❤❤❤ I listen to this song. I am in a nursing home. I know even though I may die I will live with God and Jesus and in my family and friends' memories of me!!!
I get misty every time I hear this song. I was only 9 or 10 when I first saw Godspell but I had a calling years before this. I believe that watching Godspell sealed it. It’s been up hill ever since. I had my son watch this many years ago. I believe, I can’t remember exactly, but if I remember correctly, he cried. He went to live with the Savior 41/2 years ago. He was 25 and had high functioning autism. ❤️😢❤️
I was 21 and in the military when I first listened to this.. it changed my life. I would listen to this and realized that this is what I was looking for. I love you Jesus so much
This movie/play was such a new form of expression at the time. It did genuinely move people spiritually. The music was deep and the choreography was so creative. The world is so messed up now. We definitely need a reminder of better time in life like this. Thank you for posting.
I am here to honour Jay Hamburger who has passed away this last Monday March 25, 2024. My love for you Jay is strong. You are a pure soul and a man of compassion and curiosity.
Yes there has. My cast mates at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Evansville, IN. in 1995. Seven packed houses and three command performances. Excellent, professional cast. I miss them all today! The experience led me to study The Bible and it changed my life.
I was an Atheist until my early 20s. I can truly say this movie always reached out to me. I can see now that even as a child God has been reaching out to me. I love you Lord.
Oh heck it wasn't a tap it was I'm going to let Satan grab you and then maybe you will Believe. In the middle of my water bed shaking and screeching across our basement floor and not being able to yell or even speak I said Jesus' Christ please help me in my head. I sat straight up in bed turned on my light and never again did I deny Him. This is a condensed version of the story. It in total involved a devil worshiper, a Christian Ministers wife, another friend who worked with me and a patient in the facility where we worked.
I played keyboards for 3 different productions of Godspell. My parents loved to come see the shows I was involved in, but because I did mot think they would understand or appreciate Godspell’s quirky vibe I did not offer until they asked what I was currently involved in, and expressed interest in seeing it. After a Saturday evening performance I headed out to the lobby not knowing what to expect. My father could hardly speak he was so moved, and had clearly been weeping. I should have trusted that true to form, Godspell always works it’s. God-inspired magic.
HOW VERY BEAUTIFUL, SISTER, TO SWEETLY MINISTER TO YOUR OWN PARENTS' HEARTS AND SOULS! What a wonderful gift 🕊️ you gave them that you will share memories together of into eternity, bless you sister 🥰🙏🕊️
I enter the time machine and return to my 14 years old. 1973. wonderful time I had the chance to be a normal child, without charge, without anything that could interfere with my adolescence.
I was 9 years old when this aired in 1973. It had such a magical effect on me as a child and now watching this now in 2024 it touches the child that is still in me and fills my eyes with tears!! Beautiful and so powerful this will always be!!❤
I became a Christian the day that I heard this song decades ago. I have never regretted my decision even though the road had been hard sometimes. He is always with me. 😊
Good for you!! I'm so happy for you :) yeah, the road definitely gets harder. I was on the verge of giving up. This movie gave me a newfound motivation. I saw it for the first time 3 days ago. Never knew about it until recently.
Don't think "underappreciated" so much as its production not standing to test of time, as it is clearly of its era. Modern mass audiences (mostly) won't look beyond what they see presented before them.
@ - as a fellow non-believer (who’s also moved by the beautiful music of Godspell - and Jesus Christ Superstar too), I applaud your response and don’t think I could’ve put it any more beautifully- or musically.
@@ellew4573 - wow, admonishing someone to pick up their proverbial cross and follow the mythical deity you chose to believe is real... really? Let’s all just sit back and enjoy this beautiful musical together, no judgement, no proselytizing, no silliness.
The rueful smile on Victor Garber's face in the middle of the song, and then the brighter smile near the end.... It's beautiful, it's moving, it's unforgettable.
I actually love this movie. I watched it yesterday (for the first time) and - not knowing what to expect - was knocked off my seat. My only regret was not having seen it earlier... But - even in my mid-fifties - it is never too late.
