I’m not a pop music fan, but for whatever reason Fox’s hit series Glee is like crack to me. As soon as the episode is up on Hulu, I have to watch it. Being that I am so far from a mainstream music fan, it suprised me how much I could relate to last week’s episode “Britney/Brittany.”
In the beginning of the episode, everyone’s favorite chior teacher Mr. Shuester tells the glee club that they will be singing songs from the easy listening genre. The club is not excited. Instead, the club suggests that they cover Britney Spears songs for a students assembly. Mr. Shuester refuses, and then the club made an interseting argument. They argued that America’s youth (I would say that this includes my age bracket) grew up with Britney Spears. She is the voice of our pop music history, even more than new acts like Lady Gaga.
Begrudgingly, I have to admit that I agree. I was in the last years of my elementary school and the beginning phases of my middle school year when Britney was having her hay day. I can not begin to even count the number of times my friends and I jammed out to Britney Spears, or watched her wonderfully terrible movie Crossroads. Even as we grew up and moved on to other genres of music most people my age still love Britney. Britney Spears reminds everyone I know of an easier, more free time. Finally, Mr. Shuester realized this and let his glee club cover some Britney tunes. All was well in the world.
