FIRST TIME REACTION "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Part 1)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 мар 2024
  • Well in honor of the Easter season our alpha Patron John decided to pick "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Well, the musical scenes from the movie) Originally made by Andrew Lloyd Weber and the libretto by Tim Rice. The movie was directed by Norman Jewison and screenplay by Melvyn Bragg and Jewison. This was a test to see if it would get blocked or anything of the sorts.... the next part will come out next week! Hopefully to finish up right around Easter :)
    This first part was fantastic. I was utterly blown away by the Overture... didn't expect the bus in the slightest. I had my AI camera act up halfway through so I had to turn it off and back on so if you notice a cut, that's why lol.
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Комментарии • 293

  • @robabiera733
    @robabiera733 4 месяца назад +136

    Not saying you should post it online, but you HAVE to listen to the original cast album. It's iconic, historic, HUGE cultural impact, hugely controversial - all those things.

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  4 месяца назад +26

      I definitely am! This is too good not to listen to the original 😊

    • @mitzifrancis9843
      @mitzifrancis9843 4 месяца назад +30

      And Ian Gillan as Jesus is astounding

    • @EskWIRED
      @EskWIRED 4 месяца назад +11

      It is the only real one. This movie took way too many liberties. All the other versions are likewise inferior. Listen to the one with the brown cover. It used to be in the collection of pretty much every music lover alive in the 1970s

    • @stevedahlberg8680
      @stevedahlberg8680 4 месяца назад +9

      I actually like both versions a lot. They serve different purposes and I always had the Brown album first but the thing is I saw the movie as a little kid, in fact it was the first movie I ever stayed twice for in a row, and I got in trouble because I was late home for dinner. I think I was in like fourth grade.
      But yeah, Ian Gillan from Deep Purple on the original is a real treat for sure, and really everybody.

    • @DavidTateVA
      @DavidTateVA 4 месяца назад +7

      I still have the original cast recording on vinyl, and on CD. The movie is OK; the John Legend TV performance was pretty good for live -- the original cast recording is matchless. Ian Gillan was _perfect_ as Jesus, and the band played out of their minds.

  • @lindabell6638
    @lindabell6638 4 месяца назад +49

    There have been many people tackling the role of Jesus, but NOBODY ever did it as well as Ted Neeley! He sounds just as great in 2023 as he did in '73. Unbelievable! 😀👍👏👏👏

    • @lindalou6105
      @lindalou6105 4 месяца назад +6

      Ian Gillan is the best

    • @lindabell6638
      @lindabell6638 4 месяца назад +4

      @@lindalou6105 We can agree to disagree. 😉

    • @progperljungman8218
      @progperljungman8218 4 месяца назад +4

      I expect it relies on bias depending on which version that made you fall in love with the work 😊
      (Original studio version here)

    • @melenatorr
      @melenatorr 4 месяца назад +2

      There's also Victor Garber in the movie adaptation of "GodSpell".

  • @johnhitchens2265
    @johnhitchens2265 4 месяца назад +32

    Judas is such an amazing part

    • @Matty272
      @Matty272 4 месяца назад +1

      He had the best songs.

  • @hectorsmommy1717
    @hectorsmommy1717 4 месяца назад +21

    I loved that it was framed as a bunch of young people traveling to Israel to put on a Passion Play. That narrative worked as a movie where it wasn't necessary for the stage

  • @iammumawaldi
    @iammumawaldi 4 месяца назад +30

    As someone born in '72 and grew up listening to this COUNTLESS times, it's a delight to watch someone experience it for the first time. I will also add PLEASE listen to the original recording. Nothing and no one can beat Ian Gillian as Jesus. Really.

    • @lindalou6105
      @lindalou6105 4 месяца назад

      Amen

    • @mattjohn4731
      @mattjohn4731 4 месяца назад

      Ian Gillan of Deep Purple fame

    • @daveheesen9174
      @daveheesen9174 4 месяца назад +1

      my Sunday school teacher played this alot ...I was 12 and it made an impression on me...always loved it...even had it on vinyl for a while

    • @psbarrow
      @psbarrow 4 месяца назад

      Gillan, not Gillian.

  • @konradv7
    @konradv7 4 месяца назад +27

    I usually listen to this by myself once a year. This year I’ll have company. 👍🏼

    • @barbarastrayhorn4667
      @barbarastrayhorn4667 4 месяца назад

      There are certain movies or albums that I listen to once a year or longer if I don't feel I'm in the right frame of mind to do it. But now and then, I have revisit certain friends.

