Rockstar: Supernova ~ Week Eight Performances

Okay people, look for some major stuff – guitars, drums, heads, hearts, pinkies, whatever – to be broken in the upcoming weeks on the Rockstar: Supernova stage with the request to “break something” coming in right from that sanctified podium sitting the three-fourths of Supernova, plus one sycophant bitch. Oh no, the break something fest has started already with the angry bed-head tossing away his expensive guitar! Can’t we just do away with the clichés, please?

Seven contestants, two originals tunes this time. So, to make sure Supernova or Dave ‘Bitch’ Navarro doesn’t diss them for not going for the originals, everyone pretends to be really wanting to do an original. And so what we have here is a mock-fight with Magni the Iceman playing the referee, who pretty much single-handedly finds a solution to this strange situation. [Take a hike Supernova, Magni is now wanted by the UN to solve the Middle East problem.] Patrice gets the chance to do an original because, according to Magni, she has ‘earned’ the song by consistently landing up in the bottom three. Wow, great logic! And then, Magni, the super judge, once again saves the day by talking Storm out of getting into a fist fight with Ryan Star and handing the original music sheet to Ryan.

Toby and Dilana are two horny bastards. Give them an excuse and they are fighting to strip each other off their clothes and take in some voyeuristic pleasure. Yeah, when vocal pipes and writing abilities aren’t enough, it helps to show some skin. Or all of it.

And now, let’s get on with the performances.

Patrice Pike – Beautiful Thing: Original
She looked good tonight and it’s a good thing that she insisted on doing her own song because most probably it’s her last week on the show. The song was okay but far too poppy for the band. Plus, considering that she was doing her own song and yet sounding mediocre, that, I guess, is the sign of things to come tomorrow on the elimination night.

Magni Asgiersson – Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana
Another Nirvana song! For Pete’s sake, what’s the deal with Supernova and Nirvana? Anyway, Magni goes for a straight up cover and totally nails it. Well, he can’t really bring that whine in the verse but hey, he’s not Kurt Cobain and this is definitely the best Nirvana performance on the Rockstar: Supernova stage so far. Great energy, great intensity, clever use of his vocal range, cool performance! It’s one of the two memorable performances of the night. Tommy suggests Magni should have broken something. Yeah, how about Dave’s neck? Even his lower jaw would do fine. Or maybe just a coupla teeth. Just suggesting.

Ryan Star – Back of Your Car: Original
Another Big O! Now don’t start getting ideas people, I’m taking about an original tune here. Great song – he starts if off hard and intense and does an amazing job. Like Magni, he has great energy and intensity! He even looks comfortable and less constipated tonight. I’m totally impressed, barring that ditching-your-guitar-scene, which Tommy had suggested just minutes ago to Magni. That made it look a little too staged.

Yesterday, Ryan had said the song was about making love while the world is ending. Reminded me of a movie called Dogma where one of the prophets, who’s born in this life as a total slacker and a pothead, makes a similar suggestion to the female lead when things start looking like the end of the world is just around the bend. Heh, heh! Anyway, the song sounded great. Hadn’t Dilana bitched to some reporter earlier about how Ryan had totally hated the Supernova song? We all can see now why. Why suck-up to a less than mediocre tune when you can write some great sounding ones yourself! 2 of 2 of tonight’s amazing performances. Can you say another encore?

Storm Large – Crying: Aerosmith
Why does this girl have to choose either tough songs or bad songs? And Crying is one tough song to score. Nonetheless, she does a decent job with a tough Steven Tyler tune, though, like Gilby said, it wasn’t memorable. On the stage performance front, I feel she’s slacking a bit. But she gave her best at the end of her performance when she called Dave a bitch and dared him to come to the stage and take that corset off her. I simply love the way this girl handles situations like these. Great attitude.

Dilana Robichaux – Every Breath You Take: The Police
Don’t mean to give anyone a coronary here but this is my least favourite Police tune. To be brutally honest, I don’t like the song at all. Seriously, I don’t understand why people play it as it were a love song. It’s a freakin’ creepy song for Chrissake! But if getting stalked is your idea of a great romance, then you’re welcome to this song and Dilana and her huge fake, pink, creepy eyelashes. Okay, get those ugly things off your face already; they’re too distracting. She sings the song well; it’s a good pop performance. But hello, Miss Mellow! You’re starting to bore me now with every song you do beginning to sound the same. Wonder why Supernova and their bitch don’t have any harsh words for her for not ‘changing it up from week to week’! Them bitches!

Toby Rand – Layla: Eric Clapton [originally by Derek & The Dominos]
What's with Ryan, Toby and the Hoodies? Ryan wore it the week before last only to take it off and reveal his horrible black eye makeup. This week, Toby wore it only to take not only the hoodie but the entire sweatshirt off. This place sure is full of wanna-be strippers: Dave, Tommy Lee, Toby, and the recent addition to the bare-naked club – Dilana. Good energy, good performance. But then, I’m not really a fan. The guy just doesn’t do it for me.

Lukas Rossi – All These Things That I've Done: The Killers
He’s my fav. But I don’t really care for the song and I found his performance tonight a little too quiet. It was not too bad, but it wasn’t really good either. And did he almost lose his voice in a couple of spots? Anyway, he was fun to watch, nevermind that ‘his-back-to-the-audience’ thing he did.

By the way, are these Supernova guys on crack or what? Last week, Lukas did a neat job and they dissed him. This week, it was an okay performance and they lauded him! But one can say Tommy really likes this guy by the way his eyes light up every time he watches Lukas perform. Something very gay is going on here.