Apologies for the late Making the Band 3 recap. I was just so fascinated by this latest captivating episode. The girls went down to Miami where they met a grip of huge producers and began working on their album. But get this -- one of the girls struggled with the process and had to dig deep to regain confidence and control so that she could recapture her former glory. As you can imagine, it was quite a departure from last week's show when Aubrey had to dig deep to regain her confidence, or the week before that when Shannon struggled to regain her confidence too. Variety is the name of the game, and Making the Band 3 clearly has it in spades!
This week's episode began like many a rap video: bright, colorful, and full of flashy boats zipping around Miami. Yes, it was the total South Beach fantasy -- the hip hop kind, not the Birdcage type (although, a random Christine Baranski/Diane Weist cameo would be most welcomed. Surely they're in Diddy's posse, right?). Anyway, as the girls hung out on the deck of a sweet, sweet boat, their master and commander, Sean Diddy Combs arrived to welcome them to the fair city and have a conversation. He told them that they'd come a long way, and now they were all ready to finally make a record. Mazel Tov! I'll break out the Manischewitz.
Since this was the umpteenth time that Diddy's tried to form a pop sensation, the stakes were high for him. He wasn't about to fail yet again. To ensure success, he called up a few of his music industry friends, who all happened to be major record producers. There was Brian Cox, Rodney Jerkins, and Timbaland (he of the "Girl, I'm a freak you shouldn't say those things!" -- a.k.a. my favorite sing-along line of the summer so far). Of course, these names were cool and all, but let me just say that today, J-Unit and I had a random meet-and-greet with the producer of Kevin Federline's "Popozao." I'm not even joking. Yeah, clearly Diddy should be hanging with us more. (And while I'm name dropping random hip-hop encounters of the day, I went to my gym this evening, and Pharrell was performing a MySpace concert in the parking garage. Only in Los Angeles...)
Anyway, the roster of producers involved on this destined-to-fail group was impressive, and at the top of the list was a fella named Scott Storch. He's the one responsible for such infectious tunes as "Run It" and "Lean Back." Basically, if a song has two monosyllabic words in the title, it's a Scott Storch classic. Well, Scott had a sidekick named Pooh Bear, who was essentially a tall, hefty black man with a ponytail. Still not sure what his stance was on honey. Sorry. Dumb Pooh Bear joke. I'll stop now.
Pooh Bear.
Anyhoo, Scott and Pooh wrote a nifty track the night before and played it back for the girls, who tried not to wince when they heard Pooh Bear's lovely falsetto on the temp mix. As the music played, the ladies bopped their heads back and forth with forced enthusiasm, but you could tell they were hoping for a lot more from Scott Storch. Still, they knew not to bite the hand that was feeding them, and afterwards, they all praised the track, which I've preemptively titled, "Destined to Fail."
Enthusiasm!
The music producers then decided to start recording the song's hook. This meant that each girl would have to go into the booth one at a time and sing their part. D. Woods kicked things off with a spunky recording session. She was followed by Shannon, who clearly was undeterred by the growing pimple under her nose. Aubrey then got in the booth and reacquainted the viewers with her breathy (read: weak) voice. All this time, the girls kept singing the line, "YOU KEEP ON STRESSING ME!" over and over again, and after a while, it simply sounded like an SNL parody, especially when Aundrea got in and went ultra-staccato. Last in the booth was Dawn, and guess what? She was having problems! Hmmm... I wonder if she was distracted by personal matters and just had to "let go" of what was bothering her? You know, like Shannon and Aubrey and everyone else who's profiled on this show every week.
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Comments (12)
The girls of the band have their own MySpace page...
www.myspace.com/danitykane
Yes, Danity Kane. And as far as I know, that's gonna be the name of their group. Why? Don't ask me. But anyway, don't take my word for it. Check it out yourself! There's even a song on there (The song that played while the girls were cruising in their car).
