blackleatherbookshelf | Nov. 4th, 2010

Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show

Throw A Slushy On It
2 Out of 5 Stars

The first major disappointment in the Glee Cast CD series, for some reason they decided that "Rocky Horror" needed to be sanitized. For some reason, the suits at Columbia and/or Fox didn't like the word "Transsexual" in "Sweet Transvestite," so now Frankenfurter comes from "sensational Transylvania." Huh? And instead of playing it close to the vest, the normally stellar Amber Riley over-sings it, painfully.

Then, in "Toucha Touch Me," Jayma Mays is apparently to prim to be allowed to sing the phrase "heavy petting," so that lyric gets altered. For a show that is all about the pratfalls and pitfalls of high school, that expression is too much? Please.

At least the autotune is gone. They also had the good sense to not try and match Tim Curry's Frankenfurter performance. On the flipside of the coin, Chris Colfer totally nails Riff in "Time Warp," saving this EP from total disaster. I am hoping that maybe Glee's broadcast of the Rocky Horror episode will perhaps lead to a revival of interest in the original show, but this sanitized version is a dud.