I love that throughout the song the crowd are starting to leave, showing their belief disappearing due to Jesus not being what they thought he was going to be and by the end the only person left standing by his side is Judas (and maybe Mary but you don't see her).
Mary's there. As the music ends in the video (which I have), we see Judas and Mary are there (Mary's behind him, I think) and I also think Peter's there but he's way off to the side, if he is there.
@@lindapoplin9961 In Israel at the time, the Zealots (as voiced by Simon in "Jesus Christ Superstar") were a radical faction who were in favor of forcing the Romans out of Israel by any means necessary including violent physical force. When Jesus began to gain notice and popularity, the Zealots had hopes initially that Jesus would be a powerful leader in more than just a spiritual sense and would convince the people of Israel to rise up and not just resist but repulse the Romans. When Jesus showed no interest in measuring up to their expectations (which he was under no obligation to do), they lost interest in him. There are those who believe that Judas may have been a Zealot himself or at the very least a sympathizer (contrary to the way he's depicted in "Jesus Christ Superstar") and that this may have been why Judas chose to betray him -- out of anger over the fact that Jesus was not doing what they wanted him to.
@@OreadNYC because he fed the thousands that's why they want him to be their king and like you said they want him to fight against Romans. Which he predicted that the Jerusalem will fall someday
Judas, 1:55 -- "I just can't anymore. Jesus must have realized by now that he's going to get us all killed if he keeps this up...but he *ACCEPTS* it! Someone needs to do something before it's too late...and that someone will probably need to be me, because I'm the only one who's seeing this clearly." Such genius acting from Pradon...and he didn't need to speak a word.
This is absolutely my favourite part of the musical, and I love the way Glenn Carter is interprating the song! I heard him life in Munich, and it was amazing!
Man, did Glenn Carter's Jesus let Tony Vincent's Simon Zelotes have it in this version of "Poor Jerusalem"! This and the Temple scene shows that you shouldn't make Jesus angry.
One of my favorite political quotes says that the real problem with power is not so much that it corrupts -- referring to the famous quote which says that "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" -- but that people who are corruptible are attracted to power because people who are not corruptible are interested in other things than power. Some of those who are interested in power are genuinely interested in how they can use it to make other people's lives better and not just their own -- or at least at first -- but the road to Hell is proverbially described as being paved with good intentions. Part of the allure of power for many, even those who initially want to benefit others as well as themselves, is the internal "high" of being the person in control (which can be a very heady thing) whom others are depending on to make things better.
God god... (no pun intended) Every time something really fucking epic comes, Jesus show up and put it to a screatching fucking halt with the horrible directions he has gotten...
Why so fast in the beggining and so slow after this? And again, these accents make these songs so strange to my ears, idk... And these alternate lyrics ("But you live a lie" instead of "But you close your eyes") are poetic, but... It just sounds wrong when they change. Am I a traditionalist fan?
I know a lot of people like the 2000 version, but there is nothing like to original version 1973. The background of modern items, guns, tanks planes Pontius Pilate with a British accent and modern rhetoric is to remind that this is a rendition interpretation of the the life times and word of Jesus and the foundlings of Christianity- not an actual, all in the actual location Israel- the scenery is just spectacular and adds to the message. The 2000 version tried to take it an extra step in that direction, but I think they went a little too far to make it not believable or meaningful, a little to modern. Go watch the 1973 version, and absolute masterpiece. Remember this 2000 version, is a attempt copy, of it.
