"Beautiful City" ~ Godspell (1973)

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[@jacktwist5907]

Several of the actors in this film are no longer with us-but-their spirits are-and that's a wonderful thing to always remember.

[@robertbishop5357]

Whom did we loose?

[@berjaboy]

@@robertbishop5357 David Haskell who played both John and Judas died in 2000 of what I believe was brain cancer. He was only 52.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

The great Lynne Thigpen, who many of us know as The Chief from Carmen Sandiego, also left us in 2003.

[@joemadden4200]

Additionally, we also lost Jeffery Mylet and Merrell Jackson

[@rawmark]

@@joemadden4200 I met Jeffrey and the blonde as well as David Haskell when they were testing Godspell at the Kennedy Center before it went to Broadway. The broadway cast was amazing. And honestly, while I like Garber, I didn't like the film because it was in the hands of a director who didn't know how to shoot a musical. The same thing happened with Finians Rainbow. And that is a famous director on that film that we all know and love. But he wasn't a musical director and he chopped off Fred Astaire's legs in most of his musical numbers.

[@NancyLouHoo]

So here it is, 2023, and this song just brings me so much Joy every time. I listen to it about once a week! ❤

[@rustycates2023]

Oh my gosh!!!! AGREED!

[@kimg9024]

With so much tragedy going on right now, we need this song.

[@robertjonas6216]

Happy heavenly birthday to the beautiful Lynne Thigpen

[@wakuhonchan]

この曲、ずっと大好きです！！

[@michaelgreen9484]

I wish I could’ve been in this movie. It looks like the cast was having so much fun.

[@allisoncorona8162]

And you can see the love they have for each other.

[@nancyglem]

A few have died & when it was their time, they all gathered around singing til their friend passed. 🙏♥️

[@suemoore9179]

Every time I watch these videos, I think the same thing. I was 16 in 1973 and it makes me wish I was young again (but I am still young at heart!😁)

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" song by Simon & Garfunkel is many people's favorite lamenting Opium / Heroin song, because that, is the real meaning of what this song is all about. "Silver Girl" is actually the Opium / Heroin "shining" needle "sailing" into a person's arm taking all the emotional, physical pain away... temporarily. The many hidden things in popular songs. The 'Altered Beast' video game symbolism represents the Satan flash nature all we people on earth spiritually and physically struggle with. We all inherited the Satan flash nature from Adam and Eve when they allowed themselves to be deceived by the evil fallen angel Satan in the Garden of Eden many thousands of years ago. The desire for the 'Stone of Destiny' (also called the Grail) from the evil fallen angel Satan is an idol a few politicians have lusted after. * NOTE: The 'Stone of Destiny' is partly explained about in the 1981 movie 'HEAVY METAL' . "All flesh not the same flesh: but one flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial one, and the of the terrestrial another." "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." ~ HOLY BIBLE, 1 Corinthians 15: 39,40, 50 This is why people must be "born again"...born again spiritually. The cursed Satan flesh nature bodies we have inherited will not be allowed in Heaven. UNITED STATES I. R. I. E. Investigation Research International Educator The real "X-Files" US 5977293425 AGENT Sinne'

[@KenoshiAkai]

@@unitedstatesirie7431 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" has absolutely nothing to do with drugs. It's an often repeated lie, but a lie all the same.

[@jamesgossweiler1349]

My dad took me to see this in 1973 when I was 10, and it had a profound effect on me. Today, I am among other things a pastor.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

