Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967

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Claim: This video contains THE BEST performance of The Elements that you are likely to see. Info: After a Tom Lehrer 1967 performance from Norway has been available on KZbin since 2007, another Scandinavian performance is now posted (2012). This time it is from the KZbinr "DrRaptus" from Denmark. Tom Lehrer´s The Elements is a sort of comic "list song" that some comedians used to do. One of them was Danny Kaye.
Background: The melody to The Elements is I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General (The Major-Generals Song) from the opera buffa The Pirates of Penzance. It was composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and it was first premiered in New York on December 31st 1879. The original libretto for the opera was written by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert.
Recording date: September 5th 1967
Location: Falkonercenteret, Copenhagen, Denmark
Format: Most probably Ampex Quadruplex PAL 4:3
Status: A rare recording indeed
Storage: Most probably Sony Digital Betacam and in a digital format
Production and preservation: Danmarks Radio (DR) in Denmark
More HERE:
www.dr.dk/Salg/...

[@werdwerdus]

he enunciates so well that the auto subtitles are nearly accurate

[@amazing763]

Rghit. Smoe of us mrerly mubmle. Hdar to tarnsrcibe.

[@GStreetEntertainment]

Yeah pretty good for most, but damn I burst in laughter at 1:34 "Nazi nazi can rodeo McClure coca-cola copper tungsten sodium these" WTF :D

[@reidwelch8419]

omos prefrect

[@Quintinohthree]

@@GStreetEntertainment I turned on subtitles just before this bit and was odly surprised.

[@gdj6298]

@@amazing763 Youm grot dat righft

[@hdlmao6963]

My grade 9 science teacher gave us the option to either write the chemistry test, or memorize this song. He had been working at the school for 20+ years, and many students had attempted to memorize the song in the 2 weeks notice he had givin, but no one had done it to that point. My friend and I both attempted that song, and with tireless hours of memorization, I actually manged to get the song down, present it in front of the class, and receive a 100% in the chemistry unit. I can't remember if my friend was successful, but all I know is with the amount of time I spent learning this song, I probably could've just studied for the test, and gotten 100%😂

[@beachdog67]

LOL

[@tessat338]

Will you now ever forget the periodic table of elements? A song is a great way of learning them permanently, where as by simply studying, you would have remembered them for the test but they would have drained out of your brain as other information replaced them. I've learned the 50 US states in alphabetical order from Ray Charles' "50 Nifty United States", the Preamble to the Constitution from School House Rock, and enough philosophers to pass my University PHIL 101 exam from Monty Python's "Philosophers' Song"

[@johndemeritt3460]

@@tessat338, did you remember to quote them singing, "Socrates himself is permanently pissed"?

[@tessat338]

@@johndemeritt3460 Of course, but Socrates wasn't hard to remember. It was Kant, Heidegger, Hume, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Wittgenstein, Schlegel, Hobbs and Mill. That song is brilliant for keeping track of all those similar names.

[@johndemeritt3460]

@@tessat338, fair enough . . . I've had more exposure to all those German philosophers than I ever expected in the 10+ years I've been pursuing a PhD in Sociology. You'd be surprised how fast a PhD can run!

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

Anyone else find it funny how most of his songs are educational, and his last name is Lehrer, which is the German word for Teacher?

[@rafayshahid1731]

I do

[@matthewbornhorst5655]

Most of his songs are satirical, there are really only one or two songs that are educational, but he is a professor at UC Santa Clara I think

[@ae5704]

Most? He has a song named Masochism Tango

[@thekarlkeeper8727]

??? Isn’t he American?

[@maskofice9432]

Indeed most of his songs are educational. I certainly learned a lot from Be Prepared and Lobachevsky.

[@dkgonzal]

that crowd knows how to clap.

[@FlowersInHisHair]

It's... spooky.

[@Alfwin]

Denmark, even.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Do the Germans do this, too?

