sytycd season 8 music...

so i LOVE so you think you can dance.

it's an awesome show that just keeps putting out amazing dancers!!! it's also a great source for some wildly fun playlists. so hold on to your hats people.....i've made a list* of the songs from this past season (eight!).

so enjoy some awesome music...and get out there and maybe DANCE a little!!!

the irrepressibles - in this shirt
swizz beats (feat. eve) - chillin or coolin
jlo - on the floor
steed lord - vanguardian
passion pit - moth's wings
welcome to hell
nathan lanier - velocity
chronique - pop drop and roll
mia - xr2
keri hilson - shake (out of control)
john mayer - say
nadia oh - hot like wow
nina simone - sinnerman
adele - turning tables
coming home - hip hop
sing sing sing
please mr jailer
robert palmer - addicted to love
major lazer (feat. vybz kartel) - pon de floor
DSS - move
sleigh bells - riot rhythm
usher - moving mountains
LMFAO - party rock anthem
ray charles - hit the road jack
cary brothers - belong
the incredibles soundtrack - the incredits
frank sinatra - come fly with me
say you love me (gotta work it out)
david ryan harris - for you
kj-52 (feat. blanca reyes) - you're gonna make it
maria zouroudis - unthinkable
jamie foxx - i don't need it
katie thompson - it doesn't hurt (live)
adele - rolling in the deep
damien rice - prague
lady gaga - americano
miguel - to the moon
secret garden - nocturne
celeste lear - light through the branches
david bowie - fashion
celine dion - don't remember the name of the song, but it goes... - waiting for you right there in the dark...i'm the one who wants to love you....
mikeal karlsson - ends
john west (feat. pusha t-lovely)
basement jaxx - scars
kelly rowland (feat. david guetta) - commander
gloria estefan - 1,2,3,4
mario spinetti - when you say my name
florence and the machine - cosmic love
olafur arnalds - brotsjor
frank sinatra - all i need is the girl
lupe fiasco (feat. eric turner & the sway) - break the chain
boyce avenue - just the way you are
aretha franklin - that's life
rent - out tonight
janis joplin - piece of my heart
david j. roch - skin and bones
ain't nothing wrong with that
sean peter (feat. oscar jimenez) - el fuego
lady gaga - edge of glory
crystal castles - not in love
queen - body language
bobby mcferrin - thinking about your body
kate hudson - cinema italiano
duffy - syrup and honey
jessie j - who you are (acoustic live)
harry connick jr - come by me
chris brown (feat. lil wayne & busta) - look at me now
angus & julia stone - you're the one that i want
cassidy haley - daylight breaks
crookers (feat. roison murphy) - royal t
orquesta color tango - malajunta
john legend - this time
dorothy moore - misty blue
lykke li - tonight
christina perri - the lonely
tina arena - everybody hurts
tori amos - precious things
gavin degraw - more than anyone (stripped)
smokey joe's - on broadway
jacques brel - les bourgeois
ida correct vs fedde le grand - let me think about it
the cinematic orchestra - time and space
district 78 - battle for the beat
terry snyder - puttin on the ritz
mario - let me love you
tina turner - nutbush city limits
bonnie tyler - total eclipse of the heart
celine dion - river deep mountain high
rihanna - take a bow
queen - another one bites the dust
jeff buckley - i know its over
ella fitzgerald - top hat white tie and tails
p diddy - bad boy for life
adele - set fire to the rain
district 78 - game on
nicki minaj (feat. lil wayne) - romans revenge
me'shell ndegeocello - fool of me
justin nozuka - after tonight
beirut - the gulag orkestar
trent dabbs - inside these lines
yolanda b cool & dcup - we speak no americano
lady gaga - teeth
kat deluna - drop it low (district 78 remix)
james morrison - wonderful world (acoustic)
freestylers (feat. belle humble) - cracks (flux pavillion remix)
beyonce - schoolin' life
shirley bassey - (where do i begin) love story (away t remix)
florence and the machine - heavy in your arms
lia ices - grown unknown
miri ben-ari (feat. styles p) - we gonna win
natasha bedingfield - touch
sia - my love
midnight red - one club at a time
tower of power - there is only so much oil in the ground
james morrison - you give me something (acoustic)
requiem for a tower
howie day - collide (acoustic)
torn soundtrack - deressed

from the final episode:
district 78 - wanna get hype
ms'shell ndegeocello - fool of me
leona lewis - i got you
queen - another one bites the dust
busta rhymes - break ya neck
water for elephants soundtrack - circus sets up
michael buble - can't buy me love
bonnie tyler - total eclipse of the heart
jeff buckley - i konw it's over
chonique sneed (feat. lisette bustamante) - pop drop and roll
rachel sweet - please mr jailer
dorothy moore - misty blue
nathan lanier - velocity
orquesta color tango - malajunta
ingrid michaelson - turn to stone
district 78 - game on

*this is not an official list, but just one i made by watching the show...so please don't sue me or yell about things i missed. but do feel free to comment with any tracks i may have missed! thanks!!! :)
(OH, and i made this list on my iphone, so sorry about any autocorrect typos...hee hee)

go ahead. call me a music snob.

i'm so picky about song covers. i usually have a physical reaction or a knee jerk when i hear a cover come on the radio or tv, i usually have to turn the station. some people call this 'music snobbery,' but i choose to call it 'selective listening.' (my grandpa had it too, but that was a little different) the artist put out the song how they wanted it to sound, but that's just what i think. (and don't worry. i love karaoke. that's COMPLETELY different.)

now i have been a fan of glee for a while, and when i got back into town from my european excursion, i was psyched to sit down and watch two episodes of the show back to back. but you can only imagine my disappointment when i saw that one of the episodes was (yet another) tribute episode. (i happen to think that the madonna one was brilliant, but lady gaga pushed it, and britney pushed it over the edge, quite frankly.) but i thought i would give it a shot.

i have to say that the production team did a remarkable job, as did the dancers and choreographers. i mean, REALLY top notch. their dedication to creating a britney rich world, and recreating some of her most iconic looks was incredible...but i was only impressed up to a certain point.

for me, the only redeeming number of the episode was the "Toxic" number at the end of the episode. that is what i expect from a glee episode that's featuring pop music. the arrangement is really good, and the dancing is also exceptional. i really liked this number and at the end, i realized that i had hoped the whole episode would have been that good. i think that's the heart of my disappointment.

in case you missed it, glee - toxic clip for britney episode

and i just have to ask, what happened to the show tunes??? wasn't that the whole point at the beginning? i know that pop music can draw more fans, but half of the gleeks out there started watching the show for the references to broadway, both in music and choreography...and less for the trite pushing of the songs to fit the 'theme' for the week.

come on glee.

you're better than that.