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Post by karloscar on Jan 22, 2023 23:28:49 GMT
The Lord's "colossal outpouring of great melody" mostly stolen from Puccini, Ravel, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Pink Floyd and many others....😜
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Post by Oliver on Jan 22, 2023 23:31:35 GMT
The Lord's "colossal outpouring of great melody" mostly stolen from Puccini, Ravel, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Pink Floyd and many others....😜 Yeah, whatever...
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 23, 2023 0:26:25 GMT
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Post by Oliver on Jan 23, 2023 9:18:54 GMT
So dumb, people identifying a similarity in a musical phrase - literally the building blocks of musical composition -and concluding that the piece is therefore plagiarised! Memory is of course nothing like 'Bolero'. You could just as easily say the song 'She' is like Bolero (it isn't either). You can do the same with literally any composer of tonal music. Anyway, care to make an argument rather than posting a YT video?
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Post by steve10086 on Feb 18, 2023 23:12:14 GMT
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Post by marob on Feb 18, 2023 23:24:16 GMT
“Bad Kingderella” 😂😂😂
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Post by justfran on Mar 22, 2023 10:06:26 GMT
ALW at the BBC documentary showing on BBC2 this Saturday at 9.25pm to mark his 75th birthday.
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Post by distantcousin on Mar 23, 2023 8:47:25 GMT
And the original TV special of Tell Me On A Sunday (starring Marti Webb) - which I don't believe has been broadcast in decades?!
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Post by alece10 on Mar 25, 2023 19:38:37 GMT
Sadly Andrews son has passed away. Condolences to the family.
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Post by Dr Tom on Mar 25, 2023 20:10:19 GMT
Sadly Andrews son has passed away. Condolences to the family. I just saw his tweet. How sad.
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Post by d'James on Mar 25, 2023 21:04:45 GMT
So extremely sad for someone so young. At least he stayed in the UK to be with him.
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Post by theatreian on Mar 25, 2023 23:11:31 GMT
Yes so sad and on the night with the programmes about Andrew too.
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Post by Deal J on May 5, 2023 13:46:57 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Jun 5, 2023 18:40:53 GMT
Just watched it. Very interesting
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Post by Jan on Jun 16, 2023 6:10:51 GMT
Just watched it. Very interesting Yes it was wasn't it ? The story itself was interesting but also the small insight it gave into what ALW was like "in real life" - I found him surprisingly endearing (not so his brother).
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Post by karloscar on Jun 17, 2023 13:21:16 GMT
I despair. The most financially secure composer of musicals on earth is now whining that he can't write the show he wants to because "woke" forces are telling him he can't write about a foreign country because he doesn't come from that culture. He doesn't say what country that might be or give any clue why setting his latest project there might cause offence. Just that "they" whoever "they" may be are out to get him. And the Telegraph are now devoting column inches from another middle aged white man saying this is the end for all writers. Utter nonsense. He can write whatever he likes. He can afford to produce it himself which gives him an immediate advantage over most other composers. If it is any good he may even find backers and maybe even an audience for it as well. The reason his last show failed was because it was bloody awful in London, and he was daft enough to waste money taking it to Broadway without a substantial rewrite where it did even worse. Maybe the forces telling him his next show is a bad idea, are the same ones who said Bad Cinderella was a turkey from the getgo and maybe he should listen to sound advice rather than presuming he's right and everyone else is out to get him. By claiming his liberty to create is being curtailed without being specific about why that might be, he just sounds a bit pathetic.
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Post by BVM on Jun 18, 2023 9:36:05 GMT
I despair. The most financially secure composer of musicals on earth is now whining that he can't write the show he wants to because "woke" forces are telling him he can't write about a foreign country because he doesn't come from that culture. He doesn't say what country that might be or give any clue why setting his latest project there might cause offence. Just that "they" whoever "they" may be are out to get him. And the Telegraph are now devoting column inches from another middle aged white man saying this is the end for all writers. Utter nonsense. He can write whatever he likes. He can afford to produce it himself which gives him an immediate advantage over most other composers. If it is any good he may even find backers and maybe even an audience for it as well. The reason his last show failed was because it was bloody awful in London, and he was daft enough to waste money taking it to Broadway without a substantial rewrite where it did even worse. Maybe the forces telling him his next show is a bad idea, are the same ones who said Bad Cinderella was a turkey from the getgo and maybe he should listen to sound advice rather than presuming he's right and everyone else is out to get him. By claiming his liberty to create is being curtailed without being specific about why that might be, he just sounds a bit pathetic. I am not sure what him being the "most financially secure composer of musicals on earth" has got to do with any of this. Also not sure why you despair. It's hardly unusual that an older creative who's been in the industry his entire life is going to have opinions on current themes in that industry. The conversation about who's the stories are to tell is increasingly out there. Not giving a position either way but it is VERY much a conversation being had and I think he was right to be concerned about a backlash had he written the Botswana story. (My God, in the current climate he seems to get backlash for much less). Finally lots of people really enjoyed Cinderella. Yes, it got bashed on here, but most of the GBP in the theatre had a great time. Saw it several times at the Gillian Lynne, I really enjoyed it and it always got a great reception. "Bloody awful" is a matter of opinion.
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