Andrew Lloyd Webber - Genius or Plagiarist?

A collection of disputed works by Lord Webber directly compared to the alleged originals. You be the judge.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Andrew
• Lloyd
• Webber
• Lord
• Jesus
• Christ
• Superstar
• Aspects
• Of
• Love
• Phantom
• The
• Opera
• Cats
• Starlight
• Express
• Plagiarist
• Plagiarism
• over
• rainbow

[FourthDerivative]

How to Succeed on Broadway Without Really Trying.

[001account]

Genius or Plagiarist? Genius Plagiarist!

[PowerRedBull]

He's a dirty fraud. Burn him

[jazztom86]

it's for sure copied, but the question is if it was intentional. You know, as a musician it happened to me also, to write some music, and later you recognize "oh shit, it sound like....". It's because everything we hear influences us. And we don't notice. Our brain sucks up everything we hear, also to a subconscious level. So it happens that you think you found a great melody, and only months or even years later you notice "oooops......" then it's to late.

[TangerineWizard123]

Thief

[freddiebarry93]

its funny because its in the same exact key as Echoes, too...

[JAyala7293]

Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar are both Webber's musicals so it doesn't matter if he plagiarizes his own work, and yes, every musician is influenced by other songs, that's how more music is created, the only one that bothers me is Echoes by Pink Floyd, that is ridiculously close to be coincidence

[broadwaybabi91]

I think the Rosemary and JCSS are probably coincidental but... ugh. the rest are too close.

[Lovett19991]

I'm suprised Andrew copied so much. Still I like his music ,and The Phantom of the Opera is my favorite musical ever !!

[MiuViuMiuVii]

speaking about Memory from Cats - listen to Imants Kalnins "Vini dejoja vienu vasaru" which was written in 1971 - from 1:22 there is totally copy-paste from his work!

[miiwiiplay]

I think it's coincidence

[Methrt3]

The Beatles did it, Led Zepplin did it, but they lifted from mostly obscure sources. Lloyd Webber did it and I'm surprised that he could "borrow" from a major act like Pink Floyd and a well known composer like Mendelssohn and expect none to cry foul.