I am here to honour Jay Hamburger who has passed away this last Monday March 25, 2024. My love for you Jay is strong. You are a pure soul and a man of compassion and curiosity.
I enter the time machine and return to my 14 years old. 1973. wonderful time I had the chance to be a normal child, without charge, without anything that could interfere with my adolescence.
I played keyboards for 3 different productions of Godspell. My parents loved to come see the shows I was involved in, but because I did mot think they would understand or appreciate Godspell’s quirky vibe I did not offer until they asked what I was currently involved in, and expressed interest in seeing it. After a Saturday evening performance I headed out to the lobby not knowing what to expect. My father could hardly speak he was so moved, and had clearly been weeping. I should have trusted that true to form, Godspell always works it’s. God-inspired magic.
HOW VERY BEAUTIFUL, SISTER, TO SWEETLY MINISTER TO YOUR OWN PARENTS' HEARTS AND SOULS! What a wonderful gift 🕊️ you gave them that you will share memories together of into eternity, bless you sister 🥰🙏🕊️
I became a Christian the day that I heard this song decades ago. I have never regretted my decision even though the road had been hard sometimes. He is always with me. 😊
Good for you!! I'm so happy for you :) yeah, the road definitely gets harder. I was on the verge of giving up. This movie gave me a newfound motivation. I saw it for the first time 3 days ago. Never knew about it until recently.
❤❤❤ I listen to this song. I am in a nursing home. I know even though I may die I will live with God and Jesus and in my family and friends' memories of me!!!
Yes there has. My cast mates at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Evansville, IN. in 1995. Seven packed houses and three command performances. Excellent, professional cast. I miss them all today! The experience led me to study The Bible and it changed my life.
@ - as a fellow non-believer (who’s also moved by the beautiful music of Godspell - and Jesus Christ Superstar too), I applaud your response and don’t think I could’ve put it any more beautifully- or musically.
@@ellew4573 - wow, admonishing someone to pick up their proverbial cross and follow the mythical deity you chose to believe is real... really? Let’s all just sit back and enjoy this beautiful musical together, no judgement, no proselytizing, no silliness.
I was 21 and in the military when I first listened to this.. it changed my life. I would listen to this and realized that this is what I was looking for. I love you Jesus so much
I get misty every time I hear this song. I was only 9 or 10 when I first saw Godspell but I had a calling years before this. I believe that watching Godspell sealed it. It’s been up hill ever since. I had my son watch this many years ago. I believe, I can’t remember exactly, but if I remember correctly, he cried. He went to live with the Savior 41/2 years ago. He was 25 and had high functioning autism. ❤️😢❤️
This movie/play was such a new form of expression at the time. It did genuinely move people spiritually. The music was deep and the choreography was so creative. The world is so messed up now. We definitely need a reminder of better time in life like this. Thank you for posting.
I was an Atheist until my early 20s. I can truly say this movie always reached out to me. I can see now that even as a child God has been reaching out to me. I love you Lord.
Oh heck it wasn't a tap it was I'm going to let Satan grab you and then maybe you will Believe. In the middle of my water bed shaking and screeching across our basement floor and not being able to yell or even speak I said Jesus' Christ please help me in my head. I sat straight up in bed turned on my light and never again did I deny Him. This is a condensed version of the story. It in total involved a devil worshiper, a Christian Ministers wife, another friend who worked with me and a patient in the facility where we worked.
Don't think "underappreciated" so much as its production not standing to test of time, as it is clearly of its era. Modern mass audiences (mostly) won't look beyond what they see presented before them.
I sang this song to my mother as she died. I mistakenly thought the words were "I shall call the pebble death... and we talk together about walking until I take Him from shoe, singing meet your new Lord. Then Ill take His hand, finally glad that you are here' etc. Strangely it still works though I sing it correctly these days and have a better understanding of 'daring' oneself to walk that path. It is a beautiful song in any case and I dont regret singing it that way.
Mick, you posted two years ago so I don't know if you will check this. My mom died a year ago at her nursing home, which was quarantined because of Covid. It is a true gift you were able to be with your mother and sing for her at the end of her life. I would give so much to have been able to do this, but trust she knew and still knows how much I love her. We will scatter her ashes into the ocean next month to commemorate a year since her passing. You have inspired me to try to sing a song through my tears when my family gathers for this small ceremony. Thank you!!
"By My Side" was a part of the original musical before Schwartz came on board, I believe. They were smart enough to keep it. It's beautiful and always moves me and, apparently, lots of others.