[@ezekielmartin4323]

I think it might be an issue with the audio. It might be leaving out some of the levels?

[@TrackpadTimmy]

no, they just clapped like that

[@dmr11235]

I kinda love the line “these are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard” because Tom Lehrer was actually incredibly brilliant and both studied and taught math at Harvard

[@marthamagee4526]

YES, YES, YES AND YES.

[@carolsimon9203]

One of my fave lines. Always comes to mind when shops claim that they've never heard of an item I've bought for years. A family fave riposte to yes we have no bananas.

[@Sam-cy3lp]

He's still alive..!

[@antronargaiv3283]

"Haaaahvahd", please.

[@FuckTheYoutubeUsernameChange]

it's very funny because "Lehrer" literally means "teacher" in german

[@Karthos1000]

Look. Tom Lerher is a genius. Without him, we wouldn't have Weird Al, and we also wouldn't have the Vatican Rag, arguably, his greatest song.

[@deadpig3613]

Lehrer

[@zevfarkas5120]

Genuflect when you say that!

[@beardedslavbrew615]

Allan Sherman too

[@MisterMalleable]

Or the Masochism Tango!

[@parodyceo7061]

Tim Minchin also has a clear lehrer vibe too, he inspired a lot of people

[@quibblish]

There's Earth and air and fire and water.

[@proximacentauri2684]

Brilliant

[@larawabsie]

Da dadaladada... DUN DUN

[@jamesmoconnell]

@@larawabsie Not any elements: Da, dadaladada, or DUN.

[@jamesmoconnell]

Shave and a Haircut: Two Bits!

[@brycew.5296]

Quibblish I died

[@FireHeart2829]

AHH!! just LOVED that last bit!! "There's Earth and Air and Fire and Water."

[@jenjen949]

!!!!!

[@aurelia8028]

That's how you get nerds to laugh :P

[@thejoyofsoxmovie7211]

It's not on the album version, so this is actually the first time I've heard Aristotle's version. Only 50 years later!

[@inesdeerausquin5658]

That's priceless 😂😂😂 I hadn't heard that bit either.

[@LosOjosCar]

@@thejoyofsoxmovie7211 Same!😆

[@leemumbray-williams2440]

I’ve never understood how Tom can sing this from memory! It amazes me how he memorised the entire list of elements but he is word perfect as he sings it!

[@marthamagee4526]

BRILLIANCE.

[@david2869]

It just takes practice and listening over and over.

[@victorcelna3028]

...and plays the piano to accompany himself. Without looking at the keys.

[@sinisterthewormguy]

erm, actually, it wasn’t word perfect because he replaced sulfur with gold 🤓🤓

[@nbewarwe]

@@sinisterthewormguy He also forgot lawrencium

[@austinholt8987]

Fun fact: Tom Lehrer is 80% lungs

[@shosty575]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sui11106]

He gotten the lung extensions.

[@MiGujack3]

Eminem too lol

[@personalRCH]

Give him helium and he'll float?

[@cappyal6448]

how does he talk that fast

[@TrekkerLLAP]

I memorized this and sang it for my science class when I was in sixth grade. I got many astonished looks, along with some pretty handsome extra credit ;)

[@CaptainCancer69]

TrekkerLLAP same here only in 5th grade

[@TrekkerLLAP]

pj shomo Nice! :)

[@CaptainCancer69]

thx

[@CaptainCancer69]

lol

[@Ayumi-km4xi]

TrekkerLLAP how did you do it? i want extra credit too lmao

[@humanbeing2084]

There's Earth and air and fire and water. Good Show Aristotle!!!

[@irismasterson3841]

Water? H2O?

[@circleo1992]

By the way, Aristotle didn’t believe the atoms existed at all. Instead, he believed that all matter is composed of some sort of a mixture of those four elements.

[@CircleTheCreator]

Water Symbol’s “Wt”?

