September 20, 2005
Rock Star: INXS - The Finale
This summer's best karaoke reality show is over and the winner is...JD Fortune from Oakville, Ontario. My good friend, Christine, was spot on with this call from the start of the show. Her dreamy "I wish he were my" boyfriend, JD, beat out the other last two contestants (MiG and Marty) to become the new lead singer to INXS. Truth be told, though I put in my plug early on for my Twin Cities girl, Jordis, I have to agree with the choice. JD fits best with INXS in terms of looks, persona, voice quality, song writing skills, and that ineffable something needed to be a rock star. JD's original song, Pretty Vegas, also demonstrates his ability to pen a hit and, more impressively, it is pretty close to what INXS themselves might have written. It was clear that the band was really into the song.
It's a strange beginning for a newly reformed band whose first lead singer, Michael Hutchence, died of suicide (though many believe it was auto-erotic asphyxiation). I mean, it's strange to have a contest to determine the next lead singer. That said, it's also perhaps the best way to find the best talent out there (vs. having limited tryouts and rehearsals), so whom am I to critique. Congrats to JD and good luck to the new future of INXS. And to Christine, I guess Tai is relieved to have his wife back and to be able to lift the "no more talking about JD" ban!
Sidebar -- I've seen commercials for a similar karaoke/dance contest for the new third member of TLC but I don't think it will have the same success as Rock Star: INXS.
Posted by richlee at September 20, 2005 10:40 PMthanks for sharing my jd obsession with your blog community! btw, i told tai i am back until INXS goes on tour in jan (:)). ok a bit of post concert analysis for all the jd fans out there. i find it interesting that jd sang two songs about NEED. he sang, "you can't always get what you want (but if you try sometime, you get what you NEED)" and then he sang "what you need." coincidence? i think not...more likely a secret message to his #1 fan
peace--448
JD definitely fits with INXS. I can't get his song, "Pretty Vegas" out of my head. I think Christine can easily now be the president of the new INXS fan club.