Thursday, August 18, 2005

 
03:29: ok, i'm finally blogging about it. i've been watching rockstar: inxs. there's a whole story behind why no one in this house wants to really watch the show, but i won't get into that. point is, i watched out of curiousity and i'm still watching because of a few contestants.

since the first epi, i've been a fan of jordis. i mean, kicking off with baba o'riley... you just gotta love that. even if she did that fruity hoobastank song, it's still alright. i still love her. ty impressed me when he did cult of personality, but after that, i kinda lost interest. jordis, vocally, may be my favorite, but i don't want her to win. she's just not ... inxs enough. jd may be musically talented and might cut it, but he's an ass and there are times when i really don't like his performances. the only successor i can see among the group, really, is mig. now, i'm not just saying this because he's pinoy. or because he's a distant cousin of a friend who is very close to my heart, and also a cousin of my ultimate local rockstar crush. or because he's a theatre boy (and even played angel on west end). not even because inxs is an aussie band and mig was raised an aussie. i just feel that he fits somehow.

i first took notice of mig when he did all day and all of the night, but he impressed me with walk this way. that is one tough song to learn quick. i've been keeping an eye on him since then and he hasn't really disappointed me. when i heard he was doing baby i love your way on piano, i thought, "hmm. that's interesting." they've been wanting for him to do a ballad. i've always liked the lyrics to that, but there was no one arrangement that i could appreciate. props to frampton for writing the song, but the original seemed to lack something. the covers have mostly been reggae, respectably good, but not really my thing. but this.... mig had me crying. sure, he didn't quite get that last note, but it didn't matter much. the way he sang it brought a whole new meaning to the song and you really felt it. it was so tender, and sweet, and honest, and o god i'm crying again. sniff. that's all.