I had a mildly tempestuous relationship with season 2 of
Crazy Ex Girlfriend, for a little time feeling like I had become Crazy Ex
Girlfriend’s crazy ex-girlfriend.
I had binged the entire first season in one weekend
(sometimes The Housemate goes away and Netflix becomes my new best friend). I started off with season 2 the same way and
came to a crashing halt shortly after as I suddenly realised at the end of his
penultimate episode that my favourite character was about to leave the show for
good.
Savvy people who knew which actor was only signed to a
one-year contract saw this coming. I was
totally blindsided. In utter shock and
horror, I stopped watching. I don’t deal
well with losing a beloved character. I
still haven’t forgiven Due South for losing Ray and I’ve never watched a single
episode of Jonathan Creek after Maddie left.
But Crazy Ex Girlfriend is such a good show that I missed
it, so I watched some youtube videos ABOUT the show, which eventually convinced
me to continue.
And, y’know, it’s still really good. (Although part of me will always be waiting
for Greg’s glorious return).
So here are my favourite songs from season 2. It was a little easier to pick than season 1,
because while the songs are still really good, I wouldn’t say they were all so
perfectly brilliant as every song in season 1, and because my absolute
favourite song of the entire series is in season 2 (I tear up EVERY time I see
or hear this song), so I only had to pick another two songs to accompany it.
The following song perfectly encapsulates how the audience
is feeling:
Who’s The New Guy? from Crazy Ex Girlfriend, episode ‘When
Do I Get To Spend Time With Josh?’
Performed by Michael McMillian, Donna Lynne Champlin, Esther Povitsky, Stephnie Weir and Danny Jolles
Performed by Michael McMillian, Donna Lynne Champlin, Esther Povitsky, Stephnie Weir and Danny Jolles
The following song is spread across the whole episode, which
is why it’s a bit disjointed as a youtube vid.
Despite their delightful teasing with reprises, so far, this song is the
only time the show has had a song that keeps coming back in one episode, which
makes it kind of special:
Santa Ana Winds from Crazy Ex Girlfriend,
episode ‘Josh Is The Man Of My Dreams, Right?’
Performed by Eric Michael Roy
Written by Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen
Performed by Eric Michael Roy
Written by Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen
The following song was censored in the actual episode. Several songs have explicit and slightly more
family-friendly versions, generally to swap out the F-word for something more
benign or to avoid sexually explicit references. I have no problem with that because generally
the explicit versions are gross. But in
this case, the word the censors have a problem with is ‘shit’. Is shit even a swearword? How is that something that has to be
censored, but the word ‘bitch’ is allowed all the time? Shit doesn’t even mean anything particularly
bad, whereas bitch is a horrible, belittling term. Screwed up censors if you ask me. Anyway, this is the only song that is bleeped
rather than rewritten, because the rude bit is irreplaceable. Luckily, youtube provides us with the proper,
un-bleeped version.
It Was A Shit Show from Crazy Ex Girlfriend, episode ‘When
Will Josh And His Friend Leave Me Alone?’
Performed by Santino Fontana
Written by Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen
Performed by Santino Fontana
Written by Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom and Jack Dolgen
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