'Glee' eyes more '80s covers: Billy Joel and Queen in the works
Fox's upcoming show Glee already turned Journey's Don't Stop Believin' into a No. 1 seller on iTunes ... and producers aren't ready to stop there.
The show won't really begin until the fall TV season kicks off, but after the buzz generated by Glee's pilot in May, rumor has it that two more songs will be released during the summer to keep people talking.
Glee co-star Chris Colfer told E Online! that Salt-N-Pepa's Push It is on the list of songs for the coming season (as well as Defying Gravity from the Broadway show Wicked).
But even better: There's video footage on the Web now of the Glee cast performing Queen's Somebody To Love. Click here to watch it. Fox has requested that similar videos be taken off YouTube, so hurry before this one disappears too.
Okay, so technically it's from 1976, but '80s fans are feeling the love. (As will Queen's remaining members when this new version hits iTunes.)
Also, Entertainment Weekly says that Billy Joel has called the show's creators and offered up any of his songs for the show. "We're thinking of doing an episode of all Billy Joel," co-creator Ryan Murphy told the magazine.
Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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doesnt matter how good or bad it is, Billly Joel is amazing
Posted by: insurance appointment setting | July 28, 2009 at 04:29 PM
This is NOT like High School Musical; it is 100,000,000x better than that crap. The story is intriguing, the characters are well-rounded, the comedy is good, the musical arrangements are INCREDIBLE. Can't wait for them to get the first season actually going.
Posted by: Evan B | July 25, 2009 at 05:46 AM
Steve,
When we played Don't stop as our closer on Sunday night at the House of Blues, the crowd was deafening.
Amazing show! Sorry you couldn't make it, we missed you!
Pics/Vids/Audio coming soon!
Posted by: Crockett | June 09, 2009 at 08:38 AM
I fear that because I was instantly smitten with GLEE it will go the way of Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies. I'll refrain from expressing too much love. It seems to take a toll on television series renewal.
Posted by: Marissa | June 08, 2009 at 07:18 PM
Will they be performing and 2 live crew?
Posted by: Jay | June 08, 2009 at 04:53 PM
I never heard of this show.Is it a musical show? Don`t tell me it`s High School Musical kind of stuff.
Posted by: Miguel | June 08, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Chase,
I am with you. Not normally the kind of show I like, but it had a lot of buzz and a free download from iTunes of the pilot, so I checked it out and was blown away! I hope they can keep up the quality. The show is more than music, it has some really well shaped characters that draw you in. I felt like it was a good representation of the way i felt in high school as a geeky outsider.
So don't feel bad, buddy, you are the only straight man taken in by this one.
Posted by: Douglas Arthur | June 08, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Chase: Off Topic
what is the boiling point in Denver?
Posted by: Al | June 08, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I am secure enough in my manhood to say, yes, I loved this show, can't wait for it to come back in the fall.
Posted by: chase | June 08, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Perhaps they can do a version of Mr. Roboto too.
Posted by: DerekT | June 08, 2009 at 11:36 AM