Thursday, August 31, 2006
A Rock Star: Supernova special this week.
I am terribly addicted to this show... granted that I hardly have time for television anymore, I make sure that I at least have 2 hours each week allocated to performance and elimination nights.Tommy Lee rocks.
Magni is love.
Dilana should win.
But Ryan/Lukas probably will. T____T
And if Aussie boi Toby steps over everyone to snag frontman position of Supernova, I'll never watch Rock Star ever ever again. I know he's the most shaggable one among all the male contestants in the show (and when I mean contestants, that don't include T.Lee, whom we all know is the most delish one of them all~); more so after last 2 weeks' performances where he stripped off his shirt to show off those beautiful abs and gyrating with females from the audience respectively. I mean, I do admit that he's hot. But that voice just won't do... no, really no. Magni and Dilana pull the meanest and most versatile vocals among them all; and Storm and Ryan both have good voices as well, albeit limited to certain ranges only. Lukas has enough character to make up (pun intentional, ha ha, 'makeup' - geddit?) for bad singing.... then again his voice is something of an acquired taste I reckon. =.=Anyway here's some of my most favouritest performances to date. There are more actually, but I can't seem to find them on torrent networks. =/DilanaSong: LithiumOriginal artist: NirvanaDescription: Her debut performance - which introduced the world to this spunky woman with killer stage presence and extremely powerful vocals. Critics label her voice as a cross between Tina Turner and Janis Joplin so.. yeah go figure. Personally I think that any female who can pull a Nirvana scream-fest without snapping a vein definitely deserves top credits.MagniSong: My GenerationOriginal Artist: The WhoDescription: ROCK AND ROLL GOODNESS, WOOOOOOOOOOOH!!! The song packed so much raw energy and it's something that you'll (at the very least) end up bopping your head and tapping your feet to. >___< And check out the killer bass solo too, aaaaaaaaaa!
MagniSong: PlushOriginal Artist: Stone Temple PilotsDescription: From rock n roll to grunge, Magni totally rocked this song and sealed my eternal love for him immediately. <3 As also seen in the previous song, he has an awesome voice - and he had been praised endlessly by the Supernova bois week after week - which had him covering the high notes and screams with such ease and precision. I've never heard Magni miss a note, like ever. Ahh, I love sexy bald Icelanders.
LukasSong: Let's Spend the Night TogetherOriginal Artist: The Rolling StonesDescription: I really don't adore Lukas' voice that much - just can't get used to the swagger/sniding way of singing. But this song rocks anyway, and since he's a crowd favourite, so yah go kill it.StormSong: Just What I NeededOriginal Artist: The CarsDescription: I LOVE STORM BECAUSE SHE IS JUST SO NICE! (this is admist all the drama shit that has been going on recently =.=) And she's hot, and she's got a big personality, and she's strikes a wonderful balance of being honest and extremely self-confident at the same time. She can be elegant and demure in one episode, and totally provocative and wacky the next. And she's got a kickass voice too.
RyanSong: In the Air TonightOriginal Artist: Phil CollinsDescription: I didn't like Ryan initially cos I thought he tries too hard (and the facial hair killed it for me = =), but he's proven over time as the one contenstant who had improved drastically week after week. This song gives me the goosebumps, which is a good thing of course, as he delivered an originally pop number with a lot of mean rock energy, and backed by the orchestra which gave it that much more intensity.
DilanaSong: Cats in the CradleOriginal Artist: Cat StevensDescription: Gave me even more goosebumps that Ryan did. ^^ Dilana's known for taking on ANY kinda songs at all (you guys remember her rendition of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time, don't you?) - and turning it into the week's most memorable performance. The same goes for this one - it's such an emotional song, and she fueled it with that bit of extra Dilana-ism to make it an insanely beautiful one.
StormSong: We Are the ChampionsOriginal Artist: QueenDescription: Arguably one of her best performances to date - she pulled off Fred Mercury's classic anthem with so much intensity and emotions that it really tugs at your heart and make wanna you sing along - which I did, but only because it's such a nice and relatively easy song to sing to, ha ha.
MagniSong: The Dolphins CryOriginal Artist: LiveDescription: THe week that Magni pulled the plug and did a solo acoustic version of Live's Dolphins Cry. AND IT WAS MAGNIFICENT ALRITE, shit! As was noted by Supernova, it was a risky move to ditch the house band during a performance, as logically, the band does helps a lot in giving more adrenaline shots to any songs at all. But Magni went ahead and, with his beautiful voice and honest, effortless stage presence alone, and gave the most.... amazing... performance. I had tears, I swear.
LukasSong: CreepOriginal Artist: RadioheadDescription: Hoho, the first time that anyone actually saw Lukas sang, for real. I prefered Magni and Marty (Casey, from Season 1) 's performances still, but this is not too bad as well. Especially when he pulled his voice to great lengths during the climax of the song - now THAT was impressive. No one had expected it outta him, seriously - you could see that everyone had this 'woah' look on their face when they heard it.
Toby Rand Song: LaylaOriginal Artist: Eric ClaptonDescription: When Toby suddenly seemed hotter, because he took off his top... and yah he did a great job in rearranging this song, etc.. His voice still sucks, but the song is really good. Somehow I see Toby with more potential fronting an alternative or punk rock band rather than Supernova - cos he doesn't have enough to hold a stage in front of Tommy Lee. So he has an awesome bod - so what? Tommy has an awesome (and substantially big) everything else.
RyanSong: Back of Your CarOriginal numberDescription: Now this was a turning point for me, when I started getting more impressed with Ryan. He has great talents for song-writing, as proven by this song. Supernova and Dave Navarro love him. All my friends love him too. ..... you know at this point i think he might actually stand a chance of winning, if they wanna keep him for his musical talents.
DilanaSong: Every Breath You TakeOriginal Artist: The PoliceDescription: As I mentioned earlier, Dilana has no problems dealing with the strangest of song selections - so I wasn't worried when I saw her picking a Police number. And if you noticed, whenever she sings a slow/pop piece, her dressing kicks up by about 10 notches. Talk about professional stage management.
And here's a bit of reminiscing the past with Marty Casey; runner-up of Rock Star: INXS last year. :D He was my favourite from the start, all the way till he lost out to bastard JD in fronting INXS, buu. T__TSong: Trees (acoustic version, featuring Dave Navarro)Original numberDescription: It'll be you and me up in the trees, and the forest will give us the answer. It'll you and I up in the sky, it's a combination for disaster. It's so singalong that it should be banned. >___<
Song: Wish You Were HereOriginal Artist: Pink FloydDescription: Among his many many many great performances (like say, every week without miss), I like this one best. Because it still gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it, and yes that's how I judge how good a song is. It's everything and more - honesty, passion, inspiration, larger-than-life persona. It describes everything that Marty Casey is, and everything that he lives for.
