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The Material Girl shares her "Glee"

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Dorothy Snarker

In case you haven’t noticed, the world has come down with a severe case of Glee. They’re on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. They’ve snagged Joss Whedon to direct an episode. Sue Sylvester even picked a Twitter fight with Chuck Norris. (She kicked his bearded butt, naturally.)

Now, even Madonna is a Gleek.

The Material Girl has granted the freshman phenomena the rights to her entire musical catalogue. An all-Madonna musical episode is in the works for early next year. As if the show could get any gayer.

The shows producers also report that they’re trying to woo American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert to guest on the show as well. He even already has the right outfit. Sheesh, it’s almost like they’re hogging all the gay now.

The Madonna news is particularly exciting because some of the show’s musical picks have been a little musty. “The Thong Song?” “Bust a Move?” At this rate I half expect “Ice, Ice Baby” to pop up. And if that happens I’m going to have to sit someone down for a long talk.

So as we wait to find out which songs make the list, let’s brainstorm our favorite Madge selections. Who should sing what? My picks? Quinn sings “Like a Virgin.” (Irony!) Kurt does “Vogue.” (Too obvious?) Sue goes “Erotica?” (Dear God, make this happen!) And for Rachel maybe “Like a Prayer,” Express Yourself” or “Crazy for You?” Oh, the delicious possibilities.

So, are Madonna and Glee a match made in musical heaven? Who should sing what? And what other music would you love to see New Directions tackle. Wait? You don’t watch Glee? KILL YOURSELF!

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    • Submitted by
    Dorothy Snarker
    on October 23, 2009 - 4:00pm.
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    Cody's picture

    Be still, my heart

    Submitted by
    Cody (15 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 4:22pm.

    Be still, my heart ...

    That will be one of the best days of my young TV-life! :)

    Hawk's picture

    Gleek

    Submitted by
    Hawk (55 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 5:06pm.
    I normally don't care for musicals but I am really enjoying Glee...even looking forward to it every week. ;)
    Sandra's picture

    thong song.

    Submitted by
    Sandra (36 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 5:14pm.
    I am a 90's baby so I don't know about anybody else, but when I heard The Thong Song I was really excited :D woooo! Sisco! but now I hear this Madonna news and I'm even MORE excited :)))) <<S>>
    G0dot's picture

    THIS

    Submitted by
    G0dot (112 posts)
    on October 24, 2009 - 12:39am.
    me too =D the '90s were the best! and when they started singing ride wit me last week, i got so excited. brought back so many memories
    bluerocks's picture

    Madonna

    Submitted by
    bluerocks (69 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 5:29pm.

    Personally I think Madonna shows her 'glee' too often for a woman of her age. Ditch the leotard Madge. Children could write essays on your 'glee'!

     

    Check out http://www.yer-wan.com

    Aegis212's picture

    If you got it, flaunt it!

    Submitted by
    Aegis212 (15 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 6:03pm.
    If you got it, flaunt it!
    kandice's picture

    yay

    Submitted by
    kandice (103 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 5:45pm.
    i just recently started to become gleek lol. i love it know. and i love madge .hope they do this that wud be awsome yay
    nicma's picture

    I Like "Ice Ice Baby"... Just Sayin'

    Submitted by
    nicma (4 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 6:17pm.
     
    chloe121212's picture

    Right there with you

    Submitted by
    chloe121212 (279 posts)
    on October 24, 2009 - 12:18am.

    .....just sayin

     

    venus sans furs's picture

    Love me some Madonna, Like me some Glee.

