Rock Star-INXS
 

Who's watching? Discuss!

I will be watching but it's not on for another two hourse for me. :nod:

All's I can say is that Michael Hutchence is probably turning over in his grave right now. -_-

That girl just murdered Dylan's song.

I know - I wanted someone to shoot her and put her out of her misery....that dude who did "American Woman" was a tool...and so was that guy who butchered "Heroes." I liked the first girl and the girl who did the Hole song...I didn't care for the Nirvana guy. What else did you expect Ty to do, but "Cult of Personality?" I liked him too...I can't believe Dave Navarro is involved in this. He just lost some cool points in my book.

Was the guy who did American Woman the one who grabbed his crotch and was doing the twitchy thing with his legs and then grabbed that girl in the audience by her hair? :lol: :eek:
Dave's married now so he's probably making all the money he can. Plus I don't think Jane's is touring this summer, are they?

So did I. Nobody should even try to be Michael Hutchence.

I don't think anyone's trying to be Michael Hutchence. It's not like the rest of the band told him to go hang himself. He left them holding the bag. They were getting ready to go out on tour again and waiting for him to come to rehearsal and he never showed up. So any of the dates that had already been booked had to be cancelled. I don't know what kind of money, if any, that cost them.
So now, they've waited a repsectable amount of time and have decided to continue under the name they're known for best-INXS. If they changed the name of the band they would have a much harder time getting booked. So this show is a good way to create some buzz about them and help them to continue to earn a living. I don't see anything wrong with that.
I saw INXS about three months before Michael killed himself. It was a great show with complete with Hutchence climbing up on the stacks like a monkey man. He gave a great performance. May he rest in peace.

The girl who did Dylan was awful and the last girl who forgot the lyrics sucked too. I really liked the first girl's voice and I thought the girl who did the Pretenders song was interesting too. The Living Colour guy was good too.

without having seen the show, and purely on principle, I agree with you. Michael WAS INXS, just like Freddy Mercury was Queen. Nuff Said.

I got away from INXS after Michael died. He was to INXS what Jim Morrison was to the Doors and Freddie Mercury to Queen. They all had that star persona with the band in the background.

lol we posted the same thing at the same time!

very well said! :nod:

back atcha! great minds and all that.... :)

I agree.

Make new music, get new bands but don't try to make these classic bands come together again...what's done is done.

( The Who is the exception because at least Roger and Pete are still around and they can tour for all eternity)

But even the Beatles without John...no. Now without George, double NO.

It's like when FM did it without Stevie AND Lindsey...bad....thank God the Dance happened and they aren't looking for new singers, you KNOW this is right up Mick's alley. He did it already but with the surgence of reality tv...he'd be doing this right now.

I don't know, but this caused me to bring out my INXS Greatest Hits CD.

I watched it; I'm kind of hooked. Actually, I was surprised that they have so many women competing in it. :shrug: They're all pretty good, but I really think the women are better (maybe I'm biased since I am a woman). That 22 year old woman was pretty good. I can't see a young girl though in a band with those old man :lol: & they are looking old now.

Lee :)

I saw INXS a few years ago with Jon Stevens as the lead singer. I had a really good time--and he was easy on the eyes, too! Any idea why they dropped him?

I liked the girl who missed her cue on Remedy. Something about her reminds me of Stevie. :shocked:

I actually thought Ian Astbury did a great job fronting The Doors recently.
I mean, hey, Van Halen was still successful after DLR left.

:xoxo:

With all this INXS talk I decided to put on Michael's solo album. It made me depressed. The lyrics and his voice are amazing. It's a very dark album. He is the one that had the true talent. I miss him.

Sammy Hagar was a POOR SUBSTITUTE for Diamond Dave :sorry:

Dave was soooooo athletic and much better looking then...there's NO comparison IMHO.

I loved Inxs and had the chance to meet Hutchence in 1991 or 1992. He was a very gentle man. We spoke for five minutes about Dylan. He was a huge fan.

