# Rock Star: INXS, 7-10 August **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338 "2005-08-09T21:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/21 "2005-08-11T02:20:14Z")
Oh. Crap. Mods, can you please fix my spoiler tag?!?!?! ARGH!!! Sorry, if I spoiled it for anyone! Double ARGH!!! (Wish there was a freaking EDIT function on this board…) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/22 "2005-08-11T04:39:55Z")
INXS is starting to run out of big hits to parcel out on elimination night. I wonder if I will have heard of ANY of the songs they have the endangered contestants sing next week. How do the endangered contestants know the words to the songs they sing on elimination night? Are they told long beforehand and instructed to pretend to not realize that they’re on the chopping block for the sake of good television? I hope the band follows through on Kirk’s notion of an all-acoustic show. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/23 "2005-08-11T05:37:37Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > How do the endangered contestants know the words to the songs they sing on elimination night? I was wondering this, too. My WAG is that the band picks 3 INXS songs each week as Elimination songs and tells everyone well in advance what the three songs will be for that week. Each contestant must be prepared to sing any one of those three on Elimination Day. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/24 "2005-08-12T01:32:14Z")
Yeah, I think there may be a list of “songs you must know this week,” or maybe each contestant has a list of “songs I have learned to date.” Or they really crammed in the months leading up to the show? ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/25 "2005-08-12T01:43:39Z")
If I’m not mistaken, I think the contestants all received a CD/DVD of INXS’ greatest hits, and were told to learn 'em. I don’t know how it works on a week-to-week basis, and I’m sure someone more knowledgable will be along to explain it all. Brandon was awful. Dave got in a nice little dig with “You’re great at what you do.” He wasn’t willing to use what the vocal coach gave him, either, and it really doesn’t show well when you forget the words to the song written by the guys sitting right in front of you. I also really liked the idea of an all-acoustic show, as much as I enjoy House Band. Did anyone else catch the brief glimpse of, well, Jon Farriss’s briefs as he was playing the drums? I’m rooting for MiG, Jordis, and Ty in the final three. I still laugh at JD whenever I think of “We’re just BEING HUMAN . . . because we’re HUMAN BEINGS.” Bwah! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/26 "2005-08-12T01:57:32Z")
> [@Judith Prietht](#): > > Brandon was awful. Dave got in a nice little dig with “You’re great at what you do.” He wasn’t willing to use what the vocal coach gave him, either, and it really doesn’t show well when you forget the words to the song written by the guys sitting right in front of you. I’m beginning to wonder if Brandon might not have taken a bit of a dive last night. Perhaps not consciously, but on the performance show he seemed very accepting of the fact that he’s doing what he wants but isn’t really excelling at what they want, and I’m wondering if he might have just wanted it to be over… Still waiting for Jessica to bite it. She’s going soon, I can feel it in my bones. And then I’ll laugh. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/27 "2005-08-12T11:19:57Z")
**Cuckoorex** , I have fixed your spoiler tags, I think. Everyone: Please note that I did this because someone hit the REPORT button. I would never have read this thread and would never have seen your plea for a moderator. For future ref, please, if you want a Mod’s attention, hit the REPORT button (the little exclamation point in the red triangle in the upper right corner). I know, you can’t report your own posts, but report the one above or below and describe (in detail) what you’re reporting. You’ll get WAY faster action. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338/28 "2005-08-12T15:45:25Z")
Thanks, C K! I’ll be sure to use the report button if it ever happens again. Back to Rockstar: INXS: I’ve been an INXS fan since the first time that I saw _The One Thing_ on MTV back in the 80s. After _Listen Like Thieves_ came out, I made sure I had every INXS album to date. I even bought _Dekadance._ I stuck with them through the dry years after grunge hit the scene. Although I have found other bands that I love more than INXS, I still consider myself a true fan. That being said, if J.D. becomes the new lead singer, I will _not_ buy the new INXS album. I would probably not buy it if Deanna is the lead singer, either. I would be torn if Jessica wins, because she _does_ seem to deliver on INXS songs. However, if INXS is going to be writing all new songs, that means that Jessica is going to have to be singing something new, and I don’t know that she can pull it off. So, if Jordis, Ty, MiG, Suzie or Marty win, I will buy the album for sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-star-inxs-7-10-august/316338.md?page=1)