Last year Gleeks the world over were settling down from some pretty amazing tribute episodes. The Power of Madonna in season 1, the Britney Spears and Rocky Horror Glee Show episodes in season 2. So far in season 3 we haven’t seen a single one! Though creator Ryan Murphy has said this would be the case, I’ve come up with 5 thematic shows that Glee must do over the course of its remaining seasons!
Rent was arguably the biggest musical of the 90′s. It just makes sense that Glee would eventually do this. We heard Rachel and Mercedes sing “Take Me Or Leave Me,” so why not do a whole episode! In light of this season’s ongoing West Side Story line, it seems feasible. They could even tie it in with someone getting kicked out of their house and trying to get their own place (Sam maybe?). Seems a bit mature for high school students but I could totally see Finn getting kicked out of the house for doing something stupid and swearing he’s going to get his own place, only to realize he can’t do it on his own, and ends up coming back. Yes, Ryan Murphy if you would like to hire me as a writer give me a ring.
This isn’t as glamorous and probably wouldn’t build as much excitement, but considering it was one of the best times in American musical history, it just seems right. Maybe even a whole tribute to Cole Porter!? This would get a lot of musical Glee fans excited…but maybe not the viewing public in general. They’ve already done a few Songbook songs, but a whole tribute show would be amazing!
With a talented, good-looking cast, it seems like this would be the next great tribute episode. After seeing the Britney episode, Joey Fatone said that he would love to have an NSYNC tribute show. Something like Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, New Kids, Boyz II Men would be amazing! The girls could get in on it too – Spice Girls, All Saints, En Vogue (OMG just had a flash of Mercedes singing “Free Your Mind”), Destiny’s Child! This could really be a fantastic episode and we’ve already heard some Destiny’s Child on the show. Plus with New Kids and Backstreet Boys recently touring together, they could make an appearance to promote their tour! Now with the all-girl group the Trouble Tones, it’s the perfect time for this to happen!
I could actually see a whole Spice Girls episode happening. I mean they DID have their own movie, and gigantic huge successful reunion tour. There’s no doubting the Spice Girls had a huge influence on pop culture and music. Being one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) Spice Girls fan I know, a Spice Girls tribute show would only make sense. And seeing as how they’re all laying pretty low (minus Mel B) at the moment, I’m sure they would all love to be on the show. How fun would that be!? Not to mention Kurt did suggest a Spice Girls song during this season’s “Mash Off” episode!
With all the different iconic images of Michael, it seems like it would fit perfectly for this show. We’ve already heard MJ songs sprinkled throughout the 3 seasons thus far, so it’s unlikely an entire tribute episode will happen. But how fun would it be to see another Booty Camp with Mike Chang teaching Finn how to moonwalk!?
If you have ideas or tribute shows that you would like to see on Glee, leave them in the comments below and we’ll mention them on a future episode of Glee Chat!