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 at Crossroads. They're
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 2, 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 as it's Halloween night. 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. The
song
"Onstage" used here is a rough demo cut and the actual recording of the
song "Onstage" for the production is currently being recorded. It's
important to note the images in the avi. movie are still images and will be
video in the actual production. As a result, 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 1-4 and the text
below Model 4 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. "Onstage." The information about Joshua's
multimedia skills is not included in the
preview and we find out about this in later action.
Onstage
http://www.theunveiling.com/onstage.avi

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
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

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Model
1-Dark stage at Crossroads.
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Model
2-Fog lights up ontage at Crossroads.
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Model
3- Joshua's Tree artwork appears on the screen.
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Model
4-Satan appears above the "Gate to Hell" and laughing maniacally.
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When the
intro of the song "Onstage" starts
to play, the stage is dark, fog fills the stage and video
which is Joshua's Tree artwork appears on the screen as shown above
in Model 1-4. However,
unlike the video image shown above in Model 3, the "Gate to Hell" is
completely closed at this time and the hounds of hell are not pulling
the levers
opening the "Gate" yet.
As
the
30 second
intro
of the song "Onstage" plays, the artwork
on
the screen onstage comes to life in sync with the audio of the
intro and
the hounds of hell look upward and howl. Following
this, the hounds of
hell pull the levers to open
the "Gate to Hell" and we see and hear the gate opening up as shown
above in Model 3. Shortly thereafter, a caricature
of
Satan appears above the "Gate to
Hell" and starts
laughing
maniacally as
shown above in Model 4. At the same time, some branches from the two
trees
in the artwork connect to the caricature of Satan as shown above in
Model 4.
Immediately thereafter, all the branches of the two trees come to life
and start moving around. Although not shown in the artwork above,
some of the branches also wrap around the "Joshua's Tree" initials at
the
top of the artwork on the video screen. The branches of the trees will
move throughout
the
video presentation of the song "Onstage." Shortly after Satan stops
laughing, the gate is
completely open and stops moving. At this point,
the intro is over and Joshua and his band
start playing the beginning of the song "Onstage" live. At this point,
the action continues uninterrupted with Models 4-13 and the text below
Model 13 as the song "Onstage" is performed live.

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Model
5-PRS, Christian and DW appear onstage.
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Model 6-Joshua
rises up from underneath the stage in the fog.
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Model
7-Joshua is now fully onstage.
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Model 8-The
Joshua's
Tree artwork moves forward following Bridge 1.
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Model 9-Joshua's
Tree playing the second half of Chorus 1 live in hell.
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Model
10-Flames
shoot up into air during Chorus 1.
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Model
11-Flames
go out in Chorus 1. |

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Model
12-Flames
shoot up into the air once again during Chorus 1. |

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Model
13-Flames go out once again during Chorus 1. |
Verse
1:
As I walk onstage, and 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
As the intro ends with the "Gate
of Hell" fully open and the song "Onstage" begins, the
lead guitarist
PRS and the bassist Christian appear onstage as they rise up from
behind the ramps on hydraulic lifts until they are standing atop the
amplifiers and DW and his drums light up as shown above in Model
5. The desired effect for
this sequence of
action is for it
to appear as if PRS and Christian actually walk from hell through
the "Gate to Hell" and on to the amplifiers. If PRS and Christian were
animated characters,
they would actually walk from hell through the gate, down the steps in
the
artwork and across the amps tp their respective locations seen in the
artwork. Although not seen
in the models
above, there is an orange glow behind the opened gate in all the models
which is hell. Shortly
thereafter,
Joshua
rises
up from underneath the live stage through the fog playing guitar until
he's
standing
onstage as shown above in Models 6 and 7. 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 8 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 and sings 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 singing it 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 DW onstage as shown above in Model 9. This
makes
it look 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 9-13. The desired
effect is for it to appear as if the audience has literally
entered hell through the "Gate to Hell" and
is watching Joshua's Tree perform "Onstage" live in hell. After
Chorus 1 is completed, the video on the screen onstage changes
back to the Joshua's Tree artwork as shown below in Model 14. The
action continues uninterrupted with Models 14-30
and the text below Model 30 as the song "Onstage" continues to be
performed live.

