Jesus vs. Jesus

[spiderdj82]

Jesus vs. Jesus#0

Posted: 3/8/05 at 5:59pm

Which Jesus musical do you think is better:

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

OR

GODSPELL?


Annnnnnnnd off you go......

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[renthead2005z]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#1

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:01pm

JCS, however i don't like the obcr

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[Unknown User]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#2

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:01pm

ive only seen one of em, but i love JCS.

[spiderdj82]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#3

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:04pm

I love both very very much but I also have to go with Jesus Christ Superstar. The music is better and pulls emotion after emotion out of you. Godspell is a fun musical with great songs but the winner is def. JCS!!

EDIT: Renthead....try to find the 1996 London Revival Cast or the Australian version. Those two are the best in my humble opinion.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

Updated On: 3/8/05 at 06:04 PM

[Mister Matt]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#4

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:04pm

They are very different approaches to the same story, but Godspell is actually much more informative and more diverse in book and score. JCS is more emotional and serious. I like them both, but for very different reasons.

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[matthius202]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#5

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:21pm

i agree with Mister Matt's post. They're both great..for different reasons. And both evoke different things from their audiences.

"Be not like dumb, driven cattle. Be a hero in the strife." A Psalm of Life...Walt Whitman

[GirlforTartaglia]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#6

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:23pm

I haven't heard much from JCS, but I LOVE the 2000 Off-Broadway Recording of Godspell w/ Barrett Foa.

And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps... What did she realize, Kitten? That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs. What's wrong with that? Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had... Where? On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.

[matthius202]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#7

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:26pm

i've played both roles..and i can just tell you right now...it's two completely different shows. like TOTAL OPPOSITE of the spectrum. but i felt so fulfilled with both of them. woohoo! i get excited thinking about them! good shows.

"Be not like dumb, driven cattle. Be a hero in the strife." A Psalm of Life...Walt Whitman

[spiderdj82]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#8

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:28pm

I know they are two different shows but work with me people.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

[Mr Roxy]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#9

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:30pm

The original JCSS was quite good. The movie was the pits. The DVD of the revival is worse

Have not seen or heard Godspell since I saw it when it first opened

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[matthius202]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#10

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:31pm

lol...well what do you want! :)

umm..jcs is more realistic...and dark. i think it's focuses more on a cathardic reaction from the audience. (plus the beating scene...pretty intense)
godspell brings the story to the table in a completely different approach. the music is bright and random. but in the end, it's so heartfelt and personal. (the crucifixion scene...intense as well..but in a more...shock value way)

"Be not like dumb, driven cattle. Be a hero in the strife." A Psalm of Life...Walt Whitman

[spiderdj82]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#11

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:34pm

There you go. Not completely what I originally asked for but I will take that answer. **Claps**

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

[matthius202]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#12

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:35pm

hahah..okay okay!! i like JCS better! There. Done!! :)

"Be not like dumb, driven cattle. Be a hero in the strife." A Psalm of Life...Walt Whitman

[spiderdj82]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#13

Posted: 3/8/05 at 6:39pm

WOOT!!! WOOT!!!

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

[mizzie]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#14

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:44pm

Oh, must I really choose? Alright then! I would have to say that I prefer Jesus Christ Superstar, because I enjoy the rock style that show has. Still, Godspell is great, and I can't wait to audition for it in March!

[Princeton78]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#15

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:44pm

Hmmm....I'll give a resounding "Godspell." While I adore much of the music in JSC, I find Godspell to be more quietly moving and majestic. I swear I'll be in this show before I'm too old.

"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

[Elphaba]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#16

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:46pm

tough question.....Godspell was earlier, and is done much more in the 1960's flower child type......I really like it, and originally saw it in London.
JCS is much more emotional.......I'd have to go with Godspell

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[john_travoltas_willy]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#17

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:49pm

You're wrong Elphaba. Plain wrong. I'm Muslim and found Godspell highly offensive. I hope everyone else on this board isn't so culturally intolerant as you. It's people like you who are perpetuating fear and attacking freedom of expression in the world today.

[Unknown User]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#18

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:51pm

John I find your username highly offensive, why do you feel you must pollute our beloved board?

[Unknown User]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#19

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:51pm

John I find your username highly offensive, why do you feel you must pollute our beloved board?

[BroadwayDiva]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#20

Posted: 3/8/05 at 7:55pm

JCS. My first Broadway love. Though Godspell is absolutely one of my favorite musicals, JCS will always remain my favorite Jesus musical.

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[AlienOnBroadway]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#21

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:00pm

Godspell is very good but JCS is just one of my favorite shows, so JCS!

[Princeton78]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#22

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:09pm

Elphaba...did you see the original London production of "Godspell?"

"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

[bjivie2]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#23

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:11pm

Definitely JCS. GOdspell is way too preachy for me. It's like I'm going to a Sunday school class or something. The Australian recording of JCS is pretty ridiculous. In a good way. Kinda cheesey orchestrations, but Jesus and Judas freaking rock.

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[pab]

re: Jesus vs. Jesus#24

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:12pm

JCS by FAR!

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