Today, being Good Friday, I’d like you all to have a listen to one of the best soundtracks to a musical…
…you may have guessed which one already. Yes, it’s Jesus Christ Superstar (1971).
Here’s a little excerpt from the Wikipedia article (link):
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera that became a musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It highlights the political and interpersonal struggles of Judas Iscariot and Jesus that is not described in the Bible. The rock opera is based on St John’s Gospel account of the last week of Jesus’ life, beginning with the preparation for Jesus’ and his disciples arrival in Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. Twentieth-century attitudes and sensibilities as well as contemporary slang pervade the lyrics and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the political depiction of the events. Stage and film productions accordingly feature many intentional anachronisms.
You may or may not be a Christian or for that matter even a theist. this soundtrack however was, and still is, a masterpiece.
My dad would play his records of this album as a tradition every Good Friday. I don’t know why we didn’t listen to it today…hmmm
Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT watch the movie from 1973 because that was just painfully stupid to watch (featuring aircrafts, tanks, guns etc)
Well lets just get down to a few of the tracks:
What’s The Buzz/Strange Thing Mistifying
I Don’t Know How To Love Him
Pilate’s Dream
This Jesus Must Die
And of course, If possible, pick up the album either digitally or at your local music store if those sparked an interest….definitely an album worth having in your music collection
Until the next time, take care.