Disclaimer: I have not watched a single episode of Glee. (Yes, yes, I keep being told I'll love it.)

I just heard the version of MCR's Sing that is going to be on the show. [link]

Um. Is that what most of the songs on Glee sounds like? Because if is, I suspect I should not watch Glee, because it will drive me bugnuts.

That's pretty much what they all sound like, yeah.

Hmm. I just poked around YouTube some more, and watched some clips. Dammit, Glee SHOULD be the sort of thing I love. But I think the production choices for all the songs will cause me to roll my eyes or grind my teeth.

(And yet, I love the Buffy musical episode, and the episodes of Pushing Daisies when Olive sang? Delightful. Now I want to try and figure out what it is about Glee that doesn't work for me.)

the version of MCR's Sing that is going to be on the show. [link]

I like their versions of some songs, but that is just WRONG. It's got no grit, no soul. IMHO. But then I've stopped watching Glee.

Ugh. They turned it into the kind of power ballad that I think Sing transcended. No. Just...no.

In the context of the album, it's darkly defiant. And not really about singing.

In the context of the album, it's darkly defiant. And not really about singing.

Agreed. You could have had "yell", "shout", "scream" or even "fight" instead of "sing" and the song would have meant the same thing. However, in the context of an album about music as rebellion it really did have to be "sing".

OK, I only just started watching it, but Mr. Sunshine won me over with the theme music.

Wow. That is a really out-of-context "Take Me Or Leave Me."

Yeah, it took me awhile to even identify the song and the show.