August 9, 2006

Rockstar Recap: Week 6

Last year it was painfully obvious that INXS was never going to choose a woman to front their band. Sure, Susie was a nice option, but she fell behind JT and Marty in the eyes of INXS. When I started watching this season of Rockstar, I was pretty convinced that Supernova would follow suit and choose a guy to front their band. Now, I’m not so sure.

As Jason Newsted would say. . .

Dilana "crushed it". She is obviously older than the other contestants. She seems to almost take on a mothering type role around the younger rockers. She did with Dana. In the entertainment industry, where youth reigns supreme, she is certainly kicking that notion to the curb. She performed with Gilby tonight and was amazing. "I have no doubt that a woman can front our band now," is what Gilby said to her post-performance. She is proving herself worthy of the top three if not the top contestant.

Jill sings like a rocker, but her dance moves make me think more of Britney Spears. She performed "Mother, Mother" and during the hard parts she skipped and bopped her way around the stage like a Black Eyed Pea. I am sensing she and her suitcases will be on the move soon.

Ryan sang "Paint it Black" and showed up, well, painted black. Apparently he and Zayra have been hanging out a bit; because the super hero vibe got to him. He looked more like an evil Batman tonight than the usual Ryan (although his hair stayed perfectly in tact despite the transformation). Fortunately, he’s not taking his singing cues from Zayra as well.

Storm attempted Queen’s "We are the Champions" and did it well. She ended her performance by telling Tommy Lee "I’ll spank the crap out of you," and promised to return to her theatrical performances and stage thrashing. Should be interesting. . . she always is.

Zayra is apparently getting her wardrobe from deranged circus ring leaders.

She looked as if she’d been dipped in gold. Add a top hat and some platform shoes that Kiss and Prince must have collaborated on and you’ve got an outfit just interesting enough to almost distract from the horrific singing.

Josh. . .

. . . is seriously growing on me. As OutKast says, "I like the way you move," and I do. I’ve always had it bad for any guy who can bust a groove (including the acne covered, rather large-featured guy who I wanted to go to prom with my senior year), and just the way he moves his head when he strums and sings sort of has me swooning a bit. O.k. maybe more than a bit. The thing I really like about him is that he doesn’t just belt his lyrics. He has soul and he infuses it into every song he sings and that makes it sexy. I also like the fact that he didn’t get all freaked out when Tommy Lee surprised him by coming up to play drums with him only seconds before the song started. He’s proven he can hang with the best of them. Me likey Josh.

Magni will get the encore. They’re always suckers for acoustic performances. Tonight, Magni stopped being forgettable and became completely unforgettable. His performance of Live’s "When the Dolphin’s Cry" was beautiful and amazing. Encore for sure.

Patrice is consistently good. But when all the other rockers are becoming great, consistently good isn’t good enough. I’ve commented about her hair before, and I have to say that she is looking more and more like a 12-year old with her hair choices. It doesn’t fit and distracts from her voice, which is probably a good thing considering her performances are getting kind of boring. The martial artist in me wants to like her; I really do, but others are clearly outshining her.

Lukas had his best performance of the series tonight. He sang "Creep" and when I say "sang" I mean he actually sang. He didn’t screech for a change and that was refreshing and impressive. The only issue I have with Lukas is that his dance moves look like he’s had an encounter with a blow dryer while bathing. Can you imagine a collaboration between him and Jill?

Toby sang "Burning down the House" and brought down the house. . . right up until he grabbed a megaphone and tried that tired old trick. I’m with Dave Navarro on this one. He was plugging along just fine and then he had to pull that out. He doesn’t need it and it made his performance a little tacky.

He won’t have to worry though because the bottom three are going to be: Jill, Zayra, and Patrice. Jill is going home. Zayra is just too damn entertaining to see her leave now. I mean seriously, you want to tune in just to watch the fashion disaster that she has become.

Encore goes to Magni.

And speaking of music and songs, the girls and I were having some fun dancing to some tunes today when Nelly’s song "Grillz" came on. Big I refused to dance to it despite the fact that Lil C and I were jamming. When I asked her why she wasn’t dancing she said, "That’s a STUPID song Mommy!"

Tonight she saw Dilana perform and she said, "I don’t like when she sings that slow stuff like last time" (referring to when she sang Cyndi Lauper’s "Time after Time"). "I want to see them ROCK!" she said as she slammed her hand on the floor. I have a feeling she’ll be listening to classic rock when she’s older (and I’ll be getting my rap fill during solitary drives in the car.)

For something else that rocks, go visit my renter. She truly rocks. There’s a new birth story up too!