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Various Artists: Jesus Christ Superstar

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Ring Records
Released: 1990
Time:
 72:51
Category: Musical
Producer(s):
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address:
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1998.10.03
Price in €: 6,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Overture - 3:56
[2] Heaven on Their Minds - 4:21
[3] What's the Buzz/Strange Thing Mystifying - 4:13
[4] Everything's Alright - 5:14
[5] Hosanna - 2:08
[6] Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem - 4:47
[7] Pilate's Dream - 1:26
[8] Temple - 4:40
[9] I Don't Know How to Love Him - 4:07
[10] Last Supper - 7:06
[11] Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say) - 5:32
[12] The Arrest - 3:20
[13] Pilate and Christ - 2:43
[14] King Herod's Song (Try It and See) - 3:00
[15] Judas' Death - 4:14
[16] Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes) - 5:12
[17] Superstar - 4:15
[18] John Nineteen: Forty One - 2:04

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Murray Head - Vocals of Judas Iscariot
Ian Gillan - Vocals of Jesus Christ
Yvonne Elliman - Vocals of Mary Magdalene
Paul Raven - Vocals of Priest
Mike D'Abo - Vocals of King Herod

Musical personnel includes:
Chris Spedding - Electric Guitars
Bruce Rowland - Drums, Percussion
Alan Spenner - Bass Guitar
Henry McCulloch - Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Peter Robinson - Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Positive Organ
Chris Mercer - Tenor Sax

City of London Ensemble - Orchestra
Alan Doggett - conductor

Music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics by Tim Rice

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Writers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice set several precedents with this album. First, it is a pre-stage studio version, and it topped the US charts upon release. Second, it is the first show to successfully put rock music in a theatrical context ( Hair is really a pop/show-music pastiche, not rock). Third, it is a "sung-through" musical without spoken dialog, technically an operetta. Fourth, though musicals had turned more serious at this point, writing a show about Jesus Christ from the point of view of Judas was about as daring as you could get. It succeeds in all ways. In addition to the title song (a #14 hit sung by Murray Head), it includes "I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Yvonne Elliman.

William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


                                            LYRICS by TIM RICE
                               MUSIC by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
         ORCHESTRATION AND MUSICAL DIRECTION by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
                  PRODUCED by TIM RICE and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER


                                          CAST
               The singers, in the order of their appearance:

               Judas Iscariot ..................... Murray Head
               Jesus Christ ....................... Ian Gillan
               Mary Magdalene .................. Yvonne Elliman
               Priest ................................. Paul Raven
               Caiaphas, High Priest ........... Victor Brox
               Annas ............................... Brain Keith
               Simon Zealotes .................. John Gustafson
               Pontius Pilate ..................... Barry Dennen
               Maid by the Fire .................. Annette Brox
               Peter ................................ Paul Davis
               King Herod ........................ Mike D'Abo


            Other singers (Apostles, Priests, Roman Soldiers,
                        Merchants, Crowds, etc.):

       Pat Arnold, Tony Ashton, Peter Barnfeather, Madeleine Bell,
         Brian Bennett, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Barbara Kay,
       Neil Lancaster, Alan O'Duffy, Tim Rice, Seafield St.George,
          Terry Saunders, Sue and Sunny, Andrew Lloyd Webber,
            Choir under the leadership of Geoffrey Mitchell,
         Children's choir under the direction of Allan Doggett
                          (on The Overture),
        The Trinidad Singers under the leadership of Horace James
                           (on "Superstar").


                              MUSICIANS:

       Bruce Rowland .............................. Drums, Percussion
       Alan Spenner ..................................... Bass Guitar
       Henry McCulloch .............. Guitars (Electric and Acoustic)
       Neil Hubbard ............................... Guitar (Electric)
       Peter Robinson .. Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Positive Organ
       Chris Mercer ....................................... Tenor Sax

