Gil Jawetz

1992's Welcome To Wherever You Are had several memorable singles: Beautiful Girl, Not Enough Time, maybe Baby Don't Cry.

That actually might be among my favorite albums. It's sneaky like that. I listen to it all the time.

HE Pennypacker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INXS



* 1997 "Elegantly Wasted" #27 US, #20 UK, #44 AU


I guess there is differing info out there. But I suppose inxs.com would know more than wikipedia.

Cardiff Giant11

I remember the video for "Not Enough Time" premiered during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics during the coverage on NBC. That and who can forget INXS Make my Own Music video on the Sega CD
INXS is one of those bands that have a very solid catalog but it seems they get labeled as being 3 hit wonders.
Oh and as for my thoughts on last night, definitely Ty. He was awesome. I was also pretty impressed with Mig. He wasn't perfect but he was a helluva lot better than he was before and he was decent before. I can see him being a darkhorse choice later in the series.
So any predictions on the INXS songs that will be performed tonight by the 3 with the least votes? I'm hoping for some older or less well known songs (maybe This Time, Don't Change, and Listen Like Thieves) but I'm sure that won't happen.

HE Pennypacker

Someone will no doubt perform one of the big hits from KICK. I'd like to see someone tackle DISAPPEAR. An excellent song that might actually be too high in pitch for most of the men to pull off. Beautiful Girl is another fantastic choice, but I highly doubt such a slow song will be considered.

atlantamoi

I can understand your point a bit. I'm pretty sure I'd not be wanting to hear too much from these folks if they continue to be over the top all of the time.
I was also a big fan of INXS way back. I wore out "Shabooh Shoobah" and "The Swing" back in college. But INXS has been out of the picture for so long that I kind of like seeing them around again. Just that is interesting to me. AND even though I think most of these singers are a bit too much, there are three of them who I think are totally capable of fronting. Will it be any good? Dunno. I'd actually love to see a girl front them. Get to see the band in a different light.

Regardless, even if this is giant failure for INXS, big whoop. What else are they doing these days?

I still like Jordis after her two performances.

superdeluxe

Agreed. Definately be some interesting band dynamics..young up and coming metal chick..with inxs.

I wonder if she was ever a fan of INXS..or just using this oppurtunity to get her name out?

Cardiff Giant11

Wow, of the three that performed tonight it was a tough choice between the two on who to cut.
If possible I would have cut both of the final two tonight, the other defintely did a great rendition though.

Cardiff Giant11

Yeah Disppear would be cool to here. As for the slow song, one person did do "Never Tear Us Apart" so the possibilty for Beautiful Girl is definitely out there.

HE Pennypacker

When I first saw Wil I thought he would be a much better performer. Boy was I wrong. Even with his THIRD chance to impress he completely blew it...you don't take an energetic song like Need You Tonight and turn it into some karaoke crap. I'm glad he's out, but like one person said, Wil may have success with another style of music.

Joeboo835

Jordis is easily the best in my opinion. Unfortunately she has no chance of winning because a) she's too young and b) she's a female.

She'll get cut at about #3 or so, yet go on and be bigger than INXS (currenlty, not ever).

Cardiff Giant11

Yeah I thought Wil and Tara were both pretty craptacular. The other girl really turned it around tonight though. To me, Wil seems more like the boy band type and not a lead singer to a rock band.

Joeboo835

Anyone have a link to Jordis singing from last night? I heard a bunch of it on the radio, but i want to actulaly see her perform.

joefrog91

I missed tonight's show. Please post a full detail if possible.

uteotw

Not much of a show. J.D. thought he was getting voted off but was asked to re-perform because of his great improvement.

Wil, Tara and Suzie got the lowest votes & each did an INXS song. Wil lost and is gone.

He seriously just stood there and sang to the chicks in the front row AGAIN. VERY lame and almost painful to watch...

joefrog91

Thanks! What INXS songs did they sing? I can't believe Wil did that AGAIN!?!?! He's such a loser.

