2CELLOS appeared on Glee!

[amanuensis1]

This has been thrown around on my flist, but in celebration/revelation of its performance on this week's Glee, I gotta display it again in case anyone missed it: the sublime cello performance (and, let's face it, the slashiest you'll ever see) by Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser (a/k/a 2CELLOS) performing "Smooth Criminal":

Glee had a Michael Jackson-themed episode, and I found myself wondering if they'd do Smooth Criminal, thinking, "But nothing can ever top the cello version." Guys, they GOT SULIC AND HAUSER THEMSELVES TO PERFORM THE CELLO VERSION IN THE SHOW. I died of joy.

Comments

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Wow! This almost makes me want to watch Glee again! Is it youtubular?

Also, do you know Lim's Smooth Criminal Sherlock vid (http://blip.tv/lim/underground-4838186)?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, MY! I am so glad you linked that! What a great treatment of the music.

Glee is iTunesable, and that's also why it's hard to find straight segments from Glee on YouTube--I think the powers-that-be get 'em taken down pretty quickly.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

I have never heard this nor heard of this. So glad I clicked!

...is there a 2CELLOS fandom? Can I request it for Yuletide?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

TELL ME ABOUT IT. There should be a fandom somewhere!

[daigranon.livejournal.com]

As a professional cello major yes, I have seen this many times.

[daigranon.livejournal.com]

...I gave up Glee a while ago, but this was on it?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

They had a sequence where Santana and Sebastian got into each other's faces in a music room set up very much like the one in this video, and as the musicians start to leave after their practice, Santana asks the "cello guys" to stay and accompany them in a sing-off duel, and it's all done in the style of this very video!

[daigranon.livejournal.com]

Huh, that sounds silly, but interesting. The fact that the guys came and performed themselves is pretty cool, though.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yes, that. That it's them and done like that very video!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Ha! Bet you've been swamped with it. ^_^ Ooh, you're a cello major, that makes my heart pound faster! Love stringed instruments.

[dracofiend.livejournal.com]

wowie! I'll need to get their music! This video was amazing, and made me think of these guys (http://vimeo.com/26361748), who I saw while walking through the Boston public garden a few months back.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

They're good too! Man, I love finding new versions of this.

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

IT'S THOSE GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS!!!!!!

: gestures wildly because did not know their names :

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

THEY ARE FOUUUUND!

I'm still enjoying Glee quite a lot. Lots of entertaining music and same-sex romance!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

I think Glee has markedly improved this season with the music and how they use it to tell stories.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I've been enjoying it from the beginning; I like that they're not afraid to do the occasional fantasy sequence so that they don't always have to make it fit into realistic context!

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

All of this just makes me think of Cello Wars.

They're not quite as hot as Sulic and Hauser though.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*has a small orgasm* Omigod, I'd NEVER seen this! I love it love it love it!

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great? Darth Vader playing the accordion made my life complete.

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Darth Vader playing the accordion

Okay. I HAVE to see that.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You do! Go look!

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I'd wanted to link her to that, because seriously, everyone in the WORLD should see Cello Wars, amirite?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

OMG that pushed a ridiculous amount of my buttons <3

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

DOESN'T IT JUST. So many fantasies this thing inspire!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I had seen this video before -- someone had linked to it as "the Supernatural AU where Sam and Dean are cellists" :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*dies dies dies dies DIES* That's beautiful. I'm going to remember that one!

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

That was the one element of last week's Glee episode that I really, really enjoyed. In retrospect, I should have realized the dual-cello thing was too creative to have been original to the show, haha. Good on them for showcasing such a talented duo, though!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I found that episode brought Michael Jackson's music back home to me in a way I'd forgotten since I first heard those songs. I'd been in the "yeah, overplayed, can't listen to it now" state and suddenly I had some of the same flashes, during this episode, of how I'd felt about them long ago! Particularly Human Nature.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that great? Best moment of the whole season, if not the whole show! I found them on youtube after and happily listened to tons of their stuff.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I know, I want to make time to watch more and more! I've only seen a few things of theirs.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Totally cool! Thank you for sharing it!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

So glad it's reaching some people who hadn't seen it!

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Wow! The broken bowstrings are totally standing in for their subconscious urge to tear each other's clothes. This clip is positively obscene. I love it!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

YES YES YOU COMPLETELY GETTIT. :D

[mtranc3.livejournal.com]

That was amazing, the music gave me goosebumps. I loved the back and forth between the cellos and the intensity with which they were playing. And you know what, it *was* slashy! Thank you so much for sharing this video!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

The intensity was delicious. It didn't hurt that these guys are pretty, either! :D

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I cannot be the only one at the end who wanted to see them make up suddenly and kiss once that awful, poaching woman was out of the way...