And then the young and their passions,
sometimes confusing to my generation, but instructive, too.
First, there was the change in the sound of the music,
and that was a little disturbing, but pretty soon we got used to that.
And then there was the look of the young,
and that shook some of us up,
but I look around at some of my colleagues, and even our sideburns are a little longer this year,
so we've absorbed that one, too.
And then the questioning of the young went deeper into really fundamental concepts
that most of us had taken for granted
And that started a dialogue that's still going on.
We have communes and young religious communities
and the theatre reflecting these trends
as the exciting, controversial Jesus Christ Superstar,
[music]
with Jeff Fenholt as Jesus and Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdeline
[music]
Roll on up, for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Roll on up, for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Name your price; I got everything
Come and buy, it's all going fast
Borrow cash on the finest terms
Hurry now while stocks still last
Roll on up, for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Roll on up, for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Name your price; I got everything
Come and buy, it's all going fast
Borrow cash on the finest terms
Hurry now while stocks still last
[music]
Roll on up, for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Roll on up, for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
My temple should be
a house of prayer
But you have made it a den of thieves
Get out! Get out!
Get out!
My time is almost through
Little left to do
After all I've tried for three years
Seems like thirty
Seems like
thirty
See my eyes, I can hardly see
See me stand, I can hardly walk
I believe you can make me whole
See my tongue, I can hardly talk
See my skin, I'm a mass of blood
See my legs, I can hardly stand
I believe you can make me well
See my purse, I'm a poor poor man
Will you touch, will you mend me, Christ?
Won't you touch, will you heal me, Christ?
Will you kiss, you can cure me, Christ?
Won't you kiss, won't you pay me, Christ?
[etc.]
JESUS: There's too many of you
Don't push me
There's too little of me
Don't crowd me
Will you touch, will you mend me, Christ?
Won't you touch, will you heal me, Christ?
Will you kiss, you can cure me, Christ?
Won't you kiss, won't you pay me, Christ?
Heal yourselves!
Try not to get worried
Try not to turn onto
problems that upset you
Don't you know
everything's alright?
Yes, everything's fine.
And I think I shall sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without me tonight
Close your eyes
Close your eyes and relax
Think of nothing tonight
I don't know how to love him
What to do, how to move him
I've been changed
Yes, really changed
In these past few days
when I've seen myself
I seem like someone else
I don't know how to take this
I don't see why he moves me
He's a man
He's just a man
And I've had so many men before
in very many ways
He's just one more
Should I bring him down?
Should I scream and shout?
Should I speak of love?
Let my feelings out?
I never thought I'd come to this
What's it all about?
Yet, if he said he loved me
I'd be lost
I'd be frightened
I couldn't cope
Just couldn't cope
I'd turn my head
I'd back away
I wouldn't want to know
He scares me so
I want him so
I love him so
[applause]