Certainly never too late. Because the film never got old. I was 9 when I saw it in the theater for the first time. I had the privilege to see a stage production at my high school. First time, at age 14, that the music grabbed my heart. Another instance was a Thanksgiving night sitting at my computer when the tears just flowed, thinking of the broadcast just a few hours earlier and the song "All Good Gifts" .
I've loved the movie since my teens, about 40 years ago. I have requested this song to be played at my memorial along with "All Good Gifts" also from Godspell.
"By My Side" was a part of the original musical before Schwartz came on board, I believe. They were smart enough to keep it. It's beautiful and always moves me and, apparently, lots of others.
I love when they all sit around him. Because Jesus wants everybody in the world to be like that for each other that anytime somebody feels alone that they be surrounded by people who let them know that they're not. If only the whole world could be like that towards each other nobody ever being alone.
I played acoustic guitar in a Catholic Church folk choir in 1976-1977. And "By My Side" was one of the songs we played. (We also played "Day By Day") I haven't thought about this song in 45 years! Hearing it right now is a special moment. What a beautiful & meaningful song! The lyrics are extremely moving. Brings tears of joy to my eyes.
I sang this song to my mother as she died. I mistakenly thought the words were "I shall call the pebble death... and we talk together about walking until I take Him from shoe, singing meet your new Lord. Then Ill take His hand, finally glad that you are here' etc. Strangely it still works though I sing it correctly these days and have a better understanding of 'daring' oneself to walk that path. It is a beautiful song in any case and I dont regret singing it that way.
Mick, you posted two years ago so I don't know if you will check this. My mom died a year ago at her nursing home, which was quarantined because of Covid. It is a true gift you were able to be with your mother and sing for her at the end of her life. I would give so much to have been able to do this, but trust she knew and still knows how much I love her. We will scatter her ashes into the ocean next month to commemorate a year since her passing. You have inspired me to try to sing a song through my tears when my family gathers for this small ceremony. Thank you!!
This is most definitely my favorite song on the entire God spell soundtrack its so pretty I get teary eyed when listening and think about the singers who were loss years ago in this video quite a few of them are deceased but they left behind some of the most amazing songs songs that will last throughout eternity.
It wasn't until. My class went to the. Big. Catholic. High school in 1976 where I was introduced to this amazing rendition of our. Lord. Jesus. Christ. The performance was more then the best that year in all the county and gave me an even better understanding of my faith. It still moves my heart and soul over 40 years later
I was in this outdoor drama play many years ago. I'm grateful that Jesus my Lord and Savior gave me the opportunity to perform before Him. My mom was also in the cast. .May they kingdom come and thy Will be done
This song and "On The Willows" are my favorite songs in this movie! I remember first seeing this in 1973 as a 12 year old. The basic message of this movie is so needed today! The message of Jesus and the need to believe and know His Word!
Why do I always weep when I hear this song? Played bass for our HS productiuon of Godspell in 1975. I was so focussed on playing my part that I never really appreciated the beauty of Godspell until much later. Wish I could go back and relive those days.
Such a lovely song! It's one of my top favorites next to Day By Day! This song always make me think about a girl that I'm good friends with. I've been having feelings for her for years. She also has the same hair color, face, smile and body type as Katie Hanley.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." ~ HOLY BIBLE, Proverbs 3:5,6
I sang this to my mother at the moment of her death... because there was nothing else I could do. The song is about the path to faith but it works for me as a lamenting goodbye too.
There are so many beautiful songs in this film-- I really like how they seem to alternate happy and sad songs. I'm a 50 year old atheist and I absolutely adore this film. David Haskell is priceless-- and I'm absolutely head over heels in love with Gilmer McCormick's character in this-- her hippy Raggedy Ann outfit and tiger finger puppet just get me. At the end, when she hugs Victor with that hand puppet, I just lose it. It will be on my DVR till the day I die.
I cannot sing this song to the end because I get so emotional.... it always brings me to tears....next to DAY BY DAY....this is my most fave song from the musical. Gosh I am crying now just watching the video!!!