    • @christineharrison7815
      @christineharrison7815 4 месяца назад

      I also do this every year around Easter….my brother does also and we text a few comments and memories

  • @tiffanytrainer4674
    @tiffanytrainer4674 4 месяца назад +33

    I absolutely love this musical. I got to see Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson perform this on stage in i believe 1993 and it was so amazing. also i got to meet Ted Neeley about 5 years ago and he is one of the sweetest human beings ive ever met. thank you for reacting to this

    • @susangonsalves9636
      @susangonsalves9636 4 месяца назад +1

      Me too. They were amazing.

    • @lindalou6105
      @lindalou6105 4 месяца назад

      Saw Ted Neely as well. . .good, but Ian Gillan is Jesus to me.

  • @carlitosbrown1970
    @carlitosbrown1970 4 месяца назад +23

    The BEST Opera Rock of all time! Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman and Carl Anderson have no comparison 💿 🎸 🎧

  • @DavidTateVA
    @DavidTateVA 4 месяца назад +10

    "My temple should be a house of prayer" is one of the great moments in rock and roll history.

  • @talltulip
    @talltulip 4 месяца назад +36

    Oh my gosh this is EPIC! I watch a LOT of movie reactions, and this is the first time I've seen anyone react to this movie. I can't wait for the next installments.
    When I was in 7th grade, my best friend had the original cast album from the 1971 Broadway production, and we memorized every word, every note. When the movie was released in 1973, we of course went to the cinema to see it, and I bought the soundtrack album and promptly memorized it in full. I've probably seen this movie at least 50 times over the years, not to mention listening to the album. LOVE the music (by Andrew Lloyd Webber, early in his career). While I can't endorse everything in it from a theological or historical standpoint, but my enjoyment of the movie/music is not predicated on exacting accuracy. It is, after all, a story told mainly from Juda's point of view. I hope you are able to continue to post this series.
    One more thing... Carl Anderson is of course fantastic. But regarding Ted Neely's chops, lemme just say you ain't seen nuthin' yet. "Gethsemane" is beyond description.

  • @Cheryworld
    @Cheryworld 4 месяца назад +20

    I got this album, the sound track to the movie, when it was new, as a teenager. I must have listened to it a thousand times. Such great singing. Such a hippie vibe to the movie. Prefet Ted Neely to Gillan. Many people played Jesus in remakes. Can't wait to you get to Gethsemane

  • @HT-io1eg
    @HT-io1eg 4 месяца назад +12

    Musical theatre was very transgressive in the 60s/70s. We didn’t have all the retread jukebox musicals of today. Hair was pretty amazing too

  • @WILCIN8917
    @WILCIN8917 4 месяца назад +5

    Best rock opera ever. Lots of controversy. Intelligent. Beautifully preformed.. Going back the 70's were the best for music & freedom of art.

  • @davidwalsh7128
    @davidwalsh7128 4 месяца назад +12

    The original album release as worldwide sensation. Change, change, change...

  • @ceceliarussell-jayne2447
    @ceceliarussell-jayne2447 4 месяца назад +5

    Judas’s opening song is incredibly difficult to sing. Amazing. Powerful.

  • @JB-Deadskins
    @JB-Deadskins 4 месяца назад +11

    Absolutely love this rock opera!

  • @HT-io1eg
    @HT-io1eg 4 месяца назад +8

    My parents took me to see the London 1972 performance at the Palace Theatre. I was 7!!

  • @fn111557
    @fn111557 4 месяца назад +8

    Thank you for doing this reaction, I hope other reactors will follow and do a reaction to this classic as well. This is one of my "GOTO" Easter movies I watch every year.
    August 1973, I was 16 years old starting my junior year of high school, when this movie came out. I grew up in a very rural conservative area. There were two movie theaters and two "drive-ins" within a twenty-five-mile radius (5 towns). Almost every church in all the townships had their parishioners boycott and protest at the showings of this movie. In my own church, the pastor assigned people to watch for any member seen entering the theater where this movie was being played (theaters only had one screen, not like the multi-plex of today). My friend had an older brother that worked at one of the theaters. He snuck us in the back door of the theater so we wouldn't be caught.
    I thought then (as I still do today) this was and is the BEST vehicle to jump start the adolescent mind to further thought of "religion". I saw firsthand the positive and negative effects that rippled through our communities during this time.
    The format you have chosen to do this reaction I think is perfect. I can't wait for the further installments. Keep up the GREAT WORK, and again Thanks!

