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July 17, 2005

Rock Star: INXS

I wasn't going to check out the new show "Rock Star: INXS" on CBS, but it was on last night & my parents recommended it. Melissa mentioned her mom thought I'd like it as well. I did enjoy it. Think "American Idol" with a hard rock backing band (actually very talented) and contestants with (for the most part) 1000% more chutzpah. I didn't care for a few of the performers, but most of the 14 I saw were entertaining.

Of course, it will be interesting if this catapults the resulting INXS project to a wider audience, for artistic reasons rather than television ratings. I think it would be interesting for a female contestant to win, however it might be difficult for them to sound good on the older material that Michael Hutchence sang in a lower register.

Back in the "Kick" days, I did listen to the hits but never bought the CD. That's about the extent of my INXS knowledge.

Posted by Alex Harden on July 17, 2005 9:44 PM |

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Did not catch the show, but have heard about the INXS leadsinger project for a while. I use to listen to them a bit "way back in the day", I still have copies of THE SWING, ( had that great song "original sin") and LISTEN LIKE THIEVES( had the awesome song "what you need") on casset in my music closet! LISTEN LIKE THIEVES is still a great casset, and when I think of INXS I always go back to the LISTEN LIKE THIEVES era! I also had ( but loaned it out years ago)the VHS from down under of Hutchence starring in a drug movie called " Dogs in Space". The movie was not that good and Hutchence really stretched his acting wings and stared as a drug user and lead singer for a band!

Posted by: streeter | July 18, 2005 4:45 PM

Didn't see the show but I have to wonder about the wisdom of picking a member of your band that way. Does the audience get a vote? If so, forget it. May as well dig up Hutch and let him rot on stage. (Too morbid there, I know.)

Posted by: mschindler | July 19, 2005 10:09 PM

I must confess I listened to INXS a lot back in the late 1980's. Chicks dug guys who liked INXS and I liked their tunes too, but mostly chicks dug guys who listened to INXS.

Posted by: Scott | July 20, 2005 10:47 AM

Mike: The audience votes each week, the three lowest vote-getters get a chance to impress INXS a final time, and then INXS chooses the one person they're letting go of that week.

Posted by: aharden | July 20, 2005 7:07 PM

The elimination show features the low vote-getters singing an INXS song "on the fly" (at least, that's how it's presented). It's reminding me of some of the INXS songs I'd forgotten; "Suicide Blonde" and "Mystify" were featured last night.

Posted by: aharden | July 21, 2005 10:12 PM

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