Awesome movie, I saw it when it first came out. I was 14. Victor Garber is from my hometown of London Ontario Canada. He went to high school with the woman I babysat for(and went to the movie with. 🇨🇦🌈🦋🌟✌
The way Jesus *looks* at His followers with pure love is one of earliest ways in my Christian walk that the Lord showed me that *He* loved me--*personally*!!!
I had a stone cold heart and was living a lifestyle of anger and wrath, yet I could hear God calling me through these songs, particularly this one. I would turn on the cd, and it softened me.
For me, though, what makes the moment especially bittersweet is how he reacts even though, as Matthew's gospel has it (which Godspell is based on), most of those closest to him are about to fall asleep on him in his moment of need and run away in fear. Jesus loves them anyway.
Either these actors all deserve an Oscar or they truly believe in what they are singing. I was 8 years old when this movie was made and I fell in love with that freckled redhead from the moment I first heard her sing this song.
I was 13 and saw it with my church camp, Camp Gailor-Maxon and I was completely enamored with the movie, the music, the actors... Soooo lovely and moving!!
No, she had just performed the song over a hundre times. Katie and Jeff were both from the OBC (original broadway cast). And just fyi. Godspell was written by a Jew. Stephen Schwartz is a Jew, like me. And I don't think he gives a second thought to Jesus because Jesus doesn't really come up in conversation among Jews.
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@@rawmark , This particular song, however, was "written by Carnegie Mellon students Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon." (The names sound Jewish to me.)
Riza Hawkeye Many times in my life when I have been very sad , I listened to theese crucifying song- till the end, when they sing at last" Long live God " . That allways brought me realy down.... ans than rised me up
Today, for the gazillionth time, I was running across a city street, and the slightest bit of gravel got caught in my shoe, .. and I immediately started up with “I’ll put a pebble in my shoe, and watch me walk ...” etc ... until I got safely across and leaned against a traffic sign to balance while I dislodge the pebble. But tonight, I suddenly stopped facebooking or whatever to wonder, WHAT Is that little ditty I invariably lean in to when that happens?” (And have, for nearly 50 years of summer sandals) ... “I shall call the pebble “Dare!” Well, so sweet now, to have the entire scene ... and, um all of Salvation ... reminded me. Thank you.
This song always brings me to tears not only because of its beauty but because the lady who sings it looks exactly like my mother. I lost her many years ago. She loved the Lord and I can imagine she's singing this song to Jesus now.
I remember watching this movie in high school. This movie touches me in so many ways, it makes me proud to be a Christian/Jewish man. The songs are amazing and the message resonates.
This has been my favorite song since I first saw a stage production of it in '74. Thank you so very much for this memory! The meaning is so precious and deep, and I've sung it often when needing to remember who I am, why I'm here. "Day by Day" is also wonderful!
I also saw a stage production in 1974 (at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa, Ca.) as part of my college's orientation week. It was totally unforgettable, and I've enjoyed the show ever since.
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. This one truly comes from The heaven above. I love how God’s light dances on her face at the beginning.
No ads popped up when I watched this. I was young and did not appreciate it as I do today. It was very innovate and I still wonder how they did this in New York. Oh yes, beautiful song.
Love this. Reminds me so much of the summer of 1986 when I went to performing arts day camp & we did Godspell. So many great memories. Its music is so beautiful.
Not many people know this but, this was the first single issued from the original red cover Gospel album. It got limited air play and was a lower chart single. The record company followed it up with the Robin Lamont (The blond) song, "Day By Day" that turned into a hit. I use to sing this song to my children and I also sang it at a Good Friday church service.
Gotta say "by my side" is simply one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard...
I was in a production of “Godspell” with my local theater group I love this song it’s so beautiful
❤❤❤ I listen to this song. I am in a nursing home. I know even though I may die I will live with God and Jesus and in my family and friends' memories of me!!!
