The Facets of Glee

Okay, let's talk about Glee. Yes, I watch Glee almost religiously every Tuesday night on FOX. However, I do NOT, I repeat DO NOT, watch the show for the story lines, I watch it for the musical numbers. The music is why I fell in love with the show in the first place and is why I keep watching it. Lately however I have been disappointed with the quality of the numbers, not because the performers aren't amazing, they definitely are, but because of the lack of good music (I say that with caution because all music is good in my mind) that they have chosen.
Now, before you start writing me off right now, I want to say that I do enjoy all the songs that are chosen to be on the show, however, I just wish that they would chose more popular songs, or at least ones that more people know. I'm sorry but I just don't want to sit there and have no idea where a song came from. And stop with the theme weeks too. Just like American Idol, only doing one artist or era in an episode is ridiculous and, quite frankly, pretty boring. I'd like to see the characters sing songs that reflect their personalities and storylines, not their combined love for Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, or Michael Jackson (even though they are all great artists).
I will say that very recently there has been an upswing in the song choices of the show. I loved the mixture of choices on the episode when Mr. Shue enlists the Glee Club to help him propose to Emma, and the episode that aired tonight, the Valentine's Day episode, was full of fun and "hip" music, with just enough old school to satisfy all of the ranges of love songs. Hell, they even sang "Love Shack" which, let's be honest, was a little weird. By the way, "Stereo Hearts" is one of my new favorite songs, so check the original by Gym Class Heroes and Adam Lavigne.
I will say one random thing about the storylines of Glee (okay, maybe more than one), what the hell is going on with Sue? I don't at all understand this baby thing, and the "I'm marrying myself" thing was really weird too. Overall, I'd really like the writers to go back to about halfway through the first season, when the storylines (1) made sense and (2) were really pretty good. What of the love triangles and real high school issues? Where'd they go?
Anyway, awesome ep tonight, and so glad to see Samuel from The Glee Project finally make an appearance, but we are in dire need of some new storylines and great music for regionals.
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