Andrew Lloyd Webber plays variations on Daft Punk's Get Lucky
He was set the challenge by Nile Rodgers
For many of us, there's an element of the surreal to the current coronavirus lockdown, so perhaps Andrew Lloyd Webber sitting at a piano playing variations on the chorus to Daft Punk's Get Lucky is precisely what we need right now.
Set the challenge of riffing on the band's 2013 hit by Nile Rodgers - who, of course also featured on the original record - Lloyd Webber rose to it with considerable gusto, recreating the chorus in the style of Greensleeves, as a concerto, as an easy listening club track, and in a different time signature.
The “pièce de résistance”, of course, was Get Lucky played on a Phantom Of The Opera style church organ. Strange times.
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I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.
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