Two weeks into Rock Star: Supernova and a few things are already becoming apparent: Dilana is clearly the frontrunner. Zayra puts the hor in horrid. And TheDave and Tommy Lee have an aversion to fashion almost as strong as Chris' aversion to melody.
After a quick recap of Matt's axing, Tommy Lee says that last week was tough; somehow he got elected to be "that guy, the hatchet guy." Just a guess, Tommy, but maybe that's because it's your band? I am glad he told us what he meant by "that guy," however. Because with Tommy Lee, "that guy" could be anything from serial killer to serial jizzer.
Gilby jumps in and says they were actually pretty easy on the contestants last week. This coming from the guy who told someone he sucked? I can't wait to hear what he's going to say this week: "Your mom sucks. Bad. And I should know, since I just did her a few minutes before showtime. Rock and roll!!!!"
Before the real recap starts, did any of you catch Made You Laugh's live blog of the show last night? Yeah, me neither. But it certainly wasn't for lack of trying. I was hoping just to post a transcript of the affair and call it a recap. But this whole West Coast/East Coast time zone thing gets me every time. If it weren't for the fact that I can ski nearly seven months a year, I'd chuck it all. Wait, no I wouldn't. Because then I couldn't see this from my front porch.
Tonight's first performer is Iceland's Magni! Last week, he was too Vegas for TheDave's taste. This week, he's looking to rock out, Branson-style. Which means a slightly less cheesy version of "My Generation" by The Who, who, just for the record, happen to be one of the most overrated bands of all time. Of course, not nearly as overrated as The Eagles, but still...
Anyway, now that I've thrown that hand grenade into the room, let's get back to Magni. Dude's boring. If he's one of the top ten rockers in all of Iceland, I'd hate to hear how bad number eleven is. The least he could do is wear a swan suit. Still, Jason likes him, saying Magni's experience on the stage in Iceland is showing through. Whatever that means. Tommy, however, thinks it's a little "ho-hum." He loves the ho, but thinks Magni needs a little more hum. This makes even less sense than Jason's comment. But since he says he loves the ho, at least you know he's telling the truth.
Jenny Galt is up next, covering "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell. It starts slow, before picking up a bit, but nobody should be allowed to cover this song after the ginormous version Marilyn Manson did for "Not Another Teen Movie." Same goes with Manson's covers of "Sweet Dreams" and "I Put A Spell on You." Although Rasputina's cover of "I Put A Spell on You" is pretty frickin' awesome too. Awesome? Holy crap, I sound just like TheDave.
Gilby didn't like Jenny's arrangement at first, but once it picked up he found it passable. Jenny said she was just looking for some contrast. Other things she should be looking for: bus fare home. TheDave tells her she looks like she's starving and to go get a sandwich. I can't believe we're getting anorexic humor from this guy. And that's one of the nicer things TheDave says tonight. I think I like the new mean version of TheDave. Although after that last picture he gives me the willies even more and I'm totally sleeping with the lights on tonight.
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Comments (7)
I think I am going to be bored by this season because it's obvious that there is nobody capable of singing for this band except Dilana. All of the other girls are either weak singers or lack charisma. As for the guys, Chris is pathetic (when the band said they doubted his authenticity what they really meant was he is a POSEUR.) Josh sounded like a bleating goat, and Ryan and Phil are much more suited to adult contemporary music. Which leaves Lukas, Toby and Magni. I don't see how Tommy Lee would want to have a troll in his band, so Lukas is out. Toby has done pretty well but he seems too clean compared to the other guys in the band. I still love Magni's voice and I don't get why the band doesn't seem to like him - maybe he's more U2 than Supernova.
But Dilana is freaky and raw and dangerous, yet her voice is so distinctive and musical. Let's just get to the finale and proclaim her the winner!
1 of 7 | Posted by Bauer's Sweetheart
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Posted on July 12, 2006 9:43 AM
I really didn't like that Phil guy. He butchered the Tonic song. I thought 90% of the singers sounded FLAT!!! I sure hope this season gets better.
2 of 7 | Posted by shmoo977
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Posted on July 12, 2006 9:46 AM
I haven't been following this show...did INXS lose another lead singer?
3 of 7 | Posted by Trent880
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Posted on July 12, 2006 9:51 AM
The thing I love about this show is the great second hand embarassment I feel for EVERY ONE of these "rockstars". Its like, on Idol at least all the contestants know what they are doing is pretty lame and cheesy and have a certain degree of self awareness about it. There's nothing better than watching someone who thinks they are REALLLLYYYY cool try and be so "rockin" and "punk". This even goes out to Dilana and her little goth princess weird arm movements and lip licking.
4 of 7 | Posted by BK_KT
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Posted on July 12, 2006 10:24 AM
1.anything short of her giving birth to the Antichrist live on stage would feel that way.
2. Evidently Ryan hasn't seen Tommy's video, or he'd never want to go anywhere near that guy's boat.
Holy Crap. you had me crying...this whole entire recap was so damn funny.
5 of 7 | Posted by Deb-So-Bored
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Posted on July 13, 2006 7:51 AM
The Who, who, just for the record, happen to be one of the most overrated bands of all time. Of course, not nearly as overrated as The Eagles, but still...
the who, OVERRATED?!?!? piss off, wanker. that's no way to talk about the 'orrible 'oo, the last rock'n' roll band to do anything remotely original. yeah, the volume of their music that has ended up on commercials and jerry bruckheimer TV shows is depressing, yeah, 'behind blue eyes' and 'won't get fooled again' might be the two most overplayed songs of the last 30 years, and yeah, daltrey's a fredo, but townshend is a god, moon was the greatest drummer and hotel room-wrecker in the history of rock, and entwistle went out in a vegas hotel room with the help of hookers and blow (my hero). sort of highlights how utterly lame all of these 'rock star' poseurs are (and that includes tommy 'i've only got 8 brain cells left and they're all in my dong' lee, gilby 'i was in g'n'r for, like, a month' clark, and jason 'i quit metallica because hetfield made me cry' newsted.
i'm with you on one thing, though--to borrow from jeffrey 'the dude' lebowski, 'i hate the fuckin' eagles.'
6 of 7 | Posted by jack
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Posted on July 13, 2006 10:20 AM
thx, jack. at least i know you're paying attention. ;-)
7 of 7 | Posted by copygodd
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Posted on July 13, 2006 11:56 AM