The Unveiling-Onstage

As the video and action continues uninterrupted from "Prologue," the camera moves forward towards the entrance of Crossroads, the sound of rushing wind is heard and all the doors of the club swing open by themselves. As the camera reaches the doors and enters the lobby of the club, the sound of the wind fades out and is replaced by the chant of "Joshua, Joshua" over and over again by the audience in Crossroads. They are repeatedly saying his name so Joshua's Tree will come back onstage and play another song for their encore. As the camera continues moving forward, it moves over the audience starting at the very back of the club moving towards the stage which is dark as shown below in Model 1. The chant of "Joshua, Joshua" gets progressively louder the closer we get to the stage. When the camera shot is showing the dark stage as shown below in Model 1, the camera stops moving and the chant is defeaning. Shortly thereafter, the fog lights up as shown below in Model 1a, the audience quits saying "Joshua" and lets out a defeaning roar knowing that Joshua's Tree is about to come onstage for their encore. At this point, the intro to the song "Onstage" begins to play. Most of the audience in Crossroads is dressed up for Halloween. There is text and accompanying models below the lyrics of the song "Onstage" that describe the action that takes place as Joshua's Tree plays the song "Onstage" at Crossroads. You must copy the web address below that's in red, paste it into the status bar of your "Microsoft Edge" browser and hit "enter" to hear the song "Onstage" and view an avi. movie accompanying the song. IMPORTANT:The song "Onstage" used here will not be used in the production and is only included to show the conceptual idea of "Onstage." The avi. movie doesn't capture all the action accompanying the song so all the remaining text and models below must be read and viewed to get a complete and accurate picture of all the action that takes place. The action continues uninterrupted with Models 1-3 and the text below Model 3 as the intro of "Onstage" begins to play. In addition to being musical savant, Joshua is a multimedia genius and created all the animation playing on the video screen during the song "Onstage." He also designed and built the staging and props seen onstage during the performance of the song. This information concerning Joshua's multimedia skills is not included in the preview and we find out about this in later action.

Verse 1:
As I walk onstage, and I feel the lights, it's the crowd that brings me to life
Souls connected as we gather, we'll rock the night away

Bridge 1:
I don't need a Christ to set me free, I put my faith in music and me
Up here the people worship me, only one place I wanna be

Chorus 1:
I don't live for You, I live for the stage(repeat)
I feel power that You could not offer me(repeat)
I don't wanna live for You, I just live for the stage
I don't wanna live for You, power comes from the stage

Verse 2:
I can feel my guitar, I can feel the strings, they're tangible and real
Unlike the Word, and its fairy tales, the crowd, its pulse I feel

Bridge 2:
I don't need a Christ to set me free, I put my faith in music and me
Up here the people worship me, only one place I wanna be

Chorus 2:
I don't live for You, I just live for the stage(repeat)
I feel a power that You could not offer me(repeat)
I don't wanna live for You, I just live for the stage
I don't wanna live for You, Power comes from the stage

Verse 3:
I love the women, and the drugs, and the sweet smell of sin
Come on and join us onstage and let the decadence begin, let the decadence begin

