jcs 1975 madrid>>>

neus, 21, she/her, spain. jesus christ superstar 1975 original madrid cast biggest fan!

[platadesangre]

we NEED to talk about jesus christ superstar 1975 original madrid cast!

read more for info, links, and archives!

i may be a bit biased, since this was my first jcs.

short story on how i discovered it

my dad used to be an apostle for a bootleg staged playback jcs in peru during the 70s! they used this version.

he had the cd. he also had the mp3 files. i used his computer, so that was how 13 year old me found it.

those were tough times, bc later i started doing catechesis and i kind of got depressed and started questioning my faith lol. judas' character really resonated with me

since this is a recording, i didn't have any footage to reference, so i made up everything in my mind. (this is why it was a bit weird for me to see the english productions, bc they looked nothing like in my head lol)

now, a bit of historical context for spain in the 70's

camilo sesto was a popular spanish singer and actor who went to see the jcs 1971 broadway production in london. he loved it so much that he did everything he could do financially to bring the show to spain.

spain was in a fascist dictatorship at the time

they fought with censorship for years, that's why the lyrics are a bit different (i'll make a post about that too)

they had to remodel the alcalá-palace theater stage entirely

franco (our dictator) died two days after the premiere (about time lol)

the "ultras" (conservatists) didn't like the show so they did lots of crazy stuff (for example, praying for the cast outside the theater or sending BOMB THREATHS?)

anyways, this was the first official translation for jcs!

on the main cast we have

camilo sesto as jesus christ (he wanted the role from the beggining)

teddy bautista as judas iscariot

ángela carrasco as mary magdalene

here's an old pic of them (and some apostles)

(now that i look at it closely, it kind of looks like a bootleg jcs 1973 lol)

on the recording

it's a stereo recording, so use both headphones or you'll miss out on half of it

musically speaking, it's similar to the og concept album (songs ending on fade-outs and shorter trial before pilate) but it has some interesting choices (teddy, the producer and the voice of judas, took a lot of... artistic liberties)

some things this version has

it adds lots of synth. it's very psychodelic. i understand this can be a turn off for some people

they kinda change the key to many songs. maybe to fit vocal ranges idk

teddy just loves to make up new melodies (please give this man some water)

EPIC GUITAR SOLO in what's the buzz

what's the buzz and strange thing mystifying are separated tracks for some reason

camilo sings so good

cute synth in everything's alright ángela has such an angelic voice she makes such a good mary

the drums and guitars during this jesus must die are so danceable

the BEST simon zealotes i've heard. shit goes HARD. he goes CRAY

i really love this pilate, in my rating he would be the best one

camilo's "¡SALVAOS VOSOTROS!" during the temple is really pathetic lol

damned for all time interlude replaced by synths. the SAX SOLO is also replaced by synth (questionable choice)

cool thing happens during the end of this song that i'll talk about in another post

judas' occasional nervous laughter really adds to his character

also he cries a lot

"you sad pathetic man" part during last supper is... fairly different! (i'm looking at you teddy...)

camilo's gethsemane is epic. he's a baladist singer but MAN he can ROCK

cool harmonica during the arrest

i'll never shut up about our pilate (he nervous laughs too)

herod is so fruity

judas' death really hits different when you were depressed and questioning faith (this version is BRUTAL) also lyrics change (i'll talk about it i swear)

teddy's one of the few judas who sing the i don't know how to love him reprise in the higher scale!! it sounds so painful and anguished

the album continues acceptably

other cool things it has

jesus and judas have this interesting accent difference. since camilo is from valencia, he has this pristine and traditional spanish accent. and teddy is from canarias (also lived in the usa) so his accent is rougher and more, crusty? idk how to explain it but it's neat and stablishes their dynamic a bit. (ángela is from dominican republic! but her accent is barely noticeable)

on the footage aspect, we only have old vhs videos and live audios uploaded on youtube. also some old photos

there is a book about this version. it has some anecdotes (only available in spanish)

now we have a 4 episode mini-series about the odyssey that it was to produce this. it's called "camilo superstar" (i won't be watching it bc it's a bit fan-ficy from what i've seen)

the posts i'll make about this production will be tagged as #jcs 1975 madrid

you can listen to it on spotify!

or on youtube (playlist made by me)

Jesucristo Superstar (1975) Audio

here's another playlist with EVERYTHING i could find about it on youtube

Jesucristo Superstar de Camilo Sesto (1975): Archivos

Jesucristo Superstar Camilo Superstar Camilo Sesto Teddy Bautista Ángela Carrasco Jesucristo Superstar 1984 Jesucristo Superstar 1985 Madrid

all that I could find about this version is here!

