: So, Lloyd-Webber's writing the Eurosong 2009.
In my opinion, this is something he'll do very well indeed. This is a double-edged compliment - it implies that over the course of a two-hour musical his reliance on recurring motifs gets very old, but this isn't the same, it's a three-minute song people will judge on first listen, and that's playing to his strength in writing something instantly memorable.
The talent show angle to decide the singer is somewhat inevitable, but not too bad an idea. Or rather, it would be better if the song was written with multiple singers in mind, and used for the final, Idle-style. Instead, it seems as though it'll be tailored for the winner, which is reasonable (and I should know, seeing as I write songs tailored to specific singers a lot now), but I do worry about it being an overly showy piece. Especially if we get a classical soprano winning it... then again, if it draws the typical pop-singer crowd, there is absolutely no chance of that.
In my opinion, this is something he'll do very well indeed. This is a double-edged compliment - it implies that over the course of a two-hour musical his reliance on recurring motifs gets very old, but this isn't the same, it's a three-minute song people will judge on first listen, and that's playing to his strength in writing something instantly memorable.
The talent show angle to decide the singer is somewhat inevitable, but not too bad an idea. Or rather, it would be better if the song was written with multiple singers in mind, and used for the final, Idle-style. Instead, it seems as though it'll be tailored for the winner, which is reasonable (and I should know, seeing as I write songs tailored to specific singers a lot now), but I do worry about it being an overly showy piece. Especially if we get a classical soprano winning it... then again, if it draws the typical pop-singer crowd, there is absolutely no chance of that.