Andrew Lloyd Webber Recycles- Page 2

[emlodik]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 5:08am

"The Coney Island Waltz" also sounds suspiciously similar to "Overture" and "The Greatest Star of All" from SUNSET BOULEVARD.

[Leadingplayer]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 5:56am

I never knew (until recently) that Oh What a Circus is Don't Cry For Me Argentina....try it you can sing the lyrics over each other.

[emlodik]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 5:58am

...It's also the same melody as the second half of "Santa Evita" (when the workers sing.)

[Nickhutson]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 6:40am

What a genius he is!

[emlodik]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 7:31am

...But that's not really an example of recycling, it's a recurring leitmotif within the context of the show.

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 8:08am

Also... MUSIC OF THE NIGHT was originally a song called MARRIED MAN from SONG AND DANCE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArnjrAcMEuA

Not quite. There IS a "Married Man" in "Song & Dance," but that's a completely different song.

The one that was recycled as "Music of the Night" was written for Sarah Brightman when she and ALW first became a 'thing', and she performed in an early Sydmonton Festival tryout of "Aspects of Love" with Marti Webb. That's where your clip comes from.

She performed the song in concert a few times, and then recorded it as a single, but she and ALW were divorcing their spouses at the time, the song got tied up legalities (due to its content), and it ultimately was not released.

This is the only performance of the song in its entirety that's surfaced so far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1RQr7BZCSA

[tazber]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 8:12am

Wow scorpion, that is some list.

Thanks for posting!

I knew he recycled, but I had no idea he did it so often.

[emlodik]

Posted: 7/19/12 at 8:15am

...And yet he pales in comparison to Jim Steinman. :-/