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Published on Aug 19, 2013

I hope you enjoy this excellent performance by Mr. Tom Lehrer. He is one of the most amazing comedian/singer i have ever heard. I hope you enjoy. PS. I'm not Tom Lehrer. Im a person who enjoys him.

A few months ago, Roger was asked on Reddit what it was like going on stage before this performance. This was his response:

Wow. It's almost, you could almost touch the hole through the walls of the backstage. It was extraordinary, absolutely an extraordinary time. Of course it's in those times of incredible stress the adrenaline kicks in overdrive, and people are dazed, and it kind of brings out the best in humanity. And I was really nervous, you know, I thought "what are we going to play" and Pete said "Let's just play what we always play" and thank god he was right. We went out and played songs that were defiant, not celebratin' anything, but like we're not going away, we're here, and I still find it emotional now, thinking bout it. It was a very roller coaster to be onstage looking at the audience. I don't know if you saw it on the TV, I never saw it on TV, but quite a lot of the front row, there were young children, 8, 9, 10, and they were wearing their father's helmet who were killed in the twin towers. It was so hard to look at it. But they all reacted so positively to the music that you thought "all of this evil, wherever it comes from in the world, music will overcome it, good music, and being upfront with people and talking to people and getting rid of all the stuff in between." When you come face to face with good music. It was an amazing, amazing experience. And i hope I don't ever have to do another one.