I was 9 years old when this aired in 1973. It had such a magical effect on me as a child and now watching this now in 2024 it touches the child that is still in me and fills my eyes with tears!! Beautiful and so powerful this will always be!!❤
I sang this to my mother at the moment of her death... because there was nothing else I could do. The song is about the path to faith but it works for me as a lamenting goodbye too.
I actually love this movie. I watched it yesterday (for the first time) and - not knowing what to expect - was knocked off my seat. My only regret was not having seen it earlier... But - even in my mid-fifties - it is never too late.
Certainly never too late. Because the film never got old. I was 9 when I saw it in the theater for the first time. I had the privilege to see a stage production at my high school. First time, at age 14, that the music grabbed my heart. Another instance was a Thanksgiving night sitting at my computer when the tears just flowed, thinking of the broadcast just a few hours earlier and the song "All Good Gifts" .
I've loved the movie since my teens, about 40 years ago. I have requested this song to be played at my memorial along with "All Good Gifts" also from Godspell.
I cannot sing this song to the end because I get so emotional.... it always brings me to tears....next to DAY BY DAY....this is my most fave song from the musical. Gosh I am crying now just watching the video!!!
The rueful smile on Victor Garber's face in the middle of the song, and then the brighter smile near the end.... It's beautiful, it's moving, it's unforgettable.
I love when they all sit around him. Because Jesus wants everybody in the world to be like that for each other that anytime somebody feels alone that they be surrounded by people who let them know that they're not. If only the whole world could be like that towards each other nobody ever being alone.
There are so many beautiful songs in this film-- I really like how they seem to alternate happy and sad songs. I'm a 50 year old atheist and I absolutely adore this film. David Haskell is priceless-- and I'm absolutely head over heels in love with Gilmer McCormick's character in this-- her hippy Raggedy Ann outfit and tiger finger puppet just get me. At the end, when she hugs Victor with that hand puppet, I just lose it. It will be on my DVR till the day I die.
I was in this outdoor drama play many years ago. I'm grateful that Jesus my Lord and Savior gave me the opportunity to perform before Him. My mom was also in the cast. .May they kingdom come and thy Will be done
Either these actors all deserve an Oscar or they truly believe in what they are singing. I was 8 years old when this movie was made and I fell in love with that freckled redhead from the moment I first heard her sing this song.
I was 13 and saw it with my church camp, Camp Gailor-Maxon and I was completely enamored with the movie, the music, the actors... Soooo lovely and moving!!
No, she had just performed the song over a hundre times. Katie and Jeff were both from the OBC (original broadway cast). And just fyi. Godspell was written by a Jew. Stephen Schwartz is a Jew, like me. And I don't think he gives a second thought to Jesus because Jesus doesn't really come up in conversation among Jews.
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@@rawmark , This particular song, however, was "written by Carnegie Mellon students Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon." (The names sound Jewish to me.)
Riza Hawkeye Many times in my life when I have been very sad , I listened to theese crucifying song- till the end, when they sing at last" Long live God " . That allways brought me realy down.... ans than rised me up
The way Jesus *looks* at His followers with pure love is one of earliest ways in my Christian walk that the Lord showed me that *He* loved me--*personally*!!!
I had a stone cold heart and was living a lifestyle of anger and wrath, yet I could hear God calling me through these songs, particularly this one. I would turn on the cd, and it softened me.
For me, though, what makes the moment especially bittersweet is how he reacts even though, as Matthew's gospel has it (which Godspell is based on), most of those closest to him are about to fall asleep on him in his moment of need and run away in fear. Jesus loves them anyway.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." ~ HOLY BIBLE, Proverbs 3:5,6
This song and "On The Willows" are my favorite songs in this movie! I remember first seeing this in 1973 as a 12 year old. The basic message of this movie is so needed today! The message of Jesus and the need to believe and know His Word!
It wasn't until. My class went to the. Big. Catholic. High school in 1976 where I was introduced to this amazing rendition of our. Lord. Jesus. Christ. The performance was more then the best that year in all the county and gave me an even better understanding of my faith. It still moves my heart and soul over 40 years later
This is most definitely my favorite song on the entire God spell soundtrack its so pretty I get teary eyed when listening and think about the singers who were loss years ago in this video quite a few of them are deceased but they left behind some of the most amazing songs songs that will last throughout eternity.
Why do I always weep when I hear this song? Played bass for our HS productiuon of Godspell in 1975. I was so focussed on playing my part that I never really appreciated the beauty of Godspell until much later. Wish I could go back and relive those days.
