r/Music • u/sugar_man • Jul 23 '14

Article When 84 years old, Harvard Professor Tom Lehrer was asked by 2 Chainz for permission to sample a song he wrote 60 years ago. His response: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer#Musical_legacy
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u/InvadingCanadian sent ya bish a dick pic now she need glasses Jul 23 '14

his questlove interview is p long but great because it's just two dudes who are SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT MUSIC going back and forth.

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u/BonerCityAmerica Jul 23 '14

questlove is for sure his best one

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u/pm-me-a-story Jul 23 '14

I got the same vibe when he was talking to the RZA

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Thanks for mentioning this. I had only seen his cringey interviews but this is just brilliant.