It’s time for Rock Star, and Brooke Burke is standing with Supernova. Dave Navarro is apparently glued to that chair in the “band” area.
Reality Segment – We get some confessionals talking about Dilana’s performance with the “band” last Wednesday.
Song selection time! This week there are 2 originals, and given the tongue lashing Dave gave everyone last week, everybody wants those songs. Magni is all diplomatic and notes that since Patrice has been bottom three the most, she should get one. Eventually it gets to just Storm and Ryan wanting the second original. Storm wants to literally fight for it, and Ryan tries to give reasons to not fight for it (since Storm could probably knock him on his ass). Turn in your Man Card, Ryan (note: not because he wouldn’t fight Storm, but more because he won’t admit that he’ll get the shit kicked out of him fighting her). But based on the Patrice reasoning, Ryan gets the original and Storm gets the song noone else wanted – “Cryin'”.
Ryan does note that getting the original doesn’t mean your safe – Zayra had the original and she got dumped.
Meanwhile, the only other song up for debate is “Every Breath You Take”, which both Toby and Dilana are looking at. Turnabout being fair play, Toby makes Dilana run around the pool naked for the song. And then tells us that he didn’t even want it – he was just looking for some revanche.
So back at the theatre, the “band” worries that Storm might be giving in a bit too much. But no matter, she’s not up right now. First up is Patrice Pike, and she’s singing her original song, “Beautiful Thing”. She’s definitely enthusiastic, but the vocals/lyrics are not that great. However the song does a good job of showcasing guitars (Raphael seems even better than normal this week) and drums, and perhaps that’s what she was gunning for. Overall it might be a bit too pop for the “band”, but given Supernova’s song last Wednesday it’s not that far off. I should also mention that Patrice must’ve gotten some advice from TLC’s Mark Montano, since she looks ten years younger this week.
Oy, that was bad. My apologies.
Personally, I think that the originals are a tricky thing, as you’re trying to showcase your skills as a writer, and trying to show your vocals, but also you have to arrange things that will appeal to the “band”, since they are ultimately the judge, jury and executioner hatchet men.
Speaking of judges, Dave likes the song, but compares it to Zayra in thinking that it might not be right for the band – it’s probably better for a solo career (which when you think about it, was probably what it was tailored for). Tommy however does see where they could tweak things – they have the technology. Wow, he’s channeling the Six Million Dollar Man.
Next up is Magni who after singing one 90s anthem in “Creep” sings another one in Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, allowing Courtney Love to live high off the hog for yet another week. Magni is Magni, and there’s not really much else to say other than he did his usual excellent job. I don’t think he’s as suited to the hard stuff as he is with the softer music, but that’s just me.
Dave likes that Magni can add in angst when the song calls for it. Tommy wonders why Magni didn’t play the guitar, and Magni says that he wanted to be spontaneous. Tommy notes that he could’ve played the guitar for the first verse and then tossed it after. Dave then says that he wants to see someone smashing something by the end of the season. Magni says he’ll do it next week while everyone else thinks “No, not my beautiful new Gibson!”
So now it’s time for Ryan Star and the second original song, entitled “Back of Your Car”. The music is much more to Supernova’s liking, although Ryan is still Ryan and the actual lyrics are perhaps a bit too emo for me. He’s playing guitar… kinda and tosses it aside halfway through the song. Eh, it’s not like he was actually playing it anyways. Cameramen do a great job catching Magni’s reaction to that – really more like mild surprise than anything else. Anyways, I think that song impressed the judges quite a bit, since Ryan tailored things to them.
Dave wonders what the hell happened to Ryan. Ryan pulls off what would ultimately be the second-best line of the night: “I got laid, Dave”. Dave gives Ryan a new nickname – “The Dark Horse”. Dave apparently went to the MMA school of stupid nickname-giving.
Now Storm Large sings the song that nobody else wanted, “Cryin'”. I gathered that this was because Steven Tyler’s voice is hard to duplicate. So Storm doesn’t try, using more of a Cher-style voice here. She definitely makes it work for her, as she works the stage and the audience, and while she doesn’t crush the song like she predicted earlier, she definitely does it justice.
Dave notes that it’s a difficult song to sing, and Storm notes that it’s even harder in Dave’s corset. Tommy of course wants Storm to wear less clothing, leading Dave to ask for the corset back. This leads to the line of the night, as Storm challenges Dave to “come over here and take it from me, bitch!” Curiously, no takers. Gilby changes the topic and tells the remaining seven that the “band” knows that they can sing – they’re looking for memorable performances from everyone.
Dilana is up now, and as noted before, she’s singing “Every Breath You Take” by the Police. Which she does quite well, and kicks it up during the bridge, which really is the only place where you can, in Idol parlance, “make it your own”. I didn’t really care for the “Dil-an-a” part during the “Da-da-da”, but to each their own, I suppose. And what’s up with the eyelashes?
Dave wants song selection to be at his house this coming week. I’m not sure he really wants that, since there will be only two women left by then. Jason asks Dilana why she wanted this song so badly. Dilana says it was for her mother, since it was/is her favourite song.
So what did Toby Rand choose to sing instead of The Police? Well, it’s “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos. And I may be wrong, but I think Toby gives us two or three mini-arrangements of the song to showcase his ability and what he can do. He does, of course, keep the signature guitar hook. And then he takes of his shirt, which I think the women love but the FCC possibly doesn’t.
Dave wants to know what “EVS” means. Apparently it’s Melbourne slang for “Whatever”. Gilby actually didn’t like the arrangement, but Toby made up for it with his performance.
Our final performer is Lucas Rossi, and he’s singing “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers. And I’m kind of nonplussed. He hits on the vocal things that Jason harped about early, and then goes into his Marty Casey impression by going all nutty. I think Lucas has hit his ceiling, and is coming back to T.O. (Tornto, Ontario. NOT Terrell Owens) as soon as he hits the Bottom Three.
Tommy gives us a rather mysterious “Check, please!” Gilby wonders about why Lucas faces away from the audience so much. Lucas says that he wants to interact with the band more. I think facing the band is Lucas’ version of Phil’s bobblehead thing.
It’s time for the early results… and the bottom three (after three minutes) are Patrice, Storm and Toby. I’m sure that’ll change by Wednesday.
That’s it for tonight – results tomorrow.
