‘Glee’: Hear Lea Michele, Darren Criss’ stirring new cover (video)
Lea Michele and Darren Criss have a passion for music that extends far beyond the world of “Glee,” and in the newest example of this, you can hear below a rather stirring performance of the classic from “Once” in “Falling Slowly.”
In a performance recently benefiting the organization Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the two parties got together to take on what is one of the emotional songs ever to be featured in the world of film. There is a reason that this song has become loved around the world, and Michele and Criss (who play Rachel Berry and Blaine Anderson on the actual Fox show) do a great job here of capturing the pain and the longing that is in the actual song. You could also see this performance as a little bit of a campaign stop in that they are each hoping that Ryan Murphy will take a look at the performance, and then decide to including “Falling Slowly” in an upcoming episode of “Glee.”
Granted, it’s going to be hard to find the right context for Rachel to sing this song for at least the immediate future, as the character will be in a little bit of a quagmire when it comes to her romantic life. She and Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) are no more, and Michele herself has hinted that Rachel will remain single rather than try to dive into a new relationship right away in her new city. “Glee” returns with all-new episodes on Fox beginning on Thursday, November 8 with “The Role You Were Born to Play,” which will actually be focused more on Ohio than life in New York.
What do you think about this “Falling Slowly” cover?
SJM
November 10, 2012 @ 11:09 pm
Update to my previous comments: Mr. McGinty has two versions of “Falling Slowly”—an acoustic version that was performed LIVE! on Foyle Radio accompanied by his childhood friend Oran O’Carroll, and a studio version recorded by “Celtic Thunder.” Both are available to hear on youtube.com The one I absolutely fell in love with was the “Celtic Thunder” version. But, I would splurge and spend the dollar (or so) on it at iTunes because you’re going to want to hear it over and over again and again, I promise you. That recording can also be heard on Tumblr. The one I found it on was “gleeprojectcast.tumblr.com.” Enjoy it. I recommend you purchase it, though, to support the artist and all of his hard work.
SJM
November 10, 2012 @ 9:42 pm
This pales in comparison with Damian McGinty’s rendition of the song which he did on the “Voyage” CD for “Celtic Thunder” as a farewell to his fans. It was, in short, so phenomenal that every other version has been rendered unlistenable. Totally not joking. Go listen to it and tell me it didn’t bring tears and a lump in your throat. The kid did it at the age of 18 but has the emotive maturity and vocal depth of a well seasoned singer. Darren and Lea’s version, while nice in a very school “choirish” way, doesn’t even begin to compare. I’d be very curious to hear Darren and Lea’s opinion of Damian’s version of “Falling Slowly”….very, very curious….Strange how Damian was axed from a show that is over 70% about music when it is blatantly apparent that he was the best male singer on the show (if not the best singer overall, on par with Amber Riley.)…Wonder why….Egos?…Politics?…What an infuriating waste of talent! He was dumped to make room for a whole lot of mediocre-at-best singers. Just don’ get it….:( ….a hundred times over!…