✨SABBATH OF THE NEW COVENANT✨ Having Christian fellowship in a building on Sunday is not the mark of the beast. The Roman Catholic church & Vatican is lying to you. Most people need to stop being mentally lazy and spiritually naive. Please read my Christian message here and study it and ask GOD to help you understand the spiritual and Biblical truth of it: THE SABBATH OF THE NEW COVENANT This information is being written because we as Christians are living in a very peculiar time. In these last days prior to the return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, there is such confusion among so many well meaning and Christian-minded people, and one great point of confusion and contention is regarding the Sabbath. I have personally been confronted by people who condemned me and my ministry because I did not keep the Sabbath the way they were trying to keep it. There is extremism in any belief system, and that extremism occurs when proponents of a belief system do not accept the whole council of God. In this message, we will look at the whole council of God on the subject of the Sabbath, which will bring forth a clear understanding of what it is and how it must be kept. We will now go back to the origin of the Sabbath at the time of the creation as told at the beginning of the book of Genesis. In Genesis 2:1-3 we read, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." One thing that should be immediately noticed is that all of the preceding six days end with the following words, "And the evening and the morning were the (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th) day." We do not find these words of finality or summation ending the seventh day, because in a perfect world, everyday thereafter would be a condition of Sabbath or rest and repose. That day was open-ended! Only sin could take away that condition of Sabbath or rest that was meant for everyday, and sadly, that is exactly what happened. Later, we will see how our Lord Jesus restored the perpetual and continual Sabbath to our souls. The first time we see the word "Sabbath" is in the book of Exodus, and in Exodus 20:8-11, we find that it is given as one of the Ten Commandments as follows: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." One primary point that must be noted regarding the Sabbath commandment is that it has nothing to do with going to church! It has only to do with the cessation from work. Nothing more and nothing less. Sinful man was ordered to do nothing on the seventh day. Thus, one day each week he would not be out there committing sin after sin after sin. It was a "do nothing" day, established as such until the Savior would come to give us victory over sin every day of the week and establish rest for our souls by his spirit dwelling within. This could be made possible only through a New Covenant established by the blood of the Lamb of God! The Old Testament is replete with examples of Sabbath commandments, but in every example, it is under the Old Covenant of a single day of rest, which by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has given way to a Sabbath, where every day is one where we cease from our old works. The Old Covenant, according to Hebrews 8:13, is no more! It reads as follows: "In that he saith, a New Covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away." In Galatians 3:24-25, we are exhorted "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are NO LONGER UNDER THE SCHOOLMASTER." Thus, the law could lead us to Christ but no further! Those who think that they are keeping the Sabbath as a day must remember that James 2:10 says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." The only one who has ever kept the Sabbath perfectly is Jesus Christ. Man cannot do what He did in keeping the law. The Lord Jesus took the law to Calvary as well as the sin of the world. It was there that the law and all transgressions met, and He bore the sin of many. See Isaiah 53. Is there a Sabbath after Calvary? Yes! Hebrews 4:9-10 says, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." There are two words not found in those verses, "Sabbath" and "day." It is because our rest is no longer a calendar day each week, but every day, which includes the seventh, and thus we keep the Sabbath by living a godly and blood-washed life every day. For we have ceased from our old works. Some people who haven't come to an understanding of what covenant they are under will point out that Paul often went into the synagogues on the Sabbath. If we look at those incidents, however, we see that it was to bring those who hear out of the synagogue and that system of death. Here is what Paul the Apostle said about the seventh day as found in Romans 14:5-6: "One man esteemeth one day above another, another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord, and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it." We know that the Sabbath law is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and He abides within us. The seventh day Sabbath was not eliminated but fulfilled, and our Savior added six more days to that rest and gave us the timelessness of eternal life. Thus, the seventh day is kept holy with all the other days. We can worship our Lord any day and every day. We know that Sunday is not the Sabbath but rather one of seven days, any of which can be used for worship. Acts 20:7 says, "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight." It is my humble prayer that all who read this will realize the joy of keeping all seven days of the week holy and thus fulfill the sacred commandment; for it is not our works but the finished work of Christ that has established the eternal timeless Sabbath of the New Covenant by the power of His blood. The Seventh Day Adventist denomination "church" and all other denominational "churches" in the U.S.A. have signed a "deal with the Devil" (Roman Catholic Vatican & IRS) called the IRC 501c3 contract. Read all the details on the website HushMoney.org by searching for it through archive.com also known as The Way Back Machine. The word "mark" (Greek language is charagma) in the HOLY BIBLE book of Revelation chapter 13 verse 16 is translated "cutting in the flesh". The mark of the beast is both spiritual and physical. Do you know why when people take, receive the mark of the beast they get a physical "grievous sore" on their skin / body as explained in the book of Revelation in the HOLY BIBLE ? It does not say in the HOLY BIBLE book of Revelation that people who worship on the day of Sunday will receive a "grievous sore" on their skin / body. The HOLY BIBLE says in the book of Revelation, "And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" ~HOLY BIBLE, Revelation 13:4 Please share this HOLY BIBLE prophecy truth with people that have a love for the truth. KING JESUS will return to earth some day to destroy the anti-christ. UNITED STATES I. R. I. E. Investigation Research International Educator The real 'X-Files' US 5977293425 AGENT Sinne'

[@ttc.o4007]

I was 12 when I first saw this in 1973. You're a good man James, ✝️ has blessed you