I get misty every time I hear this song. I was only 9 or 10 when I first saw Godspell but I had a calling years before this. I believe that watching Godspell sealed it. It’s been up hill ever since. I had my son watch this many years ago. I believe, I can’t remember exactly, but if I remember correctly, he cried. He went to live with the Savior 41/2 years ago. He was 25 and had high functioning autism. ❤️😢❤️
I was 21 and in the military when I first listened to this.. it changed my life. I would listen to this and realized that this is what I was looking for. I love you Jesus so much
This movie/play was such a new form of expression at the time. It did genuinely move people spiritually. The music was deep and the choreography was so creative. The world is so messed up now. We definitely need a reminder of better time in life like this. Thank you for posting.
I am here to honour Jay Hamburger who has passed away this last Monday March 25, 2024. My love for you Jay is strong. You are a pure soul and a man of compassion and curiosity.
we will sing this at his memorial!
Thank you for honouring Jay. He was as beautiful and wonderful as a person can get.
1973. We have lost the tender magic of those times.... :-(
It seemed like the sun was always shining in the '70s, except for occasional gentle rains. We need to pray the Lord will revive us.
I remember 1973. I don't recall much tender magic going on that year but grant that 'Godspell was about the best thing to come out of it.
@@troyriser8074it’s not a question of quantity but quality.
There was NEVER a better cast than these!!! The Original and the BEST!!!
Ya know this isn't the original cast, right? LMAO
Yes there has. My cast mates at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Evansville, IN. in 1995. Seven packed houses and three command performances. Excellent, professional cast. I miss them all today! The experience led me to study The Bible and it changed my life.
I have seen much better casts and more moving renditions. I only wish I could get a copy of them.
No!; there are most off that!! Come with me !;;
Victor Garber is super gay in this. (He’s not str8). Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
50 years ago.. Wow. We put this musical on when I was in high school, 20 years ago.
How fab that must have been! And you will all have those memories to share and appreciate for eternity 🕊️🙏✝️
I was an Atheist until my early 20s. I can truly say this movie always reached out to me. I can see now that even as a child God has been reaching out to me. I love you Lord.
Amen. I love how the Lord “taps us on the shoulder” to get our attention in our lives. It’s different for everyone.
Oh heck it wasn't a tap it was I'm going to let Satan grab you and then maybe you will Believe. In the middle of my water bed shaking and screeching across our basement floor and not being able to yell or even speak I said Jesus' Christ please help me in my head. I sat straight up in bed turned on my light and never again did I deny Him. This is a condensed version of the story. It in total involved a devil worshiper, a Christian Ministers wife, another friend who worked with me and a patient in the facility where we worked.
Your a great man believing in a great God. Congratulations my brother.
Good for you darling! I have never had the privilege of belief myself but I have seen the wonders it can do for others ❤️
@@ellenstillman7703 ...did it also involve powerful anti-psychotic medicines?
She never takes her eyes off Jesus very touching and powerful.
I played keyboards for 3 different productions of Godspell. My parents loved to come see the shows I was involved in, but because I did mot think they would understand or appreciate Godspell’s quirky vibe I did not offer until they asked what I was currently involved in, and expressed interest in seeing it. After a Saturday evening performance I headed out to the lobby not knowing what to expect. My father could hardly speak he was so moved, and had clearly been weeping. I should have trusted that true to form, Godspell always works it’s. God-inspired magic.
HOW VERY BEAUTIFUL, SISTER, TO SWEETLY MINISTER TO YOUR OWN PARENTS' HEARTS AND SOULS! What a wonderful gift 🕊️ you gave them that you will share memories together of into eternity, bless you sister 🥰🙏🕊️
This music brings me so much joy and peace. It helps me to courageously face suffering.
This song always leaves me weeping, but I will always love it.
I enter the time machine and return to my 14 years old. 1973. wonderful time I had the chance to be a normal child, without charge, without anything that could interfere with my adolescence.
Same here.
Yes
I was 9 years old when this aired in 1973. It had such a magical effect on me as a child and now watching this now in 2024 it touches the child that is still in me and fills my eyes with tears!! Beautiful and so powerful this will always be!!❤
I became a Christian the day that I heard this song decades ago. I have never regretted my decision even though the road had been hard sometimes. He is always with me. 😊
🤣😂🤣 Because of musical? Yikes.
