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You're absolutely right, should've listened to the clip rather than try and recall from memory... Anyrode, I'll get my coat.

Christ's probably not gonna help you with this one I'm afraid... The whip reference, the identical rhythm and virtually identical melody offer evidence it is a quote (be it conscious or subconscious). You on the other hand, appear to offer little more than petulant, unsubstantiated denial...

Also the melody is virtually identical. It has the same interval of a major 6th. This is later developed as a melodic sequence in the JW version (shifted down). It could indeed be a coincidence but I think there's certainly enough meat on the bone to warrant postulation about it...

Well someone's gotta be a dick, otherwise guys like you wouldn't seem so special would they?

I wouldn't suppose it means anything in particular... Just probably the link of the whip is my guess. He might not have set out to do it, perhaps it just occurred when improvising in the early stages of composition... Lots of composers have used quotes from other composers, sometimes oblique, sometimes blatant...I'd say it's either symbolic to the theme or in some cases just a kind of an in-joke... Lol not sure how a comedy can take itself seriously but Zappa's Billy The Mountain (from the album Just Another Band From LA - 1971) is definitely worth beholding if you fancy trying to salvage a relationship with musical theatre.

Soz mate, you have mistaken me for someone else. I've not been on this forum before and as stated, only joined up to see about this "quote".

Yes, the repeated "whip crackaway" phrase matches rhythmically-exactly and clearly follows the melodic contour found in the JW theme first heard in bar 27 of the linked version and later repeated several times in succession...

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Nope, stick with the whip angle. Can't imagine how you accumulate much else in life other than accumulating posts when your count reaches that level...

Well, now you know the purpose of the puzzle you could either figure it, continue with the passive-aggressive posts or alternately, simply jog on.... Easy sunshine, you'll give yoursen a hernia at that rate...

The point of the game (if it really needs explaining) is to engage the participants with a specific problem to be solved. The ensuing thought processes should eventually lead the participant to the correct answer, at which point a mild to moderate sense of reward is experienced by the player. I'm sure you've come across similar game structures before, no? I'm also pretty sure you don't believe someone noticing a musical quote could be considered proof of intellectual superiority...

Nope.

Well that certainly told me didn't it? Right barrel of laughs aren't you, eh?! In all seriousness though young Jedi, before you threw your toys out the pram you could've possibly considered the notion I posted this thread innocently and without ulterior motive, merely thinking fans of JW might enjoy a little puzzle/conundrum about his music.... Sheesh, anyone would think i was questioning people's manhood or summat! Still not telling tho....

Very close....

The chance of you reading my mind is of course slim. Your chances might widen somewhat however, if you were to listen to the theme whilst considering a key trademark item associated with the protagonist and then recalling famous songs from musicals that contain (chorus) lyrics about said item... Or on the other hand you could just ignore it and write the whole thing off as the blathering of someone with a possible psychological condition who is after "a sort of 'look what I found' feeling of exclusivity"...