[@sharpcatz]

OMG!! THIS!!!! My science teacher in school once played this song on repeat for a whole hour long lesson and I never knew what or who it was, I have nothing to describe the hate and love I feel for this song 😁 That teacher was a brilliant but evil genius 🤣

[@Activsoul]

I always give my chemistry students an opportunity to earn extra credit by memorizing this song. When they come to me at the end of the year to tell me it's impossible, I play a video of my daughter singing this for her 5th grade talent show! Also, I loved the tribute to Aristotle!

[@iracknads]

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~Aristotle~

[@G6JPG]

Not sure I'd call it a "tribute"! But fun adding it, anyway.

[@rickydumas9994]

Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) did it on the Graham Norton show, said it was his "party trick".

[@seanwickham8905]

@@rickydumas9994 And apparently, he memorized it over the weekend!? Freaking actors! I memorized four elements per week! My next project is "Amsterdam" by Jacques Brel. I don't speak a word of French, so it's fun!

[@antoninoskomnenos1022]

The next time scientists find a new element, they need to name it Lehrerium.

[@CeciliaKronvall]

Hear, hear!

[@goldenboyx92]

Damn the things Better Call Saul makes you look up......

[@landerathb8661]

Right!! Lol. Knew there'd be someone else here!

[@geneleboy6816]

thanks craig

[@PimpMatt0]

I'm taking chem this semester so this is actually useful.

[@jeansobrevilla364]

Yeah gabe botiquer

[@tookmyhandle2]

​@@jeansobrevilla364 Gale, I believe, but yes

[@aakashgoyal5324]

Did anyone else also noticed that he said gold instead of sulphur... Doesn't matter really...Legendary song 🔥

[@anamade3182]

I memorized this song for fun in two years ago and I still know it

[@clairemorrisdobie9977]

Applause for you. I listened to this song hundreds of times, decades ago. Was always fascinated by his genius and I know the words to most of his other parodies but never mastered this one. Just like to watch him pull it off!

[@anamade3182]

Claire Dobie I hope u master it its really funny to sing it to your friends . they look at you like WHATTT!!

[@jaycarberry-white6730]

I can... didn't try to put I listened to it so often it's stuck In my voice so when I recite them all I hear him singing it in my head. That's how I remember it

[@jaycarberry-white6730]

*head not voice

[@StabYoureIt]

Just practice :^)

[@Karthos1000]

I learned/memorized this on a bet from my 8th grade science teacher. Turns out he was joking about providing a prize to anyone who memorized it (and could keep up with Lehrer) but I did it, and true to his word, he did provide a prize. And showed me off to other teachers. I used the song as a camp fire act at boy scouts until it became tired and I retired it when I was a Junior in High School, also known as 11th grade, or when I was 16 for those outside the US education system. But it is burned into my mind. I will not, can not forget it.

[@Maria-jq3zv]

My eighth grade teacher did that with We Didn’t Start the Fire. I memorized the song, but he didn’t end up giving me my prize.

[@ClausAgerskov]

True Fun fact: Two elements are related to Copenhagen where this recording took place: 72 Hafnium discovered in Copenhagen (Hafnia in Latin) in 1923 by Coster and Hevesy 107 Bohrium is named after the Danish physicist Niels Bohr was born and lived in Copenhagen. He got the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohrium has not been found in nature and was first created in 1981. So it is not in the performed song. Extra: Lawrencium wasn't the newest element at the time of the recording while element number 104 was created in 1964 in The Sovjet Union and they named it Kurchatovium. In 1969 US scientists also created it but named i Rutherfordium. Both teams claimed the rights to the name so until it was settled the name Unnilquadrium (1 0 4 in Latin plus -rium) was used. In 1997 they agreed on Rutherfordium and the Sovjet got Dubnium for number 106 which is named after the Sovjet group Dubna who created it in 1968.

[@BurhDenbruhplusburden]

How did you know and why did you research about this?