  • @gold98gtp
    @gold98gtp 4 месяца назад +16

    I bought the double album soon after it came out. A buddy recorded it on 8-track tape so I could listen in the car. On the album Jesus is sung by Ian Gillan, who had recently joined Deep Purple.As others noted you should listen to the album.

  • @carjam49
    @carjam49 4 месяца назад +11

    Gethsemane is a great song too. Can't believe this movie is almost 50 years old, saw it in my teens. Herod's song is pretty fun too.

    • @lindalou6105
      @lindalou6105 4 месяца назад +1

      As. Sung by Ian Gillan

    • @kathyconway5327
      @kathyconway5327 4 месяца назад +1

      @@lindalou6105As sung by John Farnham

  • @melvinroebuck1160
    @melvinroebuck1160 4 месяца назад +5

    The upcoming lepers scene terrified me as a little kid seeing this in the theater with my family.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose 4 месяца назад

      The Temple Cleansing /Lepers scenes, sitting back to back and unified by the same tune set to completely different lyrics, form one of the peaks of both the film and the original album IMO.

  • @user-uh3nn9sm1j
    @user-uh3nn9sm1j 4 месяца назад +4

    I was 15 when I bought this album... made me rethink a lot!! No regrets.

  • @irmaoksanen6830
    @irmaoksanen6830 4 месяца назад +7

    Way to go dude! I was in grade 8 when our teacher played this music for us and gave us all the words. Cool.

  • @christinemoore4478
    @christinemoore4478 4 месяца назад +8

    I love This movie 😃😃

  • @jeffnaslund
    @jeffnaslund 4 месяца назад +9

    Carl Anderson as Judas was brilliant. Saw him and Ted Nealy (Jesus) live in Fort Lauderdale, second row. Amazing show

    • @johng.8517
      @johng.8517 4 месяца назад +1

      I was there too!

  • @deanroddey2881
    @deanroddey2881 4 месяца назад +6

    Gotta do the Gillan version. It's truly epic. The Gethsemene part is pretty much a God level vocal performance.

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 4 месяца назад +9

    Judas at that moment, in everything's alright, had the choice, and probably felt the amazing Love of Jesus, shook to the core. I'm no theologian, and it all had to go down, every character. But when Jesus and Judas, embraced hands...the stare on Ted Neely's face, Shivers!

    • @vanyadolly
      @vanyadolly 4 месяца назад

      It's such a powerful moment. I remember that scene in particular blowing me away the first time I saw it.

  • @kathyastrom1315
    @kathyastrom1315 4 месяца назад +10

    Being born in 1966, I grew up watching this film and that of Godspell on the Saturday nights of Palm Sunday and Easter weekends (the local network affiliates alternated the films), and listened to their soundtrack albums throughout the year. My sister and I would argue who got to sing along with Judas and who was stuck with Jesus. I am now lapsed Catholic/agnostic, but still love both films, especially their music. I saw Neeley, Anderson, and Styx’s Dennis DeYoung do this on stage thirty years ago, all in top form. There is also a great JCS tribute album from a concert done at SXSW, with the Indigo Girls playing Jesus and Mary. It has my favorite version of Simon Zealot’s song, slowed to a jazzy tempo.

    • @theConquerersMama
      @theConquerersMama 4 месяца назад

      Born in 1968. Yes, remember watching it around Easter in those pre video or streaming days.
      The album was pretty heavy in my dad's rotation.

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад

      *Godspell* (1973) would make an interesting reaction to follow this one.

  • @KimSimful
    @KimSimful 4 месяца назад +9

    I saw the movie in the theater when it came out. It was so inspiring and amazing! The music was incredible! Can’t wait for part two!

  • @CJConnor620
    @CJConnor620 4 месяца назад +4

    It's been a tradition of mine to watch this film every Easter. Was lucky to see Carl Anderson reprise his role as Judas back in 2002.

  • @EasyZee69
    @EasyZee69 4 месяца назад +3

    I love how Judas was portrayed in this movie. It's actually more accurate than most Churches portray him. They only focus on Judas being a traitor and betrayer. But in this movie it is clear his motivation is to help the poor and hungry. This is why the Gospels of Judas were kept out of the Bible by the Church, it contradicts the other accounts.

  • @cynthiaaho3292
    @cynthiaaho3292 4 месяца назад +4

    I was in Junior High when the album came out. There was a tremendous amount of controversy around it. At Christmas my parents got it for myself and 5 siblings to share. We all loved it. It could be heard daily in our house😊

  • @christinemoore4478
    @christinemoore4478 4 месяца назад +6

    Waiting for part 2 😃

  • @hevydavy
    @hevydavy 4 месяца назад +8

    Thrilled to have found this and that it is still up a day after you uploaded it! Can’t wait for the rest of the parts to be uploaded! Best musical ever!