          Norman Cave, Carl Jenkins (Pianos), Andrew Lloyd Webber
       (Piano, Organ, Moog Synthesizer), Mick Weaver (Piano, Organ),
           John Marshall (Drums), Chris Spedding, Steve Vaughan
       (Guitars), Louis Stewart, Clive Hicks (Guitars), Peter Morgan,
        Alan Weighall, Jeff Clyne (Bass Guitars), Alan Doggett (Moog
         Synthesizer), Joseph Castaldini, Anthony Brooke (Bassoons),
        Ian Herbert (Clarinet), Brian Warren, Chris Taylor (Flutes),
         Bill Le Sage (Percussion), John Burdon, James Brown, OBE,
        Douglas Moore, Andrew McGavin, Jim Buck Snr, Jim Buck Jnr.
       (Horns), Les Condon, Ian Hamer, Kenny Wheeler, Harold Beckett
          (Trumpets), Keith Christie, Frank Jones, Anthony Moore
                              (Trombones).

        Orchestra (principal conductor ALAN DOGGETT) featuring the
        strings of the City of London Ensemble (Principal MALCOLM
          HENDERSON). Moog Synthesizer by kind permission of and
                 under the direction of MIKE VICKERS.


        Playing time:  Disc 1 (1-12): 43.55   Disc 2 (13-23): 43.16

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                    SIDE ONE

                    OVERTURE

              HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS

JUDAS
        My mind is clearer now - at last all too well
         I can see where we all soon will be
        If you strip away the myth from the man
        You will see where we all soon will be
        Jesus !you've started to believe
        The things they say of YOU
        You really do believe
        This talk of God is true
        And all the good you've done
        Will soon get swept away
        You've begun to matter more
        Than the things you say

        Listen Jesus I don't like what I see
        All I ask is that you listen to me
        And remember - I've been your right hand man all along
        You have set them all on fire
        They think they've found the new Messiah
        And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong

        I remember when this whole thing began
        No talk of God then - we called you a man
        And believe me - my admiration for you hasn't died
        But every word you say today
        Gets twisted round some other way
        And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied

        Nazareth your famous son should have stayed
         a great unknown
        Like his father carving wood - he'd have made good
        Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best
        He'd have caused nobody harm - no-one alarm

        Listen Jesus do you care for your race ?
        Don't you see we must keep in our place ?
        We are occupied - have you forgotten how put down we are ?
        I am frightened by the crowd
        For we are getting much too loud
        And they'll crush us if we go too far

        Listen Jesus to the warning I give
        Please remember that I want us to live
        But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour
        All your followers are blind
        Too much heaven on their minds
        It was beautiful but now it's sour
        Yes it's all gone sour


                WHAT'S  THE  BUZZ

        Bethany, friday night

APOSTLES
        What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening

   JESUS
        Why should you want to know ?
        Don't you mind about the future ,don't you try
         to think ahead
        Save tomorrow for tomorrow ,think about today instead

APOSTLES
        What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening

   JESUS
        I could give you facts and figures - I could give you plans
         and forecasts
        Even tell you where i'm going -

APOSTLES
    When do we ride into Jerusalem ?

   JESUS
        Why should you want to know ?
        Why are you obsessed with fighting times and fates
         you can't defy ?
        If you knew the path we're riding you'd understand it
         less than I

APOSTLES
        What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening

MARY MAGDALENE
        Let me try to cool down your face a bit

   JESUS
        That feels nice ,so nice...
        Mary that is good -
        While you prattle through your supper - where and when
         and who and how
        She alone has tried to give me what I need
         right here and now

APOSTLES
        What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening ?


                STRANGE THING MYSTIFYING

   JUDAS
        It seems to me a strange thing ,mystifying
        That a man like you can waste his time
         on women of her kind
        Yes I can understand that she amuses
        But to let her stroke you ,kiss your hair, is hardly in your line
        It's not that I object to her profession
        But she doesn't fit in well what you teach and say
        It doesn't help us if you're inconsistent
        They only need a small excuse to put us all away

  JESUS
        Who are you to criticise her ? Who are you to despise her ?
        Leave her, leave her ,let her be now
        Leave her, leave her ,she's with me now
        If your state is clean - then you can throw stones
        If your state is not then leave her alone
        I'm amazed that men like you can be
         so shallow thick and slow
        There is not a man among you who knows
         or cares if I come or go

ALL (save JUDAS)
        No you're wrong ! You're very wrong !
         how can you say that ?


                EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT

MARY MAGDALENE
        Try not to get worried ,try not to turn on to
        Problems that upset you oh don't you know
        Everything's alright yes everything's fine
        And we want you to sleep well tonight
        Let the world turn without you tonight
        If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight

APOSTLES' WOMEN
        Everything's alright yes everything's alright yes

MARY MAGDALENE
        Sleep and I shall soothe you , calm you and anoint you
        Myrrh for your hot forehead oh then you'll feel
        Everything's alright yes everything's fine
        And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
        For the fire in your head and feet
        Close your eyes close your eyes
        And relax think of nothing tonight

APOSTLES' WOMEN
        Everything's alright yes everything's alright yes

JUDAS
    Woman your fine ointment - brand new and expensive
    Could have been saved for the poor
    Why has it been wasted ? We could have raised maybe
    Three handred silver pieces or more
    People who are hungry ,people who are starving
    Matter more than your feet and hair

MARY MAGDALENE
    Try not to get worried, try not turn on to
    Problems that upset you oh don't you know
        Everything's alright yes everything's fine
    And we want you to sleep well tonight
    Let the world turn without you tonight
    If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight

APOSTLES' WOMEN
        Everything's alright yes everything's alright yes

   JESUS
    Surely you're not saying we have the resources
    To save the poor from their lot ?
    There will be poor always ,pathetically struggling -
    Look at the good things you've got !
    Think ! While you still have me I'm gone

MARY MAGDALENE
        Sleep and I shall soothe you , calm you and anoint you
        Myrrh for your hot forehead oh then you'll feel
        Everything's alright yes everything's fine
        And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
        For the fire in your head and feet
        Close your eyes close your eyes
        And relax think of nothing tonight
    Close your eyes close your eyes and relax

ALL
        Everything's alright yes everything's alright yes


          THIS JESUS MUST DIE

    Jerusalem,sunday
PRIEST 1
    Good Caiaphas the council waits for you
    The Pharisees and priests are here for you

CAIAPHAS
    Ah gentlemen - you know why we are here
    We've not much time and quite a problem here

MOB (outside )
    Hosanna ! Superstar !

ANNAS
    Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street !
    A trick or two with lepers and the whole town's on its foot

ALL
    He is dangerous

MOB ( outside )
    Jesus Christ Superstar - tell us that you're
     Who they say you are

ALL
    He is dangerous

PRIEST 2
    The man is in town right now to whip up some support

PRIEST 3
    A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort

ALL
    He is dangerous !

MOB (outside )
    Jesus Christ Superstar !

ALL
    He is dangerous !

PRIEST 2
    Look Caiaphas - they're right outside our yard

PRIEST 3
    Quick Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard

CAIAPHAS
    No wait - we need a more permanent solution
     To our problem...

ANNAS
    What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth
    Miracle wonderman - hero of fools ?

PRIEST 3
    No riots ,no army ,no fighting ,no slogans

CAIAPHAS
    One thing I'll say for him - Jesus is cool

ANNAS
    We dare not to leave him to his own devices
    His half witted fans will get out of control

PRIEST 3
    But how can we stop him ? His glamour increases
    By leaps every minute - he's top of the pool

CAIAPHAS
    I see bad things arising - the crowd crown him king
    Which the Romans would ban
    I see blood and desruction ,our elimination
     because of one man
    Blood and destruction because of one man

ALL
    Because ,because ,because of one man

CAIAPHAS
    Our elimination because of one man

ALL
    Because ,because ,because of one ,'cause of one
    'cause of one man

PRIEST 3
    What then to do about this Jesusmania ?

ANNAS
    How do we deel with the carpenter king ?

PRIEST 3
    Where do we start with a man who is bigger
    Than John was when John did his baptism thing

CAIAPHAS
    Fools ! You have no perception !
    The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high !
    We must crush him completely -
    So like John before him ,this Jesus must die
    For the sake of the nation this Jesus must die

ALL
    Must die, must die, this Jesus must die

CAIAPHAS
    So like John before him , this Jesus must die

ALL
    Must die, must die, this Jesus must ,Jesus must,
     Jesus must die !

