Jesus Christ Superstar is de met afstand beste rockopera ooit (vergeet Tommy). ‘Superstar’ is de afsluitende monoloog van Judas, die de vragen stelt waarop iedereen al 2000 jaar lang graag een antwoord wil. Wie was Jezus als persoon? Waarom gooide hij zijn leven weg? Of was hij wellicht écht de zoon van God? In dat geval wordt het allemaal nóg raadselachtiger: “Why’d you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?”.
Laibach levert de Rammstein-versie van de song, terwijl Carl Anderson onovertroffen is als Judas in de verfilming uit 1973.
[JUDAS] Every time I look at you, I don’t understandWhy you let the things you did get so out of your hand
You’d have managed better if you’d had it planned
Why’d you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you’d come today, you would have reached a whole nation
Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication
Don’t you get me wrong – I only wanna know [CHOIR] Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are?
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are? [JUDAS] Tell me what you think about your friends at the top
Who’d you think, besides yourself, was the pick of the crop?
Buddha, was he where it’s at? Is he where you are?
Could Mohamed 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 – I only wanna know [CHOIR] Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are?
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are?