As the intro ends and the guitar intro of the song "Onstage" is played live, the lead guitarist PRS walks through the "Gate to Hell" playing guitar and down the steps to the top of the amplifiers, walks on the amps to the right side of the stage and stops standing atop the right amps playing "Onstage" live as shown above in Model 4. As soon as the drums are heard at the beginning of the song "Onstage," the drummer DW, his drum set and the drum riser light up as shown above in Model 5 and he's playing "Onstage" live. Following this, the bassist Christian walks through the "Gate to Hell" playing bass and down the steps to the top of the amplifiers, walks on the amps to the left side of the stage and stops standing atop the left amps playing "Onstage" live as shown above in Model 5. The desired effect for this sequence of action is for it to appear as if the musicians are actually walking from hell through the "Gate to Hell" and on to the stage. Although not seen in the models above, there is an orange glow behind the opened gate which is hell. About 16 seconds later, Joshua rises up from underneath the live stage through the fog playing guitar until he's standing onstage as shown above in Models 7 and 8. The desired effect is for it to appear as if Joshua is rising up from hell on to the stage. After Bridge 1 ends, the "Joshua's Tree" artwork moves forward increasing in size as shown above in Model 9 so that it appears as if the viewer is walking up the steps to the entrance of the "Gate to Hell." Immediately thereafter, Joshua sings the first line of Chorus 1 and the caricature of Satan above the "Gate to Hell" repeats the first line in a deep and heavily processed wicked voice. After this, Joshua sings the second line of Chorus 1 and the caricature of Satan repeats the second line in the same deep and heavily processed wicked voice as before. After Satan finishes repeating the second line of Chorus 1, the video of the "Joshua's Tree" artwork on the screen moves forward once again towards the orange glow behind the "Gate to Hell" and we enter hell. The Joshua's Tree artwork on the video screen is replaced by live video of Joshua and the DW onstage as shown above in Model 10. This makes it looks like there are two stages with one on top of the other and as if the entire band is performing together on the upper stage. At the same time, the stage lights up in orange, orange smoke fills the stage, flames shoot up into air and there is darkness as shown above in Models 10-14. The desired effect is for it to appear as if the audience has literally entered hell through the "Gate to Hell" as shown above in Model 10 and is watching "Joshua's Tree" perform "Onstage" live in hell. When Joshua screams "stage" at the end of the third line of Chorus 1, flames shoot up into the air onstage and then go out as shown above in Models 11 and 12. Flames shoot up into the air and go out one more time after Chorus 1 is completed and before Verse 2 begins as shown above in Models 13 and 14. The action continues uninterrupted with Models 15-28 and the text below Model 28 as the song "Onstage" is performed live.

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Model 15-"Joshua's Tree" artwork returns to screen before start of Verse 2.

Model 16-"Joshua's Tree" artwork moves forward after Bridge 2.

Model 17-"Joshua's Tree" playing the second half of Chorus 2 live in hell.

Model 18-Flames shoot up into air as Joshua screams "stage" in Chorus 2.

Model 19-Flames go out after Joshua screams "stage" in Chorus 2.

Model 20-Video of the "Lake of Fire" and burning world appears on screen.

Model 21-Joshua moves downward into the fog as the lead break begins.

Model 22-Joshua disappears into fog as the lead break is performed.

Model 23-Joshua rises from beneath the "Lake of Fire" as lead break plays.

Model 24-Joshua stands on top of the "Lake of Fire" as the lead break plays.

Model 25-Joshua walks on the "Lake of Fire" to amps behind DW.

Model 26-Video of Joshua in Satan's hands appears coming out of world.

Model 27-Video image of Joshua and flames shoot into the air in Chorus 3.

Model 28-Flames go out after shooting up into the air during Chorus 3.

Verse 2:
I can feel my guitar, I can feel the strings, they're tangible and real
Unlike the Word, and its fairy tales, the crowd, its pulse I feel

Bridge 2:
I don't need a Christ to set me free, I put my faith in music and me
Up here the people worship me, only one place I wanna be

Verse 3:
I love the women, and the drugs, and the sweet smell of sin
Come on and join us onstage and let the decadence begin, let the decadence begin.

Lead Break:

Chorus 3:
I don't wanna live for You, I just live for the stage
I don't wanna live for You, Power comes from the stage

