“Glee” has become a worldwide phenomenon thanks largely in part to its ability to take well-known pop songs and make crappier show-tunes versions of them. However, not every musical act wanted the added fame and money that came with the “Glee” exposure. Two generations of musical gruel-makers refused:
“At the beginning,” [series creator Ryan] Murphy said, “a lot of people didn’t know what we were and asked to see pages (in advance), but I refused because I didn’t want to set precedent of them having any involvement. My favorite rejection was Bryan Adams. Coldplay and Bryan Adams were really the only rejections. But Coldplay called a week ago and said, ‘We’re sorry, you can have our catalog.’” [Yahoo via THR]
“No no, don’t be sorry. You can keep it,” said Murphy in my dream world. “We only want music that we can feasibly make crappier and gayer.”
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Pardon the internet-speak, but Lobster Dog with shades FTMFW.
“My favorite rejection was Bryan Adams.”
That rejection must have cut like a knife.
Would be perfect if the lobster hat had shades as well. As it stands, this is merely awesome.
Never seen Glee, never will, I like a few Coldplay songs and Chris Martin seems like a funny and decent guy on all the outtakes from Extras, how he’s with that pretentious spacehead Gwyneth Paltrow is baffling
All lobster dog needs is a black t-shirt and his outfit will be complete.
MethChefJeff finds Chris Martin to be a funny and decent guy. Just felt like repeating that for everyone.
You know, Enrico, the polite thing to do would have been just to ignore it.
Let me guess: you’re the guy who screams out “Hey, WHO FARTED?!”
I can’t wait for the Glee all-Metallica episode.
@AmPed, I think that second “s” in your name should be a “d”.
@EP, I was hoping he was just being sarcastic.
Thankfully, Coldplay is very particular about when Radiohead can and can’t be ripped off.
It would be awesome if Lobster Dog removed those shades only to reveal he has another pair of shades on behind them.
I want to say that Glee producers had to track Bryan Adams down under a freeway overpass to ask his permission — but if Steve Guttenberg’s appearance on Party Down taught me anything, it’s that any hack with middling commercial success in the 80s is probably living in a mansion and banging girls other people bring over.
(The Lobster could also use sunglasses.)
A girl I was dating once insisted on trying to get me into Coldplay even though I had said how much I disliked it. We ended up having sex while it was on. The only thing that could make Coldplay tolerable is boning. And even then I would’ve rather had something that would fertilize my boner rather than shrink it playing.
Needless to say, we’re not together anymore.