Nasty/Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson is a mash-up featured in Puppet Master, the seventh episode of Season Five. It is sung by Bree, Jake, and Marley.
Blaine suggests Jake to try sitting in the corner of The Choir Room. In Glee Club practise, Will suggests Jake teaches his dance moves but instead, he resorts to the corner and says that no one tries and they aren't even dancers to begin with. Like Blaine, he begins to hallucinate a performance, with Marley, Bree and the Cheerios as they try to fight for him and impress him in The Choir Room, the Hallways and what looks like a darkened warehouse. Later, Janitor Figgins awakens him to tell him the Glee Club has left.
Lyrics[]
Jake:
Gimme a beat!
Sittin' in the movie show, thinkin' nasty thoughts, huh
Marley:
A-better be a gentlemen or you turn me off, huh
That's right, a-let me tell it
Jake with The Cheerios:
Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing, huh
Oh you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, don't ever change, huh
Oh you nasty boys
Jake (with Marley and The Cheerios):
I don't like no nasty girl, I don't like a nasty food, huh (Ooooh yeah)
The only nasty thing I like is the nasty groove, huh
Marley:
Will this one do?
Uh huh, I know, sing,
Jake with The Cheerios:
Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing, huh
Oh you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, don't ever change, huh
Oh you nasty boys
Bree and Marley:
I could learn to like this
Listen up
Marley (The Cheerios):
I'm not a prude (No!)
I just want some respect (That's right!)
So close the door if you want me to respond, (with The Cheerios: Ooooh yeah)
Bree (with The Cheerios):
'Cause privacy is my middle name
(My last name is Control)
No my first name ain't baby
It's Janet, (Miss Jackson if you're nasty)
Bree and Jake with the Cheerios (with Marley):
(The Cheerios: Nasty boys) People of the world today
Are we looking for a better way of life, (Sing!)
Bree and Jake:
We are a part of the rhythm nation (Marley: Rhythm!)
Bree and Jake with The Cheerios (Marley):
People of the world unite (Hey)
Strength in numbers we can get it right
One time (Sing it out!)
Bree and Jake:
We are a part of the rhythm nation (Marley: Everybody!)
Bree (and Jake):
(Nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing)
We are a (Jake: Yeah!) part of (Jake: Yeah!) the rhythm nation (Jake: Everybody sing it!) (The Cheerios: Nasty boys)
(Nasty, nasty boys, don't ever change), huh
Bree and Jake (Marley):
We are a (Yeah!) part of the (Yeah... yeah!) rhythm nation (Woo!) (The Cheerios: Rhythm nation)
We are a (Yeah!) part of the rhythm (Yeah...) nation (Sing it!) (The Cheerios: Rhythm nation) (And don't you hear the rhythm?)
We are a part of the rhythm nation (Oh you nasty boys!)
Trivia[]
- This is the sixth mashup in which both songs are from the same artist, the previous being, in order: Borderline/Open Your Heart by Madonna, Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' by Journey, I Can't Go for That/You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates, Rumour Has It/Someone Like You by Adele, and Hungry Like the Wolf/Rio by Duran Duran.
- This is the first mash-up in Season Five.
- This is the first and only mash-up that Bree sings in.
- This is also the final time Bree sings in the entire series.
- Chronologically, this is the final time Marley sings in the show.
- This is one of the performance which is slightly similar to the official music videos. The others being: Vogue, I'm a Slave 4 U, Me Against the Music, Baby One More Time, Scream, Black or White, It's Not Right But It's Okay, This Is the New Year, Take on Me, and Thousand Miles.
Errors[]
- Before Bree slapped Jake, she is shown lifting her right hand, but when she actually slaps him, she is using her left hand.
- In the choir room scene, Marley's hands are seen in a cross position. When the camera changes, her hands were on her side. This happened several times.