Well, based on those videos alone, Glee wins. I haven't seen RoA, but that number apparently doesn't work out of context because I was extremely confused as to who all the characters were and why they were singing things the way they were. Not a very good choice to sell the show on the Today Show.
I give it to ROA since that show has been around for 3 years doing that number. Not saying they stole the idea, but ROA was a big hit in LA- especially with the film and tv community (why they got a movie deal before they even made it to Bway) so I have to give ROA the points for originality. Not to mention the story of ROA unfolds through the song (as opposed to just a random show choir cover)
Rock of Ages appreciated the fact that the song is a drunken 80s classic, and apparently realized that (unlike most of their songs) they could get the rights to it. So they give it the final slot in their show, which as a trashy classic (and I mean that in a good way, because I love Don't Stop Believin' literally exactly as much as I... tolerated Rock of Ages) it absolutely deserved.
Glee used it almost entirely unironically, which I didn't quite understand. I mean, considering the show's messages, I would think that they would use it in some slightly subversive way. They gave the kid in the wheelchair the lead solo in "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat!" But still, I think they reinterpreted the song fabulously, and I know I'll listen to it on a fairly regular basis, which is more than I can say about the Rock of Ages version, if they ever release a cast recording.
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HATED Glee...but you cannot deny they SOUNDED great
From the clips....have to go with Glee.
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I didn't like Glee, but I haaaated Rock of Ages. And that may have been my least favorite moment of ROA. They ruined one of the best known songs, regardless of what decade it's from.
are we seriously comparing a number that was shot and choreographed over several hour, sync'd to a track that was recorded, mixed, and mastered in a studio- performed by actors in fantastic lighting and hours of make-up... to a number that was recorded LIVE at the ass-crack of dawn, outside, on video?! Go call the Glee cast to get up at 5:30 and perform that number outside rockefeller center and let's compare THAT! this thread is pretty ignorant.
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