            SIDE TWO

            HOSANNA

CROWD
    Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
    Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
    Hey JC,JC won't you smile at me ?
    Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

CAIAPHAS
    Tell the rabble to be queit we anticipate a riot
    This common crowd is much too loud
    Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools
     and they are wrong
    They are a curse ,they should disperse

CROWD
    Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
    Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
    Hey JC,JC you're alright by me
    Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

JESUS
    Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd ?
    Nothing can be done to stop the shouting
    If every tongue was still the noise would still continue
    The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing :

CROWD ( with JESUS )
    Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho
    Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna
    Hey JC,JC won't you fight for me ?
    Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar

        SIMON ZEALOTES

CROWD
    Christ you know I love you
    Did you see I waved ?
    I beleave in you and God
    So tell me that I'm saved
    Christ you know I love you
    Did you see I waved ?
    I beleave in you and God
    So tell me that I'm saved
    Jesus I am with you
    Touch me touch me Jesus
    Jesus I am your side
    Kiss me kiss me Jesus

SIMON ZEALOTES
    Christ,what more do you need to convince you
    That you've made it and you're easily as strong
    As the filth from Rome who rape our country
    And who've terrorized our people for so long ?

CROWD
    Christ you know I love you
    Did you see I waved ?
    I beleave in you and God
    So tell me that I'm saved
    Christ you know I love you
    Did you see I waved ?
    I beleave in you and God
    So tell me that I'm saved
    Jesus I am with you
    Touch me touch me Jesus
    Jesus I am your side
    Kiss me kiss me Jesus

SIMON ZEALOTES
    There must be over fifty thousand
    Screaming love and more for you
    Everyone of fifty thousand
    Would do whatever you ask him to
    Keep them yelling their devotion
    But add a touch of hate at Rome
    You will rise to a greater power
    We will win ourselves a home
    You'll get the power and the glory
    For ever and ever and ever
    Amen ! Amen !

        POOR JERUSALEM

JESUS
    Neither you Simon,nor the fifty thousand
    Nor the Romans ,nor the Jews,nor Judas nor the twelve
    Nor the priest ,nor the scribes
    Nor doomed Jerusalem itself,
    Understand what power is
    Understand what glory is
    Understand at all ... understand at all
    If you knew all that I knew ,my poor Jerusalem
    You'd see the truth,but you close your eyes
    While you live your troubles are many,poor Jerusalem
    To conquer death you only have to die
    You only have to die

        PILATE'S DREAM

    Pontius Pilate's house ,monday

PILATE
    I dreamed I met a Galilean
    A most amazing man
    He had that look you very rarely find
    The haunting hunted kind

    I asked him to say what had happened
    How it all began
    I asked again - he never said a word
    As if he hadn't heard

    And next the room was full of wild and angry men
    They seemed to hate this man - they fell on him and then
    They disappeared again

    Then I saw thousands of millions
    Crying for this man
    And then I heard them mentioning my name
    And leaving me the blame

        THE TEMPLE

    The Temple

MONEYLENDERS AND MERCHANTS
    Roll on up - for my price is down
    Come on in - for the best in town
    Take your pick of the finest wine
    Lay your bets on this bird of mine
    Roll on up - for my price is down
    Come on in - for the best in town
    Take your pick of the finest wine
    Lay your bets on this bird of mine
    Name your price I got everything
    Come and buy it's all going fast
    Borrow cash on the finest terms
    Hurry now while stocks still last

JESUS
    My temple should be a house of prayer
    But you have made it a den of thieves
    Get out ! Get out !
    My time is almost through
    Little left to do
    After all I've tried for three years,seems like thirty
    Seems like thirty

CROWD
    See my eyes I can hardly see
    See me stand I can hardly walk
    I beieve you can make me whole
    See my tongue I can hardly talk
    See my skin I'm a mass of blood
    See my legs I can hardly stand
    I believe you can make me well
    See my purse I'm a poor poor man
    Will you touch will you mend me Christ
    Won't you touch will you heal me Christ
    Will you kiss you can cure me Christ
    Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ

JESUS
    There's too many of you - don't push me
    There's too little of me- don't crowd me
    Heal yourselves !

        EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT

MARY MAGDALENE
    Try not to get worried try not to turn on to
    Problems that upset you oh don't you know
    Everything's alright yes everything's fine

JESUS
    And I think I shall sleep well tonight
    Let the world turn without me tonight

MARY MAGDALENE
    Close your eyes close your eyes
    And forget all about us tonight

        I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM

MARY MAGDALENE
    I don't know how to love him
    What to do to move him
    I've been changed yes really changed
    In these past few days when I've seen myself
    I seem like someone else

    I don't know how to take this
    I don't see why he moves me
    He's a man he's just a man
    And i've had so many men before
    In a very many ways
    He's just one more

    Should I bring him down should I scream and shout
    Should I speak of love let my feelings out
    I never thought I'd come to this - what's it all about

    Don't you think it's rather funny
    I should be in this position
    I'm the one who's always been
    So calm so cool,no lover's fool
    Running every show
    He scares me so

    I never thought I'd come to this - what' it all about
    Yet if he said he loved me
    I'd be lost I'd be frightened
    I couldn't cope just couldn't cope
    I'd turn my head I'd back away
    I wouldn't want to know
    He scares me so
    I want him so
    I love him so

        DAMNED FOR ALL TIME

    Tuesday
JUDAS
    Now if I help you it matters that you see
    These sordid kind of things are coming hard to me
    It's taken me some time to work out what to do
    I weighed the whole thing up before I came to you
    I have no thought at all about my own reward
    I really didn't come here of my own accord
    Just don't say I'm
    Damned for all time

    I came because I had to I'm the one who saw
    Jesus can't control it like he did before
    And furthmore I know that Jesus thinks so too
    Jesus wouldn't mind that I was here with you
    I have no thought at all about my own reward
    I really didn't come here of my own accord
    Just don't say I'm
    Damned for all time

    Annas you're a friend a wordly man and wise
    Caiaphas my friend I know you sympathise
    Why are we the prophets ? Why are we the ones ?
    Why see the sad solution - know what must be done
    I have no thought at all about my own reward
    I really didn't come here of my own accord
    Just don't say I'm
    Damned for all time

ANNAS
    Cut the protesting forget the excuses
    We want information get up off the floor

CAIAPHAS
    We have the papers we need to arrest him
    You know his movements - we know the law

ANNAS
    Your help in this matter won't go unrewarded

CAIAPHAS
    We'll pay you in silver - cash on the nail
    We just need to know where the soldiers can find him

ANNAS
    With no crowd around him

CAIAPHAS
    Then we can't fail

        BLOOD MONEY

JUDAS
    I don't need your blood money !

CAIAPHAS
    Oh that doesn't matter our expenses are good

JUDAS
    I don't want your blood money !

ANNAS
    But you might as well take it - we think that you should

CAIAPHAS
    Think of the things you can do with that money
    Choose any charity - give to the poor
    We've noted your motives - we've noted your feelings
    This isn't blood money - it's a fee nothing
    Fee nothing,fee nothing more.

JUDAS
    On thursday night you'll find him where you want him
    Far from the crowds in the garden of Gethsemane

CHOIR
    Well done Judas
    Good old Judas


            SIDE THREE

             THE LAST SUPPER

    Thursday night,the last supper
APOSTLES
    Look at all my trials and tribulations
    Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
    Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
    Till this evening is this morning life is fine
    Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
    Knew that I would make it if I tried
    Then when we retire we can write the gospels
    So they'll still talk about us when we've died

JESUS
    The end ...
    Is just a little harder when brought about by friends
    For all you care this wine could be my blood
    For all you care this bread could be my body
    The end !
    This is my blood you drink
    This is my body you eat
    If you would remember me when you eat and drink...
    I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered - yes
    I must be out of my head !
    Look at your blank faces ! My name will mean nothing
    Ten minutes after I'm dead !
    One of you denies me
    One of you betrays me -

APOSTLES
    Not I ! Who would imposible !

JESUS
    Peter will deny me in just a few hours
    Three times will deny me - and that's not all I see
    One of you here dining ,one of my twelve chosen
    Will leave to betray me -

JUDAS
    Cut out the dramatics ! You know very well who -

JESUS
    Why don't you go do it ?