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

@@ttc.o4007 ⚠ DO NOT TAKE THE DISEASE CAUSING CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION ⚠ It will damage your DNA and creates a delayed disease effect in your body. I know the cure for the Coronavirus and how to prevent from getting the Coronavirus. It is not promoted by the corrupt FDA or the politicians. * Buy at the Super Supplements store, Wholefoods or Vitamin Shoppe only (do not buy these at grocery stores!) Take a high quality Zinc, Copper supplement with high quality vitamin D3 supplement with a high quality Magnesium supplement. * Take all these at the same time with a glass of steam distilled water that has NO fluoride in it. * Optional: You can detox your body first with Cl o2 to strengthen your immune system. Take 12 drops in steamed distilled water with no fluoride in it. You can buy Cl o2 from a website called CancerCure7.com People that are critical towards corrupt politicians will become trusting of corrupt politicians once the corrupt politicians tell people that their life is at risk if they don't follow their orders. Psyops fear based mind control is a favorite trick the corrupt politicians use on people often and are using the Coronavirus scam to deceive people into receiving the new 666 mark of beast money-slavery system vaccine of the very near future. "We're entering savage new times, and we're going to have to be pure and direct and strong, if we're going to survive..." ~Quote, 1983 'VIDEODROME' THE USA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE COWARDS FOR SHUTTING DOWN THEIR STORES ! They are NOT afraid of the Coronavirus entering their stores and businesses, they are afraid of the corrupt politician's threats towards their businesses & stores. I REFUSED TO SHUT DOWN MY SMALL BUSINESS and I keep REFUSING to SHUT DOWN MY BUSINESS BECAUSE I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE POLITICIANS and I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE CORONAVIRUS. The Coronavirus is no more dangerous than the flu. The solution to the U.S.A. debt, money problem and Coronavirus deception is in my message here: Many evil politicians are trying to make the '666 mark of the beast' digital money slavery system a world-wide law ! Be careful when taking advice from people pushing Silver or Gold as a safe investment. They often use circular reasoning. I been waiting for Jeremiah Babe's channel to respond to my messages of historical evidence about Silver & Gold problems. I wanted him to watch the video called, 'THE MONEY MASTERS' . The corrupted politicians have attacked us with the Coronavirus deception, attacked us with shutting down many businesses & companies and are now planning on attacking us with food shortages and violence. THE SOLUTION TO THE U.S.A. DEBT & COVID-19 FEAR BASED SCAM IS IN MY MESSAGE HERE: Watch the video called 'THE MONEY MASTERS' by Bill Still. Then also watch the video called 'THE SECRET OF OZ' by Bill Still. Then you will know what action we must take when organized ! Give me thoughts about the two videos after you watch them. I know what will completely get rid of the U.S.A. debt, but many of us have to demand this from the politicians (our public servants). If the politicians won't listen then the military has the right to defend the U.S.A. against "all threats, foreign and DOMESTIC" ! * Please watch the 2 videos I recommended to you first, then we will talk. ⚠Maybe we should STOP focusing so much on non-essential distractions and START focusing on who controls the money system.⚠ THE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S.A. DOLLAR CAUSES VALUE LOSS IN THE U.S.A. DOLLAR ! People, please stop talking negative about the U.S.A. dollar. Yes, most of us agree that the dollar would be better if the privately owned Federal Reserve business would be replaced with Congress taking back their Constitutional right to print the dollar again as they did before the year 1913. * Please watch the video documentary called, 'THE MONEY MASTERS' by Bill Still. The U.S. dollar currency has value in most countries on this earth because modern day technology has made it almost impossible to counterfeit. Gold and Silver can be easily counterfeited ! It costs many thousands of dollars to own a machine that accurately tests Gold and Silver for counterfeits. * I personally own a little Gold and Silver as a novelty. By you and others criticizing the U.S.A. dollar pushes us faster towards a One World Order cashless digital currency money slavery system ! Please research past history from many hundreds of years ago on how Gold and Silver was made scarce by corrupt politicians. When Gold & Silver is made scarce it causes many, many problems. Send all the corrupt politicians that got the U.S.A in debt to communist China to have them pay off the debt in the China slave labor prisons ! * President Trump can create an Executive Order to wipe out the U.S.A. debt. Then allow Congress their Constitutional right to print non-debt based money again as they did before the year 1913. The words 'FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE' will then be replaced with the words 'UNITED STATES NOTE' back on our cash. If Congress does not do this soon we are going to be in a lot of trouble ! ! Why isn't the President taking action by implementing this ? I and many other American's are not afraid of the corrupt Federal Reserve bank. "We The People" are the government. The U.S. Constitution clearly explains this! The politicians are our public servants. WE SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID TO FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH ! ! ! Watch the historical video documentary called 'THE SECRET OF OZ' by Bill Still. It explains that Gold and Silver have been made scarce by banks that resulted in depressions and many other serious problems. This fact has happened often in many countries. Most people need to fine tune their critical thinking skills and research abilities. ~DNA ALTERING VACCINES & THE COMING CONTROLLED MONEY SLAVERY SYSTEM~ LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT Jeremiah Babe said over 5 weeks ago on his KZbin channel ..... He said, "The prices of GOLD and SILVER are manipulated !" Please research past history from many hundreds of years ago on how Gold and Silver was made scarce by corrupt politicians. When Gold & Silver is made scarce it causes many, many problems. *Now, I want you all to think carefully about the logical conclusion here. The evil elitist that manipulate the prices of Gold & Silver can make a new law that says you can't "buy or sell" with Gold, Silver or Cash. Their new form of "money" will be a computer chip in your "right hand or forehead" that can be scanned just like your bank debit cards at all stores. How many of you have 7 years of food stored up in your houses or in your apartments or on your property ? Why would anybody invest or put their trust in Gold & Silver that is manipulated by very evil people ? Question, how many of you will be willing to trade your guns and ammo in for food and medicines? How many are going to let themselves and their family members go hungry to the point of starvation by NOT accepting the new 666 "beast" money system ? How many of you will allow yourselves or family members suffer with an injury because you refuse to have the injury treated at your local walk-in clinic or hospital that only accepts a computer chip in the "right hand or forehead" ? "Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood." ~HOLY BIBLE, Psalms 94:20, 21 ⚠ WARNING ⚠ URGENT MEDICAL INTEL The politicians that have given themselves over to evil have been destroying people's health for many years. *New Coronavirus vaccine is a 'Trojan horse' .... The CDC and CIA are using fear based psyops manipulation to persuade citizens into taking the new toxic Coronavirus vaccine. This new vaccine has a delayed disease creating effect in the human body. 💉 Please research this truth in the video documentary 'IN LIES WE TRUST' by Dr. Lenny Horowitz. Please research this truth in the video documentary 'CORONAVIRUS PREDICTIVE PROGRAMMING' by Dr. Leonard Horowitz. Please research this truth in the video documentary 'BEYOND TREASON'. Please watch the video documentary '205 - THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK / TOTAL ONSLAUGHT' by Walter Veith. *1909 New York Press, January 26,1909 publishes a report by W.B. Clark which states, "Cancer was practically unknown until cowpox vaccination began to be introduced. I have seen 200 cases of cancer, and I never saw a case of cancer in an unvaccinated person". UNITED STATES I. R. I. E. Investigation Research International Educator The real "X-Files" US 5977293425 AGENT Sinne'

[@ttc.o4007]

@@unitedstatesirie7431 I am well aware of the schemes...I actually took conspiracy theories seriously when only a handful of others did way back when, only now are more of those who considered themselves mainstream suddenly realize Alex Jones isn't so "wrong" after all...it's no wonder the so called Hollywood elite and MSM scum wanted him banned years ago.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

@@ttc.o4007 these are not theories. I am sharing facts. UNITED STATES I. R. I. E. Investigation Research International Educator The real "X-Files" US 5977293425 AGENT Sinne'

[@darlingjessi668]

Merrell's smile@1:50 brightened my day ❣️

[@Gordalmighty63]

I have no religious beliefs at all, but being a musician, I have always loved the soundtrack from the moment I saw the film in the mid 1970's. This is one of the best for me. What a beautiful song!

