I saw this in Melbourne and it still is the most sensational live performance I have ever seen, of anything. The talent was insane and how hot was/is Jon Stevens. The best.

@carmie9400

Жыл бұрын

I saw it too - it was sensational & how hot was John Stevens! ❤

I may be slightly biased, but I think this Australian version is the best. Very well cast. The soundtrack of this version is fantastic.

@Jovixgal

2 жыл бұрын

You're not bias, I've heard many different casts and the Aussie cast is actually the best... I mean, I am a Kiwi and I LOVE John Farnham but still, when it came out, this was something else entirely.

@alisonholland7531

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to advocate for another Aussie Judas and it's not John English, it's Tim Minchin - I first saw JCSS in the 70's with John English, Trevor White and Michelle Fawndon as Mary Magdalene and I was spellbound, I've seen every version since and NEVER has anyone portrayed Judas as well as Tim Minchin did - sorry but this guy sucks in comparison sorry! 🤷🏼‍♀️

@jamiegriffiths3939

2 жыл бұрын

I'm agreeing 100% Jon English n Trevor White the best

@bradchervel5202

2 жыл бұрын

Everything Australia does is the best in terms of soundtracks.

@maximillianrockefeller8375

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it when I was 12 and it's still my favourite musical I've ever seen. So well cast and so electric live.

I saw the original Aussie cast, we were on an excursion from school. I was spellbound, just blown away. I also saw this version live, same effect. What an incredible performance by both casts, moved me tears both times.Brilliant.

@lakkfatt2321

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, tears...

Honestly I've been searching for a live recording of this show for the past decade! THANK YOU!

@roseoz49

7 жыл бұрын

arh yes I saw the original too, what i find not mentioned is that in the live situation the orchestra was unforgettable, brilliant

@JJ-re3ro

6 жыл бұрын

me too!

@sharonbarba1689

5 жыл бұрын

Me three! Brilliant - thanks

@czahnie

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Cullin this recording was a massive hit in Australia and New Zealand when it was released in 1992. There is a NZ cast with the same arrangements that is just as good too.

@Jovixgal

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I've JUST found it and almost hyperventilated.

I didn't know this existed. Bizarrely this CD changed my life. I've waited 27 years for this to exist.

@andrewgreaves56

5 жыл бұрын

Wait no John Waters? What???

@natalietomlin9027

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgreaves56 I KNOW RIGHT!!!!! It's so close to being perfect but no John Waters makes me sad :(

I saw this in ‘92 when I was about 8or 9 years old and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. I agree that this Australian version is the best - with John Waters as Pontius Pilot.

Best cast ever. No competition. Every single actor was able to hit the notes. Unlike every other cast. This cast went for it and had the talent to do it. Bravo.

The Annas here is my favourite Annas of all time It's a shame theres not a full cast recording. I could listen to his Damned for All Time all day. He's just insane 😍

Being a Noiseworks fan from back in the 80s I already knew Jon Stevens had unbelievable chops. But this is through the roof. Great Performance.

@BettyMareeHOHCountry

3 жыл бұрын

who the hell is Noiseworks

@kirwan1414

3 жыл бұрын

@@BettyMareeHOHCountry have a bit of a Google. You'll find out where Jon Stevens came from

@Adara007

3 жыл бұрын

@@kirwan1414 Noiseworks is one of my favourite bands and Jon Stevens is perfectly cast as Judas!

@pjtg75

3 жыл бұрын

100% the man has a voice and a half

OH MAN! I first heard this in NYC in a B'Way record store and nearly lost my sh*t. THIS is the version to beat and SEEING IT is blowing my mind all over again!!!

