I find the whole mess ill-conceived from choice of songs, to the actual band (though I do give it up for the house band – they ROCK!)
What kind of music are these guys going to do? What are you looking for? Why these songs? Are they looking for someone who can make “Top of the World” by the Carpenter’s sound like heavy metal?
Zayra needs to be pushed out of a plane without a parachute (BTW Sleestak, I’ve much had the same experience in general and echo what you’ve already said about her).
I think the field is much weaker than last years crop and generally think the Aussie is the only one capable of giving a good performance at this time. (Ring of Fire was interesting though)
I don’t like the skeeve factor of this band generated by T. Lee. Of all the folks in the band, he’s the least talented (IMO) and has the sketchiest muso credentials. Mick Mars was a good guitarist and Vince Neil a decent frontman I guess, but not much love from me for the Crue. G’nR and Metallica definitely have chops and they get props from me.
Lee should shut up and pound skins to gain any credibility for this band. Gilby and Newsted seem to be somewhat knowledgeable. No way is Zayra going to front this band. She looks like she’s faking the whole thing. Which suits Lee fine, I’m sure, having attached his name to all sorts of loser music/entertainment products over the years. Gilby and Jason on the other hand have been low-key and potential might want to take this seriously.
I was tired this week and honestly, no-one in the competition grabs me yet. Because the band doesn’t even have a track to its name, there really isn’t any way to tell if the singers would fit. Are they looking for a Hetfield type? Someone in the vein of Axl? Or something different? You can’t trash that dude Chris, how can he know what these guys want?
But nobody’s paying cash to see Zayra do anything but take her top off. Sorry. That “I’m exotic” crap isn’t doing it for me. It would be useful if she actually could carry a tune and exude some stage presence without looking like a Girls Gone Wild contestant onstage. Was she having a seizure up there? (ha ha, Popsyn!)
I didn’t realize this. Well, I guess Supernova needs to make some better choices too, and not blame a singer for picking pop songs that should be left alone to begin with.
But some of the singers, like you-know-who who got booted this week, bad song choices and bad singing. And Zayra, she had a second chance and she stuck with the same song, as if to make a point – you can’t boss me around, I’m going to make the same mistake twice, so there!
Do the reality episodes mention what kind of leeway the performers have for choosing their elimination songs? It’s clearly wider than it is for the episodes where everybody performs, given Matt’s disastrous choice of Duran Duran’s “Planet Earth.” Do the contestants basically go up to the house band and say, “Hey, do y’all know this one?”
They’ve given us no limitations on the songs they perform for elimination. There obviously must be some since the house band knows the song, but we haven’t seen any such limitations right now.
I know how Australians talk. I am one. I have been for my whole life. And I repeat my assertation that Toby’s schtick is just that - a schtick. The whole ending every sentence with “Myaaate” thing is a load of horse bollocks, but clearly what the producers and the band want to hear, so he trots it out week after week after week. Mig obviously wasn’t “Australian” enough for the crowd last year, so they’ve gone a step further this year.
I <think> I said it in the other thread - Toby was by no means the strongest or the most entertaining of the Australian auditions. He does good performances with a good range, but nothing spectacular. He was chosen because he’s pretty, and they wanted to sell the “Aussie Surfer Bloke” image he’s got going.
Anyway - I was kind of annoyed by the results show last night. I think Chris really did pull out all the stops, and that was the first song he sang that I really felt. He put his heart into that one, and it was a good song, but I can see how the band aren’t really impressed that he’s hit the bottom three for the second week in a row. I just don’t understand how Zayra is still there. She’s cute, and she’s funny and cheeky, but she just can’t sing. And I agree with Gilby that she doesn’t seem to have any idea what the band is looking for - but you kind of can’t blame her when the band hasn’t been any more specific than Jason’s occasional pleas for “grungy, dirty rock”. Which isn’t being given to the singers as a song choice anyway, so what can they do about it?
I’ve said it before - I can see Toby making it to the final 3, definitely. Whether he could win or not, I’m still not sure. My gut says no, but that’s because I still think he’s mainly there for the amusement value. I want to see Dilana in the top 3 (unless she craps out like Jordis did last year), but I don’t think she’s going to go that far. Maybe the top five or so. I think if Phil keeps working on his voice and his act, he’ll also go a long way.
I hate Ryan and want to see him on fire, but unfortunately that will not come to pass. I have a sneaking suspicion both he and Lucas are going to make it to the top 3 as well.
At this point, I disagree. I think Ryan & Lucas both have a lot to prove before they’re shoo-ins. Dilana, OTOH, seems the most heavy-metal of the bunch, & might just win on that.
And Toby’s not there to be the funny Aussie, he’s there to be the stone hottie. I’m a straight guy, & I can see that.
Toby hasn’t shown any of the metal though. He hasn’t shown us the edge that the band will require. If I had to pick my top 3, I figure it will be Dilana, Lukas and Storm. We’ll see.
Well let’s face it they are probably sessesion musicians. These are the guys who are the backbone of the entire recording industry. The best musical talent isn’t the front guys, it’s the hired guns called in to save an album.
That particular group they have assembled is really good… shame they can’t form their own band.
I like watching the show, but to me the entire concept seems flawed. I mean, the SuperNova boys are putting on airs about rock cred and ‘authenticity’, and they’re about to front their band with a reality TV show winner? Does that make any sense?
It seems to me that a band with the talent and visibility these guys have could have their pick from hundreds of singers. If they were serious about rock and not just looking for promotion and a ‘gimmick’, they’d be sitting in a studio auditioning singers every day, and calling up friends and saying, “Hey man, you know of any kick-ass singers you’ve run across on the road? Someone who blew you away but no one knows? We need someone.”
Instead, they’re sitting in a TV studio watching contestants and having the freaking public vote on who their singer should be. The same public that picks ‘American Idol’ winners. Yeah, that’s hard-core, man.
Ditto, although I really hope Dilana gains some control over the tongue – seeing that thing unroll never fails to make me shudder. Toby’s not bad, but whenever he tries to put some force behind his voice, he gets this Adam Sandler-esque quality to it that just ruins the performance for me.