Practice – New Directions

“OK, everyone listen up. By the end of this week, we should have set lists done. Wes, will you and the council be providing the set list that the Warblers want to sing?”

“Yes. And here are our suggestions for you also.”

Mr. Schuester gave an odd look to Wes and thankfully shook his hand. “Kurt, can you show them how to get to the auditorium. We have about 2 hours to iron out some general decisions on the songs.” Kurt left with the Warblers and New Directions sat down to start discussing the songs they wanted to sing. Mr. Schue turned to the white board and wrote down the word, America. Groans from the group started immediately as he turned to them. “What songs represent us AND America? This is a Good Will tour so we need to focus on what we want to bring to them.

“Hell to the no, Mr. Shue.”

“I really don’t think that want to go over there singing Hell to the No Mercedes.”

“No, my answer is Hell to the No, Mr. Shue. They want to hear music that we make in America. It doesn’t have to be about America.”

“Mercedes is right, Mr. Shue, I think they want to hear the music that this country creates. They want to hear what teens like us listen to everyday. They want to hear Rock, Motown, Country, Pop, Hip-hop. That is what America is.” Finn added, “We need to sing, from the superstars like Gaga, Madonna, GNR, Temptations, Aretha, Jay-Z, Barbara. We need to bring all of it!”

“Okay, who agrees with Finn?” All hands went up and Kurt returned.

“What did I miss? Did Rachel just suggest that she sing a ballad between every song that New Directions sings, followed by 5 duets with Finn.”

“As a matter of fact Kurt, no. Finn was suggesting that we bring all of it.” Puzzled, Kurt turned to Finn begging for explanations and Finn recapped what he said in short.

Kurt plopped down into his seat, “Fine. I’m in and I think we should definitely do Born This Way and NOT do, and I repeat, not do Single Ladies.” Everyone laughed.

“Fine Kurt, no Single Ladies” Shue turned back to the white board and erased the word America. “Are we in agreement with Born This way?” Everyone agreed and started to yell out songs they thought would be good. “Okay, slow down. Why don’t we each choose a song to do and then we can start to whittle the list down. I think we will need about 15-20 songs prepared, but we won’t sing all of them at every show. We also need to start thinking about writing 3 new songs to sing with the Warblers. So, why don’t we go around the room and everyone pick a song.”

“I already said Born This Way”

“I think we should do Sing.” Finn said.

Rachel chimed, “Mr. Shue, we need to do our Original Song, Loser Like me. It won us regionals.”

Sam voted for, “The boys could do one of the Justin Bieber songs, Somebody to Love. I think Finn was the only one that didn’t do it with us, but we could teach him. Or, it could be a song done with the Warblers.”

“I think we should do my version of Otis’ Try a Little Tenderness or Don’t Stop Believin’.”

“Okay Mercedes, that was 2 songs. However, I will wright them both down because they are good ideas.”

Mike picked Friday and Puck decided that Queen’s, Somebody to Love should be done.

Quinn said “Lucky is a great song and duet featuring someone other than Rachel and Finn.”

Artie picked Empire State of Mind, Tina chose Firework for an all girls song, Brittney wanted to do Tik Tok and Lauren finally spoke up, “Okay don’t hate on me for this, but I really thing Puck should sing Fat Bottomed Girl. It is a great rock tune.”

“Okay, so here’s what we have. We still need a few more. I am going to add Safety Dance, Defying Gravity and Bust a Move.”

New Directons – Song List
Born this way – Kurt and New Directions
Sing – New Directions
Loser Like Me – Rachel, Finn and New Directions
Somebody to Love – Bieber – Finn, Puck, Sam, Artie, Mike and Kurt
Don’t Stop Believin – New Directions
Try a Little Tenderness - Mercedes
Friday – Same, Artie and Puck
Somebody to Love – New Directions
Lucky – Quinn and Sam
Empire State of Mind – Artie and New Directions
Firework – Rachel and New Directions girls
Tik Tok – Brittney and New Directions
Fat Bottomed Girl – Puck and New Directions
Safety dance – Artie and New Directions
Defying Gravity – Rachel and Kurt
Bust a Move – New Directions

The set list was pretty much done. Now just to practice all of them and write 3 new songs with The Warblers.