[@Sunshine-zm1fx]

I'm an atheist but I love this soundtrack and also Jesus Christ Superstar. The message is beautiful regardless of religious belief.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel is a favorite Opium song for many, because that, is the real meaning of what this song is all about. "Silver Girl" is actually the "shining" Opium needle "sailing" into a person's vain taking all the emotional, physical pain away... temporarily. Although, I want to make up my own interpretation and believe they are singing about the LORD GOD KING JESUS CHRIST who is giving comfort to people that are suffering. UNITED STATES I. R. I. E. Investigation Research International Educator The real "X-Files" US 5977293425 AGENT Sinne'

[@sherrysquires1486]

Though I did not actually see the film till the 90s, I had always loved the soundtrack, which a friend had owned, and listened to it often.

[@lawrence1960]

It’s almost something that Harry Nilsson could have written.

[@sandrapryor9343]

I have no Religion. I am just a wayfaring stranger, a pilgrim on this Earth and I belong to Jesus. I have chosen to follow Him. For Always.

[@comradedavidovthomasovsky2011]

I think what I like so much about Godspell is that even though it was made almost 50 years ago it still depicts the relationship that people can have with God in a very modern way. Biblical movies with an atmosphere of the biblical era make it a lot harder to understand because nobody in this time and day and age can really understand how people lived back then but the Godspell cast portrayed their characters in a way that made it much easier to relate to them

[@jamesdewer]

Yes, that summarizes very well my thoughts. The high point of Christianity in the West. Since then it's as if Christianity has been on the run.

[@alewicke]

The Bible tells us to have a childlike belief in God and here it is.

[@aclark903]

@@jamesdewer I don't know. The fact that the Dems still needed a "Catholic" to win in 2020 shows that #Christ isn't done with the West yet.

[@exitstageleft6070]

R.I.P DAVID HASKELL

[@RobthebOSS97]

Amen and praise God

[@ellencutting4844]

Didn't know it was Victor Garber! I loved him in Titanic. I listened to this soundtrack endlessly!

[@sandramurphy692]

I have seen the play with Victor Garber as the original Jesus at the Royal York in Toronto and then he was chosen for the film version . He was brilliant live along with the rest of the cast. I went on to see the production in Toronto about 20 times and the movie version about the same or more . I was in the school play of this production, not a great actress but I could /can sing, it made my heart sore. I still love the play and movie after all these years. It is a beautiful message that never gets old and makes my cry happy tears. I LOVE GODSPELL, Love this song. We need it right now in these trying times.

[@jonzarah]

Sandra Murphy, Toronto, Love it! I’m watching this from Toronto and wondering if I was alone in the appreciation of this... guess I got my answer. 💗😇🎼

[@meesalikeu]

yes, all the actors for the movie were chosen from productions across many of our states.

[@taurnguard]

I think you mean 'soar' not 'sore'.

[@walterpaton8698]

Can humanity watch and listen to these videos for like the next hundred years. That would be great. 50 years later and millions are murdered "just because".

[@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert]

Just discovered this song yesterday. So beautiful. Such a powerful message. On repeat.

[@dod2304]

Oh what a delightful gift to hear this song for the first time! If you haven't, listen to "On the Willows" and "By my Side" two of the most haunting songs I've ever heard.

[@ttc.o4007]

Yes, I lean towards Buddhism yet this song moves me profoundly

[@warrengore478]

In 1973, I was only 11 years old...BUT, I had the Coolest preacher! He wore bell-bottom jeans under his robe. Our youth group quadrupled under his guidance. I remember, one Sunday, we filed into the church singing “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord,” and it culminated into “Day by Day”. I had NEVER felt SO important...Or so close to God. And then, we get older and more cynical....What a shame... It WAS beautiful back then. Maybe it could be again. Peace.

[@ktmggg]

It can be if you remember your heart was filled with love and didn't hold onto disappointments. Look for that love again and you will find it. Blessings.

[@davidsmith600]

you can find some churches that are really free in worship...I suggest pentecostal or full gospel churches...you can find God in worship for dang sure...you just have to look around a little....small storefront churches...African American churches...take care

[@darlingjessi668]

Come sing me sweet rejoicing Come sing me love We're not afraid of voicing All the things We're dreaming of Oh, high and low, And everywhere we go We can build A beautiful city Yes we can Oh yes we can We can build A beautiful city Call it out And call it the city of man We don't need alabaster We don't need chrome We've got our special plaster Take my hand (Take my hand) I'll take you home (I'll take you home!) We see nations rise In each other's eyes (in each other's eyes!) We can build (we can build) A beautiful city (a beautiful city) Yes we can Oh yes we can We can build (we can build) A beautiful city (a beautiful city) Call it out And call it the city of man Come sing me sweet rejoicing Come sing me love We're not afraid of voicing All the things (all the things) We're dreaming of (we're dreaming of) Oh, high and low, And everywhere we go (everywhere we go) We can build (we can build) A beautiful city (a beautiful city) Yes we can Oh yes we can We can build (we can build) A beautiful city (a beautiful city) Call it out And call it the city of man

[@j.h.1367]

Thank you.

