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"(Not) Getting Married Today" deserves a mention...Emma Pillsbury's manic delivery of one of the most notoriously difficult patter-songs from Broadway is no joke...very few can pull it off!
Watching Neil Patrick Harris and Matthew Morrison duet to Aerosmith will always be nothing short of iconic. I would never be able to reach those epic high notes, though! 😂
the fact that Amber Riiley won an Oliver award for playing Effy in the London west end performances of Dreamgirls, proves that the song is a blessing for everyone who can pull it off!!!
@porfiriodiazcarillo7551 Except, Amber missed so many performances (last-minute announcements that she wouldn't be appearing and that her understudy would be on as Effy instead) that the production - otherwise a hit - ended up losing money, thanks to all the people, show after show, who'd bought high-priced tickets but then demanded refunds when they arrived at the Savoy Theatre for a performance & were told that Amber was out... again. Amber had pneumonia at one point and announced a medical leave so she could recover (not her fault, could happen to anyone), but even after she returned to the production and was theoretically performing again, she took so many last-minute days off that the show's producers were stuck making excuses for her... and returning money to ticketholders who'd bought high-priced premium seats, hoping to see Amber performing live. I don't know what was happening to Amber during that "Dreamgirls" run, but despite giving an Olivier-winning performance in a famously difficult role, she sadly now has a reputation in the theater community as being unreliable as a live performer. Right now there are no announced plans to bring that Dreamgirls production to Broadway - even though Amber has even more fans in the US than she does in the UK - possibly because producers are afraid to cast her in a role that requires her to show up & perform 8 shows a week (or even just 5 shows a week, with an alternate doing matinees so the star doesn't have to sing 2 shows in one day). That's because when Amber was there & singing it was amazing, but she let down so many audiences by not showing up that producers are afraid to cast her... for good reason.
Don't Rain On My Parade is still ICONIC and should be in the top 10. Glee introduced that song to a new generation of audiences and Lea set a high bar for it. Should also include To Love You More, probably Rachel's best solo in the show. She literally held the last note for 20 seconds in one breath. Faithfully doesn't get a lot of credit, it's very difficult to sing and the fact that Cory and Lea managed to sing the entire song and sustain the high notes is nothing short of incredible. Listen to the full 4 minute version for the whole experience. Should also include Like A Prayer and The Scientist, both Glee versions I love a lot more than the original versions. Plus the song that won them Nationals, Paradise By The Dashboard Light and It's All Coming Back to Me Now ❤ ❤ ❤
Agreed. She may have been a pain behind the scenes, but she KILLED it and made her version of Don't Rain on my Parade her own and not just an homage to Babs.
Paradise by the Dashboard Light also deserves a mention. It's one of the hardest songs in the show and the entire cast was so proud of Cory for pulling it off. As does Don't Rain On My Parade, the only song cut from the Glee Concert because Lea herself doubted her ability to perform it on a nightly basis. And while the song was cut, Lea's went on record to say that I Was Here by Beyonce was the hardest song she recorded. As people have said, too, Not Getting Married Today & Faithfully deserve shoutouts, too.
Paradise probably had Cory's best vocals on the show, he really pulled it off so well. I Was Here shouldn't have been cut, I loved the graduating episode but it should've been split in two episodes.
Will singing "Fix you" to Emma is such a beautiful moment and probably the only moment I can 100% see why they were meant to be. "Dream on" is an epic moment from Glee!
I think My Man should be higher on this list. It’s one of the most difficult musical theatre songs ever, and Lea fucking kills it. There is a reason why the song is rarely performed. I would have it in the top three, at least.
Totally agree, honestly not many can do the song justice or even touch it because it's very difficult. Lea even sang it in front of Barbra herself. Then again msmojo only included don't rain on my parade in honourable mentions....
Also any song w Adam Lambert (just like the songs w Jonathan Groff) was impressive as well as Santana’s Valerie, Songbird, basically (very similar to AR & LM) everything she sang was fabulous! Altho Bohemian Rhapsody would definitely have been my #1 choice & tbh, Dream On would likely have been #2. Lastly, the complete lack of DC songs is incomprehensible, his Cough Syrup was beyond memorable, as well as well, everything else.
the one i think is missing is “I Have Nothing” sung by Kurt in season 3. Chris Colfer mentioned in an interview that it was the hardest song he had to do in the whole show, and i think he nailed it.
