The Official GLEE thread

[Nebula]

I'm another Mike fan! Anytime he's front and center, I'm a happy gal

And I'm just sick of Rachel. I wish she'd keep her mouth shut and only open it to sing *L* I have to admit, I do love when she and Kurt sing together - their voices go so well together.

 

[JohnZ46]

My apologies for not checking into that and just assuming it was Jane Lynch. Maybe it was wishful thinking on my part

Actually, I thought it was Jane Lynch until I downloaded the MP3. I was surprised to find out it was k. d. lang.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Only curious: are Mike and Brittney actually trained dancers?

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

Only curious: are Mike and Brittney actually trained dancers?

Yes they are. Mike is part of a dance troupe that performed as the opening act for the Glee Tour - they were amazing! I think a few of his dancers were in the movie Step Up 3D too. Brittney was a back up dancer for Beyonce. Ryan Murphy (I think) asked her to come to the set and teach the cast the Single Ladies Dance (she was one of the 2 girls to dance this on Beyonce's tour) and they loved her so much they wrote the part for her.

 

[Brightsy]

Yes they are. Mike is part of a dance troupe that performed as the opening act for the Glee Tour - they were amazing! I think a few of his dancers were in the movie Step Up 3D too. Brittney was a back up dancer for Beyonce. Ryan Murphy (I think) asked her to come to the set and teach the cast the Single Ladies Dance (she was one of the 2 girls to dance this on Beyonce's tour) and they loved her so much they wrote the part for her.

Also Mike is an Alumn of So You Think You Can Dance!

 

[FINFAN]

I could watch them both dance all episode long! I know the Britanny Spears episode caught some grief, but boy did it show how Brittany can move!

 

[cabanafrau]

Does anyone else think they stopped short of having Sue Grinch say something about carving the roast "Biest"?

Didn't even catch that. I think you may be onto something.

 

[gometros]

Yes they are. Mike is part of a dance troupe that performed as the opening act for the Glee Tour - they were amazing! I think a few of his dancers were in the movie Step Up 3D too. Brittney was a back up dancer for Beyonce. Ryan Murphy (I think) asked her to come to the set and teach the cast the Single Ladies Dance (she was one of the 2 girls to dance this on Beyonce's tour) and they loved her so much they wrote the part for her.

You mean the football team, don't you?

(Still one of my favorite scenes from Glee: Season 1)

Also Mike is an Alumn of So You Think You Can Dance!

Do you remember what season and how far he got?

 

[elgerber]

I think Mike Chang himself was in Step Up 3d, very briefly. My dd told me that.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Add me to the growing Mike Chang fans! (still a Kurt girl at heart, he's adorable and I'm rooting for him and Blaine after the other night's song).

 

[wishwash01]

Found this on youtube. Its a flashmob with glee music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhbK2bMTRbI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5PyIVVKoWU&feature=related

 

[DeluxePrincess]

Brittney was a back up dancer for Beyonce. Ryan Murphy (I think) asked her to come to the set and teach the cast the Single Ladies Dance (she was one of the 2 girls to dance this on Beyonce's tour) and they loved her so much they wrote the part for her.

Here is clip of her dancing with Beyonce:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Didk4cGPh0

 

[AlienBrain]

The Christmas episode was my favorite episode of the season so far.

 

[trip]

Here is clip of her dancing with Beyonce:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Didk4cGPh0

I still like SNL version with Justin Timberlake better.

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

You mean the football team, don't you?

(Still one of my favorite scenes from Glee: Season 1)

Oh yeah..forgot that!

 

[bicker]

In October, recordings by the show's cast overtook the Beatles in terms of the number of songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100. As of December, "Glee" now has 102 songs on the chart -- and with at least a season-and-a-half to go that has already been guaranteed by Fox, it's a safe bet that the cast recordings will give Elvis Presley a run for the top spot in the record books with 108 singles. The show has become a single-selling machine the likes of which Ed Sullivan could only dream about.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101213/music_nm/us_glee

I actually made a similar observation to my wife a week ago (as we started downloading lots of Glee tracks off Zune Marketplace onto our new Windows Phones). A superlative idea that struck at precisely "right time", with incredible, but relatively unknown (and therefore affordable) talent, with productions expertly crafted to directly appeal to the broad, target audience. (A job so well-done that it regularly evokes tirades of vacuous chest-beating claiming how unskilled the talent is, or otherwise how poor the work is, often the only underpinning therefore being the critic's own personal antipathy for the success of others. )

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Is there a way to find who sang each of the show's songs? I'm on the hunt for anything of Kurt's and Will's at the moment.

 

[KitKat_Tink]

Is there a way to find who sang each of the show's songs? I'm on the hunt for anything of Kurt's and Will's at the moment.

There are various fan sites that post them after each week. Gleeky is one that I can think of that does that.

 

[elgerber]

Kurts big songs were, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Roses Turn, Defying Gravity (itunes has the duet and a Chris Colfer solo version), Baby It's Cold Outside, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, and I'm sure probably a couple I have forgotten.
Will has many many songs.

 

[MomofKatie]

Kurts big songs were, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Roses Turn, Defying Gravity (itunes has the duet and a Chris Colfer solo version), Baby It's Cold Outside, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, and I'm sure probably a couple I have forgotten.
Will has many many songs.

Extra Chris songs:

-Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy- duet with Lea from the Duets episode
-4 Minutes- duet with Amber from the Madonna episode
-Le Jazz Hot from the Duets episode
-A House Is Not A Home- ensemble with cast in the Home episode
-Bad Romance- ensemble with all the girls from the Lady Gaga episode


Will (Matt Morrison) songs:

Season 1-
Over the Rainbow
Dream On- duet with Neal Patrick Harris
Ice, Ice, Baby
Don't Stand So Close To Me/Young Girl
Endless Love- duet with Lea
Thong Song
Bust A Move
Alone- duet w/Kristen Chenowith
Fire- duet w/Kristen Chenowith
One Less Bell To Answer- duet w/Kristen Chenowith
Gold Digger

Season 2-
Toxic- ensemble with whole cast
Singin' in the Rain/Umbrella- duet with Gwyneth Paltrow
Make 'Em Laugh
Sway
O Christmas Tree from the GLEE Christmas album (wasn't in the episode)