That last shot hits real different these days

@dougkester8952

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's quite prophetic. They weren't even completed.

@hexahexametermeter

3 ай бұрын

2:15 if you look at a clock face, the hands point to 6 and 11 which is 9 11 upside down.

@derekaustin3744

2 ай бұрын

I made an edit of that "different hit"...kind of ashamed of myself...kind of

@potatodar

Ай бұрын

It’s all for the be- wait no it wasn’t

@bsoz9759

Ай бұрын

That's saying it minimally. I grew up in NJ with lots of views of the towers in commercials. Saw them in person. They were a staple. An icon. My mom worked at a school in NJ where 2/3 of the parents commuted to NYC daily to work in the towers. Towers were destroyed, lives lost. Her school DID NOT lose a single parent, but children lost Aunts, Uncles and family friends. They felt lucky. At the time, we (husband and 2 kids) lived in western MA. My barely 3yo son lost a lot of sleep. Dark circles under his eyes. When I asked him why he was losing sleep he said... "I can't stop thinking about the people who died. And I can't stop thinking about the people who loved them who won't see them again." He was 3 years and 2 weeks old. Very intuitive, wears his heart on his sleeve to this day. We had tried our best to shield our kids from this horrible and tragic event, but he probably learned of it at pre-school or when we spoke of it after they went to bed. To this day I have no desire to go to ground zero. I can't. I just can't. I'm too emotional about those who were lost - employees and first responders. Too much emotion for me.

I was part of this musical in a small-town church performance in the 90s. I am listening to this again now in my 40s, and that one line about first taking the plank out of your own eye-I finally understand that line, after all of the inner healing and growth I've been experiencing in 2024. Healing past traumas, even reaching into past lives and healing ancestral traumas passed down through DNA. Healing on as many levels as possible. Now I do feel like I'm in a much better position to help other people, after going through all the pain, suffering, healing and recovery, myself.

This song has one of my all-time favorite shots - it's jaw-dropping when you think about the logistics it took to achieve it. It's right when John The Baptist sings "The best in every town". He's on an inflatable raft in a swimming pool on top of an apartment building. The camera zooms slowly out - way out- until John is nowhere to be seen. What we get now is part of the New York skyline. The camera pauses there a moment, letting us take that in; then the camera starts to move down to the right, where it picks up the roof of another building. There is Jesus dancing around to the beat of the music. Camera slowly zooms in on him now. And that's when he produces a magician's cane out of nowhere. And the shot is over. It's such a smooth shot. To work it out so that it all flowed smoothly but have been a real challenge. Then again, the next part of the song featured Jesus and John the Baptist dancing against lighted shadows of themselves in front of the Accutron sign. Which itself was no easy task.

@somebodystoppls

4 жыл бұрын

John is already Judas in this song, but you are right! such an amazing camera work

@lindasherryrichardson3902

3 жыл бұрын

I saw this movie when I was 8. My father took me. He was a cinematographer in California at the time. I now see why he loved this move so much, the editing and aerial footage were superb. He loved the shot taken on the top of the twin towers, and thought that was epic. He never saw the towers fall. I’m glad of that. I love that he shared this with me, it’s still ingrained deep in my brain, and brings me to a happy place.

@lyndarogers222

3 жыл бұрын

Part of this video Movie) was shot up on one of the WTC buildings (before it was opened) makes me sick to my stomach now to think about it! 😥

@peterwis8240

2 жыл бұрын

watching this in 2021 love❤️ the scene shot on the unfinished WTC tower Never forget 09/11:2001🙏

@kamandi1362

2 жыл бұрын

What’s great is that you get such a sense of place, too. This feels so much more New York than most modern films set there, such as Spider-Man: No Way Home.

I'm an Atheist, but this movie, and this scene in particular, took an absolute godly miracle to film. Not only on top of the newly constructed WTC, but a NYC WITH NO OTHER PEOPLE IN IT!

@SundaeExpress

9 ай бұрын

Good spot! Crack of dawn, I'm guessing?