I played acoustic guitar in a Catholic Church folk choir in 1976-1977. And "By My Side" was one of the songs we played. (We also played "Day By Day") I haven't thought about this song in 45 years! Hearing it right now is a special moment. What a beautiful & meaningful song! The lyrics are extremely moving. Brings tears of joy to my eyes.
Where are you going? Where are you going? Can you take me with you? For my hand is cold And needs warmth Where are you going? Far beyond where the horizon lies Where the horizon lies And the land sinks into mellow blueness Oh please, take me with you Let me skip the road with you I can dare myself I can dare myself I'll put a pebble in my shoe And watch me walk (watch me walk) I can walk and walk! (I can walk!) I shall call the pebble Dare I shall call the pebble Dare We will talk, we will talk together We will talk (chorus) about walking Dare shall be carried And when we both have had enough I will take him from my shoe, singing: "Meet your new road!" Then I'll take your hand Finally glad Finally glad That you are here By my side By my side By my side By my side (Spoken- Judas) Then the man they called Judas Iscariot Went to the chief priests, and said "What will you give me to betray Him to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment, he began to look out for an opportunity To betray Him. By my side By my side By my side By my side
Thank you for publishing the full lyrics. I never understood what some of the lyrics were, but finally, after all this time, I know what they are. So thank you, again, from the bottom of my heart.
I remember watching this movie in high school. This movie touches me in so many ways, it makes me proud to be a Christian/Jewish man. The songs are amazing and the message resonates.
You're gettin' it. Just feel the Love. Just follow the LOVE. G_d-talk too quickly devolves into claim/counter-claim BS, but there's Something/Someone there, I feel, I believe (Lord, help my unbelief), reaching out to us. This is a song/scene which can re-awaken that sense, built into us (Imago Dei?), that wants to reach back (and out to each other as well!). A blessed Easter, 2020. Despite It All. [May the COVID-19 departed---and all the departed (inc my own father---first Easter w/o him)---rest in peace, and rise in glory!]
PS To me, and as a very former fundamentalist christian, I strongly suggest that it's best understood as a poem. (Remember, fundamentalists unflinchingly claim to have ultimate 'truths' & 'answers'. THEY DON'T !!! Not even slightly more than anybody else.) And yes, I do get the stunning beauty of this song & others, AS POETIC. Regardless, best wishes. You get to decide (something that, after they have you trapped, you will not hear from fundamentalists, although I do know that they camouflage their mind games very well.)
That's good man keep searching as the Bible says ask and it shall be given seek and you shall find.ask God to show himself to you and you'll find him for God doesn't ignore prayers he answers them in his time do that and he will answer I hope you find what you're looking for.
Such a lovely song! It's one of my top favorites next to Day By Day! This song always make me think about a girl that I'm good friends with. I've been having feelings for her for years. She also has the same hair color, face, smile and body type as Katie Hanley.
In addition to her great voice, her face looks most beautiful at 2:17 though 2:22, as the sun shines upon it, while she has that pure smile on her face.
Today, for the gazillionth time, I was running across a city street, and the slightest bit of gravel got caught in my shoe, .. and I immediately started up with “I’ll put a pebble in my shoe, and watch me walk ...” etc ... until I got safely across and leaned against a traffic sign to balance while I dislodge the pebble. But tonight, I suddenly stopped facebooking or whatever to wonder, WHAT Is that little ditty I invariably lean in to when that happens?” (And have, for nearly 50 years of summer sandals) ... “I shall call the pebble “Dare!” Well, so sweet now, to have the entire scene ... and, um all of Salvation ... reminded me. Thank you.
This song always brings me to tears not only because of its beauty but because the lady who sings it looks exactly like my mother. I lost her many years ago. She loved the Lord and I can imagine she's singing this song to Jesus now.
I am here to honour Jay Hamburger who has passed away this last Monday March 25, 2024. My love for you Jay is strong. You are a pure soul and a man of compassion and curiosity.
we will sing this at his memorial!
Thank you for honouring Jay. He was as beautiful and wonderful as a person can get.
Gotta say "by my side" is simply one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard...
I enter the time machine and return to my 14 years old. 1973. wonderful time I had the chance to be a normal child, without charge, without anything that could interfere with my adolescence.
Same here.
