Jesus Is Just Alright With Me

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Starring: ZZ Top, Barbra Streisand Directed by: Norman Jewison Rating: UR Genre: Musical Other

Review ZZ Top as Jesus, Fabulous Barbra Streisand as his Mother - Mary - and the New Christy Minstrels as the Disciples, with a score by Classical Maestro Andre Previn and 70's hipster Henry Mancini? Sounds a like a recipe for disaster, but hold onto your communion wafers because this one works it like Tina Turner guesting at a Rolling Stones Concert! The bearded Trolls of Texas turn the Sermon on the Mount into the blues weepfest I can now see it was meant to be, and Streisand belts "I Can Explain" (a little ditty about Jesus' mysterious conception) with both pathos and enough volume to blow a hole right the diaphragm of my (admittedly ancient) Klipschorns. Who'd a thunk it? Highly recommended!