Stephen Gets His Show Tune On With Andrew Lloyd Webber

Stephen and Andrew Lloyd Webber discuss and play excerpts from some of his greatest hits.

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Closed Caption:

>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
WE'RE HERE ONCE AGAIN WITH THE
GREAT ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR
BRINGING YOUR OWN PIANO.
HE INFLATED IT JUST A MOMENT
AGO.
(LAUGHTER)
YOU HAVE BEEN CREATING THESE
MUSICALS SINCE YOU WERE VERY
YOUNG.
JOSEPH WAS YOUR FIRST HIT.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WROTE
THAT?
>> I WAS ABOUT 18.
I WROTE IT TO SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: DAMN YOU TO HELL.
(LAUGHTER)
>> IT WAS WRITTEN FOR A BUNCH OF
KIDS AND THESE KIDS WEREN'T
NECESSARILY ABLE TO REALLY PLAY
INSTRUMENTS.
IT WAS SOMETHING TO ENTERTAIN.
>> Stephen: WHY DID YOU DO IT
BASED ON A STORY FROM THE OLD
THE TESTAMENT?
>> IT'S A VERY SIMPLE BIBLE
STORY AND I THINK A LOT OF KIDS
KNOW IT IN SCHOOLS.
WE TOYED WITH TAKING A JAMES
BOND IDEA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
BUT IN THE END WE CAME BACK TO
WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A VERY
SIMPLE TALE.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU PLAY A
LITTLE?
♪ ANY DREAM WILL DO ♪
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT
WAS A HIT.
IT WAS BURIED A COUPLE OF YEARS
BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE
SCHOOL.
IT CALM OUT AS A PIECE.
IT WAS "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR"
WHEN THAT WAS A HIT THEY SAID
WHAT ELSE DO THESE GUYS WRITE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S
EXTRAORDINARY.
HOW OLD WHEN YOU WROTE "JESUS
CHRIST SUPERSTAR"?
>> ABOUT 22.
>> Stephen: DAMN YOU AGAIN!
(LAUGHTER)
WHY THE BIBLE AGAIN, FIRST OF
ALL?
>> VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THIS TIME, SERIOUSLY, WE THOUGHT
AGAIN ABOUT OTHER IDEAS TO DO,
BUT WHAT REALLY, REALLY TURNED
E ON TO THE IDEA WAS THE BOB BOB
DYLAN LINE DID JESUS HAVE GOD ON
HIS SIDE.
>> Stephen: JESUS WAS THE
HERO.
>> HE IS.
>> Stephen: HE HAS THE OPENING
SONG.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU PLAY A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT?
>> I CAN.
♪
♪
♪ MY MIND IS CLEARER NOW--
AT LAST ALL TOO WELL
♪ I CAN SEE WHERE WE ALL SOON
WILL BE
♪ JESUS!
YOU'VE STARTED TO BELIEVE
♪ THE THINGS THEY SAY OF YOU
YOU REALLY DO BELIEVE
♪ THIS TALK OF GOD IS TRUE
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: SO WHY DID YOU
WANT TO WRITE ABOUT A DICTATOR
IN ARGENTINA?
>> IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1975 AT A
TIME WHEN BRITAIN WAS VERY MUCH
IN TURMOIL AND THERE WAS A
MINER'S STRIKE THAT NEARLY
BROUGHT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN AND
A HUGE SENSE OF UNREST.
WE WROTE IT VERY MUCH AGAINST
THAT.
>> Stephen: THE SONG EVERYBODY
KNOWS FROM THAT IMMEDIATELY IS
"DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA."
JON BATISTE, WOULD YOU COME OVER
HERE?
(APPLAUSE)
JON, ANDREW.
ANDREW, JON.
♪ DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
THE TRUTH IS I NEVER LEFT YOU
♪ ALL THROUGH MY WILD DAYS
MY MAD EXISTENCE
♪ I KEPT MY PROMISE
DON'T KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL!
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA," STILL
RUNNING ON BROADWAY, BEEN
RUNNING SINCE THE MID 14t
14th CENTURY -- 13t
13th CENTURY, MY APOLOGIES.
(LAUGHTER)
THE GREAT SONG IS "MUSIC OF THE
NIGHT."
♪ NIGHT TIME SHARPENS,
HEIGHTENS EACH SENSATION
♪ DARKNESS STIRS AND WAKES
IMAGINATION
♪ SILENTLY THE SENSES ABANDON
THEIR DEFENSES
♪ HELPLESS TO RESIST THE NOTES I
WRITE
♪ FOR I COMPOSE THE MUSIC OF THE
NIGHT
>> Stephen: DID YOU WRITE THAT
ABOUT YOURSELF?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
ANDREW, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, "SCHOOL OF
ROCK," OPENS ON BROADWAY ON
DECEMBER 6!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!