Victor Garber is GLORIOUS ❤️

@IlaughedIcried

8 ай бұрын

It will always slightly blow my mind that Victor Garber was the original Jesus in "Godspell," way back to the workshopping days of the show in Toronto! He was, like, 23 o4 24 in this movie!!!! Holy Hamburgers!! Every time I see him in something (and he's in a lotta stuff!) I think of wee little infant Victor dancing around with an afro and a Superman shirt. :)

@John-rw2zf

22 күн бұрын

He was perfect for the part. No doubt about it.

"That's no answer to the question!" "Did I promise you an answer to the question?" This sums up the Law and the Prophets.

@schizoidboy

3 жыл бұрын

It's and interesting thing that Christ sometimes if not most of the time answered a question with an question, which if you think about it forced the person who asked the question to think for themselves and even answer their own question.

@Eunacis

Жыл бұрын

@@schizoidboy and then they wrote a whole book of questions dueling banjo style and called it the Talmud.

@John-rw2zf

22 күн бұрын

The actors and actresses really did great imitations of Brooklyn accents and other comedic vocals.

Something people don't notice is that, when Jesus saves the lady in roller skates, where they are standing is where the water is, Jesus is walking on water.

Oh my God! The World Trade Towers!!!! 😢

Incredible to realize this movie is now 50 years old and these young actors are in their 70s, some may be close to 80.

@esthervarney4011

Жыл бұрын

How time flies I am not any older ooooops yes I am still amazing we are still young in our hearts!peace to all❤🎉😮😊j

@obscurelyvague

Жыл бұрын

"S. Brombacher" it would be interesting if some documentary were done in which those old actors were interviewed and there was an update on where they are now and what they went on to do after Godspell.

@jmitterii2

Жыл бұрын

The actor Victor Garber playing Jesus played the Titanic builder Thomas Andrew on the Titanic. I watched this the first time and thought... that actor looks very familiar. I watched a making of the Titanic thing, and one of the other actors mentioned his singing on Godspell. And thought oh... it was him! LOL!

@garymerken3837

Жыл бұрын

@@jmitterii2, Victor Garber also played the smarmy law professor Callahan in Legally Blonde.

@Milesco

Жыл бұрын

@@garymerken3837 And the Canadian ambassador in "Argo". And a butler in an episode of "Frasier".

Almost no one believes me when I say that the cast dances on one of the twin towers in this film. Finally, easily-sharable proof! Thank you.

@bootes53

Жыл бұрын

The not-even-finished towers! Making this probably the first movie to feature them (The Wiz is another musical w/ tons of WTC footage, of course)

@user-yw3fv6os4l

5 ай бұрын

Omg my friends were just saying that the cast does NOT dance on top of the World Trade Center too and I have this solid evidence they did in fact dance on top of the World Trade Center

Every time I see them on the roof of the World Trade Center, I start to freak out at the thought of there not being safety netting or a handrail.

@DotMcFarlane

4 ай бұрын

I know. I get vertigo just watching it 😅😅

Hard to believe that’s Victor Garber right there. Such a versatile actor

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

Not for me; it's the first thing I ever saw him in! 🙂

@garymerken3837

Жыл бұрын

@@MaskedMan66, not me. I just came across these clips from a movie I didn't know existed! (I'm very familiar with the stage musical.). I remember Victor Garber from movies like Titanic and Legally Blonde.

@MaskedMan66

Жыл бұрын

@@garymerken3837 I saw _Godspell_ on T.V. in the late 70's or early 80's.

@crowdpleaser54

Жыл бұрын

@@garymerken3837I’m over here like Mr. Andrews?? 😂 amazingly talented man!

I learned this song when I was 11 in middle school theater. Turns out even after 13 years of not thinking of this song I can still sing it.

@jacquielunari

2 ай бұрын

Same , except 45 years! Who knew 🤣

Keep in mind - watching the joyful and carefree performance on the roof of the tower - the sheer terror most must have had doing that up there.

