That's the sort of authors Flanders and Swann were. Their wordplay was legendary and still has different nuances every time I listen.

The major problem with their music now is that you have to a) listen to the lyrics and b) have a pretty good vocabulary to get the jokes. Even after 40 years, the political references (nil combustibus Profumo) are funny, but just wouldn't work with any other name. It requires a little bit more history than they appear to be teaching at school these days (Oh ye Gods, I'm turning into my father!).

LTS