HE Pennypacker

Tara performed NEW SENSATION, which is already a part of the show's theme song, it was irritating to hear it again for some reason.

Wil performed NEED YOU TONIGHT, absolutley boring showing.

The Suze sang NEVER TEAR US APART, it was obviously the best of the lot. She really does have a great voice. But I can't see her fronting the band, nor any woman for that matter.

And apparently they are showing last night's show again this Saturday after Big Brother...for those that missed it last night. Don't know if they are showing episodes 1 and 3 as well....

joefrog91

Thanks for the recap. I also can't see a woman fronting the band. I have Ty in the lead right now with Neal a distant second.

Joeboo835

In case anyone wants to see performances from Tuesday night

http://rockstar.msn.com/videos

Jadzia

I was amazed at how much they managed to cram into the half-hour elimination episode (4 performances + plus the band's decision). It really only emphasized how much filler is in those American Idol elimination episodes.

We had a bit of marathon here. Watched the Monday night, Tuesday night and tonight's show all in a row.

Random thoughts:

Heather is severely knock-kneed. When she performs she looks like her knees are tied together.

Suzie - Looks like a soccer mom to me. She seems really 80's-ish, like she was actually a singer in the 80's. I know she can't be that old, but she seems old for some reason.

Daphna - Speaking of 80's, she looks exactly like the slutty girl Patrick Dempsey slept with in Can't Buy Me Love. "There's only one other titty quite this pretty."

Ty - When I first saw him, I quipped, "Doesn't he know the show isn't called Rock Star: Fishbone"? I was really disappointed when he sang Living Colour, it was such an overly obvious pick. but I like him.

Jordis - She is very good. Husband cracked me up though when he said "What is with the 'Battlefield Earth' hair?". Silly humans!

Dana - She was my first pick to get booted so I was happy she was eliminated first. I'd rather get my Kyra Sedgwick fix from watching "The Closer".

Is it just me or does Tim Farriss look like an Oompa-Loompa? Orange skin and all!

And every time I saw Kirk Pengilly, I kept thinking "What is John Waters doing in INXS?"

I got tired of hearing Brooke Burke and Dave Navarro constantly call each other "my good friend. Ok, we get it. You slept together.

So far, I am really enjoying this show.

Roto

I'd love to see Rockstar: Fishbone!

BDLOU

I have a feeling that the band and the contestants will become a lot closer as soon as they get rid of some more people. So your judging the entire show on one contestant?

cdollaz

I wouldn't. I would lose all respect for one of my favorite bands.

Gil Jawetz

I agree with that and may have said something to that effect. That's what I'm watching for. If I know my Mark Burnett, it'll get good once the lesser talents are gone and there more time to spend on the good stuff.


No, but I think that that guy's performance symbolized what's wrong with the whole process. Taking a very personal artform and turning it into a pageant. This isn't Rock Star: Wedding Band. If the lead singer of INXS doesn't make me truly believe that they "need me tonight" or that they're singing about a "beautiful girl", that they truly feel these things down in their soul, then they shouldn't be the lead singer of that band. The set up here is antithesis to the way the band formed in the first place. It's more like a New Kids-style talent search rather than a bunch of mates who share a sensibility and believe in something. And the waving during Teen Spirit was the perfect (albeit extreme) example of that split.

movieking

I am becoming addicted to this show. Granted some of these people have no business on stage, and Will's performance last night was one of the most horrendous performances I have seen in a show without "Idol" in its name, but it is great to hear some of these great songs getting performed on TV again.

Gil Jawetz

For the record, there are three performers I'm keeping my eye on:

Brandon (the safe choice)
Neal (the wacky choice)
Jordis (the bold choice)

I think those three might go beyond my misgivings about the way the show is set up and actually make great frontpeople (?) for INXS.

I also think that Ty is an outstanding rock frontman/showman, but not for this group.

The rest are varying degrees of "no"