I think people forget Adam Lambert was on this show, and he and Kurt nail “I believe in a Thing Called Love”. That’s an incredibly hard song to sing. It’s originally done falsetto but they belt it. Also, Smooth Criminal is very hard to sing as is Not Getting Married. Maybe ten is just not enough because there’s several more I can think of. I Have Nothing, Ain’t No Way, Barracuda, and All By Myself. There’s more. Fighter, La Jazz Hot - the note at the end- not easy. Hey Jude- Darren hits a Bb5. Basically, this is suck a talent cast and they make it look easy.
Dream on is amazing, i still listen this version more than the aerosmith original and also get it right & as long as you're there from the original song episode & cough syrup by Darren Criss
I am sad and really surprised to see Naya Rivera's Santana is not on this list. I can't think of songs off hand she's sung but were very difficult ones, which she pulled off like a pro.
This was such a great video to watch. It brought back a lot of wonderful memories I had with my teenage daughter, who is now 26. We found an abandoned 2 week old kitten the year it premiered, which she still has, and named him Finn. We both cried when Cory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson, and was there since the beginning, passed 😢. Thank you so much for posting 😊.
You should do a "More of the Hardest Glee Songs to Sing" and then feature the songs mentioned in the comments as well as I Know Where I've Been from season 6, sung by Alex Newell!
That's interesting because it sounds to me like it's Matthew. I can't really hear Neil in it at all. (But I'm not an expert so I could be wrong also.) 🤷🏼♀️
i also am not an expert and could easily be wrong but in an interview neil said how the hardest part of glee was hitting the high notes but he could have been talking about the other less high ones@@kfemme68
@@crenner07 interesting but ok. Like I said, I'm not an expert so I'll go with it. I guess maybe I just hear Matthew's voice more because it's not as high???? Who knows 🤔 maybe that's possible? Or maybe my ears are just giving out, lol. I know there are experts on RU-vid that could tell us and prove it easily but I don't know any of them personally so I'll just go with what everyone else thinks. Thanks for letting me know what NPH has said about it.
Wow a actual good list of glee songs that I agree with all of yes glee was really problematic I guess but it’s my favorite show of all time no exceptions and I will defend it forever
I’m sorry but I refuse to believe “River deep, mountain high” is not on here, Mercedes riff and how high the chorus goes, how is it not mentioned whatsoever
If I may add another mention in the form of Kurt's take on "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". Okay I know what you are thinking that it is easy but in my case, I can't sing this where the first time it aired, my dad was having heart surgery and sadly, he would have been 75 this year. Is that reason enough?
I'd throw Santana in there too, because while she doesn't hit the notes Mercedes and Kurt can, when it comes to the more soul/R&B tracks, she really shines
i did don’t rain on my parade for my highschool talent show and shocked my family who had never heard me sing like that. I kinda blacked out while singing it but the video was great
MsMojo forgot to mention Total Eclipse of the Heart was also on the season five 100 soundtrack (recorded by Will and April, just not performed in the show)
As crazy and obsered as the Bo Rap number is, I love it! The choreography is great. This is when they were at their best. What does the fox say is weird in a bad way. The worst number they ever did.
Pretty accurate list. However, I wish you credited and named the actors/singers instead of the characters. They deserve all the recognition , specially Amber Riley
Something i hated in glee was due to timing restrains, i just wish they were able to play the entire verisons of the songs, and not just a small portion of the songs
I recall glee never singing live. Wasn't the song recorded before in a studio and then just slapped under the episode. So it wasn't sung and danced at the same time.
According to the commennts i think glee chose the hardest songs ever made to put in the series. There are so many good singers and tough songs either in the video and in the comments
I'm not even a minute in and you already messed it up. Will sings "Fix You" to Emma because she has a mental illness, OCD, and it's causing her a lot of anxiety about their relationship. It's one of my favorite scenes from the show.
the Video is not so old to know , that Amber Riley won an Olivier Award lfor her Effie in Dreamgirls later slaying it 6 shows a week in London . I was there to witness, the whole house standing-ovation immediatly !
Fix You, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Spotlight, Dream On, Natural Woman, I Will Always Love You, and Bohemian Rhapsody are nowhere near the hardest songs to sing that Glee's ever made. It's like no one on the staff ever watched the show, jesus.