[@RabbiHerschel]

Man, White ingenuity is just the coolest thing ever.

[@thecoloroctet1365]

@@RabbiHerschel *human ingenuity

[@RabbiHerschel]

@@thecoloroctet1365 which of the scientific discoveries in the comment to which I replied was made by non-Whites?

[@johndemeritt3460]

@@RabbiHerschel, it matters why?

[@marthamagee4526]

Tom Lehrer is absolutely brilliant! The album to listen to is " THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS". Run Don't Walk!

[@dukx3986]

I finally got my hands on the sheet music. It says 'play as fast as possible.' Never saw that tempo marking before but now I get it. I need to be as fast as possible and then twice as fast as that plus another really fucking fast. This guy...wow.

[@MrKaywyn]

It's set to the tune of I'm The Model of A Modern Major General from The Pirates of Penzance.

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General.

[@CeliaLewis]

I love being able to watch/hear him yet again! He was such a nerdy guy in the 60s... a little different by the 90s. Fabulous - wish I'd had him as one of my teachers!!

[@RedGlasses12]

I sincerely hope that someday I will memorize this correctly and actually sing it without getting tongue-tied. So jealous of Tom, that genius.

[@kilroy1964]

I've had this memorized for decades.

[@rw8733]

He is an absolutely brilliant performer. I'm hooked.

[@richardlindquist709]

I’m honestly relieved to be reminded of Tom Lerher’s song. The alternative paints her as some sort of eldritch being of incomprehensible knowledge. One BLeeM is enough, thank you.

[@Qrafter]

"There's Gold in Californium" Did he predict the California Gold Rush 118 years after it happened?

[@TexBest84]

Actually he made a miastake in this performance: he just said gold instead of sulfur. In fact he said gold two times...

[@carolynzaremba5469]

He said "gold AND Californium". Californium is an element.

[@makismakiavelis5718]

Your comment was so stupid but why did I laugh so hard? 😄

[@donaldpomaville3743]

@Bee Sixteen there weren’t 118 elements discovered back then

[@marthamagee4526]

@Bee Sixteen It's called cleverness!

[@antronargaiv3283]

Tom Lehrer is a national treasure. I first heard this song in 1969, when I was taking high school chemistry. It resulted in my listening to the other songs on the record album (yes, I'm old), and so began my attraction to Lehrer's work. My kids (and I hope, their kids) like him as well...I made sure of that. He's proof that math teachers can also be rock stars.

[@Zoidberg227]

I think the next official IUPAC name ought to be Lehrium ...

[@sidtheshuckle]

RIP this hasn’t aged well

[@ChaosGremlin-co3or]

@@sidtheshuckle Why, what happened?

[@sidtheshuckle]

@@ChaosGremlin-co3or well the periodic table finished soo… but then again he could be joking

[@fitwesdaily]

I believe scientists are working on elements from the island of stability now.

[@patrickweyland-smith1023]

Luckily the synthesis of further elements is ongoing research within the scientific community, so who knows. Maybe one day a Lehrium

[@woolies_water]

There's earth and air and fire and water. Tom Lehrer is a genius.

[@Hokies]

I'm in eighth grade and my science teacher made it so if we memorize the periodic table song we get an automatic A in the class I tried but I failed😜

[@tiliger5878]

guess i'm 4 years late (your probably in 12th grade but idc) but uh 8th grade am i right?

[@lsh3rd]

Thanks for inserting mention of my element!!

[@harveycruickshanks5192]

Eminem should learn from this guy.

[@helina8415]

hahahha yeah😂

[@denizbluemusic]

In my country (Turkey), a rapper named "Ceza" made a rap about the elements and he basically listed them in the way Tom Lehrer did

[@giorgiofunel3125]

Dat noble gases

[@MarthaRoseMoore415]

EMINEM is one of a handful of MCs who don't need help, there are dozens of others, however, who would benefit handsomely from exposure to Mr. Lehrer.

