In tonight’s episode of Glee, the crew practices their assignment of performing a duet, and Artie’s love triangle with Tina and Mike gets more complicated. After the jump, voila your song spoilers for “Duets”, including some big band classics, more tunes from A Chorus Line, and a cover of one of our favorite duets between Elton John and Minnie Mouse. Plus, Mike Chang finally sings! Sort of!
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So why hasn’t Mike Chang been allowed to have his own solo yet? Because, well, he can’t sing, and he reveals his frustrations in the A Chorus Line number “Sing!” Hey, the dude can’t hit a note to save his life, but we’re satisfied that Ryan Murphy has heeded our request to give Harry Shum Jr., who plays Mike, some more screen time. (We also sincerely hope he takes off his shirt again like he did a few episodes ago. Hoo boy.)
Lea Michele and Chris Colfer sound pitch perfect on the inspired mash-up of Barbara Streisand’s rendition of “Happy Days Are Here Again” and Judy Garland’s “Get Happy”. (She’s a little more grating on her duet with Cory Monteith, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”, a song that is incapable of not sounding dated.)
Mercedes busts out her Tina Turner in “River Deep, Mountain High”, a tune we will never refuse to listen to. And Dianna Agron and Chord Overstreet (New Directions newbie Sam) may come off as vanilla in their sunny cover of Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat’s laid back love song “Lucky”, but it’s still a decadent little treat — let’s call it French Vanilla Bean, then.
All in all, this might be the most delightful set of tunes Glee has released that can be enjoyed independently from watching the actors perform them on the show. We’re looking forward to tonight’s “Duets” as much as we’re certain Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn isn’t.
I’d like Glee to start thinking about original music. Lately it seems like they’re satisfied with keeping the songs’ arrangements and just having the characters karaoke their way through the episode. Even Kurt’s “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” from last episode was an arrangement taken straight out of the movie Across the Universe. I realize it’s tough to keep going on a weekly basis, but what I loved about Glee before was their spin on popular songs. When I saw the preview for this week’s episode (“Lucky”) it just reminded me how lazy they’ve gotten with their musical numbers. It sounded like they simply removed Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and inserted the autotuned voices of the cast. Speaking of which – why do they need to autotune everybody? Some of them are great singers yet they sound almost robotic at times.
I completely agree with you, Lisa, although I don’t think they necessarily need new songs (although that would be a welcome change). Just new arrangements or even straight-up acapella versions would be fantastic, since that’s what most glee clubs do (the good ones, anyway). And although Kurt’s “I Want To Hold Your Hand” was in the same vein as the one in ‘Across the Universe’ (slowed down, more melancholy) I think it wasn’t the exact same arrangement.
I agree, Lisa.. but it’s pretty unrealistic to have such high expectations since the show pretty much established itself and doesn’t have to work as hard to stay on air and they do have to crank episodes weekly. Or maybe they’re saving the special arrangements for..? who knows. But I really like how they’re covering songs from different ages and bringing back dated songs for the newer generation. Now several generations can bop to the same tune in the car without fighting.
I want to know about the song that Finn and Rachel sang- where they dressed inappropriately. I’ve never heard that song before and I noticed it’s not listed above. I don’t even know the name of the song. Also- Who wrote it? Who sang it? Is it from a show?
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Just really enjoyed tonight’s variety of duets. Especially Sing, and River Deep, Mountain High were both great and fun to watch and hear. But, far and away, the Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy remake of Streisand and Judy Garland’s version was just Awesome! Could hear both of their voices, and their energy, in Lea/Rachel & Chris/Kurt’s voices and performance during this rendition. Brought back memories. Gave me goose bumps. Really. Could listen to all of these duet songs over and over. If that was their intent, they achieved it. Thanks for great music tonight.
I totally agree with vic8002. The duets were amazing, although the storyline gets
progressively raunchy. I only watch for the music, and thank goodness, it never
disappoints. I can’t imagine the amount of work the writers do, choreographing and arranging the songs. I am all for remixes! Who needs original when there are too
many great songs to sing.
Yea, watched 5 min of Glee after hearing the hype and gave up. I just listen to/for the music.
I like Mike and Tina’s song !
Mike’s voice is so lovely <3
He is terrible singer… but lovely ! haha
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