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  • Ted Neeley has been Jesus longer than Jesus when he was alive.

  • A very few things give me all these emotions at once. A great man with a great voice who NEVER gets old. Thank you Ted.

  • I love this man.. wat een stem!

  • Couldn't breath at 3:40 any more

  • tears

    

  • The voice is great, the theatrics are great, but man, I hate this busines of not even STARTING to sing a line before the musicians are well into the next! I honestly couldn't believe how much of a delay there was particularly in the the first part up to "any other man" . It just wrecked it for me. What is the point in singing so far delayed that you are not even in the same key as the musicians? Come on, I mean a bit of a delay is fine, but that was ridiculous.

  • ted neeley is real jesus christ

  • Als ik zo kon zingen zat ik niet in deze situatie. Respect!!

  • I was fortunate enough to see him perform this in the 1970's. He's still got it. An absolutely amazing voice.

  • Breath taking....moving....what a performance...in every single word Neeley conveys feelings, life experience, emotions....

  • God it would be an honor to even watch him sing this song. He still sends chills with this song, like he did in 73

  • He has not lost his voice very increadible. 

  • His age just adds to the feel

  • IM. NOT. AS. SURE WITH. THE. WORLD. TODAY

  • Who are the 56 @#$%^!!!

  • Ted is possible the Messiah in his return.

    No one else can be that powerful and divine at this age!

  • Oh my god... seeing all the cast in tears just makes me well up. He is the best.

  • i have never ever listed to anything that is more amazing and beautiful than this performance! it is perfect and i CRY everytime i listen to it and i can not help myself to stop listening to it!

    my respect, your voice and performance is amazing, awesome!!!!!!!!!!! you are the best! emotions are so true...

  • Tears in my eyes....

  • besides the fact that he deters from the written temp and rhythm, this was actually a really good performance.

  • My God!

  • My reaction was the same as the guy on 3:51

  • la verdad vi la version de camilo sesto pero esto lo supera bravooooooo

  • ooooh Dios mio como puede este hombre seguir cantando con ese registro que tenia en 1973 es una voz impresionante

  • What the heck? This guy has an unbelievable voice at his age, it's amazing!

  • im stunned...speechless...this is even amazing than the original album/movie version..the fact that he is 35 or more years older since then...what a voice..what a talent..incomparable ..he owns this song..no offense to those who did a cover of this classic...

  • He's clearly dealing with problems with his voice and yet he was able to control and gave an amazin' performance...Bravo!

  • Tears

  • He may be old now, but hes still the MAN

  • Saw this last night in Park City, UT. He's still amazing.

  • sencillamente marabillozo!!!!!!!

    

  • BRAVO!!!!!!

  • on 3:03 i farted

  • Thank you.

  • ...its a great performance and voice in thats years! bravisimo!!!!

  • When I saw this a couple of years ago.. The Entire theater was in SILENT AWE @ Ted's performance of this song. Afterwards, you could hear sniffles...

  • Ted there is no greater gift to the world than your gifts to the entire human race. I have adored you since childhood 35 years later your voice, this movie, theater show, music and this song continue to bring me to tears with smiles and hope.

  • My Lord

  • this isnt one of his better performances but it was ok.

  • @AntaresInScorpius Just ok? Really??? You are crazy, sorry!

  • amaziinnnggggg voice...amaizinnngggggg performancee....!!!!!

  • Damn, I cried...

  • Come on God bring back Mr. Carl Anderson , i could die when Mr. Ted Neeley and him sing together again for the last time.

  • Tears of pure Joy. Ted Neely you are a True Gift From God. Thank you for sharing your gifts with the world.

  • Simply amazing!

  • God bless you Ted Neely!!!!!!!

  • Amazing!!

  • like.song is the best

  • 53 people do not agree with the piano equalization and the low level of reverb.

  • @MadhuNitai 54

    

  • As it has been many years since the movie, seeing him do this as an older man makes me see him as god now instead of Jesus. ;D

  • Such emotion.

    It's almost at being brought back in time to Gethsemane.

