After seeing a couple of adverts on TV I decided to watch a few episodes of another new US import called Glee. Glee essentially is a high school show about a bunch of kids and their teacher who start a Glee club. Glee which apparently is the lowest form of social status in american high school consists of social misfits, stutterers, gays and wheelchaired students. Slowly they manage to attract a few football players and cheerleaders but also a host of enemies including the head cheerleading coach & the rest of the school. You’ll notice a few familiar faces in Glee, the cheerleader coach is the crazy lady from role models, and both of the Glee teacher’s love interests are former “Heroes”.

While the story line is filled with love interests, pregnancies and sabotages. The real reason to watch Glee is the music. I’ve always liked the odd choir-esk cover, those who’ve seen the movie slackers might remember the Ace of Base cover. But Glee takes it to another level, with 4/5 songs every episode and tracks you’d all know. To be fair, after hearing their cover of “Don’t stop Believing” I had to watch more and the song list doesn’t disappoint with tracks that include Gold Digger, Ride Wit Me, No Air, Push It & Confessions, to name a few. Those from the UK will also notice a heavy skew to Brit music (especially in the first few eps) with covers of Duffy, Amy Wino & Lily Allen.

One episode led to watching the whole of the first season in a week. I’d best describe it as a cross between Sister Act 2, High School Musical, American Pie (if it was PG-13) & any typical high school TV show. Glee for the past week has been my vice & while it won’t do my newly awarded biggest office metrosexual image any good, I’ll be catching it again when it comes back in April 2010.

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