Yes
I played keyboards for 3 different productions of Godspell. My parents loved to come see the shows I was involved in, but because I did mot think they would understand or appreciate Godspell’s quirky vibe I did not offer until they asked what I was currently involved in, and expressed interest in seeing it. After a Saturday evening performance I headed out to the lobby not knowing what to expect. My father could hardly speak he was so moved, and had clearly been weeping. I should have trusted that true to form, Godspell always works it’s. God-inspired magic.
HOW VERY BEAUTIFUL, SISTER, TO SWEETLY MINISTER TO YOUR OWN PARENTS' HEARTS AND SOULS! What a wonderful gift 🕊️ you gave them that you will share memories together of into eternity, bless you sister 🥰🙏🕊️
This music brings me so much joy and peace. It helps me to courageously face suffering.
I became a Christian the day that I heard this song decades ago. I have never regretted my decision even though the road had been hard sometimes. He is always with me. 😊
🤣😂🤣 Because of musical? Yikes.
Get help, honey.
@@LillyBunnyBoo as you had to say a cruel statement, oerhaps YOU need the help? You ate a rude troll honey!!
Good for you!! I'm so happy for you :) yeah, the road definitely gets harder. I was on the verge of giving up. This movie gave me a newfound motivation. I saw it for the first time 3 days ago. Never knew about it until recently.
Can I ask how you know it's a he vs she or it, as a divine being?
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❤❤❤ I listen to this song. I am in a nursing home. I know even though I may die I will live with God and Jesus and in my family and friends' memories of me!!!
"I can walk" = whole ensemble breaks in harmony = That moment when the hair on the back of your neck stands up.
Clarkerots it gives me chills every time!!
I love it too. Ha! Gotta hear my shower version ,love to belt it out!
Clarkerots agree.
Absolutely beautiful always by my side.
Right?
There was NEVER a better cast than these!!! The Original and the BEST!!!
Ya know this isn't the original cast, right? LMAO
Yes there has. My cast mates at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Evansville, IN. in 1995. Seven packed houses and three command performances. Excellent, professional cast. I miss them all today! The experience led me to study The Bible and it changed my life.
I have seen much better casts and more moving renditions. I only wish I could get a copy of them.
No!; there are most off that!! Come with me !;;
Victor Garber is super gay in this. (He’s not str8). Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
My God! Not to be so shallow, but Victor has the best facial structure and cheekbones. Like an Adonis.
It's Jeffrey I always had a crush on. Such lovely eyes and smile.
I was in a production of “Godspell” with my local theater group I love this song it’s so beautiful
1973. We have lost the tender magic of those times.... :-(
It seemed like the sun was always shining in the '70s, except for occasional gentle rains. We need to pray the Lord will revive us.
I remember 1973. I don't recall much tender magic going on that year but grant that 'Godspell was about the best thing to come out of it.
@@troyriser8074it’s not a question of quantity but quality.
I'm not even a Christian, but this song pulls tears out of me every time . Great music is great music, period.
Brother, commit yourself to following Jesus Christ today! Pick up the cross and follow him to Heavenly Father...he’s the only way!
I weep also, the Harmony is so good
@ oh Jesus can handle the Dm -> Dsus2 -> Dm and can hit a curve ball too!
@ - as a fellow non-believer (who’s also moved by the beautiful music of Godspell - and Jesus Christ Superstar too), I applaud your response and don’t think I could’ve put it any more beautifully- or musically.
@@ellew4573 - wow, admonishing someone to pick up their proverbial cross and follow the mythical deity you chose to believe is real... really? Let’s all just sit back and enjoy this beautiful musical together, no judgement, no proselytizing, no silliness.
I was 21 and in the military when I first listened to this.. it changed my life. I would listen to this and realized that this is what I was looking for. I love you Jesus so much
This song always leaves me weeping, but I will always love it.
I get misty every time I hear this song. I was only 9 or 10 when I first saw Godspell but I had a calling years before this. I believe that watching Godspell sealed it. It’s been up hill ever since. I had my son watch this many years ago. I believe, I can’t remember exactly, but if I remember correctly, he cried. He went to live with the Savior 41/2 years ago. He was 25 and had high functioning autism. ❤️😢❤️
This movie/play was such a new form of expression at the time. It did genuinely move people spiritually. The music was deep and the choreography was so creative. The world is so messed up now. We definitely need a reminder of better time in life like this. Thank you for posting.
I was an Atheist until my early 20s. I can truly say this movie always reached out to me. I can see now that even as a child God has been reaching out to me. I love you Lord.
Amen. I love how the Lord “taps us on the shoulder” to get our attention in our lives. It’s different for everyone.
