Musical Deaths 2024:

[Ruby]

R.I.P. Steve Harley - seems to have been a fairly charismatic individual. Didn't really know his stuff, other than the well known songs, but am aware that he was the original Phantom of the Opera, at least on the single that was made and released to promote the theatre show - ultimately ditched in favour of Michael Crawford who had more acting experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2zxzaWgVRA. Not that I'm a phantom fan (or an ALW fan, for that matter) - was just interesting to know! Roger Waters is definitely not a fan of that song either which he makes very clear ... He said, in reference to a sequence in "Echoes" - "It's the same time signature – it's 12/8 – and it's the same structure and it's the same notes and it's the same everything. It probably is actionable. It really is! But I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew f-ing Lloyd Webber."

Anyway, Steve Harley also took the lead vocal on this ...