Get help, honey.
@@LillyBunnyBoo as you had to say a cruel statement, oerhaps YOU need the help? You ate a rude troll honey!!
Good for you!! I'm so happy for you :) yeah, the road definitely gets harder. I was on the verge of giving up. This movie gave me a newfound motivation. I saw it for the first time 3 days ago. Never knew about it until recently.
Can I ask how you know it's a he vs she or it, as a divine being?
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I saw Godspell at Casa Manana theater in Fort Worth when I was a teenager. It was a beautiful show and it changed my life.
One of the most, if not the most underappreciated musical ever. The music if phenomenal, not to mention the story, which is the greatest ever told.
Don't think "underappreciated" so much as its production not standing to test of time, as it is clearly of its era. Modern mass audiences (mostly) won't look beyond what they see presented before them.
Just too bad that Yeshua had t b nailed t a tree W a sign abv his head saying "this is what's left of yr future king".
The play/movie ends too soon.
@@carlflaherty2215 I like the book the best 😀
Victor Garber was remarkably angelic looking when he was young.
"I can walk" = whole ensemble breaks in harmony = That moment when the hair on the back of your neck stands up.
Clarkerots it gives me chills every time!!
I love it too. Ha! Gotta hear my shower version ,love to belt it out!
Clarkerots agree.
Absolutely beautiful always by my side.
Right?
This song always makes me ugly cry. Joy so pure it hurts.
I'm not even a Christian, but this song pulls tears out of me every time . Great music is great music, period.
Brother, commit yourself to following Jesus Christ today! Pick up the cross and follow him to Heavenly Father...he’s the only way!
I weep also, the Harmony is so good
@ oh Jesus can handle the Dm -> Dsus2 -> Dm and can hit a curve ball too!
@ - as a fellow non-believer (who’s also moved by the beautiful music of Godspell - and Jesus Christ Superstar too), I applaud your response and don’t think I could’ve put it any more beautifully- or musically.
@@ellew4573 - wow, admonishing someone to pick up their proverbial cross and follow the mythical deity you chose to believe is real... really? Let’s all just sit back and enjoy this beautiful musical together, no judgement, no proselytizing, no silliness.
The rueful smile on Victor Garber's face in the middle of the song, and then the brighter smile near the end.... It's beautiful, it's moving, it's unforgettable.
Victor Garber is so ethereal loving. Perfect casting.
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I actually love this movie. I watched it yesterday (for the first time) and - not knowing what to expect - was knocked off my seat. My only regret was not having seen it earlier... But - even in my mid-fifties - it is never too late.
It’s a beautiful movie, so glad you loved it!
Certainly never too late. Because the film never got old. I was 9 when I saw it in the theater for the first time. I had the privilege to see a stage production at my high school. First time, at age 14, that the music grabbed my heart. Another instance was a Thanksgiving night sitting at my computer when the tears just flowed, thinking of the broadcast just a few hours earlier and the song "All Good Gifts" .
Everything happens in God's own time. You must not have been ready for it until when you did see it.
I've loved the movie since my teens, about 40 years ago.
I have requested this song to be played at my memorial along with "All Good Gifts" also from Godspell.
I swear to god this music from this film has given me a lot more peace than I've ever had in years thank you
"By My Side" was a part of the original musical before Schwartz came on board, I believe. They were smart enough to keep it. It's beautiful and always moves me and, apparently, lots of others.
God is Splendid
Always moving
So Jewish composers wrote Godspell?
@@MartianInDisguiseJesus was a Jew, as a human!
Yes! I just read that she wrote this, and they realized how absolutely beautiful it was, so it remained in.
No one can sing this quite like Kate Hanley.
I was searchin for a punk rock song by the same name instead i find my self listening to this over and over again, just beautiful
My God! Not to be so shallow, but Victor has the best facial structure and cheekbones. Like an Adonis.
Such a long time ago ,1973
Soaking this in, is breathtaking
I love when they all sit around him. Because Jesus wants everybody in the world to be like that for each other that anytime somebody feels alone that they be surrounded by people who let them know that they're not. If only the whole world could be like that towards each other nobody ever being alone.