    Feeling the pain Christ suffered for us.

    

  • this is the best video of Ted Neeley when he sings this songs my eyes start to tear

  • Awesome. No one can replace Ted Neeley! The original movie cast was perfection. We all get older, and things change a bit, but there will never be anyone to replace Ted or Carl. Perfect doesn't happen twice.

  • The tears are just coming down right now.

  • THE BEST!!! Mr. Neeley, I saw you in San Diego, CA twice (once w/ Carl) and in Escondido, CA where I live. What can I say. That performance I just saw was just great....but what I liked was how the editor/camera showed other people reactions when you were belting your lungs out!

    Can I just say please release some DVD or CD recordings! Or we are going to have to rely on our stuff...

  • UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!

  • Amazing......there´s nothing like watching such an inspired performer show everyone that he still got it..

  • i cried too... what the fuck, how amazing was that

  • haha steve balsamo is 1000 times better

  • @NangOrBrassTV are you kidding?

  • @trascher3  His microphone

  • i have to ask, what is tht thing on hs forehead/

  • @trascher3 his microphone?:)

  • that little thing on his forehead....!

  • @inecekr i know :P

  • @darthmorbuss i think is part of what is wrong with our world. Gorm is talking about a 3rd person thing not himself or about anyone here...he is expressing his strong opinion of this singer. Just because you dont agree with him, you dont have to take it and make it personal and insult his intelligence. Can you not argue about the subject at hand without resorting to insults like an 8 year old child?

  • Wellll is Ted Nelly

  • He was terrible back in the seventies, too. I cannot watch the theatrical version of JCS with Ted. I make it past "Heaven on their minds", then skip to "Herod's song".

  • @GormSim you have a right to your opinion, but i agree with most, the old movie version is m favorite version. Of course people coming here to listen to this are already his fans. And it is more emotional than many other versions.

  • @deathmetalhippy Well said.

  • sin duda una de las mejores interpretaciones del Sr, Ted Neely a pesar del tiempo en que la interpreto por primera vez, aun en este video deja huella de su, humanidad, su emocion y la imprecionante forma de interpretar de este señor, muy bien excelente.

  • I think Ted Neely shows us the loneliness and despair Jesus faces at his inevitable fate. I don't believe it's supposed to be glamorous, this version has more humanity in it, although I do love Steve Balsamo as well.

  • ted neely is still doing this fucking song? lol

  • eso el lo unico exactamente que tu tienes en tu trizte cabeza

  • watch?v=8CAQBYVEkxo

  • Yeah... Steve Balsamo > Ted... This is kinda hard to watch, I feel like after this, he probably walked backstage and smoked a cigarette... There's like no time signature... the music plays in the back ground and he kinda William Shatner's it. He "sings" much higher than I can, for sure - but in comparison to Steve Balsamo who can sing this stuff, I feel like Steve sells it better.

  • @GormSim Steve sings, Ted is LIVING it.

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  • @GormSim Yeah, but Steve Balsamo is half his age, you moron.

  • God bless you Ted...

  • Ted the best forever!

  • No words to express my emotion...Thank you Ted Neeley, for yor talent.

  • Of every video I have seen, Teds vocals have always been better than this. Still, this is, without a doubt, the most powerful and moving performance of Gethsemane I have ever seen. Not often do a rendition of a song bring me to tears, but this... 

  • Once he was inspired, now he's sad and tired. But brilliant. Stoic. Such a good performance.

  • Truly amazing, I can barely breathe.

  • absolutely stunning! sends shivers down my spine! i listened to balsamo's, gillan's and some other versions, but in my opinion ted neeley IS (although only in this musical) jesus christ. not one of the other actors/singers reach this emotionaly deepness than he does. btw. i'm an atheist. but this musical and this song in particular, is a milestone in modern music.

  • I cried. Fuck

  • @VladKVideo We all did mate, we all fucking did... Ted Neeley, what a marvelous man

  • @VladKVideo

    It takes a man to admit that ..

  • @VladKVideo So do I.

  • я плакал

    

  • AAAAWWWWWEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSOOO­OOOOOOOOMMMMEEEEE!!!!