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

It's almost 50 years since this movie came out. I was 11 or 12 when my sister took me around Christmas time. After that first time I memorized the score by playing this song and all the others over and over. I finally rented the movie like six years ago and every single moment matched with my love of the people and the joy and love you witness made me weep for that innocence in the film. I still, now almost sixty, weep every time I watch this video or play this song. I just feel my life had this joy and love and I'll never find it again. Deeply moved. Thank you!

[@sophiehanssel2017]

As of this comment we are in the film's golden anniversary now

[@christopherflemister8424]

Hope is a Gift from God.

[@lnoft97]

Oh, me too! I've seen it a dozen times, and I weep buckets. so beautiful and innocent and joyous.

[@stephanevincent7773]

It is something extraordinairy to see these images of love without sex and drogs...❤

[@paulfishman4273]

Godspell actually was a very positive experience in giving Glory to God. It has been so forgotten and was not well accepted by the Church at that time until the Charismatic Revival Movement changed all that later on.

[@sclerismockrey8506]

I return to this video every so often. The chords at "All the things we're dreaming of/Take my hand, I'll take you home" are so moving -- Ab, Ab(add 2)/G, Eb/F, F/Eb, Dbma7 (then they shift key up a step to Bb for the last verse and chorus)... and the answering harmonies on those same lines, especially in the last verse. I tingle and tear up. EVERY time. This whole score is just pure magic.

[@KOOLBadger]

I watch it alot too. Im 60.. remember when it came out. The World Trade Center is like an omen..

[@jonkusa]

I keep coming back and watching it, as well. As a church choir director I've always had a thought about doing this at some point. But finding the music seemed impossible. This song wasn't in the original Broadway play, it was written for the movie. When the play was revived on Broadway it was re-written as a slower, almost ballad with words that reflected the George Floyd incident and what the country was going through. That's pretty much the only music you could find. Well, after a long, diligent search I was able to find a choral arrangement of the movie version. However, as you point out, it's not an easy accompaniment. Piano 3-hands - one just does the triplets through the whole thing.

[@theoracle5265]

This was such a special time, I had just Got Saved and I have Loved every minute of it since! These memories are as sweet as honey!

[@robertburgess2330]

I saw this at 14. I love my Lord!

[@tweetiebirdism]

We need more musicals ! This is one of the many musicals that I can watch over again .

[@rkgk1517]

Victor Garber made a beautiful Jesus

[@ilovemightybite]

rkgk1517 Remember him in Titanic? He also was in Legally Blonde. SUCH a good actor.

[@rkgk1517]

He's in all kinds of stuff - he seems to pick and choose whatever part is interesting to him. He just went back on Broadway recently in the revival of "Hello, Dolly!"

[@annmitchell4663]

@Thea Hartman What did Jesus look like....?

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@@annmitchell4663 Consider his parents were hebrew and from the eastern mediterranean region, and unless he was albino Jesus could not have been blonde haired and blue eyed!

[@darlingjessi668]

I agree. Such a sweet handsome face and gentleness 🤗

[@robertbishop5357]

My favorite Rock opera.

[@katymartin5026]

This is indeed one of the most beautifully written songs I have ever heard in all of my lifetime ❤️ I have mixed emotions about it I mean it absolutely brings me joy and comfort and peace and love but it also bring a great deal of sorrow and sadness because when I first purchased this soundtrack some ten years ago my beloved and most endearing friend was Alive and doing very well working as a cosmetologist and security guard here in California but on a cold and wintery night I was playing this song on my stereo and also watching the evening news when suddenly my beloved friends face appeared on the screen she was found dead and wrapped in plastic I absolutely lost it I screamed at the top of my lungs totally in disbelief as I watched in horror but after I came to I realized that in this song there was a strong message to be found I believe it pertains to the New city , the New Jerusalem that's what I interpret where death sorrow and sadness will never ever be no more I sincerely hope and I pray that my dearest of friend is resting comfortably in the New city.

[@lnoft97]

how shocking. God bless.

[@MrTrashcan1]

Never saw this movie, but the stations I listened to as a teen played Day By Day, which was a hit at the time, and this song because the music director played whatever he liked--and clearly he had good taste. Years later I sought out the single and it's been a favorite of mine ever since. Also, talking about Victor Garber, don't forget that he played Jennifer Garner's father on Alias. We were addicted to that show.

[@sharitataylor6553]

I love this song! 💖

[@melaniemae8030]

It's crazy that today I felt I just needed to relive listening to this song. I remember when my grandpa introduced me to this movie as a kid even though I was born in the 90's, he had me watch this and literally the first thing I thought was "I hope one day I'm chosen to be with a group of people like this who can explore and embrace the world with no other living people for a day and sing and dance and rejoice about Jesus who sacrificed for our sins but to also realize how lucky we are to just live."

[@garyp9142]

What a wonderful song 🎵, let's build a beautiful world

[@billywalkabout5076]

I went to see Godspell in 1973 and I loved it so much and I still love it today

[@arladicey]

I absolutely love this original arrangement/rendition of "Beautiful City"! So positive, uplifting, and catchy. But I also like Stephen Schwartz' later, more introspective rearrangement/updated lyrics of the song, reflecting both the anxiety and hopeful desires of a troubled society. In the light of the LA riots of the 90s, and later, of course, the mass tragedy of 9/11, it evokes a different sense of perspective... but still the persistent hope of a new, better world. I have a definite preference for the original, but I consider both to be beautiful, in different ways.

