RS Supernova : First Elimination Episode

[Vyan]

Ok, it's only the second night and the bullcrap has already gotten thick.

First of all the fact the neither Zarya nor Jenny wound up in the bottom three based on those performances is ridiculous. I guess their cute tight toned little asses are safe for a while at least. (Having now watched the Reality Portion of the first week on MSN.com, I can see that Zarya's vocal limitations are going to be a major factor very soon anyway. Her in the studio is some truly embarrasing footage, even worse than "Stop Go" - trust me).

I had problems with Chris's rendition of Roxanne as well as Phil doing Cult on the first show, but again from the Reality Show it's clear that Butch the producer really likes Phil's voice for it's unique tone and his melody choice. Ok, fine. Phil's safe for now, even if his performance tonight was totally mush-mouthed.

Chris doing L A. woman was unimpressive, particular for one of the "best vocalists on the planet". Feh. Even though I wasn't wild about his Coldplay performance, Matt on the other hand really did a nice job on Planet Earth. Of this first set of final three vocalists he actually sounded the best and was able to really make the song his own without emulating Simon La Bon or sounding disjointed with his delivery. For his voice, this was a great song choice -- but apparently the SN guys have a big stick up their ass over Duran Duran - it was really, really bad one.

Honestly that's not surprising - all those Metallica guys have had their hide chapped in general about other forms of music - particularly anything glam! It's a mad mad HATE-On they've been carrying for 20 plus years. I'm actually surprised Tommy escapes it because of how Hollywood Sunset Strip GLAM the Crue was at times, but then again as the top for Rock Star Website reminds us - this is Tommy Lee's Band. He's the one with the TV-Q that makes this little engine go - so I suppose Jason has to just swallow it for the duration.

Unfortunately that means Matt had to take it in chops due to Jason's (and probably Gilby's) limited taste and was the first person eliminated. The performance was good, and so was the arrangement, I would have changed the high-hat part in the pre-chorus from sixteenth notes to eliminate that "disco feel" of that section, but otherwise it was fine. It definately rawked.

The truth is none of the people in the final fifteen are Metal singers anyway. I know - cuz I am one. I mean c'mon, Gilby said you guys said you weren't a "Metal" band so what do you expect really? If you open things up - then you've opened them up, ok? You gonna slam somebody if they do an INXS cover because their songs got played on the same stations and in the same clubs as Duran Duran? (And trust me, they were - I was there) Lame.

All three of these guys were dull on stage physically, but Matt's vocals were better than the two.

Too bad that didn't save him at least a little while longer.

And now we're actually going to have to listen even more of Zarya? Oh heaven help me and pass the advil, it's gonna be looong summer.

Crossposted on Truth 2 Power

Vyan