[@jeanparke9373]

Well Eminem and Lehrer are actually good friends!

[@MultiGeraghty]

My late Dad (RIP) often sang 2 Tom Lehrer songs at parties, but not this one, (although had he known of it's existence, he would have given it his best shot!) His two were "The Irish ballad" and "I hold your hand in mine, dear"

[@mothlantern]

I like how he starts with my favorite element, antimony.

[@marthamagee4526]

HaHa.

[@sickofcrap8992]

It was soooo great to hear this song again. Wonderful to SEE it for the first time.

[@f.i.r.e.5119]

Holy crap. My awesome chem teacher showed us this song, with images superimposed over his singing. It's so much more impressive seeing him do it live, even with the small mishap through the middle. And the ending with Aristotle's version was hilarious.

[@zenmart]

Happy Birthday Mr Lehrer!

[@anti0918]

At 0:40 he messed up Protactinium. Also, at 1:24 he said Gold again instead of Sulfur. Still awesome to see him actually singing it!

[@samshrem6983]

Nice catch

[@princeicio]

Does it matter? this doesn't make any sense BTW, unless you're studying chemistry

[@anti0918]

princeicio What doesn't make any sense? The interest in learning the lyrics? I was studying chemistry at the time.

[@helenarooke9793]

I noticed too... I was just about to comment saying the same thing! :)

[@lsobrien]

princeicio What are you talking about? Are you intentionally trying to be a jerk? Good work, anti918. Interesting stuff.

[@BrendaMLKovacs]

Love love love the ending!!!

[@fairhousing]

Hadn't heard the earlier version of the song before. Lehrer and his musical satires have been a fresh air of relief. If only he were still composing today at 92 (April 2020) - he'd no doubt write a brilliant satire of our leader's butched response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

[@antronargaiv3283]

Meh. Some of his old songs are still perfectly applicable today. Which is either impressive, or depressing, or both.

[@podemosurss8316]

For those interested, the tune is that of "Modern Mayor General".

[@ckmishn3664]

Missing elements: 104 - Rutherfordium 105 - Dubnium 106 - Seaborgium 107 - Bohrium 108 - Hassium 109 - Meitnerium 110 - Darmstadtium 111 - Roentgenium 112 - Copernicium 113 - Nihonium 114 - Flerovium 115 - Moscovium 116 - Livermorium 117 - Tennessine 118 - Oganesson

[@TaiFerret]

And Sulphur.

[@ckmishn3664]

irussianboi Yes, it's an update not a correction, they are some of the "many others but they haven't been discovered."

[@anynamebutmyrealone]

'Best version you will ever see on youtube', not a false word in that. Great video:)

[@juliolopez-neves4679]

When he sang the song live he still sounds just like the soundtrack.

[@marthamagee4526]

100% GENUINENESS.

[@suomeaboo]

he's 96 and still alive today, living long enough to see 16 new elements discovered - enough to fill a complete new verse which he uploaded on his website in 2020: copernicium, meitnerium, nihonium, moscovium rutherfordiuim, seaborgium, roentgenium, flerovium darmstadtium, lawrencium, oganesson, livermoriuim and tennessine and hassium and dubnium and bohrium

[@NarcissistMargarine]

YES! This man is such a genius, I love everything he did.

[@marthamagee4526]

GENIUS!

[@7dave2ful]

I remembered seeing someone do this song, at theatre 501 upstages on Battersea Park Road. Such a cracking song if the singing has got the right tempo and vocal strength. Without breaking out in laughter.

[@pkjgwoleirjgweo]

I love this version! It's so raw and imperfect.

[@RatPfink66]

Yep, tossed out sulfur and added more gold. Can you blame him?

[@KJTV67]

I'm impressed that he could do what he did from memory!

[@lindsayariel7363]

it's my great life goal to be able to sing this song.

[@alaskya7657]

I was introduced to this by my science teacher and I'm using this to help me for my upcoming yearly science test!

