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Sneak Peak: "Glee" Goes "Dancing With Myself" This Week

Conflicts come to a head this week.

Oh, Glee, how I've missed you. We've wasted weeks with grown men playing with their bats and balls, but this Wednesday, my nine o'clock hour is back to normal with your "Wheels" episode. And from the clips that were just posted at E! it's been worth the wait.

I see drama with Chris and Rachel over a song, Sue is being evil, and I see Mr. Shu being noble and making the rest of New Directions understand what Artie's life must be like.

Oh, Artie - I've been waiting for your solo after peeks at your voice in other numbers, most notably a bluesy turn in "Gold Digger" but whatever I was expecting out of your solo, I have to admit it wasn't Billy Idol.

I'm a little disturbed that this appears to be another fantasy sequence cheat on the show's part, but finally getting to know some of the cast that have essentially been the background scenery makes it worth it. And it looks like we may have yet another teen crush on our hands.

So what did you think? Excited? E! has a few more dialog clips here worth checking out. And thanks to reader Whitetee for spotting this.

Glee returns Wednesday at 9pm on Fox.

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  • pomegranate paul's picture

    Nouvelle Vague

    It doesn't diminish this cover, but the Glee version is definitely inspired by Nouvelle Vague's version from a few years ago:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5j-ipGFcko

     

    David N's picture

    Musical and fantasy segments...

    Musical and fantasy segments go hand in hand. It's really the most effective way to make the song work. So far all of Glee's fantasy segments seem to work for the songs chosen.
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    isoron's picture

    Well it's not really fantasy

    because if was real fantasy Artie would have gotten up and danced. This was just a musical number for the show like most of them are.
    Smartypants's picture

    Big week for Billy Idol

    Ugly Betty also made good use of Dancing By Myself at the close of Friday's show.   

    What a great cover by Artie.  His voice is a fantastic match to the style and lyrics of the song.  Can't wait to see the whole episode.

    FAII's picture

    Having already added Glee,

    Having already added Glee, the Music: Volume 1 to my iPod by the time last week's Ugly Betty episode aired, I actually thought "Hey, it's the Artie-song!" when it started playing :D.
    db's picture

    Fantasy musical sequences

    The show has established that it is using "fantasy musical sequences", they are part of the show and have been since the beginning--why are you complaining about it?  If you object to it then maybe you're wanting it to be a different show.
    Ed Kennedy's picture

    I don't truly care about fantasy

    Actually, it matters not to me one way or the other - all I typically ask of shows is internal consistency. When this thing started, Ryan Murphy said is was not going to be High School Musical with kids breaking into song as they walk down the hallway. Then they broke that rule with Mercedes and "Bust Your Windows", and several press sites covered the inconsistency. They've stayed fairly far from it since. That's why when they dip into that style, it's jarring.

    I love the show, I don't get worked up with the Chenowith 40 yo high schooler or stuff like that - it's internally consistent to the show having the other school flunking their star singer.

    And really, I like the musical performances, so fantasy sequences only bother me in that Murphy said there wouldn't be fantasy musical sequences.

    JC's picture

    Artie

    Wow, that was great. They really should have him sing more, he has a great voice. I'd love a Kurt/Artie number.