"Don't Stop Believin": Glee Vs. Rock of Ages

Glee

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Glee...

Glee!

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Rock of Ages' is great. Glee's is AMAZING.

Vote: Glee

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Rock of Ages appreciated the fact that the song is a drunken 80s classic, and apparently realized that (unlike most of their songs) they could get the rights to it. So they give it the final slot in their show, which as a trashy classic (and I mean that in a good way, because I love Don't Stop Believin' literally exactly as much as I... tolerated Rock of Ages) it absolutely deserved.

Glee used it almost entirely unironically, which I didn't quite understand. I mean, considering the show's messages, I would think that they would use it in some slightly subversive way. They gave the kid in the wheelchair the lead solo in "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat!" But still, I think they reinterpreted the song fabulously, and I know I'll listen to it on a fairly regular basis, which is more than I can say about the Rock of Ages version, if they ever release a cast recording.

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Updated On: 5/27/09 at 01:04 AM

Glee

The Glee performance was not live and more than likely enhanced in studio. So I'll go with ROA.

I love them both so so much.

Still, I have a ridiculous love for James Carpinello. So right now, I'm gonna say ROA. But they're basically even, so it could switch at any point.

I agree with everything scott86 said. :3 (Except he seems to have seen ROA in its entirety, and this is the first I've seen of it. XD)

Mind you, having poked around the ebuTuoY, I've come to the conclusion that I totally prefer *both* these versions to the original. XD

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ROA is live and alive. Glee was made to 'sound' perfect.

ROA is better.

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I didn't like Glee, but I haaaated Rock of Ages. And that may have been my least favorite moment of ROA. They ruined one of the best known songs, regardless of what decade it's from.

Glee definitely wins.

^ Shoo

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