[@bellefeu4933]

THAT END THO

[@floydian06]

I've always wanted to see this performed live. Thanks so much for sharing it! (bum-babumbum-bumbum)

[@martinshoosterman]

Theirs earth and air and fire and water.

[@puffy4712]

Well. Yeah. But this one are the chemical ones ._.

[@ProCreateful]

Freddy Fuuuzbear Maybe you should watch the whole video?

[@rodneygreenberg3840]

martinshoosterman No not THEIRS. THERE'S, which is short for THERE IS. Tom Lehrer took a dim view of bad spellers.

[@martinshoosterman]

...

[@ThunderRayGun]

martinshoosterman He had the correct grammar, what are you talking about?

[@camillewitten3779]

My father was a high school Physics teacher and he used to play Tom Lehrer for his students! They always loved it!

[@Prauwlet213]

I just love Tom Lehrer. While some of his language is definitely outdated, the spirit of his songs are very joyfully satirical, and he is to this day hilarious.

[@natsume5372]

Our teacher showed us the song when we were first year high school... memories

[@maryakhan1111]

"And Thulium and Thallium"!!! HAHA! THAT MAKES ME LAUGH! Also, I watched the video at school, on that website he has the video on, and he can do it sooooo fast in this version.

[@tobiashorowitz9676]

I wish we had more people like this man. A true academic.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Utterly brilliant! And noticeably faster than the version on the CD.

[@g00fy_516]

my science teacher said that if he memorised this and are able to sing it that he'll give us a butt-load of king sized candy bars

[@tesshopkins5483]

Brilliant recording of a brilliant man

[@thepenguin12]

In this live performance, he makes a mistake, Mr. Tom Lehrer says gold twice and forgets sulfur 1st gold: 0:39, second gold: 1:24. The second gold that he says is supposed to be sulfur, trust me, I know all the elements up to date and I know the lyrics to this song.

[@agentzig197]

he did gold twice

[@hughx5235]

That is faster than the version on vinyl. Presto troppo, actually.

[@thejoyofsoxmovie7211]

Plus it has Aristotle's version!

[@Nyckname]

My junior high science teacher would play Tom Lehrer for us. Everyone should have teachers like Mr. Gibson.

[@deet0109mapping]

And after lawrencium, came 15 more...

[@deet0109mapping]

and yet another...

[@hydroxenon9364]

rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson

[@waluigitime1780]

+HydroXenon93 You forgot Vibranium and Adamantium

[@mcswell2001]

How about Unobtanium?

[@amazing763]

mcswell2001 - I've got some right here. Don't let it slip through your fingers. Oops. Well, maybe next time.

[@spoop6803]

this is the first time I'm seeing this man and I already love him wow

[@wderoos]

in the 4th to last sentence he sang: "Gold, Californium, Fermium, Berkelium" but it must be "Sulphur, Californium, Fermium, Berkelium"

[@orcdooom]

It is

[@aurelia8028]

Yeah. I noticed it too. It's the only one he got wrong xD

[@d.e.p.-j.7106]

Testing you

[@katieroberts7012]

Meh

[@danacarpender2287]

I could sing all of That Was the Year That Was by the time I toddled off to first grade. I credit Mr. Lehrer with my being the warped, sarcastic individual I am today, and I thank him for it.

[@CuteIsWhatIAimFor143]

I'm 16 and I knew this song before hearing Daniel Radcliffe sing it. It's sad that many people don't know or appreciate the brilliant work of Tom Lehrer.

[@iracknads]

Who the heck is Daniel Radcliffe?!?

[@Anonymous-rw8eq]

lmao i did this song in front of my whole year in yr 7, and now again on the last year of yr 11. Time really flies

[@levirain5411]

They played this for my science class and I was thinking "Holy shit, I recognize this guy and his voice" Turns out he sings Masochism Tango as well. The more you know.