    Submitted by
    venus sans furs (85 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 8:09pm.
    I'm not the biggest Glee fan. I like it enough to hulu it when I'm putting off my homework, but no more than that. (If someone could edit it down to just the performances and Jane Lynch's scenes I would watch that show religiously). However, I am always up for more Madonna music in my life and on my screen, so this is good news.
    nadre's picture

    I don't understand how "The

    Submitted by
    nadre (6 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 9:56pm.
    I don't understand how "The Thong Song" and "Bust a Move" are any more musty than some of the Madonna songs you just mentioned in the article. In fact, I dig it when the show uses some older stuff. Especially when Acafellas did "I Wanna Sex You Up" and "Poison". I LOVE New Jack Swing and some people don't even know what it is.
    Riven2310's picture

    Signed, sealed, and stamped.

    Submitted by
    Riven2310 (215 posts)
    on October 23, 2009 - 10:04pm.
    I know any day now that I'm going to rec. my official ex-gaydom notice immed. revoking my lesbian licensefor saying this, but I don't find Madonna appealing or entertaining....except to listen to some of her music.
    However, I will give Madonna credit for her longevity and success in a business that uses and throws away women more often than tissues at a wedding.  But her glee falls flat with me.
    ninasoma's picture

    FANTASTIC!

    Submitted by
    ninasoma (7 posts)
    on October 24, 2009 - 1:14am.

    ... and about time. I feel like the choices are SO obvious. As soon as I heard Quinn was pregnant, I immediately started waiting with baited breath for her to sing "Papa Don't Preach". Imagine my disappointment when I didn't get it. Now I know why! And now I probably will. YAY!!! Other song choices:

    1. Kurt/Mercedes- Material Girl

    2. The whole Abstinence Club- Like A Virgin

    3. The whole Glee Club- Music

    4. Any of the Unrequited Lovers (Everybody that's crushin on Finn/Puck for Quinn/Emma to Will)- Take A Bow

    5. Tina to Rachel- Justify My Love (although that is admittedly just wishful thinkin, and lesbian winkin ;-p *ahem* Rachel/Quinn would work just as well *ahem*)

     P.S. And when the HELL is Sue going to lead the Cheerios in a good old fashioned rendition of "Hey Mickey"? <--- NEEDS TO HAPPEN!

    molas's picture

    I Second That

    Submitted by
    molas (43 posts)
    on October 25, 2009 - 4:02pm.
    I love how you think!  Rachel and Quinn...oh yes please.  But Tina singing Justify My Love to Rachel would be pretty priceless.
    lovecatcadillac's picture

    Yes!

    Submitted by
    lovecatcadillac (112 posts)
    on October 26, 2009 - 9:14am.
    I love all your selections, especially Like A Virgin for the Chastity Club and Music for the Glee Club.
    lou1420's picture

    The show def needs a kick up

    Submitted by
    lou1420 (110 posts)
    on October 24, 2009 - 11:20am.

    The show def needs a kick up the arse to improve things alright. I loved the 1st few episodes, but then the rest just seem like fillers or something similar for the finale which is an awful shame. Just my opinion. Still, they handled the gay episode where the little fella comes out very well, perhaps the rest of the series will improve!

    I just hope that we dont actually have to see Madonna's arms on the show, if we did id turn it off for good.

    Beckee's picture

    I'm soooo excited!!!

    Submitted by
    Beckee (119 posts)
    on October 24, 2009 - 10:39pm.

    Glee is already good but with Madge's songs,it'd probably kick it up a notch. Yeah,agreed with author of this post, the songs they have been singing were a little corny.

    HotHandle's picture

    GLEEK Number One...

    Submitted by
    HotHandle (251 posts)
    on October 25, 2009 - 5:11am.

    that's me!  I love this show, although I hated the throwing Slushies in everybody's face that happened last episode.  It was mean, cruel, totally unnecessary, and what a waste of a good drink.

    I love Madonna, and being tremendously old school (Jane Lynch, Madonna and I are all the same age), I love that they sing and dance to "old" music on "Glee".  Hey, it's only "old" music if you are a young person.  It doesn't seem old to me.

    Now, if only they would have a lesbian character on the show, maybe in Season 2?  And, for Pete's sake, give poor Kurt a boyfriend already!  He is way too cute to be single.

     


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