{"id":11973,"date":"2010-05-14T00:34:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T07:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=11973"},"modified":"2010-05-14T07:50:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:50:27","slug":"unchained-melodies-you-either-get-glee-or-you-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11973\/unchained-melodies-you-either-get-glee-or-you-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Unchained melodies: You either get Glee<\/em> — or you will."},"content":{"rendered":"

A fun bit from Mother’s Day was agreeing with my mom, on the phone, about the intense and comical excellence that is Glee<\/em><\/a>, the FOX-TV musical teen melodrama. The melodrama is hugely repetitive, but still very rude and pomo, but the music is often simply breath-taking.<\/p>\n

There is this: They harmonize the voices, so everyone sings with perfect pitch in a slightly mechanical tone. But the song choices — coupled with the dancing, the meta-melodrama, and the incredible quantity of incredible vocalists — serve to deliver the aural equivalent of a Broadway musical every week.<\/p>\n

But that’s not right: I hate Broadway musicals, and I love Glee.<\/em> The whole thing just works. I make time for it somewhere in my week, every week.<\/p>\n

Here’s a fun contrast, playing off of last week’s episode. First up is Total Eclipse of the Heart,<\/em> as recorded by Bonnie Tyler. This song was written by Jim Steinman, who wrote all of Meatloaf’s hits. The tune has melodrama of its own to spare, but it’s still a totally killer rock ballad, maybe the last chapter in the story of The Seventies.<\/p>\n

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Glee<\/em> took this song and wove it into its plot — not without consequences. Take this, for example, from the original lyrics:<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, there was light in my life.
\nNow there’s only love in the dark.*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s painfully simple, but it works as poetry because it’s so excruciatingly full of pain. But to make Total Eclipse<\/em> work in the context of the Glee<\/em> story arc, that lyric was cut.<\/p>\n

Not cool. But still… This is a searing cover of the song. When Rachel soars upward on her second time through the chorus, I’m ready to take flight with her.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, my mother doesn’t love South Park,<\/em> my other weekly TV obsession. But if you will give Glee<\/em> a chance, it could be you’ll see why so many seemingly sane people are raving about it.<\/p>\n

 
*She sings it right in this video. A mystery…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fun bit from Mother’s Day was agreeing with my mom, on the phone, about the intense and comical excellence that is Glee, the FOX-TV musical teen melodrama. The melodrama is hugely repetitive, but still very rude and pomo, but the music is often simply breath-taking. 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