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| From | Paul Myers <paulm@shaw.ca> |
| Subject | INXS thread, my two cents (Canadian) |
| Date | Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:41:36 -0800 |
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First off, let me mildly chide Jamie Vernon. While I champion your
eloquent defense of the band for soldiering (soldering?) on, I hasten
to point out a seeming contradiction in your dismissal of the reality
show.
First you state, "Having not seen the TV show I wasn't sure what his
qualifications were for getting the gig..." but later you seem to
have seen it in full. How else could you pronounce that, and I quote,
"the TV show was a gratuitous self-promotional indulgence.." and
that " the band crossed the line into whoredom with the reality show
idea..." which, presumaby, "cheapens the product."
With all due respect, and I say that sincerely, perhaps calling the
final output "product" is already an admission of its cheapened
status.
I personally got hooked in to the Rock Star series after several
credible friends of mine raved about it to me. Yeah, most of the
rock singers were either bar band schlocky or woefully miscast to
stand in for Hutch.
The show, far better than the amateur hour shows like American (and
Canadian) Idol, had a level of professionalism that made it far more
relevant as a real "talent search" than any of the lottery shows out
there.
My main problem with JD Fortune, over say Marty who had real newness
to him, was that he was a non-descript front guy who does an ace
Hutchence impression. Fine in a cover band but where can that take
you but backwards?
PM
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