I'm not a big fan of him, but generally I dislike the musical theatre genre, it just seems to be a platform to present listeners with horrible earworms that won't go out of your head once you've heard them. Phantom of the Opera would have to be the worst of the lot, endless repetition does not a leitmotif make, and I also can't stand The Fiddler on the Roof. I suppose Cabaret is one of the few I can stand, it seems to be less earworm-ridden than the others I have heard. But I wouldn't go so far as owning a recording of it or anything. Maybe the DVD, if only for Liza Minelli's, Joel Grey's and Michael York's great performances.

Probably a better question is 'Do you like musicals,' rather than focusing on Webber...

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then let us post musicals we have written. i'm ready to be impressed

dj

No cigar for guessing what the answer would be. In my experience responses at music internet forums are always very predictable (and usually negative) when other genres are discussed than the one that the forum is about.

I think he's very good with musicals, I have to admit I absolutely love the phantom of the opera. I watched the musical live and I thought it was amazing and I wanted to watch it again. I also saw jesus christ superstar and enjoyed it.
I don't know about his classical work... I should check it out.

Hmmmm, let's see... I don't write musicals, obviously because that term has become synonymous with with crap. I don't have any of my music copyrighted as of now, so why on earth should I oblige you?

And that said, does it matter in the first place. I don't see how hard it is to agree that Webber was not a good composer at all. I don't see how you can run amok, telling us that we just are predisposed to dislike him. Be honest with yourself and realize that there isn't one bit of ingenuity in his works, and that they were made primarily to squeeze money out of hopelessly stupid individuals. Now are we going to call the Gaither Homecoming Hour actually good now?

This of all sites should be populated by plenty of people with that much common sense at least. What's the charade for?

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