489 files and 21 subfolders

thanks for reading and if you liked it PLEASE listen to it we are like 3 people in the fandom i'm insane about this version i need to scream about it to more people :3

[platadesangre]

jesus christ superstar's pilate but it's life of brian's pilate

instead of flogging jesus they thrown him on the floor 39 times

[platadesangre]

what on earth was i on about back then

[thenwearedecided]

you try to recommend jcs and all of a sudden every version is just. too weird, bad singing, antisemitism, antisemitism again, boring beyond belief, needs 16 disclaimers, has one scene that's aged Badly, or my beloved bootleg thats 17 pixels and probably has at least one of the above problems as well

[thenwearedecided]

anyway. feeling very 1975 judas death today

[semyazzayee]

JCS (VERY mainly Camilo Sesto) RANT

I will always be amazed in how easily is to end the musical with superstar as this big number inside Jesus head tormenting him one last time with an image of Judas, questioning whether his death is worth anything, wanting to know, and at least for me, seeing a bit of the bastardization of faith with consumerism n capitalism. Heck, is even a good song for the credits to roll i can see it being use like that in a movie adaptation...

But that wackyness fun at first hear with meaning in his lyrics number is not all this musical is about to be the note to end it. Jcs isnt just some fun groovy 70s musical retelling the story of christ with some modernish elements: There is deep, there is pain. And thats what the next two songs are all about and the ending note of the musical. The pain of the man, the myth. The messiah

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Anyway here is my Instagram story talking a little about how the last 3 numbers support the ending and assure to get the viewers marked by the musical themes and what Jesus was in real life, regardless if you believe he was God or not, just A man like any other in his time, and reflect on your faith/non faith and how you see the image of Jesus as the Christ :]]

(I'll translate later for those who speak english.. Wtf Did I write the post in english if I was going to upload sm in Spanish later? I don't know, my thought process started in English and I continued writing it that way, sorry.)

[semyazzayee]

Also, it always drives me crazy how Jhon never appears on the show or has a role and is only mentioned once in Getsemaní, but his name is the title of the last song.

John, the beloved, the apostle who could be said had comforted Jesus or make him feel better, is not present at all in this show. And Christ suffers alone or inwardly. And the only two times that His name is used in the musical in the melodic and sad song after Jesus dies and (at least as I imagine the scene) goes to heaven.

The song where all his physical suffering n mental gymnastics about doing what his father literally make him exist for or not has ended and now,Only melancholy remains, and Jesus alone waiting to go "home."

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(I know the song is named after a bible verse and isn't specifically about John, but it still gets to me that after all of Jesus' suffering, when the waters somehow calm down that moment its called JHON xx-xx. He may not be my favorite apostol, i kinda don't like him bcs of memes, BUT I recognize his importance and I always try to think WHY he isn't more present on the show or how I can at least get him to be there? Idk bro. Simon oil up please)

[platadesangre]

devorasteee

[dqnmcjud]

[platadesangre]

WE ARE EATING !!!!!!

[columbossluttywaist]

help I downloaded this the other day and didn't even like the post WHO IS THIS AND WHO MADE IT I know it's some iteration of jesus in "jesus christ superstar" but which version. who is that man

[jesusballsj]

this is camilo sesto as jesus in 1975 performing in madrid! the gif was made by @/platadesangre

[platadesangre]

heeeey! thanks for the shoutout

[platadesangre]

hola, he visto una reseña tuya de x centro de artes y tengo dudas porque voy a entrar y esq la opiniones de ese sitio es pa cagarse😭. Siento la molestia. Ya he visto que el sitio habla sobre la IA aplicada a artes y cosas que me dan mala pinta. He tenido gente cercana que estudio ahi hace años, me dijieron que bien y por eso pense en probar. Deberia tirarme para atras?

