's football team. xD Perhaps the lowercase "crimson" refers to something else?
From the context I'm sure he meant the team. I think the good Mr. Lehrer just made a typo.
lol
Why can’t fight songs be Jewish? I believe the word is genteel
Thank you for pointing that out. My 17-year-old self was not familiar with that word when he made this video.
because it was Harvard and they used to screen out Jews at the time
nowadays they do it to Asians
"genteel"
Thanks
1:30
Not at all "gentile".