Did this musical in the late 90s in college. "I shall call the pebble 'dude'" we joked. Good times.
I played acoustic guitar in a Catholic Church folk choir in 1976-1977. And "By My Side" was one of the songs we played. (We also played "Day By Day") I haven't thought about this song in 45 years! Hearing it right now is a special moment. What a beautiful & meaningful song! The lyrics are extremely moving. Brings tears of joy to my eyes.
I'm a Christian this is one of my favorite Christian songs of all time
I sang this song to my mother as she died. I mistakenly thought the words were "I shall call the pebble death... and we talk together about walking until I take Him from shoe, singing meet your new Lord. Then Ill take His hand, finally glad that you are here' etc. Strangely it still works though I sing it correctly these days and have a better understanding of 'daring' oneself to walk that path. It is a beautiful song in any case and I dont regret singing it that way.
what a beautiful thought and memory. thank you.
I sang this song for decades, thinking the pebble was 'death' , dare works too.
Mick, you posted two years ago so I don't know if you will check this. My mom died a year ago at her nursing home, which was quarantined because of Covid. It is a true gift you were able to be with your mother and sing for her at the end of her life. I would give so much to have been able to do this, but trust she knew and still knows how much I love her. We will scatter her ashes into the ocean next month to commemorate a year since her passing. You have inspired me to try to sing a song through my tears when my family gathers for this small ceremony. Thank you!!
God be with you and your family.🙏
I thought the same at first
My favorite movie and show. After all these years I still get chills when I hear the score.
This is most definitely my favorite song on the entire God spell soundtrack its so pretty I get teary eyed when listening and think about the singers who were loss years ago in this video quite a few of them are deceased but they left behind some of the most amazing songs songs that will last throughout eternity.
Mine too
It wasn't until. My class went to the. Big. Catholic. High school in 1976 where I was introduced to this amazing rendition of our. Lord. Jesus. Christ. The performance was more then the best that year in all the county and gave me an even better understanding of my faith. It still moves my heart and soul over 40 years later
The monologue from Judas gets me every time because it tells the story perfectly...
And after that, he looks away as if he was ashamed.
Not only that, it adds a layer of irony because it gives "by my side" a sense of peril instead of comfort.
I played that role 45 years ago and can still remember every line and every song.
@@1rewd133 I sang this song in a production years ago. I wish I could have done it justice.
His delivery is so good.
I was in this outdoor drama play many years ago. I'm grateful that Jesus my Lord and Savior gave me the opportunity to perform before Him. My mom was also in the cast. .May they kingdom come and thy Will be done
This song and "On The Willows" are my favorite songs in this movie! I remember first seeing this in 1973 as a 12 year old. The basic message of this movie is so needed today! The message of Jesus and the need to believe and know His Word!
And to live it
My #1 favorite movie of all time. No kidding. This movie led me to receive Christ as my Savior. Way back in the 70s.
Why do I always weep when I hear this song? Played bass for our HS productiuon of Godspell in 1975. I was so focussed on playing my part that I never really appreciated the beauty of Godspell until much later. Wish I could go back and relive those days.
Every time I hear By my Side I cry in a good way
So sad so Alone n how we abandon Jesus
Me Too🤗🤗
@ronald tanner Aw...😢
@ronald tanner It's the childlike innocence of that time that tugs at the heartstrings 🤗
This brings me t tears each&every time. And im just another grieving 58yo....
If I could, I would watch this film everyday. I just can't get enough of it. I want to be there with them.
Me too. Doesn't matter how old I get I'm always young when I watch this and always picture myself traveling with all of the characters in this movie.🥰
“Meet your new road”
That makes me shiver every time
yesss, ummm.
one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard
All of these female vocalists have magic breath coming from them.
Such a lovely song! It's one of my top favorites next to Day By Day! This song always make me think about a girl that I'm good friends with. I've been having feelings for her for years. She also has the same hair color, face, smile and body type as Katie Hanley.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."