I remember John Farnham once describing the uniquely designed stage as “the divine donut” on the old Midday Show... 🙏😁 The whole cast of this show were absolutely brilliant & it’s no wonder this production smashed records everywhere at the time 🇦🇺✌️🤩✌️🇦🇺

The Great Jon Stevens ladies and gents! Reach Out , Jon!

overture (1:04) heaven on their minds (5:20) what’s the buzz?/strange thing mystifying (9:50) everything’s alright (14:07) this Jesus must die (19:00) hosanna (22:48) Simon zealotes (24:56) poor Jerusalem (28:30) Pilate’s dream (30:51) the temple (32:28) everything’s alright (reprise) (37:24) I don’t know how to love him (38:08) damned for all time/blood money (41:50)

Judas has the best songs

@ANABELLA758

7 жыл бұрын

And the best clothes...! :D

@lindaymohegan3529

6 жыл бұрын

Pilate too. Man oh man.

@DueForARenaissance

6 жыл бұрын

He's the protagonist... Jesus has the Gethsemane aria.

10/10 ... wish I had a time machine to go back and watch this live

@kittykate6907

3 жыл бұрын

I saw it and it was absolutely fantastic.. find the cd..

@EarlJohn61

Жыл бұрын

The Delorean is on order...

The way Jonny boy stumbles all round that circular stage is incredible I’d be falling off that thing left and right!

16:56 goosebumps no matter how many times I listen to this section of the song.

The musical arrangement that was used for this Australian/NZ tour is my favourite version of the show in any of its many many incarnations. It put the “rock” into rock opera in a way that the Broadway/West End version of the orchestration that was implemented in the early 2000s just doesn’t. Thank you so much for putting this online. This concert tour was such a huge deal in Australia when it happened. Watching it as an adult (I was 11 when I saw it, my parents took me to all the big musicals that came to Adelaide, from Wizard of Oz to this) is a lot of fun. And LOLOL the costumes are so so 90s.

@davidherbert9601

5 жыл бұрын

M Ad think the musical director at the time was David Hirshfelder who had just left John Farnham’s band.

David Hirschfelder is amazing as is this cast hands down the best version of Jcs ever saw it live in92 with Stevens farnsy, Kate, angry and John waters unbelievable!

HOLY HELL!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! This is one of the best casts of this show I've EVER heard vocally and musically! This is how you do a ROCK opera. Been looking for this forever. Thank you for sharing, my friend!!!! :)

I was 12 when I saw this production - my first musical. Still remember so clearly being enthralled from the start to finish, and being sure that Jon Stevens waved directly at me at the end!

WE NEED THIS ON DVD!!!!!!!

@nderohan

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky in today’s world there’s something called the internet where you can download KZread!

@nderohan

3 жыл бұрын

This is a DVD recording and you can get a KZread download app so your wish is granted!!

@davemort9166

2 жыл бұрын

❤

@theroguecybersoldier2629

4 ай бұрын

​@@nderohan There's also a good amount of people who want to actually own stuff they love. This for example

@nderohan

4 ай бұрын

@@theroguecybersoldier2629 there's also a good amount of people who like to pat people's butts but I don't go around all happy slappy!!

I add my voice to the chorus of thank yous here !!! I grew up listening to the Ted Neely, Yvonne Elliman recording- literally wore out my dad's records !!! Finally got to see THIS production in Melbourne with my dad !! Absolutely brilliant and until now have only been able to watch isolated songs- but to see nearly 50 minutes uninterrupted ???? WOW!! It is 1:35 am and I MUST go to bed BUT have bookmarked this in my classics folder on KZread & WILL be watching it later today and again and again !! SO THANK YOU SO MUCH for uploading this !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for something like this to be released since 1992. You are amazing. Thankyou so much!!!!!

This is a very different production of JCSS for me.I have been very lucky to see it 6 times, all different in their own way.As wonderful as they all are, I'm not feeling the stripped down stage, and holding the microphones.I agree with the previous comment, I feel like I'm watching a concert, not a Broadway production.Like I said, they all are awesome, I'll watch it again a couple of times to get used to it!

