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   From: a.lipscomb@comcast.net   
      
   "Setzer"  wrote in message   
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   >I thought last week's show was so bad that I didn't even feel like   
   >commenting on it.  I hated pretty much every performance and just wanted to   
   >forget about it.  Jill redeemed herself a bit with a good performance of   
   >"Bring Me to Life" the next night, but I wanted better this week.  For the   
   >most part I got it.   
   >   
   > As an aside, am I the only getting seriously skeeved out by Tommy Lee?   
   > The constant allusions to wanting to bang the women is starting to come   
   > off less like a "I'm a naughty rock star" and more like a "I'm a perverted   
   > old bastard that's going to rape you in your sleep".  They need to tell   
   > him to tone that shit down or it's going to reach the point where one of   
   > the deserving women (especially Dilana) is going to lose the competition   
   > because Gilby and Newsted don't want a lawsuit on their hands after she   
   > gets tired of Tommy Lee harassing her during their tour.   
   >   
   > Anyway, on to my thoughts:   
   >   
   > 1. Patrice Pike   
   > "Helter Skelter" by the Beatles   
   >   
   > I like her.  She doesn't stand out as much as some of the others, but   
   > she's got good presence.  She just doesn't seem to stand out above the   
   > crowd of other good singers.  This performance was no exception.   
   >   
   > 2. Josh Logan   
   > "Come As You Are" by Nirvana   
   >   
   > I hated this.  Hated it.  Turning "Come As You Are" into a ballad should   
   > be a criminal offense.   
   >   
   > 3. Storm Large   
   > "Just What I Needed" by The Cars   
   >   
   > I still love her name.  She rocks too.  She did fine with this.   
   >   
   > 4. Lukas Rossi   
   > "Let's Spend the Night Together" by the Rolling Stones   
   >   
   > I've been on the fence about this guy, but this tipped the scales...I hate   
   > him.  He's got enourmous stage presence but he's a horrible singer.  And   
   > not in a "heavy metal" fashion -- he just sucks.  He's truly awful at it   
   > and needs to get a voice coach.  Axl Rose, James Hetfield and Vince Neil   
   > are all capable singers, even if they are rockers.  Lukas isn't.   
   >   
   > 5. Jill Gioia   
   > "All Right Now" by Free (not Creed)   
   >   
   > She was good this week.  That whole (no pun intended) Courtney Love thing   
   > was a disaster but she seems to have accepted it and dealt with it.   
   >   
   > 6. Ryan Star   
   > "Fortunate Son" by Creedance Clearwater Revival   
   >   
   > Despised it.  He needs to go soon.   
   >   
   > 7. Phil Ritchie   
   > "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane   
   >   
   > Hated it beyond belief.  Newsted was cool, but this guy is wooden and   
   > completely unbelieveable on the stage.  He does absolutely nothing for me,   
   > and this performance didn't change my opinion of him.   
   >   
   > 8. Dana Andrews   
   > "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi   
   >   
   > She has an amazing voice but she's completely out of her element with   
   > these guys.  She needs to learn to play the guitar (if she can't) and   
   > audition for Nashville Star -- she'd be huge in the Music Row scene.  But   
   > she needs to stop trying to fit in with these guys, she just doesn't.   
   >   
   > 9. Toby Rand   
   > "Runway Train" by Soul Asylum   
   >   
   > I think I like this guy, but I hate this song.  He did the best he could   
   > with it, but it's a boring, preachy annoying song.  Not much you can do to   
   > make it better.   
   >   
   > 10. Magni   
   > "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots   
   >   
   > Magni gets better every week, this was his best performance yet.  I'm   
   > starting to dig him.   
   >   
   > 11. Zayra Alvarez   
   > "Everybody Hurts" by REM   
   >   
   > She didn't do a bad job on this song, but she's still (like Dana)   
   > completely out of her element here.  And yeah, the Bjorkishness was   
   > insufferable.  She needs to go home.   
   >   
   > 12. Jenny Galt   
   > "Drive" by Incubus   
   >   
   > I'm tired of her.  She tries hard, she has a good voice, but she's utterly   
   > bland.  Bland in the extreme.   
   >   
   > 13. Dilana   
   > "Zombie" by the Cranberries   
   >   
   > She's great and easily my favorite on the competition, even though I   
   > didn't like her rendition of "Ring of Fire" last week.  She's showing that   
   > she can sing damn near anything AND has stage presence, unlike a certain   
   > grunting fool that thinks he's god's gift to music.  This performance was   
   > awesome.   
   >   
      
   She's my favorite as well.  So far I've enjoyed all of her performances.  I   
   was barely paying attention to most of the other singers this week.  But she   
   has the ability to focus my attention.  Unlike (most of) the other   
   performers, if she wins I think people would actually pay to see and hear   
   her sing.   
      
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