  • @galandirofrivendell4740
    @galandirofrivendell4740 4 месяца назад +5

    I was in the 8th grade when the album was released, and our teacher played the entire double album set one day in class. It was stunning to hear. It was also a catalyst for the so-called Jesus Freak movement of the early 1970s.

    • @lindalou6105
      @lindalou6105 4 месяца назад

      I was in 5th. . .in a Catholic School. Couldn't believe our old pastor let us listen to it.

    • @galandirofrivendell4740
      @galandirofrivendell4740 4 месяца назад

      ​@@lindalou6105 What a coincidence! I heard it while at a Catholic school as well. It was a lay teacher who played it for us, though. Don't know what our pastor thought of it, but my dad thought it was sacrilegious. Personally, I dug it!

    • @progperljungman8218
      @progperljungman8218 4 месяца назад

      A bit ironic, since this isn't a Christian work at all. The lyricist, Tim Rice, stated that he just concidered it to be a good story while he regarded e.g. Mahatma Gandhi a more admirable person than Jesus.

    • @angelagraves865
      @angelagraves865 4 месяца назад +1

      I used to work for a very religious woman who thought JCS was going to be sacrilegious but was pleasantly surprised that it isn't. It's the story of the passion 🤷‍♀️ I guess it's only sacrilegious to people who don't like to rock.

  • @DollyMcD54
    @DollyMcD54 4 месяца назад +1

    We sang several selections from the play in high school chorus in ‘71. When the movie came out I saw it with my boyfriend and was sobbing at the end, much to my date’s embarrassment. So powerful.

  • @cityhonors1
    @cityhonors1 4 месяца назад +7

    🤩 Ohhhh Sweat! 🤯 "What's the buzz? Tell me, what's a happening? What's the buzz?" 🥰🐰

  • @marklivingstone3710
    @marklivingstone3710 4 месяца назад +2

    Carl Anderson died from throat cancer several years ago. The guy who played Pontus Pilate was also in a minor role in the movie Titanic ( when Leo and Kate are running to the stern of the ship, the man in front of them mumbling prayers who Leo tells to hurry it up). Ted Neeley is still going strong, he did a JCS reunion about 2 years back, his performance of Gethsemene was as well done and powerful as in the movie (He’s well into his 70s)

  • @im-gi2pg
    @im-gi2pg 4 месяца назад +5

    This movie and Romeo and Juliet 1968 Zeffirelli are my favorite films of all time.
    I have been requesting these movies a lot.
    I haven’t watched your reaction yet. Just want you to know I’m spiritual but NOT religious. This is a movie that anyone can fall in love with. I hope fans haven’t turned it into a churchy movie because it’s not. I would have never gone to see it if it had that label.
    I’ve only seen the movie many times and one time Jesus and Judas came to Ventura theatre and they were both still as gorgeous as ever and sang beautifully.
    I absolutely love love love Mary Magdalene Yvonne Elliman!!!!!! “I don’t know how to love him” is total perfection.

  • @ouachitawoman
    @ouachitawoman 4 месяца назад +2

    This is the only opera I know all the words. The original cast is the best. I listen to this every year.

  • @V7avalon
    @V7avalon 4 месяца назад +9

    you have to watch the Movie " Hair " the awesome vietnam era musical explosion of creativity. 😮😊

    • @angelagraves865
      @angelagraves865 4 месяца назад

      Hair suffers from the same thing as this movie, imo. The original Broadway soundtrack is SO great that the movie version pales in comparison.

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад

      The movie version of *Hair* (1979) is quite different from the original play, but still a very interesting take on the material.

