Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Penultimate Fantasy Airship

At this point, it seems to me that Toby is going to win. I would have thought that he was a little too poppy and fun for the band, but I guess they don't think that.
His "Karma Police" was a little overdone and not natural for him. It sounds great when he relaxes and is all himself (as it was near the end), but when he's effecting a Thom Yorke style (as he did in the start), it doesn't come off well.
I also have to say that although I like his song, the "oh-oh-oh"s are getting me a little tired with it sometimes---and this is only having heard it a handful of times. Something about it tonight reminded me of Gay Dad, also. I liked them, but apparently nobody else did. Darn, I really liked them. Whatever happened with them?

They showed an audience member laughing during Lukas's performance. I know not everyone might have that reaction, and might not have it throughout, but there is definitely that element there. He's weird and ridiculous at times. And it's not in a good way. He really reminds me of a little crested lizard running round the stage in panic.
His rendition of his original song tonight was almost painful. The stripping-down revealed the fact that there are only about 4 lines of lyrics, and the melody is so boring that he had to resort to his nasty tongue-in-the-throat voice (which I guess he considers interesting). Disgusting. I'd never vote for him in a million years.

Dilana did a beautiful job with "Roxanne". She also looked really nice softened down a little bit. I like her Marianne Faithfull-ness. But then she goes and sings her original song again, and in spite of her explanation that "it's a freedom song," it sounds like an angry song: "I could have killed you in your sleep/bringing me conspiracies to haunt me" True, it says "that's history," but those feelings are put forth as having existed once, and those lyrics are the ones that come out with the power and emotion. The explanation sounded more like defensive excuses made because she read people's opinions online. She also sings that song in a more nasal, nasty voice. It's just not appealing. The effects is that she's trying to sound scary. And why?
But she did a much better job than Lukas.

Jesus, Magni certainly got his soul back in him tonight! It looked like someone shot him up with a liter of adrenaline. The choice to do Deep Purple's "Hush" was perfect: he's really the only performer from this whole show who has shown a deep classic rock talent. His "Fire" from weeks ago keeps sticking in my mind.
I still don't really find the lyrics in his original song that skilled, and forgetting its title tonight wasn't the best thing, but it still ranks in second place (first place is Toby's) for me. It could certainly be on the radio, whereas Lukas's sounds like something your 15-year-old neighbor wrote and plays over and over again because he thinks it brilliantly conveys the heartbreak of his soul. "You make my head spin"---ohhhh, fraught with meaning.

I can't believe Magni was at number four at the end. Come on. Lukas is a nightmare! He's so childish! It's awful.

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