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Zoltar1979 02:21 pm UTC 10/31/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Ted Neeley - Jesus Christ Superstar - rockfenris2005 03:55 am UTC 10/31/10 |
> > Ted also co-wrote the song "If you really want to" on Meat > Loaf's third album "Midnight at the lost and found" (in > case you didn't know that already. Well, you never know. I > presume all the time that people just know these things.) I knew that but I've never understand why Ted figures as "Ted Neely" and not "Neeley" >(And nobody say it's because > it's shit. I actually quite like it.) MATLAF is a very underrated album... I don't think is so bad, and anyway is much better than HCTB! BTW I don't like the live arrangement of title track... > The problem I had with the "Jesus Christ Superstar" movie > (though Ted is brilliant, of course, and Carl Anderson) is > that I think they should have stuck with Tim Rice’s idea > which was to make a more traditional biblical epic like > "The Ten Commandments". This would have looked amazing, > with the rock music in contrast. And I don't think it > would have dated. Well, the music certainly hasn't dated, > in my opinion. It's probably Webber's most vibrant score > (some of his later ones like "Aspects of Love" do tend to > drag a bit.) I've always considered JCS the one and only ROCK OPERA. Music is perfect, lyrics is perfect, and nobody will be able to beat Ted & Carl! > I did hear that there are plans for a remake so it'll be > very interesting to see what that would be like (I don't > count the video RUG released in 2000. Jerome Pradon was > terrible, the worst Judas I have ever encountered.) I'm curious to see how the remake will be, even if I'm also sure that the opera will be ruined once again like the awful Jerome Pradon have done some years ago. Also Glenn Carter wasn't so good in my opinion... > And this could go into a whole other topic, because I > don't think any of the film adaptations of Webber's > musicals have ever been done well. I didn’t think Alan > Parker did a good job with "Evita" either (but that was > always going to be a challenge) and I didn't like his take > on "The Wall" either. It was too depressing and dark. The > original album actually has a sense of humour. > "The Phantom of the Opera" Joel Schumacher directed was an > utter abomination. The Phantom is not supposed to be > beautiful, and his disfigurement was more like a rash. > That was the main problem I had with it, that and that it > needed to be darker. I hope somebody remakes it in the > future (the near future...) Agree with you... > I've never seen Ted live. I'm only judging by what I've > seen and heard, the film and bootlegs etc. And even then, > he's the best Jesus IMO. Ian Gillan on the original > concept recording is still very good. Agree with you again! > And I believe "Superstar" was Tim's idea, as was "Evita". ...as was Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat... | |
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