  • @CosmicVagabondPixie
    @CosmicVagabondPixie 4 месяца назад +5

    OMG Wow YAY!!! SO **Excited** you are doing THIS!!! **MadCrush** on **Ted Neeley** ever since the 1st time i watched this film tho it did not become truly **Special** to me until i watched it on my own some years later cuz my best friend at the time was all hyped for me to see it & i was NOT ready for it at that time so when watched it alone some years later HOLY WoW that is when it hit me in just a whole different way & then later in my life i actually got to see **MyCutieTedNeeleyBabe** live in person performing it on stage & OHmygawd ahaha at the end when they came out for the bowing as they started to walk off i thought to myself OMG this IS my ONLY chance so i said to my sis "please do this with me" cuz i wanted to make sure it was loud enuff for him to actually hear it tho it was a smaller ish venue & she agreed so we both screamed "We Love You Ted Neeley" & OMG ahaha the whole audience turned to look at us like we were crazy BUT i did NOT care i was just focused on **Ted Neeley** and he gave us a **Big Smile** & **Waved** at us OMG i was sooo freakin **EcstaticHappyOverJoyed** it was just **Beautiful** OH & P.S. in the performance we saw **Judas** was played by **Living Colour** Lead Singer **Corey Glover** was **FantasticalSpectacularIncredible** just **Memory Of A Lifetime** **Thank YOU L33** so very MUCH for doing this once again! **ManyPixieHugz&LuvzALL**

  • @blanewilliams5960
    @blanewilliams5960 4 месяца назад +3

    Here for this, saw it at the theater when I was like 10 and it had a big impact on me. Love the fact you have the religious background and you seem very engaged.

  • @sharonelliott2366
    @sharonelliott2366 4 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for the reaction, I hope they let it stay up. Ted Neely was a friend of my brother's (who was a badass lead guitar player), at that time. He met him through Bob Bingham (Caiaphas). Before JCSS there was Tommy. My brother's band was the pit band for the first staging of Tommy which occurred in Seattle, staged by the Seattle Opera in 1971. I don't know the exact chronology, but either Ted or Bob tried to get him into JCSS or my bro tried to get Bob into Tommy. Neither thing worked, but they stayed friends for many years.

  • @mark-be9mq
    @mark-be9mq 4 месяца назад +1

    Norman Jewison also directed, Fiddler on the Roof, one of the best Musicals produced.

  • @mollykeefe2870
    @mollykeefe2870 2 месяца назад +1

    love that you get the allegory, the analogy, the juxtopostion.. for all of us "raised in a church.."

  • @JoTracy
    @JoTracy 4 месяца назад +7

    Whether real or not, his mantra was "God IS Love"
    Which is profound and pretty cool 😎

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m 4 месяца назад +1

    Lloyd Webber and Rice have each won Emmys , Oscars,Tonis and Golden Globes.

  • @hectorsmommy1717
    @hectorsmommy1717 4 месяца назад +10

    Fun Facts: Barry Dennen (Pilate) lived with Barbra Streisand in the early 60's and was responsible for putting together her nightclub act that kicked off her career. He and Yvonne Elliman (Mary) are the only people to sing the same roles in the original album, original Broadway production, and this film. In the Zealots dance scene, the featured dancer with dark hair wearing dark grey pants and a brown bikini top is Leeyan Granger. She and Ted Neeley met on this set and have been together ever since (married over 40 years). Oh, and Paul Thomas (Peter) is a hall of fame producer and director. He chose to utilize his talents in XXX films.

    • @michaelasay8587
      @michaelasay8587 4 месяца назад

      Hope Barbara leaves the country when Trump wins the 3rd time!! Along with Cher and Bette!!

  • @owl-gd6ce
    @owl-gd6ce 4 месяца назад +7

    I saw the play with original cast..and recently watched the movie with the cast. It was so wonderful..they were so wonderful. BTW Ian Gillan from deep purple sang on the album

  • @wesalker3479
    @wesalker3479 4 месяца назад +1

    I was 15 when "Superstar" first came out. It's the reason that I decided that I wanted to be a minister. I'll just leave it at that thought.

  • @CosmicVagabondPixie
    @CosmicVagabondPixie 4 месяца назад +4

    Oh WoW & 1st movie reaction on your channel OMG **Luvit** even MORE now dude THIS is the greatest one ya could have started with k sorry paused it heh going back in Aaaaah Ha SO **Excited** k goin Weeeeee...

  • @sydhamelin1265
    @sydhamelin1265 4 месяца назад +2

    It's so important to remember Yeshua (Jesus) was human, and that he felt and suffered as a human. His doubts and fears were very real, and he overcame them to sacrifice himself. I feel like people are afraid to see him as human, and it's the crux of what he did.
    I love Judas' questioning, because it's questions we realistically have. I follow Christ (I don't call myself Christian for many reasons), but as a follower, and fellow theologian, I appreciate the act of asking.

  • @shemanic1
    @shemanic1 4 месяца назад +1

    I am not religious but loved this whole production. Some powerful tunes & performances.

  • @andythrush3341
    @andythrush3341 4 месяца назад

    I absolutely love this production! My daughter and I listened to it, seems like a hundred times. She's a singer and knows every word. Thanks for sharing.

