At 09:38 PM 9/28/00 -0700, you wrote:
Ah. Tom Lehrer...
Where oh where is his equal today?
Try Roy Zimmerman (no relation to Bob) or the group he used to lead, The
Foremen. I think their albums are still available (from Warner Brothers, I
believe). Like many of the best artists, most of their CDs are self-published.
One of my favorites is a song called "3 Strikes and You're Out," about the
"legal justice" system we have in California, under which if a person gets
convicted of three felonies he or she gets a life sentence, no matter
whether the felonies are violent or not. (Correct that: not all persons get
that punishment, since "legal persons" -- i.e. corporations -- are exempt.)
Anyway, in their early, self-published album, the Foremen sing it à la Bob
Dylan. In the Warner album, they do it à la the Byrds, a group that sang a
lot of Dylan songs.
Anyway, they produce excellent topical/political songs (including
Lehrereseque lyrics) in sort of a folk-rock mode. In fact, they got Tom
Lehrer's endorsement on one of their albums. Brad may not like their
politics, though they don't have any songs about "free" trade (yet).
(I have no financial or commercial connection with either Roy Zimmerman or
the Foremen. Even though Zimmerman left the band, BTW, the Foreman still
exist and do gigs.)
(Néstor, I thought the term "gringos" came from the song "green grows the
rushes grow," a US folk song which probably came from the British Isles
originally.)
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
