Spend enough time in the car with London and Maddie and they'll get through all four Glee CDs (plus the Glee Christmas album). While the show is completely plot-free this season, the soundtrack continues to be fun, reminding me of a whole bunch of great Gleeriginals (the originals that the Glee cast has covered) that I've been compiling as a playlist on my iPod. Others may recognize "Alone" from the covers performed by Celine Dion (Taking Chances album) or Carrie Underwood (on American Idol), but I want to make sure my girls identify with the 1987 power ballad from Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart on their Bad Animals album.
Since I've started working out on our new Tuff Stuff home gym (weight machine), I've developed two different workout playlists...an aerobic workout requires 22.5 minutes of randy Katy Perry and Lady Gaga to take my mind off gasping for air for three miles on the eliptical trainer, but my weight training days require hard rock...Van Halen's "Finish What You Started," Led Zeppelin's "Dyermaker," Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name, "Still Got This Thing for You" by Alannah Miles, and this one by Heart...the kind of soundtrack that takes me back to the high school weight room and, like the football coach, screams "gimme one more rep."
I hear the ticking of the clock I'm lying here the room's pitch dark I wonder where you are tonight No answer on the telephone And the night goes by so very slow Oh I hope that it won't end though Alone
Till now I always got by on my own I never really cared until I met you And now it chills me to the bone How do I get you alone How do I get you alone
You don't know how long I have wanted to touch your lips and hold you tight, oh You don't know how long I have waited and I was going to tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own and my love for you is still unknown Alone
Till now I always got by on my own I never really cared until I met you And now it chills me to the bone How do I get you alone How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone How do I get you alone
Alone, alone
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I had a hard time making a decision this week on a pick for Music Monday... Daughtry's "No Surprise" has been running through my head since last weekend in South Beach, along with James Blunt's wistful "You're Beautiful"...the girls' basketball evaluations on Saturday took me back to my high school years and I thought about kickin' it old school with the Sugarhill Gang's "8th Wonder" (Go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy)... but this week's episode of Glee combined with an article in the latest Cosmo led me to Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" as performed by the Glee cast.
Fellow blogger Berryvox tweeted the other day about how we all hated our parents' music and vice versa. Growing up, that was definitely the case for me, but now that I have two girls of my own I find that we like each other's music, maybe a bit too much....since there are moms out there who might not flinch when the girls borrow my Southside Johnny and Bon Jovi vinyl but would find it a bit disturbing to hear the words "let you put your hands on me in my skin tight jeans" coming from the elementary school children in the back of my Acadia. They will be the same ones who will get pissed off when I let London read Judy Blume's "Forever" before she's in high school... but there's a much longer post about Judy Blume to come...just not today.
Speaking of shows my daughters shouldn't be watching, thoughts they probably shouldn't be thinking... Cosmo reports a trend among women who like to see a little man-on-man action (Brokeback Mountain, True Blood on HBO)...guess I'm cutting edge, but going back to college I had a girlfriend who said "there's a little bit of lesbian in each and every one of us"... not me. If there's going to be a threesome, it's going to involve the men's basketball team (oops, math whiz, that would be sixsome not including the guys on the bench). Fair's fair, guys, and if I had a nickel for each one of you guys whose fantasy involves two girls, well I could quit investment banking tomorrow.
Anyway, these prettyboys from Glee don't do it for me, but I love the song.
[The Glee boys don't sing this part, but it's one of my favorite lines from the original by Katy Perry You think I'm pretty Without any make-up on You think I'm funny When I tell the punch line wrong I know you get me So I'll let my walls come down, down]
Before you met me I was a wreck But things were kinda heavy You brought me to life Now every February You'll be my valentine, valentine
Let's go all the way tonight No regrets, just love We can dance until we die You and I We'll be young forever
You make me Feel like I'm living a teenage dream The way you turn me on I can't sleep Let's runaway And don't ever look back Don't ever look back
My heart stops When you look at me Just one touch Now baby I believe This is real So take a chance And don't ever look back Don't ever look back
We drove to Cali And got drunk on the beach Got a motel and Built a fort out of sheets I finally found you My missing puzzle piece I'm complete
Let's go all the way tonight No regrets, just love We can dance until we die You and I We'll be young forever
You make me Feel like I'm living a teenage dream The way you turn me on I can't sleep Let's runaway And don't ever look back Don't ever look back
My heart stops When you look at me Just one touch Now baby I believe This is real So take a chance And don't ever look back Don't ever look back
I might get your heart racing In my skin-tight jeans Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me In my skin-tight jeans Be your teenage dream tonight
You make me Feel like I'm living a teenage dream The way you turn me on I can't sleep Let's runaway And don't ever look back Don't ever look back
My heart stops When you look at me Just one touch Now baby I believe This is real So take a chance And don't ever look back Don't ever look back
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My loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers know that London, Maddie and I became huge fans of Glee over the summer. We hadn't watched a single episode all year, but when we learned that Glee was going to be the theme for the girls' Annie's Playhouse Summer Stars camp this year, we caught up on the entire season very quickly.
Now that London and Maddie are back to school, we were glad to see that the season premiere is on at eight o'clock EST tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 21st). After the girls come home from their ballet and modern dance lessons at Garden State Ballet in Randolph, New Jersey, we'll eat a quick dinner (sorry, Rex, for rushing through one of your delicious meals) so we can watch Glee before bedtime...
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London and Maddie are in the midst of their fourth summer at Annie's Playhouse Summer Stars camp, and this year, the theme for the Big Show is Glee. I guess I'm turning into an old sap, but whenever I get to camp early and catch the girls practicing, tears of pride well up in my eyes. In honor of my Broadway babies, here's my first Music Monday post in a long time: "Don't Stop Believing" by the Glee Cast.
Just a small town girl Livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train Goin' anywhere Just a city boy Born and raised in South Detroit He took the midnight train Goin' anywhere
A singer in a smokey room A smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting Up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching In the night Streetlights, people Livin' just to find emotion Hidin', somewhere in the night
Workin' hard to get my fill Everybody wants a thrill Payin' anything to roll the dice Just one more time Some will win Some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting Up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching In the night Streetlights, people Livin' just to find emotion Hidin', somewhere in the night
[Instrumental Interlude]
Don't stop believin' Hold on to the feelin' Streetlights, people Don't stop believin' Hold on Streetlights, people
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