  • @stephaniethurmer5370
    @stephaniethurmer5370 4 месяца назад +9

    Ian Gillan played Jesus on the original album track. Treat yourself

    • @julianbarber4708
      @julianbarber4708 4 месяца назад +5

      I was genuinely dreading The Garden of Gethsemane because of Ted's rather 'thin' voice.

    • @iammumawaldi
      @iammumawaldi 4 месяца назад +2

      Ian is the man. So incredible.

    • @tommelle5074
      @tommelle5074 4 месяца назад +1

      Not to mention Yvonne Elliman. She was awesome! Original 1970 the way to go.

  • @HT-io1eg
    @HT-io1eg 4 месяца назад +3

    I’m an atheist, but the psychology and philosophy of religion is interesting and this has great tunes!

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад

      As Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi said when his 1871 *Requiem Mass* was criticized for having music that sounded too secular, "Why should the Devil have all the good tunes?"

  • @Abfabcomic11
    @Abfabcomic11 4 месяца назад +1

    I saw this on broadway in the 90’s, with Ted Neely and Carl Anderson! It was f ing amazing! My dad watched this in the 70’s..I was a kid! I totally loved your reactions!!

  • @loisrogers9042
    @loisrogers9042 4 месяца назад +2

    Still love the soundtrack album❤❤❤ Thank you so much. You're the first reactor I've seen touch this.

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m 4 месяца назад +1

    The album came before the stage show. The recording features Deep Purple’s Ian Gilllan. The recording band was The Grease Band who had backed Joe Cocker at Woodstock 1969 festival.

  • @allauricia1985
    @allauricia1985 4 месяца назад +3

    So cool
    Looking forward to part 2

  • @NCthorn
    @NCthorn 4 месяца назад +1

    Awesome reaction. I'm 55, and grew up with this...older brother and sister had the album. More please!!!

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  4 месяца назад

      Part two will be this week! 👌

  • @jennybroad1763
    @jennybroad1763 3 месяца назад

    FAB! In the early 70s we went up to London to see the show for a school outing! LOVED it ever since ❤

  • @vic19644
    @vic19644 4 месяца назад +1

    This is a fantastic film and I'm in awe that your doing the whole movie!!! Great work!!!

  • @graceito973
    @graceito973 4 месяца назад +1

    I've loved the movie, know all the words to all the songs, and was lucky enough to see a live performance! Still one of my favorite movies of all time!! Look forward to more segments from you on this!!! 24:00

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 4 месяца назад +3

    I know what you mean about not quite a proof of concept, and perhaps, a trial balloon, is more appropriate here.
    This was so out of the blue and I thought you know what I'm going to kick back and enjoy this. I haven't seen that movie much since grade school when I saw it in the theater and stayed for a second time and it was the first time I went by myself and I think I was in like 4th grade, and then I got in trouble for being home late for dinner.
    Combine that with being a musician and having even learned some of these and played it live in a group that was an assemblage of local musicians in the scene and working on this thing and doing their own tiny micro version of a Broadway band or something, laugh.

  • @zarzee8925
    @zarzee8925 4 месяца назад +3

    Hope you get to keeping going with the movie!

  • @stevedotwood
    @stevedotwood 4 месяца назад +4

    7:39 That's the best part of the movie IMHO, musically (very mid-eastern sounding) and this scene has so much impact. His voice is amazing. The other great one is by Yvonne Elliman (Magdalena)

  • @user-uh3nn9sm1j
    @user-uh3nn9sm1j 4 месяца назад +1

    You got me on this one!! Had to subscribe!

  • @sylviafarese8837
    @sylviafarese8837 4 месяца назад

    When first seeing this in 1974, we were blown away as just like you, totally didn’t expect a bus hauling butt. Ted Neely does such an awesome job!

  • @chrisgunderson4351
    @chrisgunderson4351 23 дня назад

    Sounds to me like you have never seen this movie, it was absolutely incredible back in the day, and still is to this day. Wonderful music….still to this day,rest in peace Carl Anderson
    Wish u were still here making beautiful music with your voice

  • @mollykeefe2870
    @mollykeefe2870 2 месяца назад

    this movie is ICONIC.. I watch it every easter sunday.. the crucifixion story told to rock and roll- all from the book of Luke.. as a professional singer, I've always wanted to sing the role of Judas in this... "Heaven on my mind" tells the story of the doubt, and warning of how this story ends..this music is incredible- and allows the story to be transcendental.. this is my most favorite musical of all time...

