Glee's Madonna Sequel: 5 Even Better Song Choices
I've tried to stop writing about Madonna and Glee for days (weeks) now, but Ryan Murphy's at it again. According to EW, Glee is set to shoot a second Madonna-centric episode for next fall. To quote Madonna's own "You Must Love Me": "Where do we go... from here?" Well, we have five more suggestions for the show's second major Madonna outing.
"Everybody"
Sue Sylvester's monologues about "the power of Madonna" indicate that Ryan Murphy is determined not only to reference Madonna, but pinpoint her very essence. No song does that better than "Everybody," Madge's first single and quintessential call to the dancefloor. It's a little less soulful than "Express Yourself," and therefore more appropriate for a Cheerio halftime gig.
"Who's That Girl?"
By next fall, Glee should have its new, awesome cast members in tow; if one is a flirty, blonde freshman with vaudeville chops, a man's suit, and scraggly black eyebrows, I can think of no better anthem for her arrival.
"Deeper and Deeper"
Shockingly, the first Madonna episode didn't tackle the effect of Madonna on gay men. Sacrilege! Let's get Kurt crooning and hurting with this Erotica jam, whose lyrics read like a triumph coming-out. Plus: Disco ball, boas, and blonde afros? This is the song that deserves a tribute video.
"You'll See"
I'm hanging onto this from my last round of suggestions. This genuine, self-possessed ballad has the nerve of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" but with the refinement of a collected narrator. It's gender-neutra,l too, so Puck can belt it when it his vocals are underappreciated yet again.
"Hung Up"
"4 Minutes" ignited the gymnasium in last night's episode, but for the sequel, Glee should call upon the ABBA-riffing powers of "Hung Up." It's furious, urgent, bombastic, and fitting for this group of leotard-loving young adults.
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Such a huge missed opportunity that Quinn didn't do Papa Don't Preach.
Would also love a Rachel version of Take a Bow.
I vote for "Love don't live here anymore"!
she already did.
CRAZY FOR YOU!
I vote for "You'll See", "Material Girl", and “Who’s That Girl?” also.
"This Used to Be My Playground" would be awesome, perhaps with Quinn singing it during a postpartum depression episode, or maybe Shuester singing it after his divorce is finalized or maybe during another threat of glee club splitting up. And "Material Girl" has to fit into an episode somewhere.
Kurt should sing a duet with Finn, What Can You Lose from the Dick Tracy soundtrack. Kurt sings the Mandy Patinkin part, Finn the Madonna part.
Or Kurt sings it with his new love interest.
Sigh. Kurt.
I'd love for them to get "Hanky Panky" in there somehow. Or Sooner or Later or anything else from her "I'm Breathless" album for that matter.
You and I think alike. "He's a Man" should be the next gender-reversal "What It Feels Like for a Girl" jam.
I suggest "Dress You Up" "Angel" and edited versions of "Physical Attraction" and "Material Girl." I like the "Deeper and Deeper" suggestion as well.
Good stuff, as always.
They should also preform:
1. Live to Tell
2. Justify my love
3. True Blue