[@davidthaler7018]

Schwartz’s rewrite for the 2011 Broadway revival is beautiful and Hunter Parrish did Schwartz proud. However, I like how this group harmonizes together…and yeah, it’s a happy tune.

[@davidleavitt835]

Sometimes a wonder what Godspell would be like having both versions of this wonderful song. Something in me says it would work. Start with the more quiet version of 2001 and other recent revivals and finish with this one; my favourite version.

[@MrRJS27]

@@davidleavitt835 Or the other way around, depends on how you roll :)

[@alewicke]

This video gets me because it ends with a view of the Twin Towers. Gutwrenching.

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

The newer one is definitely better and works more with the show thematically but I do like the more lighthearted one. The new one is Jesus trying to bridge the lighthearted gap from We Beseech Thee to "one of you will betray me tonight," he's trying to give them one last happy day, but it's also him saying "The darkness is still there." The new one is saying "We're not perfect, but that's okay as long as we always strive to be better." The old one just says "Who cares what anyone else thinks, I'm just here with you and that's all that matters." The new lyrics are all but perfect, and it always will be the best song in this show by far, but this version is absolutely amazing too.

[@donnajohnso2093]

This song is just amazing

[@thetonesteroc]

born in NYC 1969 , still surviving here. this clip gives me hope. I even bought this movie on blueray even tho I dont even do the plays and musicals thing.

[@SarahB1863]

If nothing else, it shows exactly what New York City looked like in 1973 - clean and without people except for the cast of the movie. A true time capsule!

[@dod2304]

@@SarahB1863 Yup. Remember when NYC had no body living there except the cast? Good times. LOL (I do believe we see "bystanders" in at least a couple scenes. 😉)

[@geo386]

I noticed no thumbs down. How could anyone not love this? Makes me want to have faith once more.

[@sclerismockrey8506]

This film, this musical, has been a massive part of my life since I can remember, every note of it. But this song, this particular recording especially, hits me more deeply, more profoundly, every time I hear it. The chord changes and harmony and just... ugh! It kills me so beautifully.

[@walkawayrenee4290]

"It kills me so beautifully." What a wonderful sentence!

[@sclerismockrey8506]

@@walkawayrenee4290 sometimes I get lucky. :) P.S. love your name. GREAT song!

[@samuelsalespessanha8538]

These guys were the real movie heroes.

[@briandouglasahern7067]

This is so upbeat and hopeful. You almost want to skip along with the cast. In the 2014 revival, this song is so achingly bittersweet. It's more a prayer of desperation than one of celebration. Just by changing some of the lyrics and the tempo it alters from a song that makes you want to dance to one that makes you want to cry. Amazing piece.

[@altheaatherton6720]

Both versions make me cry but in different ways! I’m getting more involved in neighborhood organizing and this is my power song. That Civic Faith Work is hard work but so full of love and we can build beautiful spaces to live and love in!

[@briandouglasahern7067]

@@altheaatherton6720 My mom was always very involved in volunteer work. The saying goes "You tend to work hardest when you're not getting paid for it."

[@altheaatherton6720]

@@briandouglasahern7067 boy howdy! It's why I ended up deciding to be a homemaker- I never liked serving capitalism, but I love helping my neighbors.

[@stevenkramer1975]

"All Good Gifts" is perhaps one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. imo

[@57andstillkicking]

Yes, my sister and I sang it at my wedding.

[@stevenkramer1975]

@@57andstillkicking what a great idea. Couldn't be more appropriate

[@jorgedias9519]

I Really love this movie and this music is fantastic

[@arcanum70]

To the hollywood powers that be, please NEVER remake this movie, just re-release it as is.

[@charleslynching]

we've seen nations rise in each others eyes

[@MiamiSpartan1]

Anyone else watching in quarantine?

[@jilldinardo9061]

What can I say about this ... The song says it ALL

[@emiliojoseguimaraes7617]

When people speak about the hippies, they only speak about free love, drugs and stuff, but they forget that there were many who only enjoyed music and tried to pass the true message of love and peace ✌️ Why the cynics always insist in speaking just about the dirty side of things?

[@risenandreturning]

They "rewrite" the history to mislead people....

[@emiliojoseguimaraes7617]

Denise B You are totally right, Denise. They use the dirty side of things to generalize , “ forgetting” the bright side , like friendship, love, colours , flowers , simple things ...and handcraft . That fashion was so lovely. And even now the great designers use some references from it. Love and peace will never be out of fashion.

[@OreadNYC]

Sadly, there are basically two kinds of people in this world. The first group of people desires, believes in, and participates in creation -- change, compassion, expansion, growth, hope, learning, life, love, peace, respect, wisdom, etc. The second group desires, believes in, and participates in destruction -- chaos, domination, fear, greed, hostility, ignorance, limitation, prejudice, superficiality, violence, etc.

[@emiliojoseguimaraes7617]

OreadNYC congrats for your beautiful and inspiring comments . I love it! You are a great writer! Love and peace ✌️

[@peakperformancetrain]

It doesn’t take much virtue to hide in the darkness.

[@katiebenson9677]

Cant wait to see his beautiful city

[@scokely]

This was the first musical I ever saw ... 15 years old, on a band tour in San Diego. I've been in love with musicals ever since. Thanks for posting this beautiful song.