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Model
14-Video
of Joshua's Tree artwork returns to screen in Verse 2.
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Model
15-Joshua's
Tree artwork moves forward once again after Bridge 2. |
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Model
16-Joshua's
Tree playing the second half of Chorus 2 in hell. |
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Model
17-Flames
shoot up into air during Chorus 2. |
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Model
18-Flames
go out in Chorus 2.
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Model
19-Video
of the Lake of Fire and burning world appears on screen.
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Model
20-Joshua
moves downward into the fog as the lead break begins. |

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

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Model
22-Joshua
begins to rise up from beneath the Lake of Fire.
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Model
23-Joshua back onstage after appearing to rise from the Lake of Fire.
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Model
24-Video of Joshua in Satan's hands appears from out of the world.
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Model
25-Image of Joshua on screen and flames shoot into the air in Verse 3.
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Model
26-Flames go out during Verse 3.
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Model
27-Flames shoot up into the air during Verse 3 once again.
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Model
28-Flames go out during Verse 3 once again.
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Model
29-Flames shoot up into the air during Verse 3 once again.
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Model
30-Flames go out during Verse 3 once again.
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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
Lead
Break
Verse
3 (X2):
I love the women, and the drugs, and the
sweet smell of sin
Come on and join us onstage and let the decadence begin
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As the song "Onstage" continues to be performed live, the video on the
screen onstage is the Joshua's Tree artwork as shown above in Model 14 and Verse 2 is performed live. After Bridge 2 ends, the Joshua's Tree artwork moves forward
once again as shown above in Model 15. Following this,
Joshua
sings the first line of Chorus 2 and the caricature of Satan above the
"Gate to Hell" repeats and sings the first line one again 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 singing it 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 is replaced
by live video of
Joshua and DW onstage once again as shown above in Model 16. The audience is
watching Joshua's Tree perform "Onstage" live in hell once again as
shown above
in Model 16. Shortly thereafter, fire from the stage shoots up
into the air once again
during Chorus 2 as shown above in Model 17. When Joshua sings the word
"stage" at the end of Chorus 2, new video starts to play on the screen
onstage as shown above in Model 19. The new video shows the Lake
of
Fire which has flames shooting up from its surface consuming the
world with the "JT" initials
in
front of the world as shown above in Model 19. It's
critical to note
that this will be video in the actual production and not just a still
image as is the case here. 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 the flames and the
"JT" initials in front of the burning world are actually on fire
themselves but
remain stationary as the world spins. When the lead break begins, Joshua begins lowering
into the fog as shown above in Model 20
ultimately disappearing into the fog and from the stage as
shown
above in Model 21. PRS and Christian remain standing
atop the amplifiers and DW
continues to play atop the drum riser as
the lead break is performed live as shown above in Model 21. Towards end of the lead break, Joshua
appears back onstage. It appears as if he rises
upward from beneath the waters of the Lake of Fire
as shown above in Model 22 until ultimately he's
standing above the drum riser atop the amps with PRS to his right and
Christian to his left as shown above in Model
23. As the lead break comes to a close, an image in the
burning world appears on the
screen and
moves forward increasing in
size as shown above in Model 24. The video image is Joshua playing guitar and singing in
Satan's hands
with fire
from the hands burning around him as shown above in Models 24. The
video image
of Joshua
is playing "Onstage" on his guitar in sync with Joshua Tree's
live
performance of "Onstage." The video image of Joshus stops moving right
before the end of the lead break and the video of the Lake of Fire and
burning world fades out as shown above in Model 25. As soon as Verse 3
begins, flames shoot up into air with the image of Joshua in Satan's
hands on the video screen as shown above in Model 25. The
video
image of Joshua plays guitar and sings Verse 3 in
perfect
sync with the band as the song is
performed live. When Verse 3
begins, countless
strob
lights come on onstage and will remain on for the duration of the Verse
3. As the strob lights flash, the video image of Joshua in
Satan's hands rapidly jerks his head back and forth and up
and down in haphazard fashion so that it
appears
as if he's going insane. At the same time, the flames around the video
image of Joshua rise and Joshua, PRS and Christian onstage start moving
quickly
and rock out
to
optimize the effects of the strob lights. Flames shoot up into the air several times during Verse
3 as shown above in Models 26-30. The
action continues uninterrupted with
Models 31-33 and the text below Model 33 as the performance of
"Onstage" comes to a close.

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Model
31-"Joshua's Tree" artwork returns to the video screen.
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Model
32-Joshua, PRS and Christian leave stage lowered via hydraulic lifts.
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Model
33-"Joshua's Tree" show comes to an end with lit up initials on screen.
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When Verse 3 comes to a close, the
video image of Joshua in Satan's hands on the video 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 31. Shortly
thereafter as the song "Onstage" ends, Joshua, PRS and Christian leave
the stage lowered by hydraulic lifts behind the amplifiers as shown
above in Model 32 and the "Gate to Hell" closes(Note: this isn't showed
in the models above). The
desired effect for this sequence of
action is for it
to appear as if Joshua, PRS and Christian leave the stage walking from
their respective
locations atop the amps through
the "Gate to Hell" into hell. If
they were animated characters,
they would actually walk from their respective locations atop the amps,
up the steps leading to the "Gate to Hell" and through the gate into
hell. Following this, the entire stage goes dark including the drum
riser and orange "JT" initials appear on the video screen onstage as
shown above in Model 33 ending Joshua Tree's performance at
Crossroads. 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."
