performing is my life
J: Up here, come on. Focus. Okay, hi, I’m Jacob Ben Israel with Glee’s Big Gay Summer with all the Glee club dish you’re dying to know. Rachel, how do you respond to rumors you’re incredibly difficult to work with?
F: Well, as her boyfriend I can answer that.
R: We’ve been dating all summer.
F: Rachel’s what you’d call a controlist.
R: I’m controlling. Controlist isn’t a word.
F: Oh.
R: I’m controlling. Performing is my life.
R: And, yes, do I have opinions about it, does my need to constantly express those opinions annoy my fellow Glee clubbers?
F: Yes. That was out loud, wasn’t it?
J: When are you slated to make your triumphant return to The Shire?
W: These are comments from Jacob Ben Israel’s most recent Glee club blog. “Glee is a giant ball of suck.”
K: We get it, Mr. Schue. Everyone so hates us, so what? So we’re plankton on the high school food chain the only difference now is that none of us really care.
M: Kurt’s right, we’re family. They can bring it all they want. None of it is gonna break us.
W: I’m really happy that you guys have all bonded. The problem is that all of this negative stuff is keeping other students from auditioning.
T: Well good. Why do we need new members?
W: Well since Matt transferred we only have eleven members. And if we want to go to Nationals, if we want to beat Vocal Adrenaline, we have to go from a small rebel force to a giant wall of sound.
R: Yeah, Mr. Schuester’s right you guys you didn’t see Vocal Adrenaline at Regionals. They were epic. We’re gonna need more voices in order to beat them.
F: Yeah, I’m with Rachel on this one.
B: Gross.
W: You’re gonna have to trust me on this guys. Now, here’s a plan. Nationals are in New York this year. And we are going. Now let’s go out there and show the school how cool it’s gonna be. How cool we can be. If they’re not gonna come to us, let’s go to them. They say we only sing show tunes and 80s pop. Let’s show them how down we are. Let’s give 'em the song of the year. New Directions style.
Ba ba baa ba ba baa ba ba baa
Yeah / Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca / Right next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever / I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here / I can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere / I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano's / Right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald's / Took it to my stashbox, 560 State Strett / Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them pastries / Eight million stories, out there in it naked / City is a pity, half of y'all won't make it / Me, I got a plug, Special Ed "I Got It Made" / If Jesus payin' Lebron, I'm payin' Dwayne Wade / Three dice cee-lo, three card molly / Labour Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley / Jigga I be Spike'd out, I could trip a referee / Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from...
New York / Concrete jungle where dreams are made of / There's nothin' you can't do / Now you're in New York / These streets will make you feel brand new / Big lights will inspire you / Let's hear it for New York, New York, / New York / One hand in the air for the big city / Streetlights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty / No place in the world that could compare / Put your lighters in the air / Everybody say "Yeah, Yeah. Yeah, Yeah"
New York / Concrete jungle where dreams are made of / There's nothin' you can't do / Now you're in New York / These streets will make you feel brand new / Big lights will inspire you / Let's hear it for New York, New York, / New York
R: Oh, hello. I couldn’t help but notice you admiring me yesterday in the courtyard.
S: Um, what?
R: Oh, you don’t speak English. You like me sing. You like me sing very much.
S: Um, I totally speak English.
R: I even did a little research on you, you’re a foreign exchange student named Sunshine Corazon because you’re from the Philippines where it’s sunny every day.
S: Except for the monsoons.
R: Listen, Sunshine, we need chorus members. People to stand behind me and stare at me with wet, moved eyes while I sing solos.
R: So, I encourage you to audition for Glee club. Glee club is fun. Swaying in background can be fun.
S: Thank you.
R: Okay.
Hello hello baby you called / I can't hear a thing / I have got no service / In the club, you say? say? / Wha-wha-what did you say huh? / You're breakin' up on me / Sorry I cannot hear you / I'm kinda busy / K-kinda busy / K-kinda busy / Sorry I cannot hear you I'm kinda busy
Just a second / It's my favorite song they're gonna play / And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh? / You shoulda made some plans with me / You knew that I was free / And now you won't stop calling me / I'm kinda busy
Stop callin' / Stop callin' / I don't wanna think anymore / I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor
Stop callin' / Stop callin' / I don't wanna talk anymore / I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor
E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e / Stop telephonin' / Me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e / I'm busy
S: SHUT UP!
S: Um, that was fun! I’d love to join your club. When are auditions?
R: Let me get back to you on that one. Don’t anyone about this, okay?
S: Okay.
M: So is that a men’s sweater?
K: Fashion has no gender.
R: Ladies, we have a problem. There’s a new student at this school named Sunshine who is a Filipino and is shorter than me. Which I didn’t think was possible and is very unnerving.
M: Okay, so I’m gonna go now.
R: Wait!
