GLEE #31: Special Education

[GrayLinnorm]

Or "Sectionals II". The gang defends their sectionals title, but the Dalton Academy Warblers may be their toughest competition yet, probably because their singing is done by a real a cappella group. Plus, they have Kurt. How is New Directions going to be in sectionals with only 11 members? (I hope Mr. Shu isn't going to perform with them again.)

The playlist:

Rachel and Kurt sing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", from Evita

The Hipsters sing "The Living Years", originally performed by Mike + The Mechanics

Blaine, Kurt, and the Dalton Academy Warblers (aka The Beelzububs) sing "Hey Soul Sister", originally performed by Train

Quinn and Sam sing "I've Had the Time of My Life", originally performed by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

Santana sings "Valerie", originally performed by The Zutons

Tina and Mercedes sing "Dog Days Are Over", originally performed by Florence and the Machine

Also coming out today Glee: The Music, Volume 4. And next week, the Christmas special.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

The Linnorm's pick for Best In Show: "Dog Days Are Over". It's always nice to hear Tina sing lead.

 

[john112364]

I like that lately they've been getting away from the "All about Rachel and Finn show." For a while it seemed like the show was becomming all about them. Not that they're not talented, just that everyone on this show is talented. They all should get the spotlight once in a while.

 

[Umbran]

For a while it seemed like the show was becomming all about them. Not that they're not talented, just that everyone on this show is talented. They all should get the spotlight once in a while.

I still think they have a problem with focus. A good way to focus on nothing at all is to focus on each of them for to short a time. They're tightening it up a little bit, I think, but they're still very scattershot.

 

[john112364]

Yea, that's true. This is always a problem with ensamble shows. If you focus on just a few then you have a tighter focus but others fall to the wayside. If you spotlight everyone than you don't have as much forward motion storywise. It's one of those catch-22 things.

 

[Krug]

That Don't Cry for Me Argentina duet did send chills down my spine. Wasn't so sure about Dog Days.