Archive for May, 2011

It’s really blasphemy to single out one single song from the musical / rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar but this song definitely takes the prize. Many others have performed the part of Christ in this musical but to me, there’s only one and that’s Neeley. Together with Carl Anderson (RIP) who played Judas, the film cast had two truly mighty singers on board but of these two it’s again Neeley who fills me with awe. The dynamics and stellar range of his singing is simply and literally awesome.

So. Rocknet regulars may find this an unlikely post on this website, especially coming from me (maybe) but I have listened to this since I was about 12 years old and its still a magical performance.

Frequent visitors of Rocknet.nl know I’m an absolute tapping-addict. I love everything (so far) that comes out of the CandyRat Studios.

Tonight I typed in ‘rehearsal’ on YouTube and, besides some crappy misfits, several great rehearsals came up. One of them was Kaki King (1979). While going through the related videos, I came up with a great vid of her. King scored music for television and film, but isn’t ‘that known’ as a solo artist. Dispite that, she worked alongside Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook, contributing music for the soundtrack to Sean Penn’s Into the Wild (a must see!), for which King, Vedder and Brook were nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Enough said. This chick should hook up with Andy McKee and have freakin’ babies!