R: And she has a remarkable voice. I’m just, I’m very worried. Not for myself but for my lesser Glee clubbers who don’t get as many solos. So, I’ve paid a hundred to a Azimio and Karofsky to brutally slushie us in front of Sunshine’s locker, terrifying her and ensuring she doesn’t sign up.
R: Okay, so this is the part where you’re supposed to be hugging me and thanking me.
M: That’s awful. You’re awful.
R: But solos. I mean it..
K: Look, Rachel. Mercedes and I are about as self involved as they come. But more than anything we want to beat Vocal Adrenaline. And if there’s someone at the school who can help us do that, they’re in.
R: You know what? You’re right. It’s just so like me to just be totally blinded by my concern for the two of you. I’ll go talk to Sunshine now and just let her know how truly welcome she really is. Thanks.
R: Hi, so here’s the address for the audition tomorrow and helpful directions. Look forward to seeing you there.
S: Thanks.
R: Well, hate to break it to you but doesn’t look like anybody’s gonna be joining us so I think we should just call it a day.
W: We said three to five, it’s only 4:58.
F: Just wait, my buddy Sam’s gonna try out. He totally idolizes me.
K: Face it, Finn, you’re no longer the quarterback. You’re not the Pied Piper anymore. No one’s gonna follow you around thinking everything you do is cool.
M: What about that Sunshine girl? I thought you said she could sing.
R: I guess she didn’t wanna hang out with us losers.
W: Tell me this isn’t true, Rachel.
T: She could have died.
R: I didn’t send her to an active crackhouse. Besides, how did you guys find out anyways?
M: The Asian community is very tight.
W: I just don’t get it, you’re better than this.
T: No, she’s an ambitious little freak who’ll do anything to hold onto her power.
R: I just- I love you guys so much.
R: I was wrong before. I don’t want any new members. I didn’t want anyone coming in and messing up our group dynamic. Tina, Mike. I mean what if Sunshine can dance? Then you’re contributions to Glee will be even more insignificant than they already are now.
R: I did this for you guys.
W: Whatever your motivations, you need to make this right Rachel.
R: I’m sorry for sending you to that crackhouse.
S: They stole my sheet music and used it for toilet paper.
R: Look, I’ll buy you a new set. Hey just come pick it up at the auditorium at four o’clock tomorrow.
S: Hi, I’m Sunshine Corazon and I’ll be singing Listen from the movie Dream Girls.
R: Broadway show first.
P: Shut up.
Listen / To the song here in my heart / A melody I start but can't complete / Listen / To the sound from deep within / It's only beginning to find release / Oh, the time has come / For my dreams to be heard / They will not be pushed aside and turned / Into your own, all 'cause you won’t listen / Listen / I am alone at a crossroads / I'm not at home in my own home / And I've tried and tried / To say what's on my mind / You should have known / Oh, now I'm done believing you / You don't know what I'm feeling / I'm more than what you made of me / I've followed the voice you gave to me / But now I've got to find my own
I don't know where I belong / But I'll be moving on / If you don't, if you won't / Listen / To the song here in my heart / A melody I start but I will complete / Oh, now I'm done believing you / You don't know what I'm feeling / I'm more than what you made of me / I've followed the voice you think you gave to me / But now I've got to find my own, my own
W: Wow, um, welcome to the Glee club!
R: What did they say?
F: I talked him out of giving you a code red. They were pissed and they had the right to be. What you did was bad, Rachel. We could’ve used Sunshine to beat Vocal Adrenaline and now they’re just that much stronger.
R: Just do it already.
F: What?
R: Break up with me. Okay, we both knew it was just a matter of time.
F: I think you’re forgetting I’m not the quarterback anymore. I’m just another Glee loser now. Fact is you should be breaking up with me.
R: I’ll never break up with you.
F: Me neither.
R: I did it for the team you know. I just- I love everybody so much I didn’t want anyone else coming in and interfering.
F: You gotta stop saying that, Rachel. I care about you and everything but you gotta admit the truth. You didn’t do this because you love Glee club you did it because you love yourself more.
R: Okay. I didn’t want anyone else hogging my spotlight, okay? I love it too much to let it go that easy. Do you think that they’ll ever forgive me?
F: They’ll come around. I think apologizing would be a good start.
F: Where you going?
R: The auditorium. I just need some alone time first.
Kiss today goodbye / The sweetness and the sorrow / Wish me luck, the same to you / But I can't regret, what I did for love / What I did for love.
Look my eyes are dry / The gift was ours to borrow / Oh it's as if we always knew / And I won’t forget, what I did for love / What I did for love
Gone, love is never gone / As we travel on / Love’s what we remember
Kiss today goodbye / And point me t’ward tomorrow / We did what we had to do / Won’t forget, can’t regret, what I did for love / What I did for love / What I did for love
I ♥ Rachel Berry