I remember seeing Jon, Kate and Farnsey perform "Everything's Alright" on Hey Hey it's Saturday and released it as a single too when I was 12... fell in love with that song!! Never saw the production unfortunately until saw parts of Tim Minchin's Judas a few days ago from 2012 arena tour on YT and realised how good the rest of the music is! Was looking for the 2012 version and stumbled luckily on this throwback and as soon as I heard Everything's Alright just took me back! LUCKY ANYONE who saw this in person!

I remember this incredible show very well, having seen it 12 times during it’s epic run around Australia. It’s without a doubt my favourite musical of all time ✅✅✅🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

I saw this show twice in Melbourne and it still stands out as one of the best shows I've seen. Loved watching this and getting to see Jon in his vest again!

Our Aussie Greats. Love them so much.

It's about time this footage was available ! Thanks so much for sharing :D

@danilo22uk

6 жыл бұрын

I beliieve the video was withdrawn before release due to the fact that minor principles wanted a bigger slice of the payout and ganged to protest. So we suffered

This is so good, takes me back to my teenage days. Thanks for putting this on.

I’m doing this production this July. I’m playing Annas. My director has been telling me to listen to this version, and now I see why! Absolutely brilliant. God I love it!!!

@alisonholland7531

3 жыл бұрын

I know posted this a couple of years ago but why would you have been cast as Annas - HE is a Pharisee

@Thecountofmonterainbow

3 жыл бұрын

@@alisonholland7531 Many girls have taken the role of Annas because of his high-pitched voice

I were there the night this was recorded............Loved the whole show

God Bless You, ive been looking for this for an ungodly amount of time.

I didn't know this existed until now. I saw the show live at the tennis centre in 92. Such a fantastic soundtrack and I actually spoke to John Stevens about how good it is/was. I have listened to it up until this day. So much talent!

I cannot thank you enough for this - first musical I ever saw and still play the soundtrack frequently today. Thank you thank you thank you.

This is so mindnumbingly good I would swap everything I have to be able to go see this exact show tonight. Thank you so much for putting this up.

Jon Stevens is the only person to ever touch Carl Anderson as Judas. So much soul and power in his performance

Thanks for uploading. I couldn't believe my luck in finding this and how good the quality is. I saw this live all those years ago and it was amazing. There is a cd (with a purple cover) - and at least one copy on eBay now (not mine - I wouldn't part with it). It's a studio version and while 99 times out of 100 I prefer a live recording perhaps listening to the cd over 20+ years has left me with a preference over this video. Re other comments, I don't agree on John Farnham. He gave a very powerful performance and had the balance of light and shade, sensitivity and power. Regarding the drummer - I didn't know it was Virgil donati- for all those years I was sure it was Angus Burchill. Great video - thanks.

I saw this production twice, it was amazing live. I still listen to this cast's CD, I just wish Mary and Peter's Could We Start Again Please was on the CD. Thank you for finally uploading the greatest JCS EVER. Go Aussies!

thank you, At last real professionals , who sing and play live and not with playback..

Due to scheduling conflicts, John Waters left towards the end of the run to do his show "Looking Through A Glass Onion". As Charmaine mentioned, Peter Carroll took over for the final shows. Thanks for posting! I was at the fourth night in Sydney. Lots of memories here! :)

@martinmayhew145

7 жыл бұрын

rjfaulknerable He's on the studio recording highlights album, very good

THANK YOU!!! I never got to see this brilliant cast perform (mum thought I was too young at the time - pfft!!). Always wanted to and have only had the cd to sustain me over the decades. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Good Lord..., this is an absolutely awesome production of JCS. The voices are incredible. I don't understand why I just now found out about this production. The way "Poor Jerusalem" is sung is breathtaking and brought tears to my eyes. Why isn't there a DVD?BlueRay of it?

@ChristopherCraven

5 жыл бұрын

Check out the CD for the 1992 cover cover. Even better same artists.

@sharonbarba1689

5 жыл бұрын

I wish!

@natalietomlin9027

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherCraven Do you know who's playing Pilate here? Original cast recording and version I saw in person was John Waters.

