Then Where Would You Be, Miss Rachel Berry?

A Glee post. Yup. I'm already at this point. Let's face it: season's over. I now have to deal with the fact that YET AGAIN, I have nothing to watch on Tuesday nights now that Lost is over for good. Oh, God. Lost. How I'm going to miss that show. But another post for another day!

So...Glee.

What do I like about Glee, exactly? That's a damn good question. Glee is known to be one of the sure-fire ways to get me to cheer up when I'm down. But I find myself questioning a lot of the plotlines and characters. Some of the musical numbers and episodes just make me flat out roll my eyes.

So then why am I listening to 'Kurt's Turn' as I'm typing this up? Well, frankly, that's because Chris Colfer's rendition kicks the crap out of a few performers who have done this. If I had to rank Rose's/Kurt's Turn (of the ones I've heard), it'd be something like this. Actually, wait, before I do that, let me set up the scene from the show that leads up to this song. Rose is a mother who just wants her daughter June to be famous. They have a manager, Herbie. He takes advantage them a lot (I think). June has just told her mother that she plans to run away and elope with this random guy whose name I forgot. The manager constantly takes advantage of Rose. And Rose has had enough. Who pulls it off the best? Well:

Ethel Merman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv1p1Vea0iY&feature=fvw)
Liza Minnelli (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9_8Av7OCVw&feature=related)
Patti LuPone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYsnwawyHrc&feature=related)
Chris Colfer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrr6LIIPGS8)
Bernadette Peters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_eD1btsIAE&feature=related)
Bette Midler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLbToMyrpvo&feature=related)

Feel free to disagree.

Sorry, Ms. Peters. You're still my favorite out of the bunch. Okay. Second favorite. Liza wins for being on Arrested Development. Okay. Third favorite. I love Chris Colfer. But y'know, Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. I haven't forgotten the days where I used to walk around my house, and my seven-year-old self would be singing 'Impossible'. Mainly because I still walk around my house singing Broadway musicals.

And there we go. I think that's the reason I liked Glee so much. They do a lot of stuff from musicals on Glee. And even when they don't, it's a lot of bursting into song at random moments. I do that all the stinkin' time. People get annoyed at me (understandably) for it. Actually, it's not even musicals that I burst out into. I burst out into every single song that I can. Like today, I was totes rocking Your Love is My Drug by Ke$ha. Although, I like songs from musicals a lot better. It's just how it is.

Anyway. Take a look at all the musicals that have been sung on the show:

Oliver!
Les Miserables (oh dear God, how I am SICK of 'I Dreamed a Dream')
Chicago
Guys and Dolls
Grease
West Side Story
Cabaret
My Fair Lady
Wicked
Funny Girl
The Jazz Singer
A Chorus Line
The Wiz
Sweet Charity


The sad thing is? With the exception of Oliver!, Funny Girl, and The Jazz Singer, I can name and sing other songs from all of those musicals. In the cases of Les Mis, Chicago, West Side Story, Cabaret and Wicked, I can sing the whole damn musical without a problem.

But for the other songs, here's what I can came. You ready for this?

Guys and Dolls- Luck Be A Lady
Grease- Beauty School Dropout (that's not my go-to Grease song, but the one that first popped into my head. Also, I have yet to see Grease and I know a lot of songs from that movie/musical)
My Fair Lady- The Rain In Spain (everybody knows this song, whether they realize it or not)
A Chorus Line- One (if you knew my mother, you would know this song too)
The Wiz- A Brand New Day (SYTYCD, kids)
Sweet Charity- Rhythm of Life (oh dear zombie Jesus. This song. I hate this song with a burning passion)


Yeah. I'm sure if Rachel Berry and I would be pretty good friends with our extensive knowledge/obsession with everything Broadway. She may not like me so much because I'm sick of 'I Dreamed a Dream'. Not for nothing, my Les Mis obsession started around the time Susan Boyle became really popular.

But I've heard every version of I've Dreamed a Dream in existence. My favorite? Tenth Anniversary Concert Edition. Ruthie Henshall, kids. That's why a show like Glee was made for someone like me. It's not HEALTHY to know this much about Broadway musicals and music in general. I took AP Music Theory this year (great class, btdubs). I think I smile when I watch it because taking place in a high school (though NONE of the actors are high schoolers themselves, and I think the youngest of them just turned twenty) and I see many relatable characters.

I personally relate the most to Quinn. Not that I'm preggo or anything (if I were, I would probably be in the same position as Quinn. My mom threatened to disown me if I ever got a tattoo. Imagine how she'd react if I got knocked up), nor have I been ever really been popular, but she's got this whole 'I'm not good enough for my parents' thing going on for her, and I get that.

Actually, I see myself in all of the characters, as weird as that sounds. Even like...Jewfro. Oh wait, that's the TWOP name for him. Jacob? That's his name, right? And Jesse St. James.

Oh, zombie Jesus. How I love Jesse St. James. I'm actually really upset that he ended up being a total douchebag after all that. And it's sad, because after my initial dislike of his hair...I have now come to love it and will miss it dearly. Because let's face it: he probably isn't coming back. Unless the fans demand it to be.

Ryan Murphy, if you're reading this (and you definitely aren't), I demand you find a way to write Jesse back into the show.

So...I should probably talk about the episodes and stuff. But I don't wanna. I really don't. Because for every one good episode, there were two bad ones, so I don't really feel like discussing that. Believe it or not though, I wasn't disappointed with Glee. Yes, some of the storylines were meh, but it never failed to at least get a smile from me. So...I can't wait for next season.

Speaking of believing...a nostalgic moment who watched the pilot over a year ago. Also, translations are below the video (I think that might become a signature thing for me):



Translations:
Arrested Development- Probably one of the best, most underrated comedies of the past decade.
Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella- The one with Brandy and Whitney Huston. Yup.
totes rocking- totally doing a really good job at singing
Your Love is My Drug by Ke$ha- The catchiest, dirtiest, most confusing song on the face of the planet. I think her songs are a cry for help. In fact, I think my next blog post is gonna be on the entity that is Ke$ha.
zombie Jesus- This is exactly what it sounds like. Jesus came back from the dead. Therefore he is a zombie. Term was originated on Futurama.
btdubs-By the way
preggo-pregnant