Oh heck it wasn't a tap it was I'm going to let Satan grab you and then maybe you will Believe. In the middle of my water bed shaking and screeching across our basement floor and not being able to yell or even speak I said Jesus' Christ please help me in my head. I sat straight up in bed turned on my light and never again did I deny Him. This is a condensed version of the story. It in total involved a devil worshiper, a Christian Ministers wife, another friend who worked with me and a patient in the facility where we worked.
Your a great man believing in a great God. Congratulations my brother.
Good for you darling! I have never had the privilege of belief myself but I have seen the wonders it can do for others ❤️
@@ellenstillman7703 ...did it also involve powerful anti-psychotic medicines?
50 years ago.. Wow. We put this musical on when I was in high school, 20 years ago.
How fab that must have been! And you will all have those memories to share and appreciate for eternity 🕊️🙏✝️
One of the most, if not the most underappreciated musical ever. The music if phenomenal, not to mention the story, which is the greatest ever told.
Don't think "underappreciated" so much as its production not standing to test of time, as it is clearly of its era. Modern mass audiences (mostly) won't look beyond what they see presented before them.
Just too bad that Yeshua had t b nailed t a tree W a sign abv his head saying "this is what's left of yr future king".
The play/movie ends too soon.
@@carlflaherty2215 I like the book the best 😀
She never takes her eyes off Jesus very touching and powerful.
This song always makes me ugly cry. Joy so pure it hurts.
I sang this song to my mother as she died. I mistakenly thought the words were "I shall call the pebble death... and we talk together about walking until I take Him from shoe, singing meet your new Lord. Then Ill take His hand, finally glad that you are here' etc. Strangely it still works though I sing it correctly these days and have a better understanding of 'daring' oneself to walk that path. It is a beautiful song in any case and I dont regret singing it that way.
what a beautiful thought and memory. thank you.
I sang this song for decades, thinking the pebble was 'death' , dare works too.
Mick, you posted two years ago so I don't know if you will check this. My mom died a year ago at her nursing home, which was quarantined because of Covid. It is a true gift you were able to be with your mother and sing for her at the end of her life. I would give so much to have been able to do this, but trust she knew and still knows how much I love her. We will scatter her ashes into the ocean next month to commemorate a year since her passing. You have inspired me to try to sing a song through my tears when my family gathers for this small ceremony. Thank you!!
God be with you and your family.🙏
I thought the same at first
"By My Side" was a part of the original musical before Schwartz came on board, I believe. They were smart enough to keep it. It's beautiful and always moves me and, apparently, lots of others.
God is Splendid
Always moving
So Jewish composers wrote Godspell?
@@MartianInDisguiseJesus was a Jew, as a human!
Yes! I just read that she wrote this, and they realized how absolutely beautiful it was, so it remained in.
I was 9 years old when this aired in 1973. It had such a magical effect on me as a child and now watching this now in 2024 it touches the child that is still in me and fills my eyes with tears!! Beautiful and so powerful this will always be!!❤
Victor Garber is so ethereal loving. Perfect casting.
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Victor Garber was remarkably angelic looking when he was young.
No one can sing this quite like Kate Hanley.
my mom used this as a lullaby when i was an infant. it still has a specialness to me. ♡
I sing this to my son...
I sang this to my mother at the moment of her death... because there was nothing else I could do. The song is about the path to faith but it works for me as a lamenting goodbye too.
my mom use to sing this too. so nostalgic and sad
♡..i wish id known this song when i sang to my mom on her deathbed March 22,2019. My late husbands birthday..double sorrow♡
@@MIck-M ♡
I actually love this movie. I watched it yesterday (for the first time) and - not knowing what to expect - was knocked off my seat. My only regret was not having seen it earlier... But - even in my mid-fifties - it is never too late.
It’s a beautiful movie, so glad you loved it!
Certainly never too late. Because the film never got old. I was 9 when I saw it in the theater for the first time. I had the privilege to see a stage production at my high school. First time, at age 14, that the music grabbed my heart. Another instance was a Thanksgiving night sitting at my computer when the tears just flowed, thinking of the broadcast just a few hours earlier and the song "All Good Gifts" .
Everything happens in God's own time. You must not have been ready for it until when you did see it.
I've loved the movie since my teens, about 40 years ago.
I have requested this song to be played at my memorial along with "All Good Gifts" also from Godspell.