@OreadNYC

4 жыл бұрын

It depends. Not everyone has a fear of heights, at least not as such. Most people do have a fear of accidentally *falling* from a great height, which is an entirely legitimate fear! That being said, it's quite possible to feel afraid of falling on a two-story fire escape (I know that feeling well) but yet at the same time feel no fear standing on top of a one hundred story building.

@MadMetsFan

4 жыл бұрын

@@OreadNYC it all varies from person to person, but its safe to say that a wide and broad range of people would find being on top of one of the towers (particularly when its construction isn't finish and the low railing) terrifying. My brother did; he was 15 years old working a summer job there with the Port Authority in 1983 and a mechanic needed some assistance to fix a fan on the roof of Tower #2 and my brother - being low on the totem pole - was volunteered. He said the first thing to hit you is the wind - which he said was strong enough to knock a person off balance - and the small amount of railing. And he didn't go as far as the dancers did. He got a standing ovation when he returned to the office

@JeffFreemanPresents

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMetsFan I totally feel that! I have acute acrophobia. I am keenly aware that I am phobic; I have no rational justification for it, but i get this intense feeling throughout my entire body. My mind can be completely focused on the fact that I am perfectly safe, but my body just won't listen to that logical nonsense. haha I got that feeling the first time I went up to the rooftop deck. It took me like 15 minutes to be able to walk around without holding onto the railing.

@MadMetsFan

3 жыл бұрын

@@JeffFreemanPresents I never was atop of one of the towers, but my brother was when he was 15 and working a summer job at the Port Authority. He was "volunteered" when one of the technicians needed someone to handle his toolbox while he repaired an unit up there. He said it was terrifying ... but he got a round of applause when he came back to the office

@JeffFreemanPresents

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadMetsFan I'm giving him my own round of applause after reading your comment. Thanks for sharing that, Michael. :)

Oh wow that ending.. 😦🤭i had no idea they filmed on top of the World Trade Center🥺. That makes me profoundly sad now. 😣

@theshermer

5 жыл бұрын

watrgrl2 you can actually see many images of the World Trade Center buildings in this film. Magnificent but sad at the same time.

@kimsmith1383

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@xtusvincit5230

5 жыл бұрын

Throughout this scene, you will notice that the rooftops get successively higher until they reach the highest building WTC representing the haves up in the sun and fresh air looming over the have-nots below. Truly excellent symbolic representation of the 1% over the rest of us. Brilliant.

@annoldham3018

5 жыл бұрын

My favourite song from the film. Love how they sing the different verses at the same time. ☺️

@MushroomMagpie

4 жыл бұрын

ya, those buildings got godsmacked hard by the Bush-Cheney human centipede.

“All For The Best”... Filmed atop the North Tower... 28 years later, no more North Tower... the irony boggles the mind!

@cf3482

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathon Woodgate Please explain to me what exactly about that is ironic.

@jameskelvin6720

4 жыл бұрын

@@cf3482 First of all, listen to ALL of the words in the song and draw your own poetic verse correlations. Perhaps he/she finds something ironic in the song verse and comparisons to 9/11. Second, if you deem his statement incorrect, no need to be rude or snarky about it, pointing out your thoughts on stupidity or innacuracies. In fact, doing so goes against what Godspell is all about. You could have worded your question differently.

@timothy3732

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameskelvin6720 What could be seen as even more ironic or adds to it is that later on they sing, "We can build a beautiful city...."

@susanbrogan2517

3 жыл бұрын

The irony is that it doesn't exist anymore.

@codetech5598

3 жыл бұрын

The strange thing is that at the beginning of the movie, when they are showing scenes on NY City, they show the towers with a plane flying towards them.

I love the little "Thanks!" Jesus does. Like God gave him the cane.

Watching them dance so near the edge of what was the world trade center triggers my fear of heights which is exacerbated by a fear of someone falling to their death by stumbling or tripping near the edge. Then I remember what happened on that horrific day of 9/11 and I just can’t shake the memory of watching it all happening on live TV.

@sidpheasant7585

Жыл бұрын

Same for me...

