But that could just be reflecting my own context. I feel like Godspell may have a deeper resonance if you are Christian than if you are not, whereas JCSS does a better job at drawing you in regardless. I still chant Godspell songs to myself when I am trying to log miles on the treadmill. The high point (for me) was my then boyfriend who sang “turn back oh man” in drag. One guy could conduct from the piano, and he pulled the whole thing together. When I was a freshman in college my dorm put together an ad hoc abbreviated version of Godspell which we performed at our school’s spring festival. I wasn’t traditionally religious in any respect but the idea that the “villian” could be a captivating complex character blew my little 8th grade mind. I was OBSESSED with JCSS when I was a pre-teen (the way some people are obsessed with Hamilton these days) – my parents had the 2 album set and I sang the words to myself all the time in middle school. And the Swedish rocker as Simon Zealotes is amazing. Also for us olds, Alice Cooper as Herod is pretty stunning. It is GREAT, so vibrant, so amazing what they did with the staging, and the acting is wonderful. We have not been inclined to listen to the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack yet.įirst of all, 100% second watching the John Legend live in concert version. We have been listening to the Godspell soundtrack all week, even the ridiculous druggy ’70s song about talking to a pebble in your shoe (though we skip the oddly formally-sung operatic one about plowing the fields and scattering the good seed).Both films skip the resurrection, which is an interesting choice. Jesus Christ Superstar has all boy disciples. Godspell has some male and some female disciples. Jesus Christ Superstar is all sand/dust/rocks, no traumatic New York scenery.
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