[@kittykatz2760]

Hunter Parrish sings a beautiful version of this, but sweet rejoicing and love is still my favorite.

[@arladicey]

Me, too! Both versions are lovely, but this is the one that brightens my heart every time I hear it! It's actually sad to me that this original version has been largely forgotten because of Schwartz' remaking of the song back in the 90s.

[@olgamehr]

When I walk I feel this song

[@MsTerielle]

I've never had a song cheer me up quite so completely as this one.!

[@olgamehr]

My favorite song

[@lyndairish4047]

Thank you Aunt Ruthie! ❤️

[@trainsnotplanesautomobiler3781]

💘 🎵 Beautiful song 🎵 💘

[@Hayala0414]

The intro reminds me of Mary Tyler Moore. The show intro as she's driving to MN on the hwy.

[@meesalikeu]

ha yeah same era

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

The music sounds like the Partridge Family...

[@dazeyday5699]

@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Exactly! ✌🏽

[@EmmettGlenn]

I was in this play when I was in Junior High. We used both the Broadway cast LP as well as the movie soundtrack. This song, from the film only, was by far my favorite. It's also the only song I remember rehearsing and performing in the play -- all the rest is a blur. Well, it WAS 40-some-odd years ago! Much later, when I performed at a club, I lip-synced with a dance partner the song "All for the Best" from this same soundtrack. Imagine a pitch-dark stage with strobes flashing during the song's interlude while we used our hats and canes. Given that the club performance was, hmm, 25 years ago, the strobe part of our dance is the only part I remember. Oh, and I remember having to learn to fake tap-dance (or was it a shuffle) for the number. I have the DVD or Blu-ray of this movie, but I haven't watched it yet. I wonder, is the movie in stereo? Wasn't the music on the soundtrack album in stereo?

[@olivervandebeer7492]

I was sad to find out David Haskell died from cancer, He was born not too far from me in the San Juaquin Valley of calif. He died at the Actor's hospital in the LA area. RIP

[@ms.communication8464]

Lovely Victor Garber!

[@annoldham3018]

I don't remember this song. But I was only 6 in 1973. Great film. Made me wish I was 10 years older .

[@chrisgross5409]

One of my all time favorite songs ever- musical or non musical. 🙂

[@geraldinekearns8198]

This was one of my favorite songs from the Godspell Soundtrack! Very positive & uplifting!

[@tommiksa4323]

I saw this when I was in High School have seen it many times as well as the stage play I absolutely love it and this song makes my heart smile

[@watrgrl2]

Other than day by day this is my favorite!

[@michaelfleming40]

50 years since Godspell has come out in our movie theaters and churches. 😊❤

[@ilovemightybite]

Thank you for posting this lovely, upbeat song. It was revised several years ago by the composer, and I felt that the updated version was somber and slightly depressing. I MUCH prefer this original.

[@primitives]

I know what you mean, I just love this upbeat version

[@straak]

ilovemightybite The new version was written in the wake of the Los Angeles riots of 1991, thus the somber nature of the tune and the reference to the city of Angels. Stephen Schwartz felt compelled to write it after seeing a performance of Godspell that was presented to raise funds for the reconstruction of damaged neighborhoods.

[@keithnutman3736]

yes I prefer this version

[@shadeseeker8484]

The upbeat version is one of my favorite songs in the score. And it would have been beautifully covered by The 5th Dimension.

[@ThePrincess1963]

Optimistic and uplifting song with great video work. Good steady cam operator

[@straak]

Josie B the steady cam would not be invented for another two years. So what you’re actually saying is really good smooth hand-held camera work.

[@arladicey]

@@straak actually, it was possibly a tracking shot, done with the camera setup on an actual railroad-like track. You're right, steady-cam was a few years away; but tracking shots had been done in film for years.

[@straak]

@@arladicey yes, more than likely they laid track. But they also may have opted for "sticks", and simply shot a 360 (the actors circling the camera in a fixed position). I'm guessing this because of the lack of parallax in the shot and that the lens flares coming in and out of the frame while still maintaining the rim light of the sun. It suggest a tight arc of the camera. If it were a straight track the lens flare would be fixed.

[@arladicey]

@@straak good point, I hadn't thought of that!

[@davidh9844]

Optimistic and uplifting, unquestionably. And a work of fiction. I don't think it an accident that Garber's Jesus character is always perpetually sad, crying grease makeup tears. Lovely story of what could be, but isn't going to be, and he knows it.

[@joseailtonalveslopes3484]

MOVIMENTO BONITO E LUDICO COM MUITA BELEZA DE IMAGEM E OTIMA QUALIDADE MUSICAL

[@tonyd287]

I remember that song I am 62

[@mariajosecica]

I love this song , muchísimo!??

[@patriciaherlevi6217]

Thanks for uploading the songs from Godspell. I feel happy when I listen to them and watch the scenes. I was around 9 years old when this movie came out. I remember the teens singing the songs (and playing guitar) in the neighborhood where I grew up. This movie reminds me also of Brother Sun, Sister Moon about Saint Francis.

[@michaelafamfulikova1534]

David, Victor, Merell and Joanne hands down the best in the musical :) Add a Vicfro to it, and a happiness is guaranteed :) Both four of them also had ( have) pipes to behold !

[@ReverendMarkJohnson]

This is a song for our times! It is time to build it and all will come!

[@gigidayz6936]

surprised this song wasn't on the soundtrack. I love Godspell.