@shyman99

Жыл бұрын

The same for me except I couldn't watch it on live TV as it was too horrific for my degree of being afraid of heights. I have to turn away when they pan out of the WTC in this video as I get vertigo and anxious. The only thing that calms my nerves is asking Jesus to hold my hand. He grabs it each and every time.

@ozmond

Жыл бұрын

What happened on 9/11?

@Trinitylover

10 ай бұрын

😢

@John-rw2zf

22 күн бұрын

The hearts of the cast and crew must have stopped for few seconds when they watched the news on 9/11.

Ugh! That's still such a gut punch when the camera pans out and you see they're dancing on top of the almost finished Twin Tower building. Love this musical. This film is okay, but it's so much better as a stage play in my opinion.

@ausername2524

Жыл бұрын

The first time I saw this my mom showed me cause it has a Jesus clown. And this scene and the VERY anti Semitic robot rabbi made me laugh my ass off

@barryrichman2874

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, but no one asked for your opinion. 😊

don’t forget ,that when you get Heaven , you will be blessed..... 🙌🕊🌻🙏🏻❣️

@garybrockwell2031

11 ай бұрын

Top line😘🤔✌️💪🙏😁💞 AMEN 🗣️📢🇺🇸🇬🇧🎬💯🤩

@im_mooney8620

7 ай бұрын

Amen! 🙏❤

@ClosedCaptions-if7kx

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it's All For The Best!

I can't believe I know all the lyrics... 😆!! Saw this in '73(?) when I was 7 years old. Realizing how slapstick this film really was... Now that I'm a 'bit' older - LOL! Cheers. 🐜

I’m only 50 years too late but I love this song!

I used to watch this all the time when I was younger, it always made me laugh (and sometimes cry), coming back and watching this I'm just kind of realizing this whole movie is literally Jesus chilling with his homies 😎😊

I remember when my mom would check this out at the library, and my brother and I would watch it nonstop. This movie has some of the best music and is fun to watch.

It so hard to believe that is Victor Garbor. I only knew him as the older man from the CW!

@klandersen42

Жыл бұрын

This movie was the first thing I saw him in.

@emsleywyatt3400

Жыл бұрын

Or Alias.

@1bornconfused922

Жыл бұрын

Thomas Andrews from Titanic

@garymerken3837

Жыл бұрын

Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde.

@ej3016

9 ай бұрын

or Daddy Warbucks in Annie

As a former Catholic who grew up in an abusive and homophobic household, I’ve grown a distaste for the majority of Catholic media, but Godspell is one of the few I genuinely love

@hexahexametermeter

3 ай бұрын

How is "Columbia Pictures" "Catholic media"? LOL

@brianborchardt7198

Ай бұрын

It's interesting how many love this movie for its religiosity but no one ever comments about Victor Garber as an openly gay man portraying Jesus.

This is one of my favorite songs in Godspell. Plus it breaks my heart seeing The twin towers of The World Trade Center in this video, because 28 years later, they’re both gone during 9/11. 😪🙏🏼

@Daniel-et9yg

11 ай бұрын

@@SuperTrojan64 no they weren’t

@ohyeah3365

9 ай бұрын

And now we have war in Isreal and Palestine. When will they ever learn?

@IlaughedIcried

8 ай бұрын

I was just thinking that same exact thing!!! The fact that the last shot is the World Trade Center....oh my heart.

@MaskedMan66

8 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen the movie version of _The Wiz?_

@UltimateGenosyko

5 ай бұрын

28 years later is wild to think about because that’s actually such a short amount of time but the 70s to the early 2000s felt like such a big gap in time😦

I played Jesus in our high school production of Godspell. This was definitely the most fun song to perform.

This is cinematography at it's best. That being said, it's a little sad at the end when the camera pans out and you see where they're at.

@MadBadSadAndGlad

5 ай бұрын

Jesus was in Jerusalem when he ransacked the temple & took on the priesthood & government of the day. I think it's v appropriate that it was in NYC in the shadow of the looming fate of the WTradeCntr....

