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In this months Q magazine when Edge was asked about the Spiderman Musical he was quoted as saying "Not wishing to offend anybody, I think musicals had their hay day in the 40's, 50's and 60's. I don't think there's been anything written since then". Do you think this was a dig at Andrew Lloyd Webber? He is a Sir but in Britain he is known as The Lord.

I know some of you hecks think that U2 are beyond criticism, and I do love them else I wouldn't have signed up to this forum, but I happen to think that Webber is an extreamely talanted man. I've never been interested in money. As long as I have enough money to pay the rent, my bills, food and the occassional treat now and again, I'm happy. But if I had just one wish it would be tickets to watch just one of his productions in Broadway or even just the West End. Who cannot be moved by Elaine Paige singing Memories whilst dressed as a cat.

Do you know what's the biggest selling single in Britain by an Irish artist? No it's not a U2 single, it's a song called No Matter What which was writen by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Boyzone.

And no I'm not joking. He really has upest me.
 
I don't think it was a thinkly veiled jab at Andrew Lloyd Webber or anything. I think he was just giving an opinion on musicals in general. Maybe you are reading too much into it. Anyway, it's just his opinion. Different people like different things. For something like this, I don't think it's worth getting too fired up over.
 
Even better - did you pick up on Adam's little dig at the U2 internet community?? He basically said whoever listened to those beach clips had far too much time on their hands. :angry:

And btw I'm British and I can't stand Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of my favourite lines of a Roger Waters song is from his solo album 'Amused to Death' :

'we cower in our shelters, with our fingers in our ears
Lloyd Webber's awful stuff runs for years and years and years and years
all of a sudden an earthquake hits the theatre but the operata lingers
but then the piano lid comes crashing down and breaks his fucking fingers
Its a miracle"

Nuff' said.
 
Well, its indeed remarkable that Edge has such a strong opinion about musicals. But maybe he has been interested in this for a long time already?

To me, the whole thing does not sound rock n roll to me. I don't like musicals and my favorite ROCK-band doing musical... i dont like the whole idea. Would prefer they put their energy in more albums.
 
And coming from Adam - someone who has been making shitty little videos all year to tease us! :lol:
 
I guess you haven't read about Larry jabbing at OUR hero Bono. :eyebrow:

Or Bono jabbing at the poor men who have three testicles.

Disgusting. :tsk:
 
Cactus Annie,

I think you should post whatever you want, and not have to deal with the ever so brave "tell it like it is" comments of our anonymous, protected fellow chat room members.

It's amazing how brave people are when they know they don't have to deal with the ramifications of their statement face to face.

I don't know how The Edge may feel about Webber, but from what I've heard from classical musicians, the modern musical is seen as a very watered down version of the former great operas. One teacher, specifically, pointed to John
Williams (thought he is a film score composer, so it is a little different, I know), as an example of this. I can't really tell a huge difference, but perhaps if you are schooled in music theory, Andrew Lloyd Webber becomes something different?
 
I don't think Edge is having a dig, its not really his style, plus he does start his comment with 'Not wishing to offend anyone'.

The West Ends doing OK though, I remember reading how that BBC programme ALW was a judge on gave the whole thing a big boost in terms of visitors and box office sales.
 
MikeyJB said:
And btw I'm British and I can't stand Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of my favourite lines of a Roger Waters song is from his solo album 'Amused to Death' :

'we cower in our shelters, with our fingers in our ears
Lloyd Webber's awful stuff runs for years and years and years and years
all of a sudden an earthquake hits the theatre but the operata lingers
but then the piano lid comes crashing down and breaks his fucking fingers
Its a miracle"

Nuff' said.
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Let's not forget the dig Crowded House take in Chocolate Cake either:

Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber
May his trousers fall down as he bows to the queen and the crown
I don't know what tune that the orchestra played
But it went by me sickly and sentimental

I'll have another piece of chocolate cake while Annie weeps.
 
Cactus Annie said:
Do you know what's the biggest selling single in Britain by an Irish artist? No it's not a U2 single, it's a song called No Matter What which was writen by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Boyzone.
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u2 are not really a single selling band. Ahhh the genius of Lord Lloyd Webber, the man who needs a crappy TV talent contest to find the west ends next " big star " :rolleyes:
 
MikeyJB said:
Even better - did you pick up on Adam's little dig at the U2 internet community?? He basically said whoever listened to those beach clips had far too much time on their hands. :angry:

And btw I'm British and I can't stand Andrew Lloyd Webber, one of my favourite lines of a Roger Waters song is from his solo album 'Amused to Death' :

'we cower in our shelters, with our fingers in our ears
Lloyd Webber's awful stuff runs for years and years and years and years
all of a sudden an earthquake hits the theatre but the operata lingers
but then the piano lid comes crashing down and breaks his fucking fingers
Its a miracle"

Nuff' said.
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What do you know about musicals? I'd like to see Spiderman do as well as Cats.

And Adam has a point
 
Why do I need to have a vast knowledge of musicals in order to say I don't like Andrew Lloyd Webber? So what if Cats is successful, I'll take Roger Waters/Pink Floyd any day thanks very much.

I did go and see Monty Python's Spamalot which I guess you could call a musical of sorts. I enjoyed it very much.
 
I'm not the biggest fan of Lloyd Webber either :shrug: I'd hardly call him a National Icon :lol:
 
I suppose he's an icon to all British guys who thought they were ugly.
 
I think Weber has produced some timeless melodies, and I greatly enjoy some of his shows (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and to some extent, Phantom). But he's not without a good number of detractors and he's not above criticism.

And I don't think Edge meant it as a specific jab at Weber.
 
It's not like he'd be the sole member of the club.

And now I have Jesus Christ Superstar in my head. This is not a bad thing

: quietly rocks out :
 
Axver said:
Let's not forget the dig Crowded House take in Chocolate Cake either:

Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber
May his trousers fall down as he bows to the queen and the crown
I don't know what tune that the orchestra played
But it went by me sickly and sentimental

I'll have another piece of chocolate cake while Annie weeps.
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Woodface :drool:

Back on topic, I think the OP is overreacting. I don't have enough knowledge of musicals to form my own opinion, but the Edge is certainly entitled to his own.
 
Edge can sometimes be a real cunt. His comments about the Seattle music scene in U2 by U2 are unforgivable. I'm not surprised somebody took this musical statement the similar way.
 
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