Dog Days are Over- Florence + the Machine

I fell in love with this song when I first heard it in 2008. I rarely listen to the radio anymore but when I do and this song plays, I get very excited and eagerly turn up the volume dial. Because I like to take things literally, I refer to the song as: 1) a dedication to one of my dogs (much as it makes no sense), and 2) the perfect track for sprinting (run fast for your mother, run fast for your father…). When I’m in the mood to sing along (which is every time) I add more characters to the chorus lyrics — run for your children, for your sisters and brothers, for your nephews and your nieces, for your uncles and your aunts, for your grandfather and your grandmother— until I run out of people. It’s an addicting song and I can’t play it only once at any given time.

Florence Welch kills this song when she does it live. She really is one-of-a-kind — so much so that, in my opinion, no one can dare touch this song. When I found out it was performed on Glee my instant thought was, how bad could it be? After all, the numbers I’ve seen on the show are pretty awesome. But oh was it painful to watch when I finally saw the episode. I don’t follow the series so I don’t know if there was something tongue-in-cheek about the performance but I just found it odd that the lead singers were smiling and beaming throughout the song, as though Florence Welch had conceived it as a jolly, happy, empowering tune. Then again, the show is called Glee.