I agree with Roger Ebert who gave this film high marks when he was a very young critic. Deservedly so. It’s inventive but-more than that-refreshingly innocent and engaging. The backdrop of a seemingly frozen-in-time, devoid of all other contemporaries gave this story and intimacy and urgency which draws the viewer in. Fascinating!

How bittersweet this video is in the end.

@John-rw2zf

22 күн бұрын

Really makes you think doesn't it?

Wow--the World Trade Center under construction! And one of your videos said that David Haskell was afraid of heights! I love this musical--I had the album as a kid and my parents took me to the show in Toronto, with Andrea Martin, Gilda Radner, Martin Short and Eugene Levy. I still have program and am looking at it right now. The movie director says he found Victor Garber in Toronto, but that is not who played Jesus in the version I saw. Watching "Beautiful City" today brought me to tears thinking of how innocent and hopeful we as young people were. Sweet times.

@jasonarons8637

4 жыл бұрын

That is a heck of a cast to see, dont often think of Martin short or Eugene Levy singing

@JeffFreemanPresents

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I am so jealous of you! That must have been an unforgettable evening of theatre. I've heard all of those people talk about that production in interviews, it seems legendary to me.

@42awww

3 жыл бұрын

Little did you know at the time you were watching future legends. I'm a big SCTV fan and read a large book on them where they talk about Godspell, and I never really knew about it. But I've always loved DAY by DAY, and had to hear it. This movie (and play) looks so incredible. I didn't know it was a retelling of the story of Jesus.

@nightbeatrick

2 жыл бұрын

Karen - You probably saw Don Scardino playing Jesus in Toronto - he subbed for Victor while Victor was shooting the movie in NY

@AstralPixie

Жыл бұрын

Karen Lahey: Wow, that's great. I would have loved to have seen the Toronto show.

Always loved David Haskell's counterpoint starting at 1:12. It has an even sharper edge now..... Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please richer than the bees are in honey. Never growing old, never feeling cold, pulling pots of gold from thin air. The best in every town, best at shaking down best at making mountains of money. They can't take it with them, but what do they care? . They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat, houses on the street where it's sunny Summers at the sea, winters warm and free, all of this and we get the rest. But who is the land for, the sun and the sand for? You guessed! it's all for the best. Someone's got to be oppressed!

@rwitter5333

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for interpreting that for me 😊

@obscurelyvague

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@krystanoelll

10 ай бұрын

Homie had a point for sure

Godspell is one of the best examples of good circus performance in all of theater

I can't listen to this song without a huge smile on my face!!!

This has to be my favorite song in all of Godspell! It's light and bouncy, catchy and the way Jesus and John/Judas (it's hard to tell where John ends and Judas begins for me) sing together in counterpoint is absolutely stunning! Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention all the hilarious scenes throughout it, from Jesus not watching where he's going and almost falling into the water, to Katie losing control of her skates, to John/Judas actually falling into the water and the "Speck of Sawdust" scene before everyone scrambles to get to the final part of the song. Those scenes never fail to crack me up! And if I'm being honest, it awakened a memory of elementary school where it was a carnival day at school and I heard someone playing "All For The Best" on piano, and I always wished I could've been outside with them singing along. In short, I love this song and yes! It's all for the best!

@jayd5694

Жыл бұрын

super late response, but i always interpreted judas beginning immediately after the baptism scene

@authorguy5696

7 ай бұрын

John ends and Judas begins during the song By My Side, when Judas tells of how he began to look out for an opportunity to betray him.

@John-rw2zf

22 күн бұрын

You picked a great song off that soundtrack. I know that song by heart. It's a blast from the past. No doubt about it.

I just watched this for the first time, since I'm in a production of this show. I actually had no idea that the WTC was in this clip. 20 years ago today...

@meesalikeu

Жыл бұрын

it catches a lot of people for a big shock if they dont know!

The camera work and editing are both perfect.

Oh Man! I forgot that parts of this were fllmed on top of the Being Built World Trade Towers - It breaks my heart that after 9/11 they were destroyed so tragically. Still, I'll be that was a hoot to film up there!

It’s pretty amazing not to see anybody but the characters in a city with 8m people.

