Deep Spirits

by **Sabina** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:07 am

It just seems like a perfect opening song for this topic...

Moody Blues: Melancholy Man

...closely followed by...

King Crimson: Epitaph

Both songs are classics.

by **mirjana** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:40 am

Andrew Lloyd Weber, Memory

Cats is based on Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), which the composer recalled as having been a childhood favourite. The songs of the musical comprise Eliot's verse set to music by the composer, the principal exception being the most famous song from the musical, "Memory", for which the lyrics were written by Trevor Nunn after an Eliot poem entitled "Rhapsody on a Windy Night".
The musical first opened in the West End in 1981 and then on Broadway in 1982. Each time directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, it won numerous awards, including both the Laurence Olivier Award and the Tony Award for Best Musical. The London production ran for twenty one years and the Broadway production ran for eighteen years, both setting long-run records.
Cats has been performed around the world many times and has been translated into more than 20 languages.