Ian Gillan-Gethsemane (I only want to say)


The Ian Gillan version of Gethsemane from the original 1970 concept album of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera: Jesus Christ Superstar.Due to controversy over the musical's content, Rice and Webber were forced to make a concept album before they could even dream of turning this into a stage musical. Original cast members included Ian Gillan (Jesus), Murray Head (Judas), as well as Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene) and Barry Dennen(Pilate) who would go on to reprise their roles in the 1973 film version starring Ted Neeley (Jesus) and Carl Anderson (Judas).

"Jesus Christ Superstar" follows the last days of Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. It is not meant in any way to be a statement regarding religious opinions, and never claims to be historically accurate or true to its source material. Rather, it is an enticing and rich musical set to the backdrop of extraordinary events, and features some damn good music.







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Uploaded: March 27, 2007 at 1:17 am
Author: chimpiki

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igsoper (November 29, 2008 at 8:07 pm)
Murray Head sang the part of Judas on the original concept album. Carl Anderson played the part in the movie.
mikeyfranz (November 28, 2008 at 10:27 pm)
Cool note: Often live in concert, Ian Gillan sings a tiny snippet from Jesus Christ Superstar. If you can (I'm sure it's here on youtube somewhere), look for a clip of Deep Purple live "Perfect Strangers". Often, at the end of the song, he sings "I dont want to taste your poison..." pretty cool if you know where that is from ;-)
AleksandrScheffler (November 28, 2008 at 4:34 am)
This is amazing, this is an example of why Gillan continues to be one of my biggest influences as a vocalist, he is very diverse and doesn't stick to one style, plus his falsetto's, screams and vocal belting have influenced me a-lot as-well
mikeyfranz (November 27, 2008 at 10:28 pm)
no, I hope I didnt confuse the issue.Judas is the same on the first album (the brown cover) and was also in the movie that came out later, in the 70's.I am just of the opinion that Judas sang his parts better, with more confidence and zeal, in the film, then he did on the album. And I think Ian Gillan would have sung better as well, had he stayed to do the film as well.

Anyone who wants to hear Ian Gillan do JCSS, it is the brown cover withthe gold circle, the original.

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