WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

"WHYYYYYYY" Supercut from one of the most infamous songs in all of Andrew Lloyd Webberdom - Gethsemene, from #JCS, Jesus Christ Superstar. Why? because he is risen (in that he can hit that high note [some of the time]). Yes, I know there was already a JCS supercut on YouTube - it was time for a new one.

Jesus is coming out of his cave, and he's been doing just fine.

Twitter - @thelindsayellis

[jpdtrmpt]

This is the meanest thing anyone has ever done to Lin Manuel Miranda

[arinetic]

You can group everyone in this video into 4 categories:
1. rock star tenors who kill it and put a crazy amount of emotion in
2. tenors who sound like air slowly being let out of a balloon
3. baritones who cant quite hit the note but still show the emotion
4. lin manuel miranda

[InflightTheMusical]

At first sight of Lin Manuel Miranda, I thought "Oh damn, is he about to hit that high note?"
0.4 seconds later: "No. No he is not."

[stevencoffin]

"Hal . . . it's about Jesus"

[korben]

Putting Lin in there twice is like dragging two 7/11 clerks and throwing them into the Olympic 300 meter dash just to show exactly how inhumanly good everyone else is by comparison.

[livebackwards]

EVERYONE ELSE:
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: Why. I. Should. Die.

[DanetteBall]

Some singers: I'm gonna kill this part
Other singers: I'm gonna kill this part or die trying.
Lin Manuel Miranda: I cannot do this part and I see no reason why I should die trying.

[astarajarvis]

She really lured us into a false sense of security with the first two.

[s.g.]

"Why?", Dumbledore asked Harry calmly

[timothymclean]

...This isn't quite as detailed analysis as most of Lindsay's videos. I hope she goes into more depth in part 2.

[EayuProuxm]

Addison Cain: Lindsay Ellis is a menace!
Lin Manuel Miranda: First time?

[ninegearcrow]

Ah yes, there’s the Lindsay Ellis content I came for: two minutes of high-pitched screaming punctuated by Lin-Manuel Miranda sounding like a broken trombone.

[RectPropagation]

Dear YouTube Algorithm:
Please stop putting this in “My Mix”. This is not a whole song and is in no way an appropriate follow up to “September”.

[happychaosofthenorth]

Fun fact: This is also the sound most people make when stepping barefoot on a lego.

[alfasali]

Ian Gillan is actually insane. His use of vibrato that somehow starts creating more harmonics before doing a descending lick always amazes me.

[maschaorsomething]

*Children in a store when you won't buy them their toy:*

[elizabethdevido]

Lindsay Ellis: *makes deeply insightful essays about film, pop culture, feminism and society while also being really engaging, funny, and informative and making me look at things in a different way*

Also Lindsay Ellis: *compilation of dudes breaking the sound barrier and killing their vocal chords in the name of musical theatre*

[manofgray]

"It started out with a kiss; how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss..." - the Disciples after Judas betrayed Jesus, probably

[RedStoneeee]

I need a super cut of all the Judas' screaming

[tomassalvoaportone]

I strangely love Colm Wilkinson's "why". Despite not being able to reach that note, he still gives the "why" emphasis in his own range, like many of the others should've done imo.