Tim Rice’s lyrics for “Jesus Christ Superstar” might be less than inspired at times (“hosanna/hey sanna/sanna sanna ho” anyone?), but there’s no denying the populist power of the score he and Andrew Lloyd Webber penned for the musical re-telling of the final days of Jesus Christ.
The music isn’t complicated, but it’s got a relentless, pile-driving catchiness from the opening wail of a guitar riff that announces its rock-God intentions.
