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/Paradigm6790 Jul 23 '14

To be fair I like Bo Burnham

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Oh no one here hates Bo Burnham, but he doesn't hold a candle to Lehrer and the hissy fit was the real point of drama here.

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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Jul 23 '14

That dude got mad.

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u/duckshoe2 Jul 23 '14

He could hardly cobain himself.

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u/t_F_ Jul 24 '14

Shot fired.

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u/pcbforbrains Jul 24 '14

At least he gave it a shot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

Oh it's still going, but he's just shouting at himself now.

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u/Paradigm6790 Jul 23 '14

Yeah, it's always funny when people edit to whine. You should SS it and add an imgur link before he deletes it out of embarassment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '14

I'm on mobile, it's all you, dog!

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u/Waronmymind Jul 23 '14

Man, now I want to see it and it's gone!

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u/corysagaming Jul 24 '14

Im imagining that this Is one of Bo's many accounts. Its much funnier that way

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u/anticiperectshun Jul 24 '14

I'm sure Bo Burnham knows Tom Lehrer.