@louisecannon9735

3 жыл бұрын

@@natalietomlin9027 It is a Baritone David Gould. You should Search for EssGee HMS Pinafore. He plays the captain with Jon English. Wonderful production

@danny10086

2 жыл бұрын

@@natalietomlin9027 it's Peter Carroll, he replaced John Waters near the end of the tour.

Thank you!! We saw it live and it was AMAZING. We would have bought the DVD but I don't think it was ever available? Never did see it anywhere... : (

I can't believe I found this!!!. Many, many thanks ✌️😊💜💜🇦🇺

I attended the concert.Magmificent.Awesome.I felt in Heaven .JESUS CHRIST you.are My.Superstar.Save me.my.Lord

the band and performances are INCREDIBLE but this is possibly the most early 90s thing ive ever seen in my life

Jesus Christ Superstar is among the rare musicals when different cast has their strikingly different way of dressing, singing etc.

Oh this is the version I saw in Adelaide. It was my first musical, I loved it.

This is insane. I'm in love. I wish Judas had been given some direction, he really stuck to the script for his songs. Idve loved to hear some variations like Jesus got. His voice is better than the songs he sang.

It’s easy to see why this version is considered the gold standard of this musical

Amazing sound! These artists performed with Heart!

Thank u so much u legend for posting this

Wow...i always wabted to go see this along woth Joseph and the technicolour dream coat but i was seriously ill at the time, pretty much living in hospital for 10yrs and there was no way i could get out long enough to make it through a show. Didnt think there would ever be a way of seeing the shows, especially this one with Farnsy. So it is such a blessing to have the internet now and accidently come across it while looking for something else all together! What a gift! On a different note, how pissed would you have been if you finally got tickets to see the show and John x2, Farnsy vs Stevens were both off sick, their understudies were filling in for them?! 🤣 id be demanding my money back! 🤣

Thank you sooooooo much for uploading this. I saw the Brisbane show.

@MikeyRB77

6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know why this is not on DVD/Bluyray? Legal issues?

Bless you person! Thank you for uploading

thanks so much for posting this !!!!

Wow, thanks for sharing!! I've been wanting to watch this one for ages

Oh my goodness the Pharisees...the guy playing annas looking like a 14 year old boy...the glasses...ciaphas' voice....the glasses...the JACKETS? I can't handle this.

John is really just an unbelievable talent

Thank you so much

cheers from Poland over 30 years later :)

l love it great job all sounded great

I went to this at the Perth entertainment centre as a kid. I was star struck.

The sound quality upload isn't the best but glad we finally get to see the show. Some great singers here..

Thank you so much for uploading this show!

Good version from the original. I like John farnham voice.

I saw this two nights in a row. Fabulous.

The stuff Jon Stevens and John Farnham can do with their voices is beyond human.

Damn Aussies trying to rock the world 😘

Wonderful to reminisce. Saw original live three times in Melbourne

I just struck gold and it only took me 3 years since it was uploaded.

On here 27 years after seeing it in Brissie as an 8yr old. Mum took me as I was (and still am) a huge John Farnham fan. The cast recording was my first ever CD which I still own and listen to to this day, and know off by heart!! I don't remember the show at all unfortunately so thank you to the uploader for this gem. Question, did I see Lindsay Field in the backing cast?

@natalietomlin9027

4 жыл бұрын

Yup! He was a member of the ensemble!

@amypont5083

4 жыл бұрын

@@natalietomlin9027 thanks. I never realised he was in it then. Mind you, I was 8! haha

Thank you!!!!

It's amazing that the colors of the voices and the voices records are so similar to the original (to me the original album is the original)

I hope they keep doing Jesus Christ superstar because I'm a fan of jesus Christ superstar

THANK YOU!!!!

Kate cebrano ..... Oh mumma .!💗

i like the 1992 production of JCS.

oops typo ...i meant waters, not stevens twice...anyway both johns and Kate was the best in her role

Looks like im back here again. Every Easter i watch this show. i cannot be the only one. but the blonde haired dude that is not John Farnham he goes pretty hard on his role i mean damn someone is just happy to be in his role in this show.

