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Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?

Mattbrain
#25Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/10/11 at 2:59pm

As someone who's a pretty big Andrew Lloyd Webber fan, I have to say that bwayfan took the words right out of my mouth. Looking on his body of work, I really don't think he has a masterpiece but his best is Evita. No question.


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muscle23ftl
#26Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/10/11 at 3:20pm

I love all his shows: Sunset, Joseph, Aspects, etc. But probably I have to agree that Evita is his masterpiece.
I also enjoyed his latest groundbreaking shows like Bombay Dreams(although the lyrics weren't his) and The Woman in White.


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Annas_Priest
#27Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/10/11 at 3:42pm

He has never written his own lyrics

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ClapYo'Hands
#28Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/10/11 at 4:09pm

He also didn't compose Bombay Dreams. That was A.R Rahman. Lloyd Webber produced it.

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muscle23ftl
#29Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/10/11 at 4:16pm

I meant *compose*, but it was his production and it was groundbreaking, I had never seen anything like that before or after.


"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

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muscle23ftl
#30Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/11/11 at 5:18am

Did I forget to mention the wonderful Song&Dance?!!! The only semi one-woman show I have ever enjoyed due to that glorious score and excellent plot?


"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

nomdeplume
#31Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/11/11 at 5:45am

"Unexpected Song" is pretty glorious from Song & Dance, but then for his best musical I think JCS with "Heaven on their Minds" yet then I admire Sunset Boulevard's entr'acte, and I'm fond of songs in Evita like "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You"...

so why pick one...

nah, can't do it

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chewy5000
#32Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/11/11 at 6:32am

Jeeves

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Adam Chris
#33Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/11/11 at 7:19pm

It's without a doubt Starlight Express. Just kidding.

I think Phantom of the Opera IS his masterpiece. I think it's what will define him 100 years from now.
I know many will call that score rubbish - I've heard the arguments for years, however, I agree that the show has found it's place comfortably in musical history.

I also believe Evita and JCS are right behind it.

Aspects of Love has a great score but the actual story is dead weight.

I wonder how time will treat Sunset Blvd.

bwayfan7000
#34Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/11/11 at 7:35pm

I'll often listen to Evita and have to remind myself that it is, in fact, a Lloyd Webber score. I have come to associate his music as either so repetitive or disconnected as a score that Evita really stands alone, I think.

I also enjoy Joseph for about the first ten minutes, and then remember that it's one of, if not THE, most monotonous musical ever created.


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Mister Matt
#35Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece?
Posted: 4/11/11 at 8:01pm

Evita, followed closely by Jesus Christ Superstar, Aspects of Love and Sunset Boulevard.


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