[@johndemeritt3460]

One of my "Go to" favorites of Lehrer's collection! Right up there with "The Old Dope Peddler" and "My Home Town"!

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

I've loved this tune since the 70s and used it as part of a video many times whilst teaching. His other songs (such as Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, and I Hold Your Hand in Mine) all great laughs too.

[@chknoodle2324]

Seen this countless times, but I just noticed that even singing this fast he was able to roll his R in rubidium.

[@mr.depthleviathan5425]

Person saying effects at the end of medical commercial: I can speak the fastest! ImpulseSV under pressure: No, I can! Tom Lehrer: AMATEURS!

[@marthamagee4526]

🙌🏾

[@laurajb123458]

Watching this with captions is very amusing

[@Fizwalker]

"There was an earlier version of this song..... Earth, air, fire and water!"

[@TheyCallMeMrSchnappo]

Over a decade ago when I was in 11th grade chemistry, the super cool teacher said if anybody can sing the elements song in front of the class they don't have to take the final. Nobody took her up on the offer.

[@richardlindquist709]

Sup fellow Dropout fans

[@werdwerdus]

amazing microphone setup and sound

[@SpeedStar1324]

I'm literally performing this later in the school talent show. First I need to learn how to play I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General on piano :D

[@simonmasters3295]

Bravo! Did you get to do it?

[@serenechaosuk4682]

We were introduced to this song at school in Chemistry class ! It was featured in an educational film we watched ! Incidentally I love Aristotle's 'Earth, Air, Fire + Water' version !

[@emmarose4234]

Happy 93rd birthday, Thomas Andrew Lehrer! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎❣️💕💞💓💗💖💘💝💟

[@inh4855]

Where is my jetlag gang?

[@Zyghqwyv]

The 209 dislikes are from sam and toby's alt accounts

[@doggo7]

it sure destroy sanity play it for long time

[@Noe_]

Hapy birthday tom! What are the chances I would remember about you the day of your birthday. wow!

[@hats1642]

Since the recording of this clip, a further 15 elements have been discovered. In order of discovery, they are Nobelium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Meitnerium, Hassium, Darmstadtium, Roengenium, Copernicium, Flerovium, Livermorium, Oganesson, Moscovium, Nihonium, and Tennessine. Unfortunately these extra elements (plus Lawrencium) are slightly too many for one extra verse but not quite enough for two.

[@blakehodgetts7184]

Nobelium is in this song

[@hats1642]

@@blakehodgetts7184 You're right, I misread my list it seems.

[@petertrudelljr]

@@hats1642 Theres Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium and Bohrium/Meitnerium, Hassium, Roengenium and Flerovium/Darmsatdtium, Copernicium, Livermorium, Oganesson/Moscovium, Nihonium, Tennessine, and Lawrencium! There, one additional quartet.

[@joaovictorpalmeida]

Indeed the best on youtube

[@shaktidixit6253]

Who' s here after listening ADAH SHARMA 💞🙌🇮🇳

[@smf14jr31]

After 9 years of you're watching this video you are really a 90's kid.

[@georgeevans9044]

Read the KZbin transcript. It's awesome. (If you don't know how, click the "more" button next to "share" then click "transcript")

[@uzumaruko]

There's earth and air and fire and water. Life was much simpler in those days! Thank you, Tom!

[@rocotu]

1:30 subtitles: "Nazi Nazi can rodeo McClure coca-cola"

[@fredericksimbol2645]

N***s can rodeo McClure coca cola

[@happibroccoli8633]

For some reason this song comforts me

[@kyawkyawwin1]

A true musical genius.

[@arifaali5228]

There's earth and air and fire and water 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@davidwells9982]

Any time I'm feeling a little blue, I put on this video with subtitles. Fantastic. Cheers me right up, watching KZbin's subtitle technology trying to cope with Lehrer's madness.

[@jjohnston94]

+David Wells This song should be the Turing test for closed captions.