vrabia: sideshowgoth: holy shit im only 10 mins into this swedish, very metal jesus christ superstar
vrabia:sideshowgoth:holy shit im only 10 mins into this swedish, very metal jesus christ superstar, look at this, this is the only right interpretationso @stardust-rain and i have been yelling about this for two days. PLEASE love yourselves and watch it (english subtitles version: 1 2 3 4). some highlights:the heavy metal aesthetics really amp up the whole jesus as rockstar thing. indoor sunglasses are involved at some pointthe swedish lyrics, being a reinterpretation rather than a direct translation of the original, subtly shift the thematic focus from ‘a revolution is brewing and also you’re breaking up with your boyfriend’ to ‘you’re breaking up with your boyfriend and also a revolution is brewing’judas has no concept of personal space and is a clingy bitch in his abject griefjesus also has no concept of personal space but like, puts minimal effort into pretending he doesjudas delivers the kind of devastating burns only a bitter ex could really pull offjesus clearly has a Thing for both judas and mary magdalene and it looks like they could have worked something out if judas didn’t go fucking feral every time jesus and mary were within touching range of eachotherthat bit during the last supper where jesus fuCKING CLIMBS ON THE TABLE while fighting with judas and the other apostles are like oh jeez oh fucklook, i love how in the original jcs judas’ whole thing is ‘your sudden and irrational change of behavior is compromising the cause’ and how his tragedy comes from trying to be the voice of reason and in the end not knowing anymore if it’s jesus or the cause that he’s trying to save. in this one he’s just like ‘ur breaking my heart specifically’like they really committed to this angle and it’s absolutely Valid Dramapeter johansson sang his heart out, i mean wow -- source link