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Okay, finally got caught up on the last three episodes. I thought the last episode was great! And the songs for sectionals were awesome. I was a bit confused though, as I thought they were supposed to have three songs and they only showed the kids doing two. Once I have some spare cash, I think I'm probably going to go download the soundtrack off of iTunes. Oh, and I totally agree about the Comptroller being funny, she was very funny.

Definitely glad to see SpoilerWill chase after Emma! Even if he DID just leave his wife, they're such a cute couple. The grin that came to her face after he kissed her was soooo cute!

Haha, I didn't realize that. Impressive.

I actually enjoy the Glee version better. For one thing, I'm not wild about Steve Perry's vocals in the original (or ever, for that matter) and also, I really enjoy the intro where they replace the very 80s-sounding keyboard part with vocals.

I actually enjoy many of the Glee versions better than their originals. Lea Michele did Celine Dion's "Taking Chances" better than Celine Dion did, and also the Rhianna song, "Take A Bow." And if that weren't impressive enough, they actually made me enjoy a Rolling Stones song, a feat I wouldn't have imagined would be possible.

I'm encountering a bit of a weird phenomenon at present, however. I downloaded the four songs from the final episode about a week before the episode aired and listened to them on my computer, then spent the entire week dreading the episode a bit, because the songs didn't impress me at all. In fact, I was ready to go off on huge a rant about how Amber Riley is overrated as an R&B vocalist and couldn't come close to doing justice to a truly soulful song like "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" especially when measured up against a true powerhouse like Jennifer Hudson. Then the episode aired, and I loved all the songs (well, except for the last one.)

Then last week, I was listening to my Glee collection on my Ipod in the car and had the same experience. None of those songs impressed me at all. But I still love them in the episode. Which leaves the following possibilities:

1) the songs released on the CDs/Itunes are actually different recordings from the ones used in the episodes
2) the context of the episode actually makes the music MORE enjoyable than it would otherwise be
3) my computer and car speakers and/or the Itunes/MP3 compression for those songs absolutely sucks (admittedly, this is by far the most likely option.)

It's enough to make me consider reining in my impatience when the show starts up again and ending my habit of downloading the songs in advance.

FOX originally only bought 13 episodes, enough for a short season. They didn't pick up the back nine episodes until after the preview of the pilot aired in the summer and was such a huge success. By then, the first 13 were, for the most part, already filmed and in the can, and had been produced without any knowledge that the series would continue. Operating under those constraints, it's pretty reasonable to have produced those episodes as though they would be only a short-run series without continuation.

The shark hasn't even been sighted on the horizon yet, much less jumped. I actually anticipate the show getting better in the back 9 now that Murphy has had a chance to get the feedback on the show and actually incorporate some of that into the show.

For instance, Murphy has already indicated that he was completely taken by surprise by the response to the Rachel/Puck pairing, and would be playing that up in future episodes more than he ever intended as a result. A great many viewers are really dissatisfied with the amount of use AutoTune gets, and I suspect it's possible we'll be hearing less of that in the future.

I have no investment in any particular ship, I just want Puck to have more screen time. Lots and lots more screen time. I want him to be the leading man. Finn's sweet, but he's dumb, and dumb never has been sexy or appealing at all to me. Plus, I like Puck's voice better.

So who else caved and got the DVD set today?

Speaking of the DVDs...

How on earth did I fail to notice the first time around that in "Throwdown" when Quinn is singing "You Just Keep Me Hangin' On" that she's singing it to Sue? Suddenly that song, which I always considered a bit of a non-sequitur, makes SO much more sense.

That must have been one of those episodes I was watching while Tristan was awake and got distracted and missed some of the song, because ever since the ep aired I've been wondering what the hell was up with that song choice.

Note to self: stop watching while the kid is awake.

Why would this be bad? He's an amazing singer without a doubt, and the show's network wouldn't allow him to be too crazy.

Olivia Newton John = Awesome! But she's singing a duet with Sue? That should be interesting. Sue has yet to sing anything, so I just assumed she was one of the few cast members who couldn't sing. I also love the idea of a Kristin Chenowith return... I've loved her since I watched the Tony's on TV years ago and saw her do a number from the Charlie Brown musical. Plus a Madonna tribute would be awesome.

If I had premium I'd be doing a bunch of emotes right now.

That's because you've never seen "A Mighty Wind".

Thank you!

*squee*!!!!

SpoilerI LOVE the idea of getting Kurt a bf and having them be popular! That is so awesome. I would feel bad for Quinn though if Rachel and Puck get back together now... That's two guys Rachel has "stolen" from her now. Yeah, she's the popular cheerleader, but still.