JUDAS
    You want me to do it !

JESUS
    Hurry they are waiting

JUDAS
    If you knew why I do it...

JESUS
    I don't care why you do it !

JUDAS
    To think I admired you
    For now I despise you

JESUS
    You liar - you Judas

JUDAS
    You want me to do it !
    What if I just stayed here
    And ruined your ambition ?
    Christ you deserve it !

JESUS
    Hurry you fool ,hurry and go
    Save me your speeches,I don't want to know - go !

APOSTLES
    Look at all my trials and tribulations
    Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
    What's that in the bread it's gone to my head
    Till this evening is this morning life is fine
    Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
    Knew that I would make it if I tried
    Then when we retire we can write the gospels
    So they'll still talk about us when we've died

JUDAS
    You sad pathetic man - see where you've brought us to
    Our ideals die around us all because of you
    And now the saddest cut of all -
    Someone has to turn you in
    Like a common criminal ,like a wounded animal
    A jaded mandarin
    A jaded mandarin
    A jaded faded mandarin

JESUS
    Get out ! They're waiting ! They're waiting for you !

JUDAS
    Everytime I look at you I don't understand
    Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
    You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned -

APOSTLES
    Look at all my trials and tribulations
    Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
    Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
    Till this evening is this morning life is fine
    Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
    Knew that I would make it if I tried
    Then when we retire we can write the gospels
    So they'll still talk about us when we've died

JESUS
    Will no-one stay awake with me ?
    Peter ? John ? James ?
    Will none of you wait with me ?
    Peter ? John ? James ?


        GETHSEMANE
      ( I only want to say )
    In the garden of Gethsemane

JESUS
    I only want to say
    If there is a way
    Take this cup away from me for I don't want
     to taste its poison
    Feel it burn me ,I have changed I'm not as sure
    As when we started
    Then I was inspired
    Now I'm sad and tired
    Listen surely I've exceeded expectations
    Tried for three years seems like thirty
    Could you ask as much from any other
    But if I die
    See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
    Let them hate me hit me hurt me nail me to their tree
    I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God
    I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God
    Why I should die
    Would I be more noticed than I was ever before ?
    Would the things I've said and done matter any more ?
    I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord
    I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord
    If I die what will be my reward ?
    I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord
    Why should I die ?
    Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain ?
    Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain
    Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die
    You're far too keen on where and how and
     not so hot on why
    Alright I'll die !
    Just watch me die !
    See how I die !
    Then I was inspired
    Now I'm sad and tired
    After all I've tried for three years seems like ninety
    Why then am I scared to finish what I started
    What you started - I didn't start it
    God thy will is hard
    But you hold every card
    I will drink your cup of poison ,nail me to the cross
     and break me
    Bleed me beat me kill me take me now -
     before I change my mind

        THE  ARREST

JUDAS
    There he is ! They're all asleep - the fools

JESUS
    Judas - must you betray me with a kiss ?

PETER
    What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening

PETER AND APOSTLES
    What's the buzz ? Tell me what's happening
    Hang on Lord we're gonna fight for you

JESUS
    Put away your sword
    Don't you know that it's all over ?
    It was nice but now it's gone
    Why are you obsessed with fighting ?
    Stick to fishing from now on

CROWD
    Tell me Christ how you feel tonight
    Do you plan to put up a fight ?
    Do you feel that you've had the breaks ?
    What would you say were your big mistakes ?
    Do you think that you may retire ?
    Did you think you would get much higher ?
    How do you view your coming trial ?
    Have your men proved at all worthwhile ?

    Come with us to see Caiaphas
    You'll just love the high priest's house
    You'll just love seeing Caiaphas
    You'll just die in the high priest's house
    Come on God this is not like you
    Let us know what you're gonna do
    You know what your supporters feel
    You'll escape in the final reel
    Tell me Christ how you feel tonight
    Do you plan to put up a fight ?
    Do you feel that you've had the breaks ?
    What would you say were your big mistakes ?

    Come with us to see Caiaphas
    You'll just love the high priest's house
    You'll just love seeing Caiaphas
    You'll just die in the high priest's house

    Now we have him ! Now we have got him !

