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[kevd7]

An upcoming episode of "Glee" will deal with loss and for that the New Directions get in touch with their sensitive sides in the songs. The audio for most of the cover songs have come out including Lea Michele's version of Barbra Streisand's "My Man" from "Funny Girl".

There's also Amber Riley's take on Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness", Chris Colfer's version of "Some People" from "Gypsy: A Musical Fable" as well as Naya Rivera's rendition of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black". The group then sing together on "Pure Imagination" which is taken from the musical "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory".

http://www.aceshowbi...w/00040513.html

(Back To Black)

[suestev07]

^ Welcome back, Kev!

[Muchloveria]

this glee shit makes me wanna vomit. sorry to any fans, but honestly HATE this show to begin with...let alone butchering a Winehouse song. Lame.

[kevd7]

There is nothing butchered about this cover. Of course, as someone like yourself who uses vomit and hate (in caps) to express an opinion I can see why you think the way you do.
I've never watched the show and know very little about it. But listening to the clips on aceshowbiz.com I must say I'm impressed.

From what people who watch it tell me, Glee did a Fleetwood Mac episode which resulted in the band's album Rumours selling a shit load which landed it in the top ten on Billboard. Maybe the appearance of B2B on the show will translate into record sales as well. I hope so anyway

[amyfanatic]

First off,it's good to be back. Second of all...how fucking fucked up in the head are the Glee people? What a completely disgusting version. Naya had to put a huge effor to actually immitate Amy's voice. Poorly unoriginal as expected.

[Jayne]

I didn't think it was so bad and if it introduces young fans to Amy's music then that's good.

[suestev07]

Exclusive: An interview with Naya Rivera

Posted by J. Halterman
on May 16, 2011

http://www.afterelle...rivera?page=0,1



AE: What songs are you singing in these next episodes?
NR: "Back to Black" comes out in the next episode, "Funeral," and I’m very excited about that because I love that song and I had a blast. It’s my second Amy Winehouse song so I can’t complain!
AE: Are there songs that you’re dying to sing and ones you’re pitching to the producers?
NR: "Valerie" and "Back to Black" were two that I wanted to sing because I’m such an Amy fan and I didn’t have to bribe anyone or anything and they just came to me and I was very excited about them. I would like to maybe sing "Make You Feel My Love" Adele’s version. That just kills me. Also, with "Songbird," I feel like I got such great songs this season.


AE: These are all such great, idyllic songs but how do you get past the fact that these are songs we all love and admire by these huge artists. How much pressure is that for you?
NR: I pretty much shut it off because it will just freak you out and you can’t perform at your peak if you’re worried about living up to what that person did and that’s always the double-edged sword of doing covers. I shut it off and I just want to do a good job and I know if I perform to the best of my ability then hopefully Amy Winehouse or Stevie Nicks will like what I’m doing.
AE: Have you heard from any of them about your singing the songs on the show?
NR: I know Amy has tweeted that she loves the show so I’m sure she’s seen it. Stevie Nicks came to set and she sent flowers after "Rumours" aired.

[Alan48]

I agreed with the criticism of the B2B performance that was made on the show. But I like seeing Amy get big royalty checks. Thought the Barbra & Otis Redding songs were well done!

[Winehousedrunk]

Anything and everything that promotes Amy, including herself, I look at, or rather, listen to, with a hightened tolerance level, of course, and Naya (I don't know either her or the show), as a fan and as a singer, treats Amy's material with as much sensitivity and respect as one can, in my view (and in my ears), without actually becoming an alternative version of Amy, which would be wrong on so many levels that I couldn't tolerate it for a nanosecond (without having to vomit).;-)

Edited by Winehousedrunk, 18 May 2011 - 02:09 PM.

[jcable06]

show is korny but its always there for a good laugh . lol But its nice to see younger people get a taste of good music even if its somebody esle singing a Amy song.

[PabloD]

I'm a huge Glee fan. Such a laugh! And I really like the way they send some very positive messages for kids in a non too sugary way. They're pretty blunt and open. My kids will surely watch that one day from my dvds.

I was dissapointed on how they used the song. Considering the episode was called Funeral I expected a big number by Santana (the character who sang it and happens to be my favourite) in an actual funeral. But they're always respectful to the original artists even if they're sometimes not very imaginative. I'm really glad for Amy too this is an amazing promotion opportunity for her.

[brando]

I've listened to sereval Glee songs, and there are some that are actually really good and there are some that are just not.
The Rehab version was great in my opinion, for example. It had gospel, it had soul, it a was a reversion. The took some risks and they did a great job. The version of Back To Black is just a teenager singing karaoke . The base of the song is EXACTLY the same. There's no production, no risks, exactly the opposite of the Rehab cover.
Anyway, i agree that any Winehouse music promotion, is good promotion.
Missed you guys!

[jcable06]

missed yah too! how u been ?

[amyfanatic]

The Rehab version was great in my opinion, for example. It had gospel, it had soul, it a was a reversion. The took some risks and they did a great job. The version of Back To Black is just a teenager singing karaoke . The base of the song is EXACTLY the same. There's no production, no risks, exactly the opposite of the Rehab cover.

100% agreed about the BTB thing. Same with "Rehab",that version was a lot better imo.