Lamb of God vs. Superstar

Niadto, binignit ra intawoy kalipay kon Kwaresma.

Hinuon mobalik ang kasadya inig Sabado sa gabii kay mangandam na man para sa “Sugat” nga mahuman inig sayo sa buntag uban sa pagdaub ni Hudas nga magbitay sa kahoy.

Pero sa wala pay Sabado pagkalaay naman lang gyud. Ang kasagarang pasundayag mao ra gyud intawon ang “Ten Commandments.” Maayo na lang kay pag 1973 (martial law pas Pilipinas niadto) miabot ang pelikulang “Jesus Christ Superstar” nga gi-adopt gikan sa rock opera ni Andrew Lloyd Webber ug Tim Rice.

Niadtong panahuna shocking pa kaayo kun isumpay mo ang Superstar sa ngalan ni Jesus Christ. Kay daw gisusama siya ni Nora Aunor. Nakadugang sa kontrobersiya mao nga ni allude ang maong pelikula nga uyab si Kristo ug si Magdalena. Ug para sa dugang paukyab gihimo nilang negro si Hudas.

Nakahinumdom pa ako niadtong placard sa miprotesta sa maong pelikula diin gibadlisag krus ang pulong nga superstar ug gisumpayan kini sa phrase nga “Lamb of God.”

Hinuon karon, sa generation nga nakabasa sa “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” ug nakakita na sa “The Last Temptation of Christ” ug “The Da Vinci Code,” daw tame na kaayo kining maong rock opera.

Ang pinakasikat nga kanta ning maong musica; mao ang kanta ni Magdalena nga nagulohag “I Don’t Know How to Love Him.”

Dinha say mga memorable nga linya gikan sa kanta ni Herod: “Prove to me that you’re divine/ Change this water into wine” ug “prove to me that you’re no fool/ Walk across my swimming pol.”

Pero no less interesting ang theme song nga si Judas ang nagkanta:

(Voice of Judas)

Every time I look at you/I don’t understand/Why you let the things you did/Get so out of hand/You’d have managed better/If you’d had it planned/Now why’d you choose such a backward time/And such a strange land?/If you’d come today/You could have reached the whole nation/Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication

Don’t you get me wrong/Don’t you get me wrong/Don’t you get me wrong, now/Don’t you get me wrong (2x)

Only want to know/Only want to know/Only want to know, now/Only want to know (2x)

Jesus Christ/Jesus Christ/Who are you? What have you sacrificed? (2x) Jesus Christ/Superstar/Do you think you’re what they say you are? (2x)

Tell me what you think/About your friends at the top/Now who d’you think besides yourself/Was the pick of the crop?/Buddah was he where it’s at?/Is he where you are?/Could Muhammed move a mountain/Or was that just PR?/Did you mean to die like that?/Was that a mistake or/Did you know your messy death/Would be a record breaker?

Don’t you get me wrong (8x)

Only want to know Only want to know/Only want to know, now Only want to know (2x)

(Coda) Jesus Christ/Jesus Christ/Who are you? What have you sacrificed? (2x)

Jesus Christ/Superstar/Do you think you’re what they say you are? (2x)

Repeat Coda)