Every time I hear By my Side I cry in a good way
So sad so Alone n how we abandon Jesus
Me Too🤗🤗
@ronald tanner Aw...😢
@ronald tanner It's the childlike innocence of that time that tugs at the heartstrings 🤗
I cannot sing this song to the end because I get so emotional.... it always brings me to tears....next to DAY BY DAY....this is my most fave song from the musical. Gosh I am crying now just watching the video!!!
The rueful smile on Victor Garber's face in the middle of the song, and then the brighter smile near the end.... It's beautiful, it's moving, it's unforgettable.
The vocal arrangement with the lyrics 🙌🏻
Far beyond where the horizon lies... and the land sinks into mellow blueness
I love when they all sit around him. Because Jesus wants everybody in the world to be like that for each other that anytime somebody feels alone that they be surrounded by people who let them know that they're not. If only the whole world could be like that towards each other nobody ever being alone.
Absolutely my favorite song from Godspell.
Libby74 I’m still listening to this song in 2018. My favorite song.
When I died I want that song play called day by day at my funeral
There are so many beautiful songs in this film-- I really like how they seem to alternate happy and sad songs. I'm a 50 year old atheist and I absolutely adore this film. David Haskell is priceless-- and I'm absolutely head over heels in love with Gilmer McCormick's character in this-- her hippy Raggedy Ann outfit and tiger finger puppet just get me. At the end, when she hugs Victor with that hand puppet, I just lose it. It will be on my DVR till the day I die.
But too sad and even heartbreaking to listen to more than once a year.
@@Uncle-Smart-Alec you said it man.
I'm a Christian this is one of my favorite Christian songs of all time
Did this musical in the late 90s in college. "I shall call the pebble 'dude'" we joked. Good times.
I was in this outdoor drama play many years ago. I'm grateful that Jesus my Lord and Savior gave me the opportunity to perform before Him. My mom was also in the cast. .May they kingdom come and thy Will be done
Captured so well. Time stops.
Either these actors all deserve an Oscar or they truly believe in what they are singing. I was 8 years old when this movie was made and I fell in love with that freckled redhead from the moment I first heard her sing this song.
She was the one that captivated me as a child also.
I was 13 and saw it with my church camp, Camp Gailor-Maxon and I was completely enamored with the movie, the music, the actors... Soooo lovely and moving!!
No, she had just performed the song over a hundre times. Katie and Jeff were both from the OBC (original broadway cast).
And just fyi. Godspell was written by a Jew. Stephen Schwartz is a Jew, like me. And I don't think he gives a second thought to Jesus because Jesus doesn't really come up in conversation among Jews.
@@rawmark , This particular song, however, was "written by Carnegie Mellon students Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon." (The names sound Jewish to me.)
@@rawmark Sorry, i don`t want to be unpolite, but the director film and also actor was gentle
Victor Garber was just so beautiful for the part of Jesus. Just loved this song. I want it sung at my funeral when that day comes.
They'll probably sing Another One Bites the Dust.
Rogue Les Thank you for that good idea! I will do it like you 🌹
Riza Hawkeye Many times in my life when I have been very sad , I listened to theese crucifying song- till the end, when they sing at last" Long live God " . That allways brought me realy down.... ans than rised me up
David Essex did a great job in the UK stage version too.
Rogueles I remember loving his facial expressions
The way Jesus *looks* at His followers with pure love is one of earliest ways in my Christian walk that the Lord showed me that *He* loved me--*personally*!!!
So true. Praise HIS Name
I had a stone cold heart and was living a lifestyle of anger and wrath, yet I could hear God calling me through these songs, particularly this one. I would turn on the cd, and it softened me.
@@johnlamphier9812,me also, except it was disobedience, and I pictured JESUS, with that look of disappointment, and it tore me apart
For me, though, what makes the moment especially bittersweet is how he reacts even though, as Matthew's gospel has it (which Godspell is based on), most of those closest to him are about to fall asleep on him in his moment of need and run away in fear. Jesus loves them anyway.
My #1 favorite movie of all time. No kidding. This movie led me to receive Christ as my Savior. Way back in the 70s.
one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard
All of these female vocalists have magic breath coming from them.
I saw Godspell at Casa Manana theater in Fort Worth when I was a teenager. It was a beautiful show and it changed my life.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."
~ HOLY BIBLE, Proverbs 3:5,6
This song and "On The Willows" are my favorite songs in this movie! I remember first seeing this in 1973 as a 12 year old. The basic message of this movie is so needed today! The message of Jesus and the need to believe and know His Word!
And to live it
If I could, I would watch this film everyday. I just can't get enough of it. I want to be there with them.
