Glee is an American musical-comedy drama television series aired by Fox, the company that brought us the massive show American Idol. Created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, the show has garnered an average of 9.619 million viewers. Murphy has stated that he intends to create a balance of show tunes and pop tunes. In this review, we will be focusing on one of the latest pop tunes that the show has covered: Keep Holding On.
The single is dominated vocally by Lea Michele, who reprises the role of Rachel Berry in the show, and Cory Monteith, who reprises the role of Finn Hudson in the show. The duo did their best in making the cover sound great and in the eyes of this writer, they succeeded.
Vocally, Michele and Hudson did a good job in blending their voices for the duet. The backing vocals done by the rest of the Glee cast add a certain degree of richness to the song. The symphonic feeling added by the backing vocals is a huge plus to the Glee cover.
The arrangement is absolutely great. Backing vocals were great. The combo of Monteith and Michele did wonders. A great Avril Lavigne song has turned into a great show tune courtesy of the Glee cast. One may feel that he is listening to some theatrical song once he hears the great arrangement done for the cover.
However, the song does run into some problems. Monteith’s voice sounds like it has been “auto tuned” too much. A suggestion of this writer would be to stop the abuse of the “auto tune.” Monteith has the talent to sing. Stop using the “auto tune.” It only hurts Monteith’s rep. When someone has the talent, why do something that can hinder the talent from flowing continuously? As one adage said, “Why fix something that ain’t broke?”
Highlights of the song would be the great blending of Michele and Monteith’s voices. Add a stunning job done by the backing vocalists and you have a great cover knocking in your doorsteps. However, the abuse of “auto tune” on Monteith must be stopped immediately. Still, the cover is great but it does not match the greatness of the cast’s rendition of “Somebody To Love.”
Genre: Pop
Year Released: 2009
Label: Columbia Records