[@charlesyvesfournier]

Gigi. Stephen wrote this song "Beautiful City" for the movie. It was not in the original production on Broadway. When "Godspell" was revived on Broadway a few years ago, Stephen re-arranged the tempo and some lyrics and gave the song to Jesus to sing alone. Listen to the new version with Hunter Parrish singing it. You will be amazed at how well that version works also in the musical.

[@gbouchard7507]

My day just got better. Thanks Patches!

[@paulbervid1610]

Outstanding from the start. Yet they all went on to do great things. Fantastic.

[@clovisaojoao]

Delícia de filme! Assisti três noites seguidas em 1973, ano do lançamento. Depois, Nunca mais encontrei pra ver de novo.

[@AlineHainocz]

Assisti uma vez apenas e queria encontrar de novo também

[@sarah2.017]

We tried to sing this in junior high chorus. It was too challenging for us.

[@AquaLady-pm7wo]

Rest in peace Ryan Thoresen Carson❤

[@mysticearth272]

I love this song💖🥰

[@meesalikeu]

this was written for the movie, but became part of the play afterward.

[@ErickChristianAlvarezSoto]

00:00 Midtown Manhattan's Rockefeller Center area from the top of Pan Am (Metlife) Building.

[@malrosee9450]

Classic

[@EMomp]

I love this video I love this musical I love

[@abletonreason]

I wish someone would get a giant loudspeaker and blast this whole soundtrack at the next protest. Cops, BLM, Communists, Patriots, Liberal, Conservatives ... No more violence and recognition that we are all part of the human family. A little naive yes, but I really do feel that music is a powerful weapon. Science has proven that certain tones elicit specific emotional responses. There is so much hate and anger out there. True music which speaks to the soul can help that.

[@theackcpodcast613]

It reminds me of a more calm version of "killing in the name". Both incredible messages.

[@darlingjessi668]

Could you imagine? What would be great is if everyone started singing and hugging! Ain't gonna happen but it's nice to imagine ☺️

[@patsy9605]

❤️❤️❤️

[@winnmiller6012]

TOTALLY AGREE...😍😍😍!!!

[@bloggergrrl7081]

this song always makes me feel peaceful and happy.

[@johnhowell2080]

I believe in Jesus with all my heart. What I love about this movie is that it shows that Jesus loves everyone! God bless you all!

[@evergriven7402]

Thank you for posting these

[@markmaietta5372]

Great tune!

[@grinanilson8714]

Listening to this helps cope with PTSD

[@gkins1907]

The best part of youtube videos is when I hit 'skip ads'

[@SarahB1863]

For $12 a month I NEVER see ads.Worth every penny!

[@amyparker5514]

It's so sad that so many refuse to believe what Jesus has done for them and who He is!!!! He is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God! Can you comprehend the love he has for you, by taking on your sin and dying for them all, so we can have eternal life with him in Heaven. You have this life to choose him. He IS THE WAY, and the Bible makes it clear, Jesus is the ONLY WAY. Who could deny the One person/God, who could remove your sin. (Your past, present, and future sin.) He came, with love and sacrifice to save sinners....we are all sinners. He paid the debt by dying on the cross so you would not have to. 💕💕💕 He rose again 3 days later and appeared to many. This is the amazing and true story of Jesus. May you have ears to hear, before you die. Call on Him. He adores you. 💕🙏

[@leveecunningham6780]

I liked the movie

[@MiamiSpartan1]

Forgot how great the music was

[@debh6304]

Loved Merrel Jackson !

[@donnal.carlkuchinski1394]

This movie is the BEST....I know there's a new cast album and it's very good, but this is absolutely the PERFECT cast....no wonder it's one of my favorite movies of my lifetime!

[@scrabt8592]

I wonder if there was ever a behind the scenes film/photos of when the cast actually recorded the soundtrack? It would be fascinating to see

[@rkgk1517]

there's a behind the scenes doc on the channel that uploaded this. It is mostly about the director's perspective

[@scrabt2254]

rkgk1517 I've seen that, but I'm wondering if they filmed or photographed the cast laying the soundtrack (which seems to be the in-thing nowadays)

[@patrickbywater568]

We can. Even in 2020

[@ttc.o4007]

Today is August 27, 2021, tomorrow makes 48 years ago I first saw this 🎥

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

The new lyrics are certainly more powerful and better but I do like the lighthearted joy of this one. The new lyrics let the song say "We're not perfect but we can always strive to be and that's enough," while these lyrics say "I don't care whether or not I'm perfect, I just care that I'm here with you." This one is the perfect match to Judas's On The Willows, while the new lyrics are the perfect match to the violence and the somber outrage of the Finale. Fitting, then, that in the revival's finale, it incorporates this song into it** **For those not entirely familiar with what I mean, at the end of the finale, in the original version, it ends with a harmony of two groups, one singing Prepare Ye and one singing "Long live god" over and over. But in the revival, there are three groups, the two previously mentioned, and a third group singing the second verse and chorus to this song, with the entire cast joining in on "Not a city of angels, but we can build a city of man," before launching into a final chorus where they're in full tempo and volume. That second verse is sung on its own for a brief section, and it's just so perfect. "We may not reach the ending. But we can start. Slowly but truly mending, brick by brick, heart by heart. Now, maybe now, we start learning how... we can build a beautiful city (etc.)"

[@ErickChristianAlvarezSoto]

00:00 Sadly, the 52-story Union Carbide Building (270 Park Avenue) -the black and white glass tower on foreground, right, has been gone in 2021 to make way to new 70-story JP Morgan Chase supertower.