Rock Star - Week 5
Hey, look at me, posting the day after the performances! Here's what I thought about last night...
Patrice - Higher Ground, Red Hot Chili Peppers' version - Tommy Lee plays along, but this is not the song I would have chosen for a drum highlight. Whatever. Patrice does okay, but she's not exciting and has poor interaction with the band onstage. Supernova says she was fine.
Josh - Santeria, Sublime - Absolute perfect song choice that makes the most of his voice. I don't know if he's trying to channel the spirit of the Rasta with that hat, but either way, Supernova loves it.
Dilana - Can't Get Enough, Bad Company - This is not my favorite vocal performance, but it's Dilana, and she rode a crowd member's shoulders back to the stage after rocking Supernova's platform! So, I still love her.
Toby - Pennyroyal Tea, Nirvana - Kind of a boring performance, actually. Vocally, good, but nothing special. Good props from Supernova.
Zayra - 867-5309 (Jenny), Tommy Tutone - Seriously, where does she shop? (Photo link coming ASAP!) At Edna Mode's boutique? Anyway, it's probably her best performance and Supernova asks for a few minutes to process what they've just seen. Gilby says vocals were off, but he wants to keep her around to see what she'll do next. Like I said, good TV. (BTW, here's the electric blue outfit from last week)
Magni - Clocks, Coldplay - If you're going to do Coldplay, I think you should just go ahead and try to sound as different from Chris Martin as possible, not do a karaoke version like this. Magni has a good voice, though, and there's definite potential there. Supernova absolutely loves it.
Jill - (Don't You) Forget About Me, Simple Minds - She's back to the screaming this week, and the band hates it. Dave makes his cruelest remark yet when he tells Jill that her performance would have been the moment people left to grab a drink or go to the bathroom. But it's kind of true. Tommy stops flirting long enough to rightly say that the great thing about this song is that low, sort of sexy register in which it was originally sung. And Jill disregarded that and screamed her way through it. She might be my pick to go home this week.
Ryan - Losing My Religion, REM - I think he oversang just as much as Jill did, yet the band loves it. For a much better song sung at the grand piano, please refer to MiG doing Baby I Love Your Way last year.
Lukas - Celebrity Skin, Hole - He's still wandering around the stage too much. Strategic walking, Lukas, strategic walking!! He turns his back to the audience for much of the song and Gilby calls him out on it. Dave says it's his least favorite performance so far, and it's mine as well.
Storm - Changes, David Bowie - What a great song. And this is my pick for your performance to watch. This is totally different from anything Storm has done and it really proves why she's in this competition. Major well-deserved props from Supernova.
Dana - Baba O'Riley, The Who - Man, the straight hair makes such a difference in her look! This is a good performance, but the "They're all wasted" at the end sort of blows it for me. Tommy says there's hope for her and I agree.
My picks for bottom three are Patrice, Jill, and Dana with Jill going home.
Peace. Out.
Patrice - Higher Ground, Red Hot Chili Peppers' version - Tommy Lee plays along, but this is not the song I would have chosen for a drum highlight. Whatever. Patrice does okay, but she's not exciting and has poor interaction with the band onstage. Supernova says she was fine.
Josh - Santeria, Sublime - Absolute perfect song choice that makes the most of his voice. I don't know if he's trying to channel the spirit of the Rasta with that hat, but either way, Supernova loves it.
Dilana - Can't Get Enough, Bad Company - This is not my favorite vocal performance, but it's Dilana, and she rode a crowd member's shoulders back to the stage after rocking Supernova's platform! So, I still love her.
Toby - Pennyroyal Tea, Nirvana - Kind of a boring performance, actually. Vocally, good, but nothing special. Good props from Supernova.
Zayra - 867-5309 (Jenny), Tommy Tutone - Seriously, where does she shop? (Photo link coming ASAP!) At Edna Mode's boutique? Anyway, it's probably her best performance and Supernova asks for a few minutes to process what they've just seen. Gilby says vocals were off, but he wants to keep her around to see what she'll do next. Like I said, good TV. (BTW, here's the electric blue outfit from last week)
Magni - Clocks, Coldplay - If you're going to do Coldplay, I think you should just go ahead and try to sound as different from Chris Martin as possible, not do a karaoke version like this. Magni has a good voice, though, and there's definite potential there. Supernova absolutely loves it.
Jill - (Don't You) Forget About Me, Simple Minds - She's back to the screaming this week, and the band hates it. Dave makes his cruelest remark yet when he tells Jill that her performance would have been the moment people left to grab a drink or go to the bathroom. But it's kind of true. Tommy stops flirting long enough to rightly say that the great thing about this song is that low, sort of sexy register in which it was originally sung. And Jill disregarded that and screamed her way through it. She might be my pick to go home this week.
Ryan - Losing My Religion, REM - I think he oversang just as much as Jill did, yet the band loves it. For a much better song sung at the grand piano, please refer to MiG doing Baby I Love Your Way last year.
Lukas - Celebrity Skin, Hole - He's still wandering around the stage too much. Strategic walking, Lukas, strategic walking!! He turns his back to the audience for much of the song and Gilby calls him out on it. Dave says it's his least favorite performance so far, and it's mine as well.
Storm - Changes, David Bowie - What a great song. And this is my pick for your performance to watch. This is totally different from anything Storm has done and it really proves why she's in this competition. Major well-deserved props from Supernova.
Dana - Baba O'Riley, The Who - Man, the straight hair makes such a difference in her look! This is a good performance, but the "They're all wasted" at the end sort of blows it for me. Tommy says there's hope for her and I agree.
My picks for bottom three are Patrice, Jill, and Dana with Jill going home.
Peace. Out.
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