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- From: cjones@pbs.org
- Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
- Subject: Re: Jesus Christ Superstar
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.135131.19635@pbs.org>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 13:51:31 EST
- References: <1gii6sINN5l7@coral.bucknell.edu> <1992Dec14.232146.11835@wdl.loral.com> <urcat.724789501@mcl>
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- In article <urcat.724789501@mcl>, urcat@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eilidh Swan) writes:
- >>In article <1gii6sINN5l7@coral.bucknell.edu>, whelan@coral.bucknell.edu (The Blue Adept) writes:
- >
- >> I just wanted to bring up a topic that was of interest to me and
- >> see what everyone else thought. I am (as I write) listening to Andrew
- >> Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar...
- >
- >>[stuff deleted]
- >
- >>...My question is this: Is it wrong to listen to this musical, even if
- >> it can touch people? Is the musical wrong?
- >
- > As I've heard it, the musical is not an *accurate* portrayal of the Life
- > of Jesus, but *is* worth listening to (note: I'm biased toward loving
- > Andrew Lloyd Weber anyway.... :)
- >
- > As another writer pointed out, the emotions portrayed in JCS are *incredible.*
- > _Godspell_, based on the accounts in Matthew, is perhaps far more accurate
- > than JCS, (i.e. Jesus rises from the dead in Godspell, not in JCS; there's
- > no glorification of Judus in Godspell where there is in JCS.) But it doesn't
- > make my heart catch in my throat like JCS, like the flogging scene. Ack,
- > whenever I listen to the soundtrack and hear all 39 lashes, I want to cry.
- >
- > It's a great piece -- musically; good for emotional understanding of the
- > *Passion* of Christ (akin to Bach's Passions written for Good Friday services);
- > and good for examining what the Bible *really* says, as opposed to the
- > story line of JCS. Thought-provoking, easily.
- >
- > Btw, I recommend Godspell to people too.
- >
- >
- > Eilidh Swan
- > ************************************************************************
- > Cat McGlothlin urcat@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu 'urcat'='you-are-cat' "Oh!"
- > eilidh@cs.ucsb.edu -- Eilidh is Celtic for Ellen
- > The University never has, and never will, pay for or fund my opinions.
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