Why does Waters hate Andrew Lloyd Webber?”
[With much help from Adam Floro:] In general, he just doesn’t like ALW’s music, and doesn’t mind saying so. But specifically, there’s a section of Webber’s Phantom of the Opera that bears a marked similarity to a part of “Echoes.” The opening notes to the “Overture” of Phantom (Track 2, Disc 1) are C# C B Bb A C#. This matches rather closely a section of “Echoes,” approximately 6:06 to 6:16. While Waters was less than pleased with this similarity, echoesians have pointed out that such a chromatic pattern is fairly common; by no means a Floyd invention. However, the relevent dates make the charge of plaigarism at least possible, if not really likely — Webber first used the riff in question on the film “Gumshoe,” released in December 1971. Meddle was released on 11 November, 1971, with the live debut of “Echoes” having occurred on April 22.
[With much help from Adam Floro:] In general, he just doesn’t like ALW’s music, and doesn’t mind saying so. But specifically, there’s a section of Webber’s _Phantom of the Opera_ that bears a marked similarity to a part of “Echoes.” The opening notes to the “Overture” of _Phantom_ (Track 2, Disc 1) are C# C B Bb A C#. This matches rather closely a section of “Echoes,” approximately 6:06 to 6:16. While Waters was less than pleased with this similarity, echoesians have pointed out that such a chromatic pattern is fairly common; by no means a Floyd invention. However, the relevent dates make the charge of plaigarism at least possible, if not really likely — Webber first used the riff in question on the film “Gumshoe,” released in December 1971. _Meddle_ was released on 11 November, 1971, with the live debut of “Echoes” having occurred on April 22.