Romy

Somebody just did a Franz cover. Did you see it Diss?

not crazy about the Call Me cover

I watched last night's episode tonight and now this episode is almost over. I can say, sad but true, I think I'm going to get addicted to this show like wo.

The bastardization of INXS doesn't bother as much as I thought it would. Watching this, it just seems like they're just using them as an excuse to do a rock-oriented version of American Idol. I do think if I started a drinking game of how many times they SAY "INXS" I'd be plastered in the first thirty seconds. It's starting to bug.

I looooove Heather, the one who did "Somebody To Love"- she is sexy as hell, and her voice is awesome. Hate the girl who did Cheap Trick- I think she's too precious and boring. I liked the girl who did "Take It Easy" on the first episode, but gawd, how awful to get saddled with that Eagles song tonight, next to everyone else's song. Don't like the daddy's girl, because I'm mean. Don't like Suzie- the one who messed up the lyrics last night- her voice is boring to me. Typical blues-tinged bar band voice. I reeeeally like the girl who did "Piece of My Heart" last night and "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" tonight. Jordis is awesome, too.

Like, Ty is amazing- but I don't like him. I loooooooove Brandon. HOT. His energy is great. I kinda like Naked!Guy too, despite myself. Don't like J.D. Marty is okay, but his mannerisms put me off, and his cover of "Take Me Out" did nothing but remind me of what a kickass song it is, DESPITE him singing it.

I like that Dave Navarro's on here, although I'm glad to finally know for 100% that my crush on him is gone. He's just gotten too girly. I think it started to go downhill with the Jane's reunion after he left the Chili Peppers.

I will say- if I had known Brooke Burke was hosting this, I wouldn't have started watching it. Words cannot describe how much I hate her. HAAAAAAAAAAAATE. HATE. Hate.

eta: I really am completely ashamed for enjoying this show. Just had to say that to make myself feel better!

If you reread what I said, I wasn't comparing Sammy and Dave. I merely stated that they were just as successful with Sammy as they were with DLR.

Lucky you. :)

i still think he is hot and sexy in a freaky sort of way :nod:

He's got what it takes. I thing he's going to do alright.

Anybody still watching?
 

I really thought Will was kind of sexy, & I thought he could sing; I hated to see him go. I guess sexy just didn't cut it.

I really like Jordis. I'm not sure :shrug: about the men now since Will is gone. I'll have to check them out again. :nod:

Lee :)

Will was my first choice to get the boot!

Jordis is my favorite!

Mine too! I really didn't like him. He butchered "Need You Tonight."

I still like Jordis and Brandon. HAAAATE J.D. I'm sorry, that version of California Dreaming was STILL horrific last night.

I think he's got potential but he really doesn't suit the band. He needs to work on his stage presence a little more.
The guy that did California Dreamin' really surprised me. That was a complete turn around from the first night's performance.

i disagree on an inxs name-change...they have had it since 79...michael died...they didnt

Jordis is my favorite too. JD's CA Dreamin' was not bad. I can't remember the names of any of the other guys to pick a favorite. I'm watching because I always wanted to see the American Idol contestants do more rock songs and this is an okay substitute. Maybe I'll get more into it as I get to know the contestants better.
Brooke Burke IS horribly annoying. And the crowd is a little too artificially pumped for my liking. I'll keep watching though, because it's the middle of summer and there's nothing better on!

Why wasn't it on last nite. I kind of enjoyed it :shrug:

It was on last night. They picked their new songs and rehearsed them. They also got to pick out rock star clothes from a stylist.
I hope this isn't pre-empted by the SC nominee announcement tonight.

So it was on last night or tonight? What time?

I think it's on, on Mon., Tues. & Wed. nights.

It was on at 8 central last night.

http://rockstar.msn.com/

Ooooohhhhh, it's a 3 niter in a row.....dah. Thanks. Although, I channel surfed at 8:00 and couldn't find it.