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So, broadway lovers of the glee fandom, what song do you wish had been covered and what character do you wish had covered it?

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So, not too long ago I had a conversation with someone about the song “Role of a lifetime” as a Kurt song and while it’s very tuned for Chris Colfers voice, what I took was that it didn’t match his idealism and that’s true. But I only understood that while having a conversation about it.

So what song do you wish had been covered and what character would you have wanted it from?

Posted Feb 11, 2020, 7:43 PM UTC

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xCJEDx•

i know it wasn’t out at the time but literally any Dear Evan Hansen song

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kind-of-there•

It’s the song that nobody cares about, but I could see “To Break In A Glove” working with Burt and Finn, although the fact that Mike O’Malley doesn’t sing is an obvious disqualifier.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

OH, now that would have been amazing. That could have been a really sweet moment between them.

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xCJEDx•

omg that would be amazing

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Y-WooThe Barden Bellas•

You Will Be Found during regionals in the On My Way episode with the New Directions singing it as a group number in honour of Karoksy

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hiho_cheerioThe Troubletones•

Every time I hear that song I think that it sounds like it was made for a glee group performance.

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Insolve_Miza•

Sincerely me with Sebastian, blaine, and santana. And instead of “kinky” santana would say wanky

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, any song would truly have worked well.

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dugpdcv•

Waving Through a Window by Finn would have been pretty cool.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

I agree... that would have been very interesting.

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The-Pixel-Phantom•

I'm watching the show over now and theres an episode in season 5 where Blaine makes everyone puppets that look exactly like Avenue Q, but then they sing What Does the Fox Say. That episode could've covered any Avenue Q song!

I just kinda feel a lack of a lot of Broadway songs rewatching it. It's mostly pop hits, especially season 4 onwards.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, the "Puppets" episode will forever be on my list of "Glee Fever Dream" episodes where I don't love them but they will never leave my mind.

I fully agree with you about the lack of Broadway songs though because I would have loved more.

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RyForPresidentLord Tubbington's Army•

Hamilton.

King George songs by Jesse, The Schuyler Sisters for the unholy trinity, Helpless, and practically the entire musical

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

LMAO... Mr. Shue rapping

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princessb95•

On that note, can we just be thankful that Mr. Shue never tried to teach Latino/Hispanic culture with In the Heights. Because I could seriously see them trying to pull off Carnaval del Barrio and failing miserably.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh 100 percent, I’m very thankful for that everyday.

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Cloud9Shopper•

But, Ice Ice Baby is one of my secret favorite S1 songs. The dance sequence of that was too much fun!!

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missmargarite13The Rosedale Mennonites•

NO NO NO NO NO. I will not stand for this.

Beyond the Schuyler Sisters for the Unholy Trinity. That would be dope.

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mosaiccactusSantana Lopez is a Sapphic Godess •

I would've loved any Heathers song to be in it

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kind-of-there•

Candy Store for the Unholy Trinity. It’s perfect.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

YES, lol.. What a perfect song.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, same. "Lifeboat" could have been a common one for one of the characters to sing.

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BroadwayOneDay•

Not Broadway but "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough"- Barbra Streisand and Donna Summers sung by Rachel and Santana.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, that could have been a very interesting duet. Santana and Rachel was a fun dynamic.

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mySpyLlama•

Imagine if Glee would have done any Donna Summer song at all. But NMT (EIE) would’ve been a certified bop.

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_crunchwrap_Post-Modern Gay, Batman•

I believe from The Book Of Mormon featuring a Mr. Sam Evans.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Yes, lmao...I fully agree with you.

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songbirdskeepsinging"The only straight I am is a straight up bitch"•

They had Kurt covering this but I wish Blaine had covered Being Alive.

I also want Santana to cover The Wild Party's Life Of The Party

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Blaine singing Being Alive could have been SO interesting. I would have loved that.

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spammymcthrowawayTeenage Scream•

"4 Jews In A Room Bitching" from Falsettos would have been hilarious if they sang that at the Berry/Hudson dinner in season 3. Also "Give Up Your Dreams" from School of Rock at either the very beginning of the show when Terri was trying to get Shue to quit, or when Bryan Ryan was telling the glee club to stop dreaming. Also I would have wanted Blaine to sing "Maria" rather than "Somethings Coming" in the West Side Story auditions.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Wow, I love all of your ideas to be honest. "4 Jews In A Room Bitching" is one of my favorite Falsetto songs so I would have loved it at the Berry/Hudson dinner.

Blaine singing "Maria" makes so much more sense and I've thought about that for years.

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kind-of-there•

It’s replacing a good song with a song that didn’t exist yet, but sub out the Season 1 duet “I Dreamed A Dream” between Rachel and Shelby for “Show Yourself” from Frozen II.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, that would have been a VERY good switch even though the song wasn't out yet. I think it would have fit both characters perfectly.

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AutistChan•

Anything from heathers would have been great

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

I fully agree... I would have loved Heathers.

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Matthewfabianiscool•

Big Fun done as the Unholy Trinity as Heathers, Rachel as Veronica, and Tina as Martha.

That would be epic.