Me too. Doesn't matter how old I get I'm always young when I watch this and always picture myself traveling with all of the characters in this movie.🥰
The monologue from Judas gets me every time because it tells the story perfectly...
And after that, he looks away as if he was ashamed.
Not only that, it adds a layer of irony because it gives "by my side" a sense of peril instead of comfort.
I played that role 45 years ago and can still remember every line and every song.
@@1rewd133 I sang this song in a production years ago. I wish I could have done it justice.
His delivery is so good.
I swear to god this music from this film has given me a lot more peace than I've ever had in years thank you
It wasn't until. My class went to the. Big. Catholic. High school in 1976 where I was introduced to this amazing rendition of our. Lord. Jesus. Christ. The performance was more then the best that year in all the county and gave me an even better understanding of my faith. It still moves my heart and soul over 40 years later
“Meet your new road”
That makes me shiver every time
yesss, ummm.
My favorite movie and show. After all these years I still get chills when I hear the score.
One of the best songs ever written...perfectly performed. For my Aunty Jean.
You aren’t kidding.
Every time I think I'm going to get through it without tears..... But the words just always overcome my emotions...
Absolutely Beautiful harmonization by the entire Cast on this Song.... Bravo!!😊👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
This is most definitely my favorite song on the entire God spell soundtrack its so pretty I get teary eyed when listening and think about the singers who were loss years ago in this video quite a few of them are deceased but they left behind some of the most amazing songs songs that will last throughout eternity.
Mine too
Why do I always weep when I hear this song? Played bass for our HS productiuon of Godspell in 1975. I was so focussed on playing my part that I never really appreciated the beauty of Godspell until much later. Wish I could go back and relive those days.
Such a long time ago ,1973
Soaking this in, is breathtaking
I played acoustic guitar in a Catholic Church folk choir in 1976-1977. And "By My Side" was one of the songs we played. (We also played "Day By Day") I haven't thought about this song in 45 years! Hearing it right now is a special moment. What a beautiful & meaningful song! The lyrics are extremely moving. Brings tears of joy to my eyes.
Where are you going?
Where are you going?
Can you take me with you?
For my hand is cold
And needs warmth
Where are you going?
Far beyond where the horizon lies
Where the horizon lies
And the land sinks into mellow blueness
Oh please, take me with you
Let me skip the road with you
I can dare myself
I can dare myself
I'll put a pebble in my shoe
And watch me walk (watch me walk)
I can walk and walk!
(I can walk!)
I shall call the pebble Dare
I shall call the pebble Dare
We will talk, we will talk together
We will talk (chorus) about walking
Dare shall be carried
And when we both have had enough
I will take him from my shoe, singing:
"Meet your new road!"
Then I'll take your hand
Finally glad
Finally glad
That you are here
By my side
By my side
By my side
By my side
(Spoken- Judas)
Then the man they called Judas Iscariot
Went to the chief priests, and said
"What will you give me to betray Him to you?"
They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
And from that moment, he began to look out for an opportunity
To betray Him.
By my side
By my side
By my side
By my side
I have wanted to actually read the lyrics of this song since I first heard it, but could never find them. Thank you for posting them here.
Good job
Thank you for the lyrics ♡
Thank you for publishing the full lyrics. I never understood what some of the lyrics were, but finally, after all this time, I know what they are. So thank you, again, from the bottom of my heart.
Yeah. We know the lyrics. lol
This brings me t tears each&every time. And im just another grieving 58yo....
The intensity that they look at each other with is just gorgeous.
I was searchin for a punk rock song by the same name instead i find my self listening to this over and over again, just beautiful
I will always thank God for inspiring this production. It got to me. Aged only 10.
First heard this in Church today, this rendition brings a😢 to my eyes 🙏
This is so 70s and groovy
I remember watching this movie in high school. This movie touches me in so many ways, it makes me proud to be a Christian/Jewish man. The songs are amazing and the message resonates.
Thats great. Praise HIS Name
I love this movie and all the songs in it. It brings me to tears every time.
Me as well...more important now than I was young
This song haunts me in a good way.
I'm an atheist, but after watching this... I question...
That's good friend. A mind with questions is an open mind. Can't go wrong with that.
You're gettin' it. Just feel the Love. Just follow the LOVE.
G_d-talk too quickly devolves into claim/counter-claim BS, but there's Something/Someone there, I feel, I believe (Lord, help my unbelief), reaching out to us. This is a song/scene which can re-awaken that sense, built into us (Imago Dei?), that wants to reach back (and out to each other as well!).
