"Jesus Christ Superstar" is in no way supposed to be an accurate retelling of biblical texts, instead using the commonly known story of Jesus as a metaphor for the pitfalls of celebrity, and the
Jesus Christ Superstar begins, in fact, with a wallop of a song in "Heaven on Their Minds." It's the song in which Judas lays it all out: his fears that Jesus' followers are blinded by his
— Jesus Christ Superstar (@JCSTheMusical) April 2, 2018 John Legend aced his performance in NBC’s live broadcast rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar as the titular role on Easter Sunday.
So i've always liked Jesus Christ Superstar, most of the songs are great, the story is good, and the music is incredible (the music at this point is incredible, listening to old versions of JCS over the decades shows that it has been improved on a lot, iteratively). I had never heard of Godpsell, which came out around the same time.1hqq.