CAIAPHAS
    Jesus you must realise the serious charges facing you
    You say you're the son of God in all your handouts -
     well is it true ?

JESUS
    That's what you say - you say that I am

ANNAS
    There you have it gentlemen -
     what more evidence do we need ?
    Judas thank you for the victim -
     stay a while and you'll see it bleed !

CROWD
    Now we have him ! Now we have got him !
    Take him to Pilate !

        PETER'S  DENIAL

MAID BY THE FIRE
    I think I've seen you somewhere - I remember
    You were with that man they took away
     I recognise your face

PETER
    You've got the wrong man lady I don't know him
    And I wasn't where he was tonight - never near the place

SOLDIER
    That's strange for I am sure I saw you with him
    You were right by his side and yet you denied -

PETER
    I tell you I was never ever with him

OLD MAN
    But I saw you too - it looked just like you

PETER
    I don't know him !

MARY MAGDALENE
    Peter - don't you know what you have said
    You've gone and cut him dead

PETER
    I had to do it don't you see
    Or else they'd go for me

MARY MAGDALENE
    It's what he told us you would do -
    I wonder how he knew...


        PILATE AND CHRIST

    Friday
PILATE
    Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway ?
    Who is this unfortunate ?

SOLDIER
    Someone Christ - King of the Jews

PILATE
    Oh so this is Jesus Chist ,I am really quite surprised
    You look so small - not a King at all
    We all know that you are news - but are you King ?
     King of the Jews ?

JESUS
    That's what you say

PILATE
    What do you mean by that ?
    That is not answer
    You're deep in trouble friend -
    Someone Christ - King of the Jews
    How can someone in your state be so cool about your fate ?
    An amazing thing - this silent king
    Since you come from Galilee then you need not come to me
    You're Herod's race ! You're Herod's race !

MOB
    Ho-ho Sanna Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho
    Sanna Hey Sanna Ho and how
    Hey JC, JC Please explain to me
    You had everything where is it now ?


        KING HEROD'S SONG

HEROD
    Jesus I am overjoyed to meet you face to face
    You've been getting quite a name all around the place
    Healing cripples raising from the dead
    And now I understand you're God at least
     that's what you've said

    So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
    Prove to me that you're divine - change my water into wine
    That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true
    C'mon King of the Jews

    Jesus you just won't believe the hit you've made round here
    You are all we talk about the wonder of the year
    Oh what a pity if it's all a lie
    Still I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if you try
    So you are the Christ you're the great Jesus Christ
    Prove to me that you're no fool walk across
     my swimming pool
    If you do that for me then I'll let you go free
    C'mon King of the Jews

    I only ask things I'd ask any Superstar
    What is it that you have got that puts you where you are ?
    I am waiting yes I'm a captive fan
    I am dying to be shown that you are not just any man

    So if you are the Christ yes the great Jesus Christ
    Feed my household with this bread -
     you can do it on your head
    Or has something gone wrong ? Why do you take so long ?
    C'mon King of the Jews

    Hey ! Aren't you scared of me Christ ? Mr. Wonderful Christ !
    You're a joke you're not the Lord -
     you are nothing but a fraud
    Take him away - he's got nothing to say !
    Get out you King of the Jews ! Get out of my life !

            SIDE  FOUR

              JUDAS'  DEATH

JUDAS
    My God ! I saw him - he looked three-quarters dead !
    And he was so bad I had to turn my head
    You beat him so hard that he was bent and lame
    And I know who everybody's gonna blame
    I don't believe he knows I acted for our good
    I'd save him all this suffering if I could
    Don't believe...our good...save him...if I could

PRIEST 3
    Cut the confession forget the excuses
    I don't understand why you're filled with remorse
    All that you've said has come true with a vengeance
    The mob turned against him - you backed the right horse

CAIAPHAS
    What you have done will be the saving of Israel
    You'll be remebered forever for this
    And not only that you've been paid for your efforts
    Pretty good wages for one little kiss

JUDAS
    Christ ! I know you can't hear me
    But I only did what you wanted me to
    Christ ! I'd sell out the nation
    For I have been saddled with the murder of you
    I have been spattered with innocent blood
    I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud
    I have been spattered with innocent blood
    I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud !
    I don't know how to love him .
    I don't know why he moves me
    He's a man - he's just a man
    He's not a king - he's just the same
    As anyone I know
    He scares me so
    When he's cold and dead will he let me be ?
    Does he love me too ? Does he care for me ?
    My mind is darkness now - my God I am sick I've been used
    And you knew all the time
    God ! I'll never ever know why you chose me for your crime
    For your foul bloody crime
    You have murdered me ! You have murdered me !