  • @godmyx4623
    @godmyx4623 День назад

    Thank you! (Greetings from Europe)

  • @robertelee63
    @robertelee63 4 месяца назад +2

    The 1973 movie's cast was by far the best in my opinion, the best of all time. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were the best Judas and Jesus.

  • @melaniejordan1199
    @melaniejordan1199 4 месяца назад

    I LOVE that you're reacting to this!!! This is my FAVORITE musical of ALL\ time. 40 years of singing this and I still remember all of the words.
    I love that you are appreciating the vocals and music as well as how you are applying your religion from your childhood and how you view this content now. Can't wait to see the next installment!

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  4 месяца назад +1

      All 4 parts are up! Thank you for the kind words, I truly appreciate it. I hope you enjoy it!

    • @melaniejordan1199
      @melaniejordan1199 4 месяца назад

      @@L33Reacts I've just finished them all! NEW SUB, sir! Have a great night!

  • @195511SM
    @195511SM 4 месяца назад +2

    NBC AIRED A PRODUCTION OF THIS 'LIVE' A FEW YEARS AGO. IT WAS GREAT. I CAN'T RECALL WHO WAS IN THE CAST.....BUT JOHN LEGEND PLAYED J.C.

    • @motosches6404
      @motosches6404 4 месяца назад

      I was disappointed in John Legend because I grew up with Ian Gillian and his powerhouse voice, but Tim Minchin as Judas was great.

  • @kjetiloptun5177
    @kjetiloptun5177 4 месяца назад +3

    Carl Anderson (Judas) has such a magnificent voice. You should check out him singing for Weather Report on Can It Be Done on the Domino Theory album.

  • @agarvin1687
    @agarvin1687 4 месяца назад

    Didn’t get to watch this movie until almost a decade ago but it ended up being epic as my local movie theatre was screening it and some of the movie cast were there (Kurt Yaghjian, Bob Bingham, Larry Marshall, the late Barry Dennen, and Ted Neeley were there) - it was such a fun experience and they were all really nice guys, especially Ted Neeley (the first thing he said to me when I met him was to compliment my smile 🥹) 🥰❤️ Have a soft spot for this movie as a result of that first time! ❤️

  • @joannparker1977
    @joannparker1977 4 месяца назад +1

    Just about as great as you can get.

  • @michaelangileo2760
    @michaelangileo2760 4 месяца назад +1

    Jesus' life was the best-attested to biographical account in the ancient world by far. Within 30 years of his crucifixion, His work on the cross had changed the world, from Asia minor (modern Turkey) to Rome as far as ancient Britain where the Druids knew of him. He has appeared through visions to every known people in the world, including the American Indians. He is at the heart of all 5 major religious traditions (e.g., He is the Buddha Issa in the Far East). From Josephus, to the Roman leadership, to the early church, to the Assyrians (the first evangelists), to the eyewitness accounts, on and on. He lived and died ... for our sins. He was the Word made flesh. Thank you for this pioneering movie and your genuine comments. Yes, Jesus is my Lord, God and Savior. Thank you and God bless you!

  • @moonrich3492
    @moonrich3492 4 месяца назад +1

    My father was a Bing Crosby fan -- you know the type -- and he actually enjoyed seeing this in the movie theater! He liked the creative touches (fighter jets, etc.). To say I was shocked is an understatement. I enjoyed seeing it performed live at Cleveland Public Hall, the front rows filled with nuns. I can still hear the amazing opening guitar riff.

  • @masudaharris6435
    @masudaharris6435 4 месяца назад +2

    I used to hear this on the radio all the time back then as well as the Japanese version, which was just as good.

  • @user-ny1ji3vw6y
    @user-ny1ji3vw6y 4 месяца назад

    Thx so much for tackling this... nice to see something different. You did a great job with the music... so much music in films don't get through to YT viewers. Appreciate it - and looking forward to part 2.

  • @EasyZee69
    @EasyZee69 4 месяца назад

    This is my favorite musical of all time. The music is just soooooooooo good.

  • @EPShockley
    @EPShockley 4 месяца назад

    So glad you’re getting into this incredible film!
    Been a definite favorite of mine since Mom took us to see it (As a double feature with the Beatles’, “Yellow Submarine”!), in its original release!
    We watched it every time it aired on TV for Easter, as well!
    Even went to see Ted Neeley (“Jesus”) & Carl Anderson- R. I. P (“Judas”) in their 1993 “Second Coming” tour performance of “JCS”, & even got backstage to meet them both!
    Since, Ted has been touring the country, often with the likes of Yvonne Elliman (“Mary”), Larry Marshal (“Simon”), Bob Bingham (“Caiaphas”), Kurt Yahjian (“Annas”), & others, having screenings, & meeting fans. (Just saw Ted & Yvonne at the Burbank “Hollywood Show”, again, last month.)
    Hope you enjoy the entire show, & if so, hope you’ll get to meet Ted, et al!
    😁

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts  4 месяца назад

      I wish I could meet Ted! Seems like a great fella. And his voice Is great!

