Jesus Christ Superstar

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  Soundtrack of my life, BK (Before Kids)

  Michele Tierra

  I remember going to my Zizi Geri’s house in Yonkers, seeing my older cousins gathered around the TV watching this movie called Jesus Christ Superstar. As a good little Catholic girl, I thought the movie seemed a bit scandalous, but I was intrigued. The movie got under my skin and so did the soundtrack. For a music and religion course I took at New College many years later (yes, that New College, the one that’s become a political pawn in FL), I did an analysis of the characters and how the musical arrangements for each character differed. I still listen to the soundtrack from time to time during the Lenten season, marveling how we continue to misunderstand the message of this this peace-loving, anti-establishment Messiah.