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In Reply to: Jesus Christ Superstar posted by Bolt - on June 13, 2001 at 20:55:43:
I'm probably younger than you, but I first heard JCSS when I was about 11-12. Liked it a lot. Saw the film when I was 18, didn't like it. I think actors and musicians in the film are different from the records. At least Gillan wasn't there. There's a soundtrack of the film. Stay with the original lps,imho. Thay sound better than that 2cd set from the 80s.
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Something I found...
http://www.jcsuperstar.ca/show2.htmlThe movie was set up to represent a story combining Jesus' time with today. Jewison felt it was essential that the filming take place in Isreal, so it did. Filming in the Holy Land was no easy task. Temperatures soared as high as 115 degrees fahrenheit. Make up and costumes demanded constant attention. The cast was often barefoot and ended up with some nasty gashes on their feet (many camera shots were designed to show only to the ankle). There was also the fear of scorpians and other desert creatures. One prevelent fear was that of an attack by Arab militants who had threatened the crew several times.
The film was a success despite its hardships. Filming took place in Jerusalem and surroundings, the Negev desert, Avdat, Beersheba, Ein 'Boket, The Dead Sea (wasp swarms were frequent there, much to the cast's dismay), Nazareth, and Bet 'Shaan. The filming was completed in 1972. The editors then dubded in the prerecorded sound (the principal singers remained the same, but the back up singers were not the same ones who appeared in the movie), and the editors put the whole thing together. The movie was then released in 1973.
The Superstar saga has never really ended. Gone now are the large protests and pickets, but the music and words are stil with us. LP sales have been replaced by CD sales and the times are changing. It is hard for many to believe that already a 25 year anniversary production tour has made its way across the continent. Jesus Christ Superstar is more than an interpretation of history; it is history. And while its effects have already been inarguably great, I am sure that its final scene is still a long way off.
...is a series of live productions put on by the Boston Rock Theatre. Dramatically and musically these have swept away any remembrance of the movie. Three years ago (and two) Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) sang Jesus very movingly, but last year he was Judas and he was frightening, frightening! Everyone's praying (!) that he'll do it again so we can take all our friends.clark
Oh, man.... I'm about to fly out there.
Do they do the same songs as on the LP?
The record here is moving as well...
Judas is very intense!For some reason this record communicates well with me... It might have something to do with the fact I saw it in a theatre in 73 and
Remembered some songs.Definitely worth breaking out and listening to.
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