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[Spartacus]

They should have crucified Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice instead.

In interviews promoting Amused to Death, Waters asserted that Andrew Lloyd Webber had plagiarized themes from "Echoes" for sections of the musical The Phantom of the Opera; nevertheless, he decided not to file a lawsuit regarding the matter.
Waters did, however, respond by adding a reference to Webber in the song "It's a Miracle" on the Amused to Death album:


We cower in our shelters, with our hands over our ears
Lloyd Webber's awful stuff runs for years and years and years
An earthquake hits the theatre, but the operetta lingers
Then the piano lid comes down and breaks his fucking fingers
It's a miracle

 

[ceo]

So if you are the Christ
Yes the great Jesus Christ
Prove to me that you're no fool-
Walk across my swimming pool
If you do that for me
Then I'll let you go free
C'mon King of the Jews

 

[Spartacus]

Pontius Pilatus

 

[Spartacus]

On one occasion, when the soldiers under his command came to Jerusalem, he made them bring their ensigns with them, upon which were the usual images of the emperor. Roman battle standards were considered idolatrous by the Jews. The ensigns were brought in secretly by night, but their presence was soon discovered. Immediately multitudes of excited Jews rushed to Caesarea to petition him for the removal of the obnoxious ensigns. He ignored them for five days, but the next day he admitted the Jews to hear their complaint. He had them surrounded with soldiers and threatened them with instant death unless they ceased to trouble him with the matter. The Jews then threw themselves to the ground and bared their necks, declaring that they preferred death to the violation of their laws. Pilate, unwilling to kill so many, succumbed and removed the ensigns

 

[Spartacus]

do you realize what you say is always just the tip of an iceberg