There’s no problem with that but at least be consistent. LW is firmly part of the classical tradition so in a way he’s still ‘borrowing’ from pop culture but it feels hit and miss here. But you’re right, it’s very Genesis-like and, I suppose, not unlike Zappa too.

It is pop – rock influenced by avant-garde and classical. If it was always “legit” for classical composers to be influenced by popular and traditional music, why not the opposite.
I love Jesus Christ Superstar the same way I love progressive rock of the ’70s, stuff like Genesis [Gabriel era] Yes and King Crimson.

Weirdly, I may be the only person who thought the movie version of Cats was brilliant. I think the fact it bombed was entirely because no one reads T S Eliot any longer and simply didn’t understand it. I think that’s very much to society’s loss quite frankly. Otherwise, the performances were just beautiful.

This one’s pathetic, I agree. And it’s pointing to the direction ALW would follow.

I didn’t like the movie or a lot of the music. “I don’t Know How To Love Him” was a huge hit in the USA. I hated that song.

I first saw it in the late ’70s. Didn’t like the movie, to tell the truth, to me it was all about the music.