Good satire passes the test of time – and none better than this “moan” from US Maths Professor and part time writer and performer of satirical songs Tom Lehrer. He wrote fewer than 40 songs over the lifetime of his second string career. Each one is a gem. He sings the unsayable and puts warmongers in their place – which was not often done at the height of the Cold War. Here, from 1967, is a beautifully crafted and still politically stinging expose of what nuclear weapons (or an accident at a nuclear power station) could do.
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