Amen

todo lo malo que dicen de la industrial es verdad. tírate para atrás mija, no vale la pena. mucha suerte <3

[effervescent-fool]

tumblr mutuals will truly be obsessed with anyone. there is a guy out there with 1 fan worldwide and that fan is your tumblr mutual

[thenwearedecided]

[1 drink in] fucked upppp that judas had to reckon with the fact that despite being on his high horse for much of act 1 he was in reality more desperate for jesus' attention than the crowd and willing to sell his body and soul for 1/10 the price of a bottle of oil. in many ways jcs is the slow dismantling of judas as a person, forced to be the worst version of himself in order for the narrative to play out.

[2 drinks in] i would sell my soul for a bootleg of 2014 munich

[3drinks in] crazy how it's titled 'judas' death' rather than 'judas' suicide' or 'judas' murder' neither confirming nor denying judas' accusation that god has killed him. huge win for the ambiguity enjoyers

[4 drinks in] fucked upppp that jesus had to reckon with the fact that there was a version of events where his best friend would turn him in, and then had to create the circumstances for those events to play out by pushing him away at every turn. if there is a god in jcs it is a cruel one.

[5 drinks in] i would sell my soul for a bootleg of 2014 munich

[platadesangre]

we finally got this picture in hq LET'S GOOOOO

[thandefied]

Guess who got dragged into JCS (mostly because of Ben Forster but now I love Tim and the Swedish cast AUUUFHHH THESE TWO ARE FRYING ME!!!!)

[cecilpedia]

Man why couldn't I get into normal media girl what the hell is Rock Opera About The Death of Christ

[americandragonslayerx]

Tim Minchin? Oh right that funny man with the piano and the beethoven hair. In a musical? As Judas? Really? Oh god why did they give him dreads? Hahahahaha...

oh.

[sacrificial-pawns]

Posting your tags, because truth

[gemsofthegalaxy]

i find it funny that Judas is positioned against Jesus and Mary Mag, and specifically his implied attraction to Mary in the musical. Especially because both Judas and Mary are the two people who insist upon Jesus' humanity so strongly... I just wish there was more between Judas and Mary and their positions on "opposite" sides that came to more of a head at some point.

because (and this is going to sound and, frankly, be very amanormative of me, but I'm not talking about my personal views, just a cultural standpoint) typically.... we in North American society see sexual and romantic attraction as something that "makes us human". So while Judas says Jesus' getting his face rubbed down by Mary Mag is "contradicting" his "teachings" this feels more like a commentary on most modern Christian sects staunchly anti-sex politics (and/or. jealously from Judas) than anything else. To my memory, this particular criticism also falls by the wayside once the musical starts to focus more on Judas criticizing them for spending money, and therefore goes nowhere.

maybe I'm just missing the lyrics or forgetting something, but it's curious to me Judas brings this up once and then never throws it in Jesus' face that he experiences very "human" attraction and thus questions his divinity. Or. Anything else, for that matter.

I think this is part of what frustrates me about Mary Mag's role on the whole, it doesn't ever seem to go anywhere from Jesus's perspective or have any impact on Him. It gives Mary something to do and sing about off to the side, provides Him temporary comfort, and gives something Judas to riff off of in a gay ass way (/positive) but it just sort of... ends there? In my opinion? maybe there's a glaring element I'm completely missing but yeah i'm still frustrated at how flat Mary's storyline feels for me.

[taisart11]

Judas, with a kiss you betray the Son of man?

[thehauntinghuntedkind]

Last Superstar thought of the evening: kind of ironic for them to cast a pop-rock star as Judas, when (one would think—given the title of the show) Jesus is the role that calls for, and indeed was originally filled by, someone with that background.

In the Variety review, they said that: “Adam Lambert’s Judas is unmistakably a rock god, all the cooler for being, as he predicts, damned for all time” and, um…read that again? I get that Superstar is intentionally subversive, but “unmistakably a rock god” should be how you’re describing the role of JESUS in this musical. For many. Obvious. Reasons.

John Legend was laughably bad in the title role, but at least they had the right idea when they cast him.