so it's like this...

if you hate jesus christ superstar, you might want to skip this one....

lately, as i've listened to the resurrection, i've been struck first, by how beautiful amy's voice is as jesus. and also michael lorant, who is judas. i've owned this cd for a very long time...over ten years...but when michael lorant sings heaven on their minds, it almost makes me cry. i've never felt like i understood judas so much...like i could empathize so strongly with him. he's so caught up in his human fears...denying his dependent nature, you know? trying to make things right independently...all by his own hand. and we know how that one ends.

and then there's jesus in the garden. i think i posted the one from the 1970s movie already, but i'm so pumped to find these videos of this other version, i think i'll post it, too. jesus (as portrayed by andrew lloyd wright, i realize) struggling with his own human independent streak, but ending in dependence. not exactly a warm and cozy commercial for dependence, i suppose...but what did you expect? you know how the story ends on earth and how it continues on other levels... and it's kind of different to hear it sung by a woman, too...for me, anyway.





peace