Right before Joshua starts singing Verse 2, Joshua's Tree performing "Onstage" live in hell is replaced by the "Joshua's Tree" artwork as shown above in Model 15. After Bridge 2 ends, the "Joshua's Tree" artwork moves forward increasing in size once again as shown above in Model 16. Immediately thereafter, Joshua sings the first line of Chorus 2 and the caricature of Satan above the "Gate to Hell" repeats the first line in a deep and heavily processed wicked voice. After this, Joshua sings the second line of Chorus 2 and the caricature of Satan repeats the second line in the same deep and heavily processed wicked voice as before. After Satan finishes repeating the second line of Chorus 2, the video of the "Joshua's Tree" artwork on the video screen moves forward once again and is replaced by live video of Joshua and DW onstage as shown above in Model 17. The audience is in hell once again watching "Joshua's Tree" perform "Onstage" live in hell as shown above in Model 17. When Joshua screams "stage" at the end of the third line of Chorus 2, flames shoot up into the air onstage and then go out as shown above in Models 18 and 19. As soon as Joshua begins singing Verse 3, the live video of Joshua and DW onstage on the video screen is replaced by new video. The new video shows the "Lake of Fire" which has flames burning from its surface and consuming the world with the "JT" initials in front of the world as shown above in Model 20. It's critical to note that this will be video in the actual production and not just a still image. In the video of this image, the waters of the "Lake of Fire" are moving as ripples flow across its surface, the flames rising from the surface of the lake are moving upward and swaying back and forth, the burning world spins as its consumed by flames and the "JT" initials in front of the burning world are actually on fire themselves but remain stationary as the world spins. When Joshua finishes singing Verse 3 and the lead break begins, he begins lowering into the fog as shown above in Model 21 ultimately disappearing into the fog as shown above in Model 22. PRS and Christian remain standing atop the amplifiers and DW continues to play as the lead break is performed live as shown above in Model 22. As the lead break plays, Joshua rises upward from beneath the "Lake of Fire' as shown above in Model 23 until he's standing on the surface of the lake as shown above in Model 24. After this, Joshua walks atop the "Lake of Fire" until he is standing atop the amplifiers right behind DW as shown above in Model 25 and then he begins singing Chorus 3. As Joshua sings, an image in the burning world appears on the screen and moves forward increasing in size as shown above in Model 26. The video image is Joshua playing guitar and singing in Satan's hands with fire burning around him as shown above in Models 26. The video image of Joshua is playing "Onstage" on his guitar and singing in sync with Joshua's live performance of the song. As the image of Joshua in Satan's hands moves forward, the video of the "Lake of Fire" and burning world fades out leaving only the image of Joshua on the video screen as shown above in Model 27. At the exact moment Joshua screams "stage" live in Chorus 3, the video image of Joshua on the screen stops moving forward, the image screams "stage" in sync with Joshua and flames shoot up into the air onstage and then go out as shown above in Models 27 and 28. As the remainder of Chorus 3 of "Onstage" is performed live, the video image of Joshua plays guitar and sings in sync with Joshua and the band. At this point, the action continues uninterrupted with Models 29-33 and the text below Model 33 as the performance of "Onstage" comes to a close.

Model 29-"Joshua's Tree" artwork returns on large screen video onstage.

Model 30-Joshua walks up steps from amps and through the Gate to Hell.

Model 31-PRS walks from amps, up steps and through the Gate to Hell.

Model 32-Christian walks from amps, up steps and through the Gate to Hell.

Model 33-"Onstage" ends and initials light up in orange on the video screen.

As the action continues uninterrupted and Chorus 3 ends, the video image of Joshua in Satan's hands on the screen is replaced by the "Joshua's Tree" artwork and the members of Joshua's Tree are standing atop the amps as shown above in Model 29. Joshua turns around, walks up the steps and through the "Gate to Hell," and disappears from sight entering hell as shown above in Model 30. After this, PRS walks atop the amps on the right side of the stage until he reaches the steps leading to the "Gate to Hell," walks up the steps and through the "Gate to Hell," and disappears from sight entering hell as shown above in Model 31. Shortly thereafter, Christian walks atop the amps on the left side of the stage until he reaches the steps leading to the "Gate to Hell," walks up the steps and through the "Gate to Hell,"and disappears from sight entering hell as shown above in Model 32. Only the drummer remains onstage after this sequence of action takes place. Joshua and his band continue to play the song "Onstage" live when they leave the stage until the song ends. As the song "Onstage" comes to a close, the music ends, we see and hear the "Gate to Hell" close, the stage and video screen go completely dark and the "Joshua's Tree" initials light up in orange on the video screen as shown above in Model 33. At this point, the preview of the act "Onstage" is over and and we move forward a couple hours in the story to a preview of the act "Holy Soldier" where Joshua is transformed into Holy Soldier. This occurs about two hours after the show at "Crossroads." The angel Gabriel lures Joshua away from "Crossroads" to the top of the Griffith Observatory where he witnesses the Rapture and its aftermath take place. Joshua returns home and finds his parents are gone having been taken up in the Rapture. Click on the "next" button below to go to the preview of the act "Holy Soldier" and continue reading the preview of "The Unveiling."