A blessed Easter, 2020. Despite It All. [May the COVID-19 departed---and all the departed (inc my own father---first Easter w/o him)---rest in peace, and rise in glory!]
PS To me, and as a very former fundamentalist christian, I strongly suggest that it's best understood as a poem. (Remember, fundamentalists unflinchingly claim to have ultimate 'truths' & 'answers'. THEY DON'T !!! Not even slightly more than anybody else.) And yes, I do get the stunning beauty of this song & others, AS POETIC. Regardless, best wishes. You get to decide (something that, after they have you trapped, you will not hear from fundamentalists, although I do know that they camouflage their mind games very well.)
Right? Used to be agnostic. But, man. Powerful
That's good man keep searching as the Bible says ask and it shall be given seek and you shall find.ask God to show himself to you and you'll find him for God doesn't ignore prayers he answers them in his time do that and he will answer I hope you find what you're looking for.
Godspeed You Black Emperor brought me here, absolutely exquisite
I love "East Hastings"!
Same
My Dad always loved Godspell. I saw it live in the theater twice in the early 1970s, great show. Jesus is Lord! :-)
1973, GREAT Musical. Love to return a be 18 yrs old again. Simple times back in 1973.
Aren't they beautiful!
So very beautiful. Yes they are.
Where have you been? My, our hearts are lost.....2021
Like the Lord we must suffer before he returns. Then, we will forever by his side…
Such a lovely song! It's one of my top favorites next to Day By Day! This song always make me think about a girl that I'm good friends with. I've been having feelings for her for years. She also has the same hair color, face, smile and body type as Katie Hanley.
Absolutely beautiful...can you take me with you...
...then I'LL take your hand finally glad that you are here by my side...
In addition to her great voice, her face looks most beautiful at 2:17 though 2:22, as the sun shines upon it, while she has that pure smile on her face.
I agree, the most wonderful smile that gets to me everytime!
Katie Hanley is still very beautiful.
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I love singing this to the Lord 💕
I would too since he wouldn't judge me for my lousy singing voice😌
It’s truly a song from the heaven above. It’s about the only song that instantly puts tears in my eyes.
Loved this movie..made a big difference in my life..Amen thank you Lord Jesus.
Love this song. By the time Lynne Thigpen starts singing, I'm a leaking mess.
Victor Garber can act like a savior without even speaking !!!
and the land sinks into mellow blueness..
Meet your new road! Magical! 🥰
a beautiful song in a beautiful time on this planet!
Am2boni, it was an amazing time, I see you got the billy jack picture, one of many great films of the early 70s
There was a lot of hope in the 70's.
There was so much love and hope. I miss it so much. Look around you TODAY....
am2boni oh yes!
affectivity Let's hear the song every day. That makes our heart grater and opens our soul for love
Who would have thought it would even be possible to make a movie out of this? But man, they really did.
They made many many movies about 'this'...?
My god, what a consolation all these songs! Disparue si longtemps oh mon Dieu...pourquoi?
I can listen to this over and over all day.
Today, for the gazillionth time, I was running across a city street, and the slightest bit of gravel got caught in my shoe, .. and I immediately started up with “I’ll put a pebble in my shoe, and watch me walk ...” etc ... until I got safely across and leaned against a traffic sign to balance while I dislodge the pebble. But tonight, I suddenly stopped facebooking or whatever to wonder, WHAT Is that little ditty I invariably lean in to when that happens?” (And have, for nearly 50 years of summer sandals) ... “I shall call the pebble “Dare!”
Well, so sweet now, to have the entire scene ... and, um all of Salvation ... reminded me. Thank you.
Everything from “Meet your new road” on gives me chills. Lovely song.
no matter when or where i listen to this song i always end up crying
Great musical love to go back to 1973, and be a 18 yr old kid.
Me too. Judas' soliloquy is a constant reminder both of how we betray him everyday, and of his forgiveness.
this song. Can U take me with you? For my hand is cold and needs warmth, where are you going?
Love this, love this, love this... LOVE THIS...!
This song is amazing
Beautiful when i first heard it in 1973. Still impacts me as powerfully today 46 years later!
This is still my favorite piece from the show. Thank you for having so many pieces on your page. It has brought me joy this morning.
Thank you Patches and Paint for uploading all of these wonderful videos.
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Yes... thank you, Patches and Paint ♡
This song always brings me to tears not only because of its beauty but because the lady who sings it looks exactly like my mother. I lost her many years ago. She loved the Lord and I can imagine she's singing this song to Jesus now.