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‘Composers in quarantine’ play-off sees Chic star play a song from Jesus Christ Superstar as Lloyd Webber performs the Rodgers/Daft Punk hit Get Lucky

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It started with Andrew Lloyd Webber asking his Twitter followers which song they’d like to hear him play at the piano during this period of lockdown. When he tinkled away All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda responded enthusiastically and Lloyd Webber challenged him to a playoff. Miranda sang back Everything’s Alright from Jesus Christ Superstar. Now, Nile Rodgers has joined in the play-off, too.
The Chic man tweeted that he was taking up the “composers in quarantine challenge” after being “stuck in this house for 15 days”. Playing guitar, Rodgers then whips through Heaven on Their Minds, Judas’s solo from the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Addressing Lloyd Webber, he says: “you tell me how much I messed this up!” Rodgers ends the song at the line, “And believe me / My admiration for you has not died” – perhaps highlighting his appreciation of the British composer. Continue reading...