Get Your Gleek On: Songbird

[bookgazing]

I’m not a huge fan of Glee and I drop in and out of watching it. I tend to be hyper critical of the show (probably it falls down so often under the weight of my dreams for it). Sometimes it’s just another episode about the never ending girl fight over whichever bland hero is deemed hottest that week. Sometimes I find shiny gems. This weekend it delivered up such a perfect, female centric musical moment that I thought I’d share it here at LB:

I’m not sure I’ll ever go back to being a Gleek (the idea that Flynn is regarded as hot boy material still seriously stretches the bounds of realism for me) but the fact that this televisual moment exists makes me very happy indeed.

Comments

[nymeth]

I live under a rock and have therefore never watched Glee, but this! What a lovely scene.

[mooredatsea.blogspot.com]

Oh Good, Ms N! I thought I was the only ignorant left! :D

[bookgazing]

This is because you are srs people without time for watching mildy horrifying musical mash up numbers isn't it? :P

Here have some more of my favourite moments from Glee to edumacate yourselves (both female numbers, I will keep myself from horrifying you with the zombie version of 'She's Not There', or the inevitable, how did they take so long to get to it mashup of 'Umberella/Singing in the Rain'): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9D5WTbjDQ - Bust the Windows Out Your Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoRIvb0cZsA&feature=related - You Keep Me Hanging On (which is awesome, but I can't find a full clip)

Tempts you into the conflicting emotions of the Glee universe.

[goodbyebird]

I can't stream from where I am, but yay good new music number for when I get home! Stupid Glee keeps me watching for the gay, and those times Mercedes gets to be awesome/Mike gets to dance, and then sometimes they give me good musical numbers <3

[bookgazing]

I keep missing the Mercedes episodes, she never does anything when I'm watching now.

Your icon btw <3

[justaddbooks.blogspot.com]

I can't watch this b/c I'm at work, but I love Glee irrationally. Then it makes me angry. Then I love it again. Then it makes me angry ...... you get the idea. But Santana is one of the most interesting characters because she's actually been allowed to have character development, and the exploration of her sexuality is actually _ I think _ being handled well.

One of my favourite moments from this season (and, I know, Glee and mash-ups ...) is the Pretty/Unpretty duet that Quinn and Rachel performed. It was a moment, for me, and for ONCE Rachel didn't over-sing or over-emote. It's like ... they're pop songs. Calm down.

I'm ... not sure if I had a real point ... -.-

[bookgazing]

That is exactly the way I feel too! I just try to avoid the anger making episodes now.

I think because Santana started out as kind of a meanie and now they want to make her more sympathetic, she has to have character development to swing her round in the audiences eyes. Yay. Rachel can basically stay the same way she started (flawed, needy, desperate for recognition) and sing a few power ballads occassionally to suggest she's getting a bit stronger, while the audience continues to easily identify with her. She's essentially the Bella Swan of Glee - you know she could be so much more complex (flawed and yet not a total doormat) but the story she's in won't allow it for some reason. I heart Quinn, because she's come kind of a long way from where she started too.

I need to see if I can find that, because I haven't seen it and I over-identify with that song. There seems to be a lack of real feeling behind the words of their performances sometimes, it's all about the blast (agree, sometimes you just want to shush them and tell them to pull it back). I can just see Sheila Hancock guest starring in Glee (she judges one of our singing talent contests over here, but she's this proper classy veteran of the arts) telling them to really understand what they're singing about.

[justaddbooks.blogspot.com]

Le fu. I had this whole comment typed out that got eaten because I forgot I wasn't logged into blogger for open ID.

Sigh.

Rachel being the Bella Swan of Glee is the perfect metaphor. It bugs me week after week that she seems to have no ambition at all beyond getting Finn's attention. Even Quinn called her on it one week, but Rachel still pursues him for some reason.

Sigh.

I found the video for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-RbPVUzDlU :-)