CHOIR
    Poor old Judas
    So long Judas


        TRIAL BEFORE PILATE
          ( including the 39 lashes )

PILATE
    And so the king is once again my guest
    And why is this ? Was Herod unimpressed ?

CAIAPHAS
    We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth
    We have no law to put a man to death
    We need him crucified - it's all you have to do
    We need him crucified - it's all you have to do

PILATE
    Talk to me Jesus Christ
    You have been brought here - manacled ,beaten
    By your own people - do you have the first idea
     why you deserve it ?
    Listen ,King of the Jews
    Where is your kingdom ?
    Look at me - am I a jew ?

JESUS
    I have got no kingdom in this world
     I'm through ,through ,through

MOB
    Talk to me Jesus Christ

JESUS
    There may be a kingdom for me somewhere - if I only knew

PILATE
    Then you're a king ?

JESUS
    It's you that say I am
    I look for truths - are mine the same as yours ?

MOB
    Crucify him !

PILATE
    What do you mean ? You'd crucify your king ?

MOB
    We have no king but caesar !

PILATE
    He's done no wrong - no not the slightest thing

MOB
    We have no king but caesar ! Crucify him !

PILATE
    He's done no wrong - no not the slightest thing

MOB
    We have no king but caesar ! Crucify him !

PILATE
    I see no reason - I find no evil
    This man is harmless so why does he upset you
    He's just misguided - thinks he's important
    But to keep you vultures happy I shall flog him

MOB
    Crucify him !

        ( Thirty nine lashes )

PILATE
    Where are you from Jesus ? What do you want Jesus ?
     tell me
    You've got to be careful - you could be dead soon -
     could well be
    Why do you not speak when I have your life in my hands ?
    How can you stay quiet ? I don't believe you understand

JESUS
    You have nothing in your hands
    Any power you have comes to you from beyond
    Everything is fixed and you can't change it

PILATE
    You're a fool Jesus Christ - how can I help you ?

MOB
    Pilate ! Crucify him !
    Remember Caesar - you have a duty
    To keep the peace so crucify him !
    Remember Caesar - you'll be demoted ,you'll be deported
    Crucify him !

PILATE
    Don't let me stop your great self-destruction
    Die if you want to you misguided martyr
    I wash my hands of your demolition
    Die if you want to you innocent puppet !


        SUPERSTAR

VOICE OF JUDAS
    Everytime I look at you I don't understand
    Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
    You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned
    Why'd you choose such a backward time
     and such a strange land ?
    If you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation
    Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication
    Don't you get me wrong - I only want to know

CHOIR
    Jesus Christ ,Jesus Christ
    Who are you ? What have you sacrificed ?
    Jesus Christ Superstar
    Do you think you're what the say you are ?

VOICE OF JUDAS
    Tell me what you think about your friends at the top
    Who d'you think besides yourself's the pick of the crop ?
    Buddah was he where it's at ? Is he where you are ?
    Could Mahomet move a mountain or was that just PR ?
    Did you mean to die like that ? Was that a mistake or
    Did you know your messy death would be a record-breaker ?
    Don't you get me wrong - I only want to know

CHOIR
    Jesus Christ ,Jesus Christ
    Who are you ? What have you sacrificed ?
    Jesus Christ Superstar
    Do you think you're what the say you are ?

        THE CRUCIFIXION

    The crucifixion
JESUS
    God forgive them - they don't know what they're doing
    Who is my mother ? Where is my mother ?
    My God my God why have you forgotten me ?
    I am thirsty
    It is finished
    Father into your hands I commend my spirit

        JOHN NINETEEN FORTY-ONE

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