~ HOLY BIBLE, Proverbs 3:5,6
Captured so well. Time stops.
I will always thank God for inspiring this production. It got to me. Aged only 10.
my mom used this as a lullaby when i was an infant. it still has a specialness to me. ♡
I sing this to my son...
I sang this to my mother at the moment of her death... because there was nothing else I could do. The song is about the path to faith but it works for me as a lamenting goodbye too.
my mom use to sing this too. so nostalgic and sad
♡..i wish id known this song when i sang to my mom on her deathbed March 22,2019. My late husbands birthday..double sorrow♡
@@MIck-M ♡
Absolutely my favorite song from Godspell.
Libby74 I’m still listening to this song in 2018. My favorite song.
When I died I want that song play called day by day at my funeral
There are so many beautiful songs in this film-- I really like how they seem to alternate happy and sad songs. I'm a 50 year old atheist and I absolutely adore this film. David Haskell is priceless-- and I'm absolutely head over heels in love with Gilmer McCormick's character in this-- her hippy Raggedy Ann outfit and tiger finger puppet just get me. At the end, when she hugs Victor with that hand puppet, I just lose it. It will be on my DVR till the day I die.
But too sad and even heartbreaking to listen to more than once a year.
@@Uncle-Smart-Alec you said it man.
The intensity that they look at each other with is just gorgeous.
Loved this movie..made a big difference in my life..Amen thank you Lord Jesus.
I cannot sing this song to the end because I get so emotional.... it always brings me to tears....next to DAY BY DAY....this is my most fave song from the musical. Gosh I am crying now just watching the video!!!
My Dad always loved Godspell. I saw it live in the theater twice in the early 1970s, great show. Jesus is Lord! :-)
One of the best songs ever written...perfectly performed. For my Aunty Jean.
You aren’t kidding.
Every time I think I'm going to get through it without tears..... But the words just always overcome my emotions...
First heard this in Church today, this rendition brings a😢 to my eyes 🙏
Awesome movie, I saw it when it first came out. I was 14. Victor Garber is from my hometown of London Ontario Canada. He went to high school with the woman I babysat for(and went to the movie with. 🇨🇦🌈🦋🌟✌
Far beyond where the horizon lies... and the land sinks into mellow blueness
Meet your new road! Magical! 🥰
The way Jesus *looks* at His followers with pure love is one of earliest ways in my Christian walk that the Lord showed me that *He* loved me--*personally*!!!
So true. Praise HIS Name
I had a stone cold heart and was living a lifestyle of anger and wrath, yet I could hear God calling me through these songs, particularly this one. I would turn on the cd, and it softened me.
@@johnlamphier9812,me also, except it was disobedience, and I pictured JESUS, with that look of disappointment, and it tore me apart
For me, though, what makes the moment especially bittersweet is how he reacts even though, as Matthew's gospel has it (which Godspell is based on), most of those closest to him are about to fall asleep on him in his moment of need and run away in fear. Jesus loves them anyway.
1973, GREAT Musical. Love to return a be 18 yrs old again. Simple times back in 1973.
Victor Garber can act like a savior without even speaking !!!
This is so 70s and groovy
The vocal arrangement with the lyrics 🙌🏻
I love this movie and all the songs in it. It brings me to tears every time.
Me as well...more important now than I was young
Either these actors all deserve an Oscar or they truly believe in what they are singing. I was 8 years old when this movie was made and I fell in love with that freckled redhead from the moment I first heard her sing this song.
She was the one that captivated me as a child also.
I was 13 and saw it with my church camp, Camp Gailor-Maxon and I was completely enamored with the movie, the music, the actors... Soooo lovely and moving!!
No, she had just performed the song over a hundre times. Katie and Jeff were both from the OBC (original broadway cast).
And just fyi. Godspell was written by a Jew. Stephen Schwartz is a Jew, like me. And I don't think he gives a second thought to Jesus because Jesus doesn't really come up in conversation among Jews.
@@rawmark , This particular song, however, was "written by Carnegie Mellon students Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon." (The names sound Jewish to me.)
