Music Monday: Glee Part 2

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I'm going green here today in honor of the holiday! :)

In case you missed it, last week I shared five of my favorite songs performed on Glee.  They've done SO many songs, and there are so many that I've enjoyed, that I decided I needed to write one more post!

"Bye, Bye, Bye/I Want it That Way"



This is one of my favorite songs from Season 4 (aka: the first season after most of the good characters graduated).  Of course, as a teenager of the 90s, my heart leaps for the N*Sync/Backstreet Boys combo, and I certainly don't mind any song that Cory Monteith (Finn) and Matthew Morrison (Mr. Shuester) sing together.
"Journey Medley" ("Faithfully"/"Anyway You Want It"/"Don't Stop Believing")

I have loved few songs on this show more than an good Rachel/Finn duet. :*( 

"Marry You"

This one is from the episode where Finn's mom marries Kurt's dad.  That was a good episode! :)

"Lucky"

"Teenage Dream"




I'm pretty sure I could do ten more of these posts, and not cover all of the songs I've loved!  The cast of Glee has done over 600 songs, I believe!  So picking just 10 has been difficult!

As a bonus, I'm going to leave you with this last one.  This is the most moving, sad, and heartfelt performances I ever saw on the show.  It's from the episode "The Quarterback."  This episode was the tribute after Cory Monteith passed away.  Rachel sings it for Finn.

"To Make You Feel My Love"

Music Monday: Glee

Hi there friends!  I took a hiatus last week that really wasn't planned.  Last weekend, Scott & I laid around with sinus headaches, and I just didn't have time to get any blog posts lined up.  Add to that a busy week where I was feeling more tired than usual, and well....no blog posts.

But I'm back now, and it's time for Music Monday.  It's no secret that I love the TV Show Glee.  I've written a few post about it: Feeling Glee-ful (eerily written just days before Cory Monteith passed away :( ) and I'm Feeling Glanxious.  So naturally, I've downloaded Glee's versions of songs from their shows.  The bulk of these include two of their Christmas albums (you can NEVER have enough Christmas music).  SINCE it ISN'T Christmas anymore, though, I've decided to share some of my other favorite Glee covers!

"Poker Face" Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) & Idina Menzel (Shelby Corcoran- Rachel's mom)


I love this slower version of the song....where you can actually hear and understand the words....

"Valerie" Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez)

"Landslide" Gwyneth Paltrow (Holly Holliday), Naya Rivera (Santa Lopez), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce)


"Don't Stop Believing" Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) & Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) & Glee Cast

I love this, but it also makes me sad.  I miss Cory Monteith.  The show is just not the same without him.
"Loser Like Me" Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), & Glee Cast

This song is not a cover.  It was a song that The New Directions (the name of the Glee club on the show) wrote for their competition.  It's really cute and fun.
I literally tear up every time I watch a video with Cory Monteith.  His death still really affects me.  It's totally weird.
Anyway, those are some of my favorites.  I realized that there are lots more I could share!  I think I just might have to continue this next week!
Do you watch the show?  What are your favorite Glee covers??

I'm feeling Glanxious

Do you totally love how I just invented the word "Glanxious"??   Let me define it for you:

Glanxious- adj. A feeling of anxiousness in relation to the show Glee

I love making new words.

Anyway, if you saw my TV Addict post on Tuesday, you know that one of my weekly shows is Glee on FOX.  I know it's silly to be obsessing about a TV show, but whatever.  It is what it is.  This week's show will be honoring Cory Monteith.  Cory played the beloved character Finn Hudson on the show for four seasons.  This summer, Cory died unexpectedly.

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For some reason, his death really affected me....and it still does.  Maybe it's because he's my age.  Maybe it's because he played such an amazing character on the show.  Maybe it's because I had a bit of a crush on him/his character.  Who knows??

As far as the Glee story line is concerned, Finn Hudson and Rachel Berry (played by Lea Michele) is one of my most favorite TV couples ever.



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Seriously.  To me, they rank up there with Zach Morris & Kelly Kapowski (Saved By the Bell)...

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Cory & Topanga (Boy Meets World)...

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Lucy & Ricky (I Love Lucy)....

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Major Nelson & Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)....

I could probably go on.  I have issues.

My point is that even though they weren't together last season, there was always that hope, that...potential for them to get back together.  That can't happen now.  Even worse, Cory and Lea were a real-life couple.

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My heart just breaks for her. 

I know this episode is going to be difficult.  It's very serious subject matter, and it's just devastating.  I can totally accept that I will be a basket case, but I'm just glanxious about exactly how they'll be addressing his death.  As odd as it sounds, I'm glad they will be addressing his death and "killing off" Finn Hudson rather than just ignoring the whole event or writing him out.  I think the worst thing they could have done was write Finn out saying that he went away.  That would have still left hope for him to return, for Finn and Rachel.  I think they're doing the right thing.

And just in case anyone thinks that I may be exaggerating...just watch this preview:

 

I'll leave you with that.