Marty kicks ass. I love his punk edge.

So the question is would he better off not winning and doing his own thing.

You have to be kidding me. Marty is horrible. He's living in the past, the early to mid 1990s. He is often flat and just way creepy. Jordis is great, however, not for INXS. Susie could be the next top Country Alternative Pop Rock sensation. Mig could be the guy, one cannot levy a valid argument against him. The winner, hands down, is JD.

JD has rock star written all over him. Rock stars are cocky, you have to be cocky to be a rock star. JD is the only true fan of the band in the contest. JD's voice, as Dave Navarro pointed out a couple weeks ago, fits the bands back catalog perfectly. His song tonight was as original as Susie's or Mig's. Susie wrote hers with Marty while Mig wrote his with two blokes before he came. And, one would do well to remember that JD's INXS song, and this is a contest to be in INXS, was the most well received by Navarro and the band.

I'm not a JD fan, but his INXS song tonight kicked ass. Kicked. Ass. Definitely the best performance of an INXS song so far on the show (everyone else just tries to mimc Hutchence), his best performance, and one of the best performances of the show.

The original songs from everyone from Marty SUCKED! Marty's wasn't really that good, but it was the only one that was even remotely like something INXS would do.

Quote of the night from Dave Navarro (talking to Suzie about her song):

"But then I remembered you said it was about being true to yourself, which I totally support."

I'd love to hang out with Dave Navarro for a few hours. He's a maverick.

I can see the point about JD being "cocky" and all that, but he has been over the edge a number of times with the band. I think his failure in last week's studio session disqualified him in the eyes of the band. He would have been gone last week except getting rid of Ty clearly was a higher priority.

The band is clearly looking at the vocal talents of the singers, but I think a bigger part of what they are looking at is how they will fit with the band. i.e. "we gotta live with this guy/gal for an entire tour and bunches of recording sessions before we can dump them".

I think JD is gone tonight, unless Jordis blows yet another song.

Geez. Mrs. Azlib. is stuck on this show too. I don't get it at all. We're well into our middle ages, and even in our best days, were never rock-n-rollers, and certainly never all gaa-gaa for INXS. Whatever. There could be worse things to do with an evening.

Agree with you about Jordis. She's brilliant in patches, but can't seem to sustain it. During WATC I wanted to go, "There! There! That's good! Keep doing that!" but before I could get the message out (through my tinfoil hat) she'd already staked her claim in Blandsville.

Totally disagree about Marty. His singing has a strained, constipated quality, and his stage moves are so wooden they'd make Al Gore wince. As for his song "Trees," that was the gayest thing of all time. Just thinking about it is making my balls shrink.

Nonsense. Trees was funny and silly. Was the Kinks' I'm an Ape-Man gay too? Same basic idea behind the lyrics.

And it was very pop and and all, but I think his metal/grunge singing style keeps it half out of the pop bin.

As for Marty being too "early to mid-nineties" --

Well, Lynnie, maybe he is, but I thought that was a pretty good time for rock... have we, you know, actually had rock in the forefront of popular music since that time?

And if you want to talk about retro, let's talk about JD's mix of Elivis impersonated by Morrissey.

Except both Elvis and Morrissey could actually, you know, sing more than three notes.

"But then I remembered you said it was about being true to yourself, which I totally support."

I'd love to hang out with Dave Navarro for a few hours. He's a maverick.

Heh. He's the hard rock Paula Abdul.

Now, I like him. He's a nice guy, even if a little too painfully nice a guy.

Oddly, though, he's mean on occasion.

Everything he said about Jordis was true-- yes, she has two voices, one spectacular and one lame, shaky, and often off-key, and it's a mystery why she spends so much time in the latter.

But he could note that JD, for example, has one voice, which is always lame, shaky, and off-key, and that he only re-arranges songs to limit the range he'll be required to sing... and even this transparent deception can't wholly hide the inadequacy of his range.

He could also have noted that Mig definitely wrong-footed it with a transparent and somewhat nasty attempt to ride the corpse of Michael Hutchence to victory. Singing a song about a dead friend? Not appropriate, Mig.

It's not that it's offensive per se; I'm sure the guys have gotten past MH's death. It's that it was so obviously a gimmick designed to "really connect" with INXS.

I liked how Mig explained how that syrupy boy-band ballad had anything to do with INXS. "Well," he said, "it's that they lost a friend, and I lost a friend, and now we're moving on."

To which Navarro could only reply: "Yes, I got that."

If he'd been being more honest, he might have said, "Yes, everyone got 'the message' of your song, as you wrote it in day-glo pink paint on the buisness end of a sledgehammer and bludgeoned the band and America to death with it."

WTF did I say??? I guess that's what I get for trying to have an IM conversation and write a comment at the same time.

What I meant to say is that JD's original song kicked ass (as did his performance), and that, of the others, Marty's was the only one that sounded even remotely like a song INXS would do.

He's the hard rock Paula Abdul.

Now, I like him. He's a nice guy, even if a little too painfully nice a guy.

Paula Abdul. Indeed. I like it when he gives one of the contestants a long lecture, then one of the band members basically contradicts him.

I think that JD is by far the most likely to engage in autoerotic asphyxiation, which should, you know, make him a lock.

I can't take Marty seriously. He looks like a blond version of Justin Long who played Warren Cheswick on "Ed." He even moves his mouth the same way. When you add that to the fact that I seriously worry about him murdering members of the audience and stashing their bodies in the attic, I just can't like him.

I tihk Steve L knows a bit too much about Warren Cheswick.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

-- God grant me the insight to know which reality tv shows I should watch;

-- the forebearance to avoid those I should not;

-- and the wisdom to know the difference.

-- One day at a time, brother. One day at a time.

Hey, it's a good show. And I like INXS.

