Wednesday, September 6, 2006

How to Fix a Fiery Toaster

Well, not really. But wouldn't that be handy?

No, instead it's a comment on the elimination show, because I had to.

I'll be the first to say that I thought Lukas did a much better job with his original song tonight, and I'm glad he sang it as his last-ditch effort. It definitely protected his place as one of the final four.

I didn't really understand what Dilana was doing, and I thought her version of "I Want You to Want Me" was pretty messy. It seemed like she came up with that . . . hmm, doesn't seem quite like an arrangement. Well, it seemed like she chose to change it up a little as she was singing it, and it wasn't timed well with the band or anything. The scream at the end didn't fit and was utterly superfluous.

Except for the fact it called attention to her voice, and it was clear that her voice is more what the band would want than Storm's is. So I guess the scream was a good move.

It's pretty easy to see why Storm finally went, because of the five, she's the one who sounds like a rock singer the least. And to be perfectly honest, they were never likely to pick a woman, and Storm has a pretty regular female voice. Dilana is unusual, so there's a slight possibility she could make it.

But taking everything together, I don't think she will. A male singer is just more of a fit with these guys.
So I was pretty disappointed with Magni's performance tonight. I don't know what's going on with him, but there's no excitement left in him, and his energy looks forced. It took him at least half of the song to get pumped up enough to really start performing, almost as if he wasn't focusing on what he had to do. I'm starting to think he's not reliably consistent enough to front the band, and I rather regretted sending a few votes his way last night.

My current pick is still Toby. I don't think he really fits, but I don't feel like any of them really do, and I like him best. As for who the band will pick, I think it's between him and Lukas.

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3 Comments:

At 12:35 PM, Blogger dogimo said...

What's this fiery toaster business? Sounds like a re-hash of something familiar.

You know Blue, at first it was frustrating not to have had a chance to see the actual show, but now my experience of it has changed. I don't want to see the real show anymore. I find that I'm relating to these contestants and their struggles, and the drama of the band's search for identity, as if the whole thing were taking place in a novel. It's kind of cool.

Maybe there's a niche to be made for yourself, writing reality novelizations!

 
At 7:59 AM, Blogger blue said...

That's impressive, but I have a feeling that your imagination is doing most of the work! I feel like it's nearly impossible for me to say anything other than "good!/bad!/eh!" about them all. I'll have to take a look and see if I've really said anything that meaty.

Ah, I should see if there's any money in that niche, too.
;)

 
At 8:11 AM, Blogger blue said...

Ah---I forgot, the toaster title! If you must know, it popped up when I went to type a letter in the title blank, and I thought "hmm, sounds good." I think it was from an old google search I did to try to find out some advice for a friend. ;)

 

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