As for this episode, I sympathized with Dawn. She has a great voice and can sing, but the pitch for the song was so high. Seriously, how does a 250-pound man sing with such a high falsetto? Oh, and I loved the song they were recording.
1 of 12 | Posted by hollabackboy
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Posted on July 18, 2006 11:37 AM
This has nothing to do with MTB3 except for the sweet 16 commercial that is playing for the rerun of the episode. I pray to God that you all get that clip of the woman laughing at her daughter when she comes out of the dressing room. now that is fowl.
keep on stressin stressin me...
2 of 12 | Posted by jusaplyr
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Posted on July 18, 2006 12:10 PM
Hmmm...I'm guessing if they ever go on tour, it'll be lip-synching all the way. Then again, those shopping malls & county fairs have such bad acoustics no one will care.
3 of 12 | Posted by tvaholic
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Posted on July 18, 2006 1:08 PM
Did anyone notice how, when they got pulled over by the cop, Aubrey said, "We didn't know you can't sit on the back. In California, you can." That smacks of "falsification." California has the most stringent vehicle code of any state. So, unless they were in the rose parade, that was illegal in California, too.
And, speaking of the Pussycat Dolls, they performed (I use the term loosely) a song on So You Think You Can Dance (tvgasm crossover!) that sounded suspiciously identical to the one the girls were recording with Pooh Bear. So, either all girl group songs sound the same, or Danity Kane (or whatever) had the song taken away from them because they are "destined for failure."
4 of 12 | Posted by kristin_d_l
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Posted on July 18, 2006 1:15 PM
Two favorites:
"passive-aggressive stare -- you know, the one that says, "You are worthless. Feel shame for inconveniencing me." (I give the look too)
"The producers must have a Bat Phone they use to bring him in. "Diddy: someone's struggling in the booth. To the studio!"
LOL B-side!
How come I couldn't BOOM BOOM CAT for my life this week?
5 of 12 | Posted by Court_Love
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Posted on July 18, 2006 1:21 PM
Danity Kane, huh? Any relation to Duncan Kane? If so, they'll be boring, chemistry-free and escape to Mexico with their bastard child. Fun!
6 of 12 | Posted by maybeimamazed02
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Posted on July 18, 2006 4:04 PM
First of all, I like how I can't spell. Second, that clip is hilarious!
7 of 12 | Posted by jusaplyr
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Posted on July 18, 2006 5:11 PM
hmmm....so the song that the Pussycat Dolls sang is called Buttons, and in no way sounds like Sleep On It. But whatever. I love that song, however their first single Showstopper is a lil disappointing. But i LOVE Aubrey and D.Woods. Now only if we could get Taquita to come back and do a lil commentary that would be the icing on the cake. That girl was hilarious.
8 of 12 | Posted by treez
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Posted on July 18, 2006 5:29 PM
b-side, you seem to think that this group will fail.
well, how about you bet on it? eat 5 wasabi cubes representing the five members of the group if they do become a success.
so do we have a deal?
9 of 12 | Posted by thatswhack
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Posted on July 18, 2006 9:53 PM
Ok so im a huge fan of the MTB girls, but come on now, that song was terrible esp for scott storch, i think brooke hogans song is better than that!
10 of 12 | Posted by G
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Posted on July 19, 2006 10:13 AM
I actually liked the song they were singing (sans "You-you-you-keep on-keep on stressin me") and I'm looking forward to hearing it. I want this group to do well.
11 of 12 | Posted by CTVampSlayer
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Posted on July 19, 2006 10:28 AM
As they drove away, one of the girls laughed, "Our boss has the key to the city. Hint: we get to sit on top of our Bentley."
Correction
As they drove away, D. Woods laughed, "Our boss has the key to the city. Hence, we get to sit on top of our Bentley."
Come on she is a smart girl it seems so lets quote her correctly......
12 of 12 | Posted by rachel vashti
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Posted on August 5, 2006 2:28 PM