Oh, JC, you're so crazy!

[c9]

I'm watching Jesus Christ Superstar, the film version from 1973, for the first time. It's ungodly mired in the seventies. I can hardly stand it. It amuses me that I've recognized about one third of the songs so far. But holy cow, the songs are *bad*.

I've never been really one for musicals -- I'm pretty non-stereotypical in that regard -- but I have an urge to go find some Andrew Lloyd Webber (sorry Joel) or something, just for the better singing.

"Hosanna hey-zanna zanna zanna hoe
zanna hey zanna hoe zanna!
Hey JC, won't you die for me?!"

(shakes head)

UPDATE: In its own way, it's just as bloody as The Passion Of The Christ. All the tight pants, loose shirts, and hair... oh god... the hair... it's everywhere...

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There is one good Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about an opera singer's cat who is a Hollywood recluse hoping for a comeback. Rather than having one really good musical, Webber foolishly watered it down and did it as a dozen separate musicals. Originally, the Phantom was supposed to sing "Memories", but Webber decided that the cool little organ riff from Phantom was enough to structure an entire musical around, and spun off "Memories" as the musical Cats. If you buy a Webber greatest hits collection, you can kind of piece together that one good musical.