  • I had to wipe tears from my face before I could type this. I have heard technically better versions of this, true- but Neeley sings as if this was his own life experience. His heart is in this, and his whole soul. And for that, I thank you.

  • Μοναδική η εκτέλεση του έργου από τον Ted Neeley.

    Συγχαρητήρια.Mr. Neeley....

  • Обалдеть.... До слёз и мурашек по коже пробрало... 20 лет слушаю эту рок-оперу и фильм смотрю. И так-то это - реальный унос башки, но тут......... Я просто потрясён. Нет слов. Тэд- просто великолепен... Браво! Браво! Браво!

  • Problems with his voice? He sounds better than he did in 1973!

  • I don't understand how people judge his abilities from one (amazing, in my opinion) performance, where his voice supposedly was in a bad condition. I mean, have none you you ignorants who say he can't sing it any more or that he's tone deaf (what the heck?) heard his final performance!?

  • I am astonished! That slightly problem with his voice just makes it more authentic. It IS a man in despair, suffering from his fate! It IS a man who accepts it afterall. I believe every word he sings. I have always prefered Gillan but I can't find the appropriate words for this performance. At this age, he was able to perform the best Jesus I have ever seen. But it is not the character of Jesus who makes me tearing. It is Ted Neeley and his unbelievable voice.

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  • I love how his cast mates respond to him on the side of the stage...so touching..!

  • the greatest..

    forever gives it his all

  • the greatest..

    

  • damnnnnn......every time i watch this i can't help but cry... no one puts in this so much emotion like ted neeley does... n that legendary scream at 3.04...

  • i thing this is the best version even if he had problem with his voice at that night

  • Wow, best that I every heard... by a healthy margin.

  • 3:00 epic whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

  • 3:52 Pimps like plays too...

  • He's not tone deaf. His voice has just given away from years of his style of singing. You can't scream sing like he does constantly for 30+ years without it having a negative impact on one's voice. Just listen to his earlier performances, and you can tell he can sing this song exquisitely.

  • not as much good as when he started :)

  • there's only one JCS!

  • "antes estaba inspirado, ahora estoy triste y cansado" se pasa de verga cantando...

  • I think ted is beyond age wise to do 33 yrs old but ppl still want hm today

  • Sorry to say it, but this is no near Steve Balsamo's performance. It just doesn't work.

  • More emotion than 1973 version

  • yeah this is a pretty bad performance, but ted neeley is still pretty great, as a asinger i can hear some of his screw ups

  • He's still the best. Sorry, Carter and Balsamo...

  • Worst performance of ted neeley... the original is better... the original of Ted Neeley is the best performance of gethsemane...

    In that performance he is too old...

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  • Wow, just wow.

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  • @Reecem172

    More then a thousand people disagree with you it seems.

  • This is the best version i´ve ever seen, because of the pain in the voice. He is more mature now compared to when he did the son in the movie frpm the 70s...

  • @WJvanEden is that to say i am not aloud to state my opinion

  • @Reecem172 yeah dude, not his best at all. description says he had some problems with his voice, i attribute it to that

  • @thestainisgone485 Funny though... when he screams the line, "Allright, I'll die", and the voice cracks (for lack of the proper word), that always chokes me up. To me, that (and the other little things) made it more effective for me, as opposed to his performance in the film. Because I can feel the pain here, instead of the doctored film version.

  • @Reecem172 Yes.

  • @Reecem172 apparently

  • @Reecem172 i also think that musically its bad but i can really feel the emotion because of the screaming and his falsetto is simply unique.. i nerver heard anyone sing better in falsetto (headvoice or whatever you want to call it).. to me its one of the best performences although hes kind of tone deaf veryx often xDD

  • @xxgenisxx yes totally agree i can feel his emotion and his falsetto is powerful but he is tone deaf and i think it not ruin but makes the song worse if u know what i mean

  • @Reecem172 Do you even know what tone deaf means?

  • @Reecem172 are you crazy?