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AutistChan•

Exactly, though I think Marley’s voice would’ve been good as Veronica, Veronica hits Rachel even more than it would Marley

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sweetunderstanding•

Something from Waitress for sure. I would’ve loved something silly like 'Never Ever Getting Rid of Me' sung by Blaine maybe? I could see it as a song to try to get back with Kurt or 'I Love You Like a Table' which I think would’ve been perfect for Finn.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

OH... Blaine singing "Never Ever Getting Rid of Me" would have been iconic. The show is over and yet that's all I want from life now.

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turboshot49cents•

“All Grown Up” from Bare: A Pop Opera would have fit Quinn’s storyline

“Beautiful,” the first song in the Heathers musical, would have worked as a great season 3 opener, probably by Rachel

I can also see Mercedes or Lauren singing “Kindergarten Boyfriend” also from Heathers

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Wow, I love all your choices to be honest. "All Grown Up" would have been so beautiful for Quinn and I would have loved just a Bare song in general.

"Beautiful" could definitely have worked as a Rachel/group song with the other little characters. Group numbers were always a lot of fun.

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likesc00bsLord Tubbington's Army•
  1. Beautiful from Heathers: First episode of Season 3. Rachel = Veronica. Unholy Trinity=Heathers. Mercedes=Martha. Iconic.
  2. A Guy That I'd Never Be Into from Be More Chill: Kitty about Artie/Rachel about Puck (i don't mind the ship but it would have fit especially if Finn was saying Jeremys part)
  3. Only Us from Dear Evan Hansen: Sam and Quinn. I know its not a popular ship but their voices would fit this so well
  4. Lifeboat from Heathers: Santana after coming out/Quinn after being ousted from the Cheerios
  5. Seventeen from Heathers: pull a Riverdale and have Finnchel, Klaine, and Brittana all sing this in Season 3 before like Nationals or graduation or something.
  6. Never Ever Getting Rid of Me from Waitress: Blaine during Season 3 to Kurt/a fun genderswap song for Rachel to sing to Will during that weird episode or Finn during Season 1
  7. King of New York from Newsies: Artie leads with the rest of the NYC group late Season 5 helping/The gang singing this when they get to NYC for Nationals
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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Wow, I love all of your ideas and the plot behind all of them.

Also, super happy to see Be More Chill on your list because people don’t notice it enough.

Never Getting Rid of Me is such a Blaine song and I wish we could have gotten that, because I need it.

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likesc00bsLord Tubbington's Army•

Thanks! :) I love Be More Chill so much, and it makes me sad that more people haven't heard of it. I wish I would have put more BMC songs on the list but a lot of them are sUPER SPECIFIC to the musical.

Maybe Do You Wanna Hang? sung by Santana and/or Brittany when they're sort of dating Finn or when Finn is about to lose his vcard? Or The Pants Song from, like Burt to Blaine when Kurt's in NYC?

Also, ikrrrr. Now I can't stop thinking about him singing it.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

I love BMC as well and I would love for it to have more attention. I was so sad when it closed in New York because while I was lucky to see it, I do miss it. George Salazar was the best!

The Pants Song would be SO Accurate... aaahhh now I can’t stop thinking about BMC on glee.

It’s truly what we need even though Glee is off the air. Maybe Darren can cover it one day lol

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Also, I just saw Seventeen and Riverdale and nothing made more sense. I love the idea of having the three couples sing it Riverdale style plus you know it would be better then the Riverdale version.

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notnatalieThe Warblers•

I really need to see Be More Chill. Ned Vizzini's books (especially It's Kind of a Funny Story) got me through so much during my adolescent years.

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altane•

I dream of Rachel singing So Much Better from Legally Blonde the musical - I always imagined she’d sing it in season 4 or 5.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

OH, I would have loved that. Legally Blonde is such a fun musical so it would have been really cool to see.

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MARC-E•

Wicked Little Town and it's Reprise from Hedwig and the angry Inch. Covered by Unique. Or maybe someone else like Sam or Kurt.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, either one would have worked and been really interesting plot-wise. Those would have been really good.

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lilyinthewoods•

One of the things that make me happiest is that glee ended before Hamilton. Dont get me wrong, I love both, but I'm sure they would have butchered it.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Will Schuester rapping would have absolutely butchered it. That and the idea of a Señorita duet is why I’m glad Glee ended lol.

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sundrops14•

I would love to hear any phantom of the opera songs by Rachel. Not sure who can carry the deeper male voice of the phantom though.

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, that would be awesome tbh, I would have love to see her as a Christine.

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Maxa30Lord Tubbington's Army•

Finn singing a slowed down version of “If You Were Gay” to Santana

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Oh, that would have been very interesting to hear. Just Finn singing Broadway in general, could have been very interesting and different for him.

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Insolve_Miza•

Sincerely me with Sebastian, blaine, and santana. And instead of “kinky” santana would say wanky

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InternetIntrovertsOP“I am a work in progress”•

Accurate

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holacomoestas1991•

Ugh their version of it from Elsie fest is so good.

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Insolve_Miza•

Ikr!

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holacomoestas1991•

I’ve listened to it an absurd amount of times on repeat hahaha.

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Insolve_Miza•

Same!

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PandazzlePro•

When puck man beat up the hockey guy and threatened him with a knife I wish mr schue sang “meet me inside” from hamilton

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