tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581933610433229582.post2686832519674756440..comments2023-09-30T10:53:50.373-04:00Comments on Two Natures: Lyrics for Holy SaturdayArimatheanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06783088995172601340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581933610433229582.post-26158371799733083042008-11-11T01:17:00.000-05:002008-11-11T01:17:00.000-05:00Thanks for writing this.Thanks for writing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581933610433229582.post-14360657674461132522007-04-09T20:11:00.000-04:002007-04-09T20:11:00.000-04:00Indeed he is risen!I actually have two recordings ...Indeed he is risen!<BR/><BR/>I actually have two recordings of "Jesus Christ Superstar." One is the <A HREF="http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=090266143429&itm=14" REL="nofollow">20th Anniversary London Cast Recording</A>, and <A HREF="http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=767691900629&itm=30" REL="nofollow">the other</A> (which I'm sure your Evangelical friends would find doubly blasphemous) features the Indigo Girls as Jesus and Mary Magdalene. A few years ago I saw it on stage at the <A HREF="http://www.warnertheatre.com/" REL="nofollow">Warner Theatre</A> in DC, and I enjoyed it. They really played up the buyers-and-sellers-in-the-temple thing, hawking souvenirs, as an outgrowth of the messiah-as-celebrity theme. And Dennis DeYoung, formerly of Styx, played the part of Herod in the show-stopper!<BR/><BR/>I think the theme of "JC Superstar" is probably more relevant today than it was 30 years ago. Our relentless media culture tries to reduce every important person to a mere "celebrity" and to transmute religion into just another opportunity to sell something. Maybe that's why so many holy men, from the Desert Fathers and early Celtic monks to St. Seraphim of Sarov, have always fled from civilization into the wilderness.Arimatheanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783088995172601340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581933610433229582.post-30797453574538667902007-04-08T21:19:00.000-04:002007-04-08T21:19:00.000-04:00Assume you mean the original recording of JC Super...Assume you mean the original recording of JC Superstar. Curious what you think of the updated stage version that's touring now (or at least was a couple of years ago when my wife got tickets for my birthday). I actually never saw/listened to it until that version, which I happened to catch on PBS a few years back. Growing up in a fairly conservative Evangelical church, the only thing I ever knew about it was that it was sacrilegious and best avoided. I really liked the updated production, which I now own on DVD, but I also have and listen to the original recording. It probably has a lot to do with the order in which I experienced them, but I still feel like the voices fit the characters better in the new DVD.abuianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177125847519190290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581933610433229582.post-82368294566089155732007-04-08T09:39:00.000-04:002007-04-08T09:39:00.000-04:00Thank you! I really appreciate your sharing this ...Thank you! I really appreciate your sharing this post! Happy Easter to you! Christ is Risen! -SaraShawn S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11268596018621907901noreply@blogger.com