| re: Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar | |
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steven_stuart 03:12 am UTC 11/07/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar - rockfenris2005 03:15 am UTC 11/04/10 |
| > It's a shame then that Jim didn't work with Ted on an > album. You'd think Mr Stigwood would have had the > initiative to suggest that. And it seems like such a > likely combination. After all, Ted's "Gethsemane" is as > soaring as Meat's "For crying out loud". This is true. Ted's "Gethsemane" is fantastic. > Yes, that's correct, and sometimes they would combine it > with "Godspell" or religious hymns so that they couldn't > be sued or shut down. It was because of these amateur > productions that Stigwood eventually opened the tour. Oh. Several interesting pieces of historical information. > Some might say that it's wrong to compare them, but you > can't help it when it's the same composer. You wish that > he had done more rock musicals. "Whistle" was good. Yes. Although I get the impression that you don't think "Whistle" was nearly as good as it could have been. > > Did your hero Michael Kamen do the arrangements for both > > the album and the film? I know he worked on the film. I > > will be very interested to see what they have done with > > "The Wall" for the new arena show. Jim's friends Marc > > Brickman and Gerald Scarfe are both working on it. > > Yes, he worked on both the album and the film. And then he > did "The Final Cut" which was the last album with Roger, > and the only album Rick Wright didn't play on. He had left > during the making of "The Wall" although he returned > briefly for the tour on a salary (He actually made more > money than the other members.) > "The Final Cut" is my least favourite Pink Floyd > recording, but it's interesting to hear the songs that > never made it to "The Wall" album. I think "The Final Cut" > is as beautiful if not more moving than "Nobody Home" and > "Comfortably Numb", and having said that I am now going to > get blasted into smithereens by some. I liked "Not Now John". Apparenlty its the only song on "The Final Cut" which is sung by David Gilmour. I actually think he is a better singer than Roger Waters. To me the performance at Live 8 proved that. I think Michael Kamen prefered Gilmour. Have you ever seen the tape of the wonderful concert he and Gilmour did together at The South Bank in London? Michael was on piano. > We'll never know. But I do think it's interesting that > there are more flaws in the ALW shows without Tim than > there are with the ALW shows with Tim. And Richard Stilgoe > is no Tim Rice, though Charles Hart is quite good. I love > his use of wordplay in "Phantom of the Opera". He did > nicely. > Jim's the best lyricist Andrew has worked with since Tim > though, without a doubt in my mind. Ben Elton and Glenn > Slater are the worst. I agree. Well said. > By all means, come to my address, and > threaten to paint my house green and write BUM! in big > glowing red letters. But you can pay for the damages. And > I promise you I won't ask you to sign "Midnight at the > Lost and Found". Ha ha. That's very funny. | |
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