Even though I've still yet to see a single second of the television show Glee -- #humblebrag -- it has still managed to fart its way into my brain space through sheer pop culture saturation. It's essentially the Harry Potter of music; kids won't shut up about it, and adults won't shut up about how kids won't shut up about it. Plus, a lot of adults have put themselves through some serious contortionist justification logic as to why it's ok for them to be fans.
Whenever Glee features, like, the music of Britney Spears on a specific episode, or, I dunno, Bon Jovi, they probably did that one by now, right? It's like...meh. Let them have their fun. What do I care? But sometimes they trip over a real classic like truffle-sniffing hogs with an iTunes account, which can be a little more problematic. "She's Not There" by The Zombies, for example.
On the one hand you could use the Harry Potter-Oprah corollary and say "At least it's getting kids to read/ discover new music." But you also have to keep in mind that whatever version of a cover song you hear first is the one you are going to end up preferring. For life. So now we have a new generation of kids that think one of the greatest songs of all time sounds like this...
instead of like this...
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Take that, kids!
I haven't seen Glee yet either, despite the fact that I love Jane Lynch, or whoever that one lesbo broad is.
Musicians were such dorks back then.
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