The record for most singles in the U.S. Top 100 by a non-solo musical act has just been broken, by a television show.

The cast of Fox’s “Glee” have broken the record that has been held by The Beatles for a few decades. While I certainly don’t fear change, this is still quite unnerving.

“Glee” is obnoxious in the same sense that Limp Bizkit was. Like buying into non-threatening, rapping white dudes from Jacksonville, the show’s popularity hinges on people buying into the idea of some non-threatening actors in their late 20s playing high school kids with talent.

The simple fact is that “Glee” represents a problem in music: voice alteration.

These grown adults are talented, but there are clearly pitch modulators being used on all their songs, which empirically defeats the purpose of the show. The Beatles’ Billboard chart record essentially fell victim to cover songs performed with the help of tone correctors.

I won’t waste my time waxing poetic about The Beatles, but John Lennon didn’t use autotune.

The Beatles also produced original music, and this “Glee” group has no original material. It should also be noted that they covered Journey’s “Dont Stop Believin’,” which was lame in 1981, 1991, 2001, today and will be in 2011. “Glee,” I implore you to do something to fix this situation, either by suggesting that, since you don’t do originals, those songs shouldn’t count, or even just by going off the air. End the “Glee” madness today, or I might cry.

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