"39 Lashes" from Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

"39 Lashes" from Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). Those visuals! That groove! On Halloween 1992, I saw the Afghan Whigs open with this song and it was sublime. Speaking of the recently-reunited Afghan Whigs, they rocked it on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night.

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Just_Ok

What a riot!
Donald Petersen

Pilate, what an asshole.
CaptainPedge

I’m going to see the UK stadium tour next week with Tim Minchin as Judas and Mel C from the spice girls as Mary Magdalene. I’m looking forward soooooo much :-)
technogeekagain

And THIS is how you make a musical/rock-opera into a movie. Magnificent acting, wonderful visual design dancing on the edge between realistic and surrealistic.
heligo

I loved this film as a kid and still do. The music and emotion is amazing.

I want to introduce it to my 8 year old daughter but I’m worried that it’ll affect her towards religion. I’m already fighting her school’s brainwashing and I think I’m winning so it’s a delicate time at the moment. Might have to hold off on this movie.
- Just_Ok
  
  Saw it with my parents when I was 10…at the drive in. I would suggest it, but that might depend on what you are fighting and why.
  - heligo
    
    Just fighting brainwashing :)
- jmidden
  
  Not to mention the several orgasms shared during that flogging. You might want to hold off a few years.
Adrian

The spinoff (The Village People) was better.
Eliot

Funky Monkee – Jesus Christ HipHop Superstar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UvNzSosfJgk
Durin Gleaves

The Wasters, an old Seattle group devoted to songs about Meth and fronted by the drummer from Sky Cries Mary, put a decent cover of this track on their album.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500612195 Jürgen Fauth

Love that movie. Incidentally, Phish recently hit that groove, too:
https://vimeo.com/44583444
extra88

I remember that groove from it being used in a faux movie trailer for Slacker Cop 3, included in the Low Res Film Festival in 1996. I showed it to my wife back then and she said, “that’s from Jesus Christ Superstar.”
Fatlimey

The KLF – What Time Is Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfuKNUDs28g
Boundegar

I’ve never seen this movie, though I had the soundtrack as a kid. It’s odd the lashing didn’t appear to hurt. The lavender wifebeaters were odd too.
lorq

Unintentional camp, Exhibit A.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500612195 Jürgen Fauth
  
  I’m pretty sure they knew exactly what they were doing.
Paul Adams

Anyone else think Pilate looks strangely like a skinny Greg Dulli in a couple of shots?
Sparg

Can’t wait to go to bed tonight and have dreams of the Jesus freaks from my childhood. The early 70s were so fucking weird, now that I look back.