Ok, so It’s no lie, I’m a bit of a “reality TV” junkie.. I watch survivor, the amazing race, American & Canadian idol, big brother, so you think you can dance, etc… but I think my favorite show of all is “Rock Star”. Why? well it has the excitement of American Idol, but with people who actually have talent. These people already (for the most part) have had bands to one degree or another, usually can play at least one instrument well, can write songs, can actually sing & do arrangements. The show’s “house band” is also about the best cover band alive, they can and do play just about any stile (including a rock rendition of Brittany Spear’s “hit me baby one more time” last year, marty sang it, it kicked ass).
I already have a favorite for this year, Delana, I usually call her Africa, cause I can’t remember her damn name or how to spell it, and she’s from there originally. She’s a bit hardcore, but I like that, and her voice is very rough and smokey. She did a rendition of Nirvana’s “Lithium” last week & Cash’s “Ring of Fire” this week.
Last week, the songs they were given to choose from where pretty good.. this week, however… the kinda sucked for the most part. They complain to some of the contestants that the song choice was bad and not really what the band was looking for but they are the ones who originally chose the songs the contestants pick from! (There are the same number of songs to choose from as there are contestants, so someone gets stuck with a shitty song…)
Anyway, songs I’d like to see on the show are:
* Orestes stes - A Perfect Circle
* Tiny Dancer - Elton John (but in a Dave Grohl flavor)
* Knife Party - Deftones
* 4th of July - Soundgarden
* Glory Box - Portishead
* Stupid - Sarah McLachlan (would be fun to see someone try and make it rock)
A friend (let’s call him MetroSexualMatt to keep him anonymous), introduced me to this great band a few days ago. He heard