So basically, there's one giant shake-up move we need to discuss--it was the last ten minutes of the show. It's a good step. Stage five: internally freaking out as you realize your future plans don't stack up to everyone else's. Stage six: making really weird faces as someone tries to kiss you. OK, this might just be Puck. Stage seven: showing an irrational amount of affection for someone you usually have a mild dislike for. Stage eight: focus grouping a potential new college look here, a bucket hat on your longtime peers.
Not that she didn't have reason to cry. That switcheroo Finn pulled on her we're not getting married, you're getting on this train--yes, train--to New York, and I'm going into the army was quite a lot to handle with a locomotive pulling into the station. But by the final shot of Rachel, tears dried, strolling Fifth Avenue, I have to say I was sold on the show's direction.
Sorry: new direction. Again, not a sad moment, just a really beautiful song. Sometimes, just hearing Lea Michele and Chris Colfer hit those notes is enough to bring the tears. Not to mention the fact that, once again, if you think about Monteith during this song, you will absolutely lose your shit. So don't do it. This is a happy cry, and frankly if you don't get a little choked up at weddings, you might be a monster.
It's all about Finn Monteith singing to his tearful mother Romy Rosemont before openly embracing his new stepbrother Kurt Colfer , after Finn was called out for not defending Kurt against bullies. There are a lot of songs from "The Break-Up" on this list, because, well, look at the title. This is the least emotional of its musical interludes, and it's still pretty upsetting. Here, she gets an assist from Gwyneth Paltrow and a song that makes me cry regardless of the context.
Have you heard the Smashing Pumpkins cover? I don't want to talk about it. Or just sing this song and make us all cry over the limits of emotional expression. You do you. Graduation is sad enough as is — did they really have to call this episode "Goodbye"?
Regardless, Mr. Schue Matthew Morrison gets to deliver a lovely performance, singing "Forever Young" to his departing students.
There are a few songs with the title of "Forever Young," and all of them are emotional af. It would be ranked higher on the list, but Jean was never developed enough as a character to really make this moment as much of a gut-punch as it could have been. Still, tears. Ugh, Coldplay, always manipulating my emotions. This isn't even the saddest Coldplay performance on the list — see No. That was a major plot point once upon a time.
OK, the real reason "Keep Holding On" makes me cry is that it was the song all the eliminated Glee Project contestants had to sing when they were kicked off. I miss that show so much. But I digress.
What is it about Rachel Berry's Michele cryface that makes me feel so many things? Fucking up an audition is only the end of the world for Rachel Berry and the way she sings this Kelly Clarkson song makes you feel like the universe is collapsing on itself. Spoiler alert: They eventually get married. But like, it was really rough there for a while — Santana dated Demi Lovato and Brittany almost married Sam. This song has been done to death, but that doesn't mean I couldn't watch Idina Menzel and Lea Michele kill it over and over again.
It's an odd choice for a moment about the relationship between a birth mother and the daughter she gave up for adoption, but this is Glee , so it ends up working despite itself.
This is a tough one. On the one hand, it's way too Auto-Tuned. On the other hand, it's one of the most powerful songs from Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods , and it's sung at a rally for the victim of a hate crime. Turns out, it's possible to criticize a performance through tears. Glee hasn't always known how to handle Dave Karofsky Max Adler , and the attempted suicide was honestly a lot.
At the same time, Blaine's stirring performance of "Cough Syrup," with scenes of Karofsky getting bullied the way he once tormented Kurt, is powerful stuff. So, growing up is really emotional, both for the people growing up and for the parents they leave behind. He's also on the outs with Blaine at this point, which is salt in the wound.
A better Sondheim cover than "No One Is Alone," certainly, and the shots of Kurt recovering from a hate crime in his hospital bed can cause serious distress.
Personal note: This is one of the songs that played during my bar mitzvah montage, so pardon me for getting a little extra verklempt. The first performance of "Teenage Dream" on Glee was one of the best they ever had.
But Blaine's semi-reprise — a heartbreaking breakdown directed at Kurt — is the most emotionally honest the show has ever gotten outside of "The Quarterback". And it hurts so, so good. Rachel's "come to Jesus" moment in the Season 2 premiere isn't particularly sad , but this goddamn song.
And now we enter "The Quarterback" section.
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