Dillie Keane on Tom Lehrer: songs that led me to torture my parents
The American singer and songwriter mocked the absurdities of the human condition by using jolly tunes and foul lyrics Tom Lehrer exploded in my unhappy 15-year-old head like the best firework display you ever imagined. I was at a convent in the 1960s and a friend returned from the US with a copy of Lehrer's album That Was the Year That Was. It was the funniest thing in the world. His sophisticated irreverence was a j…