@@rawmark Sorry, i don`t want to be unpolite, but the director film and also actor was gentle
Godspeed You Black Emperor brought me here, absolutely exquisite
I love "East Hastings"!
Same
Where have you been? My, our hearts are lost.....2021
Like the Lord we must suffer before he returns. Then, we will forever by his side…
Everything from “Meet your new road” on gives me chills. Lovely song.
Victor Garber was just so beautiful for the part of Jesus. Just loved this song. I want it sung at my funeral when that day comes.
They'll probably sing Another One Bites the Dust.
Rogue Les Thank you for that good idea! I will do it like you 🌹
Riza Hawkeye Many times in my life when I have been very sad , I listened to theese crucifying song- till the end, when they sing at last" Long live God " . That allways brought me realy down.... ans than rised me up
David Essex did a great job in the UK stage version too.
Rogueles I remember loving his facial expressions
This song haunts me in a good way.
Today, for the gazillionth time, I was running across a city street, and the slightest bit of gravel got caught in my shoe, .. and I immediately started up with “I’ll put a pebble in my shoe, and watch me walk ...” etc ... until I got safely across and leaned against a traffic sign to balance while I dislodge the pebble. But tonight, I suddenly stopped facebooking or whatever to wonder, WHAT Is that little ditty I invariably lean in to when that happens?” (And have, for nearly 50 years of summer sandals) ... “I shall call the pebble “Dare!”
Well, so sweet now, to have the entire scene ... and, um all of Salvation ... reminded me. Thank you.
Aren't they beautiful!
So very beautiful. Yes they are.
This song always brings me to tears not only because of its beauty but because the lady who sings it looks exactly like my mother. I lost her many years ago. She loved the Lord and I can imagine she's singing this song to Jesus now.
Love this song. By the time Lynne Thigpen starts singing, I'm a leaking mess.
Beautiful when i first heard it in 1973. Still impacts me as powerfully today 46 years later!
This is still my favorite piece from the show. Thank you for having so many pieces on your page. It has brought me joy this morning.
I remember watching this movie in high school. This movie touches me in so many ways, it makes me proud to be a Christian/Jewish man. The songs are amazing and the message resonates.
Thats great. Praise HIS Name
Who would have thought it would even be possible to make a movie out of this? But man, they really did.
They made many many movies about 'this'...?
I can listen to this over and over all day.
This has been my favorite song since I first saw a stage production of it in '74. Thank you so very much for this memory! The meaning is so precious and deep, and I've sung it often when needing to remember who I am, why I'm here. "Day by Day" is also wonderful!
I also saw a stage production in 1974 (at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa, Ca.) as part of my college's orientation week. It was totally unforgettable, and I've enjoyed the show ever since.
...then I'LL take your hand finally glad that you are here by my side...
This has always been one of my favorite songs from Godspell. It just yanks at your heart strings
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. This one truly comes from The heaven above. I love how God’s light dances on her face at the beginning.
My god, what a consolation all these songs! Disparue si longtemps oh mon Dieu...pourquoi?
No ads popped up when I watched this. I was young and did not appreciate it as I do today. It was very innovate and I still wonder how they did this in New York. Oh yes, beautiful song.
Love this. Reminds me so much of the summer of 1986 when I went to performing arts day camp & we did Godspell. So many great memories. Its music is so beautiful.
Thank you Patches and Paint for uploading all of these wonderful videos.
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Yes... thank you, Patches and Paint ♡
Absolutely beautiful...can you take me with you...
This song is amazing
Not many people know this but, this was the first single issued from the original red cover Gospel album. It got limited air play and was a lower chart single. The record company followed it up with the Robin Lamont (The blond) song, "Day By Day" that turned into a hit. I use to sing this song to my children and I also sang it at a Good Friday church service.
I love singing this to the Lord 💕
I would too since he wouldn't judge me for my lousy singing voice😌
It’s truly a song from the heaven above. It’s about the only song that instantly puts tears in my eyes.
I'm non-religious now, left the toxic church years ago. But this song still holds a place in my heart. ❤
One of my favorite tunes from this soundtrack. Takes me back to 10 years old...