  • @Reecem172 I know what you mean....but...it is HIS song....amazing..

  • @Reecem172 consider his age. He's 63. At that age muscles involved in singing are starting to lose theri flexibility and singing like that requires reacting muscles. Thinkin about this, great performance, considered he puts more enphasis on his singin, knowing he cannot rely on his total vocal skill. I think he's a great singer and actor. What do you think? :)

  • @simobubba i understand the age condition and i agree that his acting during the performance is admirable i think for me it is the screaming that makes me cringe

  • @Reecem172 is it because you don't like that singin style (i love that style!!)? or you mean "this" particular performance? Cmon he still nails it ;)

  • @Reecem172 I agree with you. He's too old to handle the song

  • @DanielMurphy94 I think this is his best performance of the role.

  • @Reecem172 I think the one from the 2000 campy straight-to-video version is the worst.

  • @Reecem172 well I agree ahaha

  • Wow..wow...wow! This performance could almost, almost - make me believe...

    

  • Absolutely fantastic performance! Very touching.

    And notice,people,in 2006 it was the 33rd anniversary of the movie JCS.An intriguing coincidence, and it made Ted Neeley even more convincing in this role. Bravo.

  • MY GOD

    that was just unbelievable, incredible, amazing

    so powerful

    such feelings... incredible

  • Epic performance from a Broadway legend....Absolutely unbelievable that he could still hit those high notes, it put a shiver up my spine.

  • Love Ted Neeley. He really is the only one who can do it like this ! <3 sublime

  • Браво! Просто отлично!

  • increible!!!!!

    

  • Не стареют душой ветераны! Браво!!!

  • stunning

    the clarity of thought, the force and heaviness of emotion amplified by the maturity of age

    unbelievable

  • It is a fantasy

  • omg i cant even describe how amazing that was...holy crap i have soooo manu goose bumps.

  • I was so fortunate to get to see this twice when it was in Madison, WI. I, too, was in tears with his performance. I also got to meet him after the show and he is the kindest person. Very soft spoken and always a smile. Will never forget it!

  • Best performance of Gethsemane I've ever seen.

  • I'm eargasming. over and over and over again

  • 3:04 is perfection. That's what it is!

  • there is no one ever alike with ted nelly. for those assuming better cut their throat up

  • This gives me chills every time I watch. You better not ever delete this Haha

  • Wow, astounding!!

  • I love the reaction of his cast mates when he hits the "Why" and the "Alright! I'll die!" Awesome!

  • La versión de Camilo Sesto es mucho mejor

    The version of Camilo Sesto is much better (si es que así se escribe en inglés jaja)

  • "Camilo sesto Getsemani"

    Spanish ( From Spain) version of this song, even more stunning... SEARCH FOR IT!

  • yo no digo cante feo ni anda al contrario pero se supone jesucriste tenia 32 años no 80 por eo digo leo lo hace mejor q ted arriba leo !!!!!!!!

  • :O He's old.

  • Beautifully done.

  • @TheNeonRabbit Someone's mayor of hyperbole town. :D

  • @ZipZapson I think if anything it's ardently neutral on the subject of christianity. I believe the intention was the tell the story and the emotions of the characters. They are some of the most interesting and flawed characters in history. The show and film end at the crucifixion. At Jesus's death. There is no resurrection in this particular telling of the story.

  • @Robikus Pretty sure it's the other way around. I think agnosticism is a stepping stone people of faith take towards atheism.

  • @sisyphusmustbe Depends on how you define agnostic and atheist.

  • This is perfection.......... sin palabras

  • I was luck enough to see him in 2006 live. bone chilling! Ted neeley is fantastic!

  • o dio mio .... o dio mio .... magico

  • Here's the scoop...yes, Gillian has the more technically pure voice...but for this role, there is no comparison. Neeley clearly has the raw emotion, more powerful voice in this role...it isn't even close. I am a big Deep Purple fan and Gillian doesn't sing with the same power as Neeley.

    Let us not forget, Neeley is in his 60's. The video was truly inspirational and Ted Neeley is truly one of the great Broadway actors and singers.