  • @looneygardener
    @looneygardener 4 месяца назад +1

    This is an incredible movie!

  • @AquinasBunny
    @AquinasBunny 20 дней назад

    17:30 - One of the things I appreciate most about JCS is it's a rock opera about Yeshua ben Yosef of Nazareth, yes, but with maybe the sole exception of the song "Superstar" having Judas descend from the heavens, it's about the historical figure without any supernatural claims. The Pharisees point out that Jesus is "just another scripture-thumping hack," as there were many contemporary accounts of other people claiming to be "Messiah" during this period of Roman occupation. The opera ends when he ends on the cross, with no hint of divine resurrection. It's about the humans who were alive during that time period, trying to capture the familiar uncertainty of being a public figure of unrest during occupation, and that's very cool

  • @26shedan
    @26shedan 4 месяца назад

    wow-great reaction. Have not seen anyone react to this. Thanks. Cannot wait for the next part.

  • @gracedv
    @gracedv 4 месяца назад +1

    I love both the movie and the album (brown cover - not sure if they are the same). Listen to this every year at Easter in lieu of going to mass.

  • @cheehee808_
    @cheehee808_ Месяц назад

    I’m not even super religious but this is one of my moms favorite movies and soundtracks off all time. She turned me onto it when the remake came out on nbc with John legend a few years ago. I didn’t really wanna watch at first cause I’m not really religious or anything but I did for my mom and I ended up becoming hooked and sat there and watched the whole thing. It became one of my all time faves after that go figure lol. It’s great cause it tells the story of Jesus in a way that’s easy to understand and relate to folks not super in tune with religion and it’s not preachy or anything

  • @erickcalmet
    @erickcalmet 2 месяца назад

    like for been the only one who rect the entire movie, greetings from Venezuela

  • @nightthornkvala94132
    @nightthornkvala94132 Месяц назад

    I have watched the movie on TV and DVD and listened to the soundtrack on vinyl, cassette, and CD hundreds and hundreds of times through the years. There's a stage version from 2001 and the arena version released in 2012. I have all three versions (along with Godspell) on disk. It took me literal years to get used to the 2001 version, to NOT hear this 70s version. I think you should check those other two version to see how the time period can change the same movie with the same lyrics.

  • @dgator3599
    @dgator3599 4 месяца назад

    Saw it when i was a kid (1973; 3rd grade) and have never forgotten it. Nicolette Larson is so good in this movie!

  • @beatlesarebest
    @beatlesarebest 4 месяца назад +3

    I had this on 8-track tape.

  • @rubenalvarez48
    @rubenalvarez48 4 месяца назад +2

    This was my favorite musical of all time!

  • @mikemitton6447
    @mikemitton6447 4 месяца назад +2

    The original Jesus on Broadway before the movie was made was Derp Purple's Ian Gillan. You ought to review him. He was phenomenal!

    • @oliverbrownlow5615
      @oliverbrownlow5615 4 месяца назад

      @@gv7217 As a result of playing Jesus on Broadway, Jeff Fenholt became a Christian, and dedicated his career to evangelism, recording several albums of religious music.

    • @psbarrow
      @psbarrow 4 месяца назад

      Gillan was never on Broadway, he just did the original studio album.

  • @AP-gb3eh
    @AP-gb3eh 4 месяца назад +1

    This was great to see at the theater . We used skip school and watch it all day when you could just stay in the e theater. My friends and I were there for the hot dancers and music. No interest in religion just the tanned guys

  • @lazarus550
    @lazarus550 4 месяца назад +1

    I went to see this in Glasgow with my girlfriend from Holy CrossHigh School in 1973 loved it. Ted Neely is great as Jesus but Ian Gillan's voice on the original cannot be equalled.

  • @lesblatnyak5947
    @lesblatnyak5947 4 месяца назад

    Very nice. The man who changed the world.

  • @DerekB99
    @DerekB99 4 месяца назад

    Ian Gillan from Deep Purple sang as Jesus on the original album. Astounding, as are all the performances.