Farnham as Jesus is worth the price of the ticket alone lol

@jainra

6 жыл бұрын

Downvote for the "lol", but I agree with your sentiment.

As awesome as this is, I wish there was more staging. It feels too much like a straight up concert.

@tristantristan4733

Жыл бұрын

It essentially was- in the round

John, Jon and Kate were🔥

When the original came out i was 7-8 years old and now every time i hear "Superstar" i sing the song we all sang as kids in the school yard: "Jesus Christ Superstar Burnin' down the corner in a motorcar. "Cops come up, we don't care, we got bullet proof underwear". Aahh good times as a kids. Yah can never get it back.

excellent production 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Honestly, one of my favourite things about this production is that Farnham never sings the famous high note that too many productions view as a compulsory requirement when casting the role. There’s a KZread video compilation of various different singers hitting that G5 in Gethsemane that asks “who sang it best”, and most of them approach it as a gymnastic feat they must pull off in order to be considered worthy of the role, rather than as an organic extension of the emotional state of the character. You can feel the panic rising in them as they near that part of the song. By contrast, this production wasn’t afraid to modify the score to suit the performer’s strengths, and it’s better for it.

Jon Stevens was brilliantly cast as Judas in this production but as I’ve always had “a thing” for Kate, it was Kate Ceberano who forever has my undivided attention throughout this show ❤️😍😍😍❤️

@BettyMareeHOHCountry

3 жыл бұрын

he is no John English but Jon Stevens does a great job.

@gerardroll6468

3 жыл бұрын

@@BettyMareeHOHCountry ... I don’t know who else could’ve played Judas as well as Jon did at the time but yes, I am old enough to remember Jon English as the original Judas & if I recall correctly.... Marcia Hines played Mary & Trevor White played Jesus??? I hope I’m right. I was a huge Noiseworks fan at the time so seeing Jon play Judas in this production was a bonus (besides seeing Kate ❤️😍❤️). I saw the show 11 times & the theatre version a further 6 (with Deni Hines playing Mary).

@carolinehaf21

3 жыл бұрын

Bedroom Eyes is a killer song!

@gerardroll6468

3 жыл бұрын

@@carolinehaf21 ... I’ll agree a million percent with you on that ✊️😉👌

@carolinehaf21

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerardroll6468 been obsessed since I first heard it when I was 9 😂🤘🤘

Simon Zealotes - Russell Morris... was wondering which voice talent they'd get

Thank you Thank you Thank you I've only been waiting since the actual show for this to appear on youtube. Since there was no schedule for the release of this on dvd/bluray this had made my day, possible year. Where did you get this footage from, i hope someone has it and can restore to a higher quality, and release it for a anniversary event

@sharonbarba1689

5 жыл бұрын

Mark H yes please release this remastered

Hottest band that ever played the music...

i liked watching this.

Jon Stevens makes a very impressive Judas. too bad most of his stuff is cut from the cast recording

So peeps, who would the Australian cast be today in 2018 ?

@Vin-og2dj

4 жыл бұрын

Debbie1960 Haha!! In 2020? John Farnham, Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens A REUNION!!!

AMAZING!!! I can just close my eyes and kick back to the show. Though I'm unsure of the concept behind the costumes. I'm a traditionalist and prefer Biblical clothing

@Superjodi1969

7 жыл бұрын

I think Jon Stevens costume is pretty good.

@razorblatter

7 жыл бұрын

Drew Gilmore I think most clothing is pretty crap. Judas came straight out of Hair. Did like the merchants though.

@ktmridmcy7336

6 жыл бұрын

Drew Gilmore I thought that although the costumes were probably the worst part, it fits this production. Although they could be much better

I really really want them to bring JCS back!!

Jesus Christ Super Magician.

Best show I’ve seen… Kate and Jon killed it……amazing talents……was it so long ago ..? Lol

How many ads did you wanna put in this. God