We did the play at Ritter high school in Indianapolis indiana in about 1973.

Victor did a wonderful capturing Jesus' kind and gentle personality.

@SundaeExpress

9 ай бұрын

Yes, Hollywood is adept at distorting the truth.

@davidwohler5297

Ай бұрын

I will spew you out of my mouth. No man cometh to the father but by me. He dared not show us his mirth because he did not have any. He was a humorless megalomaniac, utterly unconnected to reality.

Thank you for sharing this. Our beautiful towers. God hold and keep all those souls close as well as those left behind to deal with the pain. I loved my Trade Center, oh how I spent so many days there.

@suzieparis6821

4 жыл бұрын

Im so sorry..ive never been there..wish i had seen it...only in old movie clips

@puppyash9656

Жыл бұрын

Well, according to you god, it's all for the best. Your god, not mine.....

I am obsessed with this clip now! So uplifting.

Un miracle cette musique !!! J'ai vu cette comédie musical en France en 1974 au théâtre de la porte saint Martin le soir de Noël , j'avais 6 ans !! Depuis je crois en Dieu ( pas à l'egilse ) et je suis musicien !!

My favourite song in my favourite musical - !

This song has me feeling a certain way these days.

@pangupongo9742

Жыл бұрын

Ayo?

3:45 Lynne Thigpen, the black woman wearing the pink hat, she died on March 12, 2003 from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 54, her movies include Tootsie, Running on Empty, The Paper, Bicentennial Man, Shaft & Anger Management which was dedicated in her memory

@kissedbysun2517

3 ай бұрын

And the amazing show, "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego"!

I watched this when it was new, and in the movie theater, and it is still my favorite....my sister and went cuckoo for the movie, ran out and bought the album. Which, amazingly, my parents enjoyed, too! Eventually, we got the movie, and were SUPER happy!!

I just recently realized that this song is one way of telling the story of Christ's temptation by Satan and His response to what Satan told Him. I'm sorry it took so long for me to realize this.

My favorite song in the musical and the last shot still freaks me out. The first time i saw the movie was spring of 2002, so that was very surreal.

I saw this Live in Boston in 1973. Awesome! I was with My Churches Youth Group

@jamiedyercville

2 жыл бұрын

Tremont Street Theater. I saw it four times.

my heart turned from stone to clay--l love ya Diane!!! ❤❤❤❤😂😂

That last shot, man. All for the best maybe, but those towers bled real human blood.

The closing shot of the World Trade Center adds a posthumous irony that is just staggering.

That is a fun song to perform. I was in a community theater production of a very abridged "Godspell", and got to sing/perform the counterpoint on this. It was an odd feeling, being a Jewish kid who was attending a boarding school 200 miles from home in an area that had very few Jewish families. The staging, of course, was very different from the performance I saw by a touring company in Cleveland, Ohio, and of course had most of it cut out. I got the part because the guy who was supposed to be John the Baptist was in an accident and was on crutches, and I was the only baritone in the community theater "troupe" who could belt it out without tripping over their tongue. This was about two years after I was effectively kicked out of choir and took up drama in its place.

I saw this movie 21 years ago around 3 am in the morning on showtime . I was 17 and I thought it was a weird ass movie

Thank you... God bless you

Loved this as a kid, when it was ok to show something so positive as a network special. Now things have changed...

i sang this song in 6th grade and just rediscovered it 😭

The cinematography man.... makes ya move your body like a weasel

My vertigo would kick in & I'd freak out at 2:08 if I was asked to sing & dance on scaffolding

3:44 This part still scares me after all these years. I used to work on top of tall buildings and the wind can be sudden and fierce. One trip and someone could have gone over. Thank God no one did.

@pedroflores7457

2 жыл бұрын

They are not that close to the edge as it looks. There is another level below.

@JimAllen-Persona

Жыл бұрын

@@pedroflores7457 Agreed. My father took me up to the top of the WTC soon after it opened. It was just like that. Totally different time though, must’ve been mid 70’s and I was about 10.

