Limes with Orange

What to say about tonight's episode of Rock Star: INXS? A lot of great performances, except for the one I was most looking forward to... Jordis Unga singing Aerosmith's "Dream On" (watch video). I was fully prepared for her to rock that song even better than Fisher (if you haven't heard Fisher's version, listen now... it's amazing). Unfortunately, Jordis was so focused on that one note she couldn't hit, her performance was kind of a mess. I still love her to death, and she's still one of my top three, but I confess I was disappointed.

On the up side, I thought MiG and Deanna did well with their original songs. I realized I was actually kinda nervous for them. I found myself thinking about the first time I went to hear my friend Brian's band (that would be my erudite, laconic, guitar-playing lothario friend Brian). I was so nervous that his band, Burning the Ground, would suck and that I would have to spout meaningless platitudes afterwards to cover up the fact that I thought they sucked. Fortunately, they turned out to be really good and I was so relieved that I think I gushed a little too much, probably making it completely transparent that I had previously expected them to be awful. But I digress...

I think all of the competitors remaining on Rock Star: INXS are pretty damn good. So now it's not so much about sending home the weakest link (though I could do without J.D.'s attitude) as deciding who is best for the band. Any chance of having a show of all INXS songs? That might be helpful right about now.

P.S. My psychic ability seems to have deserted me... I have no idea who will get the encore.

P.P.S. I love RDTV! This little local television station for Red Deer, Alberta is carrying the reality episode of the show on Monday nights. RDTV rocks!

Labels: music, pop culture, rockstar, tv