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Sigvold wrote:

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can I borrow this GIF to use as an avie for awhile Nougat? <3 Blaine


Also, know this:


Barbra Streisand Tweets to 'Glee's' Lea Michele



. . . . Barbra has commented before about the plethora of songs she's associated with being repurposed on "Glee." She joked last February at Musicares, that a niece asked Barbra why she sang so many songs from "Glee"!

It's not surprising. "Glee" has turned to Streisand music a lot. Just the other night, for instance, in an episode that had a plot point about "West Side Story" being staged at McKinley High, "Somewhere" and "Something's Coming" were done. Of course, Barbra reinvented both on "The Broadway Album," and have sung those songs in concert ever since.

But the true Barbra link this past week was Kurt's (Chris Colfer) rendition of "I'm The Greatest Star" from "Funny Girl." Nobody, but nobody, has her signature on that song but Barbra. However, is there anything wrong with someone else doing the song?

This brings up an interesting point. Has "Glee" done too much Streisand worship…or is every musical reference to Barbra a tribute by the creators, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk, to their favorite star?

Some have been turned off because the "Glee" versions of the songs, while very good, are just reflections of the original. Kristin Chenoweth and Michael Morrison's superb duet of "One Less Bell to Answer"/"A House Is Not A Home" was first done brilliantly by Barbra -- in a duet with herself -- on "The Burt Bacharach Special" in 1972.

It would be great if "Glee" fans knew that and could go to YouTube.com and watch it…which is one reason I'd like to see Murphy and company find a way to annotate their musical references.

It was wonderful that when Lea Michele sang "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" in a show about Kurt's father having a heart attack, that she mentioned "Yentl" as the source material. But was it really necessary for "Glee" to stage Lea's rendition of "My Man" in a scene that virtually lifted the musical staging by Herbert Ross and William Wyler from the film "Funny Girl"?

And when Kurt and Rachel did "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead," a song that Barbra did with composer Harold Arlen, I couldn't help but pick up on every note sounding like the original arrangement…with no approbation to arranger Peter Matz. Was that right?



Link to full article: http://www.examiner.com/b...ts-to-glee-s-lea-michele