This song reminds me of that tragedy. (Norm McDonald)

Looks like they were just finishing construction on the other tower when this was filmed....

This movie was a total work of art. It really loved my soul and makes me so proud to be a Christian ❤

@sidpheasant7585

10 ай бұрын

Agree, though "blessed" rather than "proud"...

@barryrichman2874

6 ай бұрын

Watch out sister, pride is a sin. 🎉

40 years later, both the WTC and Lynne Thigpen were gone. Sad times.

@meesalikeu

Жыл бұрын

most of them are gone actually. garber is of course still on tv shows pretty often.

@evanhughes1510

3 ай бұрын

@@meesalikeu4 of them gone

here for victor garber

@decemberschild1504

4 жыл бұрын

OMG! All these years and I never realized he played Jesus. Thanks!

I love @1:54, when he reaches up and His Father delivers the miracle, and He says a simple, heartfelt "Thanks". So much expression of care, love, and respect in that simple moment, so well portrayed.

Thank you so much for uploading this video.

Thank you so much for posting!

Something this work really expresses is the friendship before the treachery.

My goodness! I saw this when it came out on Broadway! I was in grade school! Thx for bringing the memories back!

I remeber seeing this film on television more years ago than I like to rember, It is a pitty so few people know about it as it is just as good as jeasus christ super star (another of my faverat stories) which over shadows it.

Thank you for this wonderful musical reminder!! You've reintroduced me to one of my all time faves in life.. Back in the day, I wore this album out & saw the movie dozens of times.

One of my very favorite musicals ever. I don’t know how many stage versions I’ve seen, and adore the movie. In my Bible when I come on a parable or something Jesus says I’ll mark beside it: GODSPELL. “Your mood and your robe are both a deep blue. You’d bet that Job had nothin’ on you.” I love every word and note! 😊❤️🎶 In our hymnal there is a song WE THANK THEE, O FATHER. It was written in 1782, and the melody is different. But Verses 1and 3 are word for word ALL GOOD GIFTS. I’m not saying Stephen Schwartz plagerized but... I’ve never seen the sheet music or script. I’m assuming credit is given to the original composer. I keep seeing sweet Merrill in my mind singing that song.

@readthebible67

2 жыл бұрын

It is not considered plagurizing, as after a length of time, usually 10 years, it is considered "public domain".

@collinmount988

Жыл бұрын

I think the goal was to add in some subtle details audiences would get, alluding to their own faith. Certain aspects of what Schwartz was doing were just a nod to other songs. Schwartz is at times subtle with references, so he focused on the aspect of Jesus as a rabbi, with a sense of humor. He was hoping to express the character in a way that wouldn't offend, the way "Jesus Christ Superstar" had put people off. He succeeded in getting along with Christians..."Day By Day" became something Chirstian artists would do covers of. "On the Willows" was based on Al Naharot Bavel, which Shcwartz probably even recited at his own wedding a few years earlier. That song, interestingly, is symbolic destruction of Jerusalem, which Christians, who read Matthew, would notice Jesus talks about HIMSELF as a temple to be destroyed. Part of the masterpiece of this work was to almost show an "inside joke" between those who have grown up in the faith, while still being entertaining enough for those who are just curious.

@kennethpurscell

Жыл бұрын

Actually about 72 years in the US. "Steamboat Willy," the first Micky Mouse short is about to become public domain.

@KathrynBowden

10 ай бұрын

“Save the People”: Episcopal Hymnal 1940, no. 496 “Day by Day”: E. Hymnal, no. 429 (from Richard of Chichester) “Learn Your Lessons Well”: Original lyric by Stephen Schwartz “Bless the Lord”: E. Hymnal, no. 293 (adaptation from Psalm 103) “All for the Best”: Original lyric by Stephen Schwartz “All Good Gifts”: E. Hymnal no. 138 “Light of the World”: Adaptation of Matthew 5:13-16 “Turn Back, O Man”: E. Hymnal no. 536 “Alas for You”: Inspired by Matthew 23:13-37 (Adapted by Stephen Schwartz) “By my Side”: Original lyric by Jay Hamburger “We Beseech Thee”: E. Hymnal no. 229 “On the Willows”: Adaptation of Psalm 137 “Finale”: Lyric by Stephen Schwartz; reprise of Matthew 3:3 “Beautiful City”: Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the film version of Godspell.

