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RepeatandFade (RepeatandFade@hotmail.com) 02:29 am UTC 05/05/10 |
| Glee has certainly made the un-cool cool. Years ago, I desperately wanted to send my brother an mp3 of the Stephen Schwartz song “Defying Gravity,” a masterpiece of songwriting worthy of his or any ears, but didn’t dare because he had sworn off Broadway. Following its original airing, Lea Michele and Chris Colfer’s version has been watched by millions on YouTube, and “Defying Gravity” has taken its place among the pantheon of pop standards. For years, I have played the song “Hello” on the piano, thinking it had no cultural relevance. The last few episodes of Glee may well have brought the series into “jump the shark” territory, but the duet of that tune between Michele and Jonathan Groff in Episode 14 was spectacular, besting Richie’s original and giving the beautiful melody the relevance it deserves. Ryan Murphy and company, who have the hippest songwriters at their knees begging for exposure, have bravely brought into the fold the didactic (Schwartz) and the sentimental (Richie). In the most recent episode, "Bad Reputation," which aired tonight, the cast sang songs that had fallen into disrepute (get it?) and were in need of rescue, viz. "Ice Ice Baby," "U Can't Touch This," "Physical," and "Run Joey Run" (a sort of antecedent, lyrically and otherwise, to "Papa Don't Preach"). "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" closed the show. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," of course, is hardly in disrepute. If anything, Jim Steinman's varied creations, from Meat Loaf to Sisters of Mercy, are being overlooked in favor of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," whose reputation is sterling as ever. MD | |
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