Hey, what's this show about? Does it involve INXS? I thought that guy died.

Oops, sorry, walked in late. I'll just step out. . .

HEY! A BLUE CAR!

Cheers,
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There's only one man who can lead INXS.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog and then stole his snausages

Man, that was one painful elimination episode. I feel like suing INXS for screwing up that poor girl's head. She stunk.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog and then stole his snausages.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. A lot of this is confidence and they've done nothing but build suzie up for three weeks and tear Jordis down for the same period.

I don't think she was right for our band, INXS, but they just kept laying into her when other people (like, uhhh, JD) got no criticism at all.

I was surpised that JD actually managed to do a decent job of Mystify, but that sort of lounge-y song is tailor made for his talents, such as they are.

God grant me the insight to know which reality tv shows I should watch

When comes to savor and color - there is no friend.
Accept diversity instead of the denial :)

Sometimes I read comment threads on this site, and a kind of feel ashamed of myself.

Our Band is pretty useless when it comes to criticism. One week they're bashing Marty for being too "manic," the next it was all just a "test." Or when the band praises JD, it's usually in a way that disses the other contestants. Like Jon will say, "JD, you're the only one who seems to know what he's doing up there" [cut to: smoldering contestants]. Useless.

One thing that's surprised me is how amenable INXS are to overt ass-kissing. I don't think JD would have made it half this far but for that.

the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

JD's ass kissing is horrible. It's so over the top and obvious.

And how does he maintain his image as cool, confident rocker when every week he's basically letting Kirk know he'll fellate him before shows to relax him?

It sort of bothers me that the one person on the show with an instinctive aversion to the phony baloney "show biz" stuff -- Jordis -- got ridden out of town on a rail. Wasn't that the sort of attitude people wanted in their rock stars at one point?

I've never been big on the whole "selling out" thing, but dammit if they aren't making me reconsider. The "fashion workshops," the Levi's photoshoot... man, it doesn't get any phonier than that.

the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog...Oh, wait, I'm on the west coast.

JD's ass kissing is horrible. It's so over the top and obvious.

I was waiting for him to work in something about "world peace."

Is anyone else expecting Mig to break out a show tune next week? Just sayin'.

And just for the record, Marty's song blew.

I don't see how any of the people left would work in INXS. None of them exude the right feeling as far as I am concerned. The only one that can sing is Suzie, but I can't see them fronting their band with a woman. Marty is slightly unhinged. Mig is, well, strange at times. JD is just awful, but I guess he has that look that keeps the girls voting for him.

Has anyone gotten the feeling that the band might be saying, "oh shit NONE of these people fit"?

That being said, Mig is Australian. Mig is working with Brian May from Queen on some new stuff apart from his We Will Rock You stage show. Mig seems to have some sort of connection with the band- His ass kissing and "elimination fear" seems to be a little forced.

Marty is a mess. JD is an ass. Suzie is a woman (sorry, I think that's enough to get her kicked off. Would the Beatles hire a woman to replace Lennon? Would TLC hire a man?) Mig is the man.

I think Mig's Australian-ness is a huge help. Remember, they may not "make it" in America this time around, but they can always, always tour Australia, and having a home boy fronting the band can't hurt.

Also- I can see JD, clearly, causing problems based on his behavior. He's the kind of guy who works hard until he "makes it", but then you realize the hard work was a big show, and now that he's there he's going to coast.

Marty I can see calling a "group meeting" with the band to discuss with them why he's too upset to play this week, because "I feel I need to explore my rock/ballad/whatever side and you guys just want me to sing "Disappear" every night", or being too upset to go on tour because of the earthquake in Somalia, or too devastated that his cat is constipated..... You get the idea.

ted, DUDE, did you have the sound turned down or something? Jordis STUNK UP THE JOINT. It was the worst reality TV Talent Show performance since William Hung and only better than that by a small margin.

Getting ridden out of town on a rail was the kindest thing they could have done.

...but then you realize the hard work was a big show, and now that he's there he's going to coast.

Yeah, I get that vibe from him too. I can also see him being a real pain in the ass once he no longer feels obligated to kiss their collective ass. And, frankly, I wouldn't blame him. INXS deserves what they get if they're going to reward brazen ass-kissing.

Sinner, did you lose your bifocals? I said she stunk.

My thoughts on the show:
INXS is an old band. Most of their show will be their great material. They have no desire to break new ground or try a new sound. They know that old rockers selling new music doesn't sell. The record label knows it too. That means they will pick JD. Much as I hate the guy. He cannot sing very well, but imitates Hutchence good enough. Added to that he obviously picked up a stage presence from doing Elvis all that time. JD haters must admit that he's hard not to watch. This all became clear to me last night.
As of last week, I thought Marty would be the choice as he is the most intriguing.
And Suzie, wow, she's hot man and a great singer. But they won't pick her. She does the rock thing so well and handled that ballad nicely. I agree that ballads don't fit the INXS thing as well.
Mig is an ultra-fag. Way wrong for the band. He reminds me of a show in Vegas or something. His original song sucked and he looked like a chick in the first show this week. My Tivo saved me from most of his sappy song.
Jordis was all wrong. There was a time when I first watched the show that it was so clear to me that she would win. The gap was THAT huge. But I started to realize as the weeks went on, that she couldn't do the rock thing.
There it is my 2 cents. JD will win.
Marty, Suzie too good for this band. Mig back to the Reno Hilton.

Mig did a great job on YMCA. He was very believable as the constriction worker.

JD deserved to win. His voice fits the band the best. As far as Marty, he got the better end of the deal. He gets to open for the band, do his own material, and get mass exposure. When JD is choking back his vomit from having to perform "You're One of My Kind" for the thousandth time, Marty will be grinning.

For shizzle.

JD is the best!