@KathrynBowden

10 ай бұрын

It's openly published and known since 1971 (when it started off-Boadway) that any lyrics not written by Schwartz were from the Episcopal hymnal...

I'll never forget, I WIL NEVER FORGET, THE HORROR, THE SMELL

That’s amazing. I’ve sung this for years but never seen this

I think of this number every September 11th. Construction on The WTC was nearly complete.

This movie came out at the height of the " found Jesus", born again Christian movement craze among young people in the early 1970s which included hit stage and film musical,"Jesus Christ Superstar".

When they showed the skyline of NYC toward the end before the last dance segment, I thought, "I wonder if you can see the Twin Towers in the background" Clearly I didn't remember that bit in 2008.

I'd forgotten all about this musical and then I stumble upon this clip and can't stop grinning.

Throughout the years I've seen the theatrical version of this musical five times. Each one offered a slightly different interpretation, but the message was always powerful. Some people criticize the hippie/clown version portrayed in the film version, but one has to remember the time in which it was made...it perfectly suited the late 60s/early 70s era. I was always in awe of the troupe dancing on the roof of the soon-to-be-completed WTC. I look at that now with a measure of sadness... yet at the same time, am happy to be able to experience that moment in the film -- knowing that the message of this song (and the entire musical) can overcome the horror and evil that occurred on 9/11.

@lanetower3411

Жыл бұрын

Actually the message is a bit defeatist, but it is a great tune.

@KathrynBowden

10 ай бұрын

​@@lanetower3411you feel that taking one's focus off of the pursuit of/indulgence in earthly material things and instead focusing on spiritual rewards is defeatist?

@lanetower3411

10 ай бұрын

@@KathrynBowden yes. Especially if it means living in poverty. Promising a reward when you are dead is defeatist. That said, I memorized this tune 50 years ago as a child. Still can rattle it off without a hitch. In my permanent bank. Love it.

I love this movie so much For bless you facepaint and patches Thank you

The irony of the lyrics of "All for the Best" and the wonderful dance on death-defying heights of the Tower is heart-breaking.

Boy! Talk about singing and dancing somewhere Off Broadway!

Just goes to show, Jesus has a tremendous sense of humor.

Amazing! They need to do a modern remake for the next generation.

@SundaeExpress

9 ай бұрын

Preferably without the silly religious element

The closing scene with the twin towers while the chorus sings “yes, it’s all for the best” sent chills 😢 I love love loved this when I was a kid, used to dance around and jump on my bed to the songs. As a grownup of some years, I happened upon this when I did a random search “when you feel sad”. Sending love to all you sad folks out here with me ♥️

Great shots of the World Trade Center buildings! i like the singing and dancing of the cast!

My school just did Godspell and Thai song is my favorite from the whole musical

I personally knew a couple of people in this movie and I love it

I’m getting vertigo just watching these rooftop shots

The last shot and the last words🗣️📢 what a Laugh in 2023 cor BLIMEY 🆘💯🇬🇧✌️🙏

Worth it for the shot of the Bulova EPOK ad; the clock controls were apparently supplied by Time-O-Matic (now WatchFire Signs LLC) - they certainly did so as of 1966 . . . interesting to see how each circuit lit and unlit as the seconds counted down. You don't see that kind of jump clock layout anymore, in this uber-digitized world.

I love this song

Wow, the ending blew me away.

For some reason I always think of the Manson family when I watch Godspell... I'm not sure why.

@djlewis5149

Жыл бұрын

Looks a bit like ‘Stephen kings IT the musical’ to me

@markdinkel-uh2je

25 күн бұрын

Wow. Probably similar clothes maybe. I red helter skelter twice. Old friend of mine lived a canyon from Tate residence

I watch this every 9-11 to remember what it was before the tragedy

Recuerdos de las Torres que se bajaron.