"I Dreamed a Dream"

Cover song

     I honestly had a difficult time narrowing down which cover song I wanted to use for my English essay. I raked through my itunes multiple times, I wrote down different songs I liked that had been covered. I even asked for thoughts from my friends. However, one of the first thoughts that popped into my mind was the tv show "Glee" which consists of nothing but cover songs. (However, for my essay I wanted to use a song where the artist actually made the song their own, not just sang the song in almost exactly the same way as the original artist.) 

     In the first season of Glee, vocalists Lea Michele and Idina Menzel covered the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from the Broadway show "Les Miserables". Idina Menzel is an incredibly talented actress who has been in many different Broadway musicals. She also originated the role of Maureen in "RENT" and Elphaba in "WICKED". I actually saw her live in concert a couple years ago and have been a big fan of hers for many years. When had I read online that she would be in Glee, I was very excited.

    When I heard this rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream", that was performed as a duet between a long lost mother and daughter, I fell in love with it all over again. Les Miserables is definitely on my list of the top 5 musicals of all time. It is such a powerfully written and incredible show, I'm sure I will be posting about it again later in more detail. So although I didn't choose to use this cover in my essay, I thought it needed to be given proper credit as a beautifully redone version.  Enjoy!

                                 (Idina Menzel and Lea Michele singing "I Dreamed a Dream")