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Tom Lehrer - Who's Next - with intro

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Music performance & songsSatire & parodyMilitary history & warfare

What it is

Tom Lehrer performs his satirical song Who's Next, about the spread of nuclear weapons, with a spoken introduction. It is a short musical comedy piece from the Cold War era.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN mentions it mostly in nuclear-weapons threads as a witty or darkly funny aside, rather than as a recommendation.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I love his song "Who's Next?", about nuclear war”

    Tom Lehrer's satirical song about nuclear proliferation

    pizza, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tom lehrer, satire, nuclear proliferation, cold war, musical comedy

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