Music What Are You Listening To?
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I caught that bit of news earlier and was a bit surprised. Makes me wonder why formally announce a breakup after all of these years instead of just not working on another album or quietly going into retirement.
Oh, and now that you've got me in an R.E.M. mood, surfing YouTube for some of my favorites...
Do care for the new version of the band with JD Fortune? I could do without it.
One of my favourite bands of all-time
Gemma
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No, they could have done without reformingt. There will only ever be one INXS. Michael Hutchence was a brilliant frontman and they could perform live - I believe they would have gone on to be one of the biggest bands around.
However, I did like the show Rockstar INXS from which JD Fortune was plucked. It was much better than those other talent(less) shows.
Agreed on both counts.
Instead of replacing Hutchence I think they would have had better success by taking a step from Queen by performing as "{Guest Singer} with INXS" instead of a reformed band. For many fans replacing Hutchence was bad enough but JD Fortune was not exactly a unanimous choice amongst them.
The show Rockstar INXS had some great performances on it. I'm surprised that we haven't heard more from Jordis Unga, Marty Casey, and Ty Taylor.
Can't say that I do but while I don't listen to his genre of music I thought he did a great job in 8 Mile.
Gemma
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I thought Jordis Unga was amazing in Rockstar, I'd like to hear more, original material from her. Did a quick search but I'm not sure if she has released anything? Been listening to some of her performances on YouTube, here she is her performing one of my favourite David Bowie songs - Man Who Sold The World (I also liked the Nirvana unplugged version)
I loved her take on Man Who Sold The World. You're right, it had more of that Nirvana unplugged feel to it than other covers like the one by Lulu which retained that trippy 60's sound. Another of hers you might like is her take on Dylan's Knocking on Heaven's Doors. She didn't quite understand the lyrics fully (which can be shown by her slight changes, especially around the 2:00 mark) but it was a good performance.
I know you can pick up her version of World as an MP3 from Amazon but not sure her Heaven's Doors. At least for Amazon nothing comes up by her except for a few of her Rockstar: INXS recordings.
And on topic, a random selection by Prince is currently on my Zune for this afternoon's playlist.
Gemma
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There will never be another Freddie Mercury.
I'm a huge fan of live music (though I only get to about 2 or 3 concerts a year) and I believe to be a great band you need to be able to sing/perform live - Queen were right at the top of the pile when it came to live performances and in Freddie Mercury they had the perfect frontman. His show-stopping performance at Live Aid was brilliant and amazes me even more because he was reportedly suffering from a viral infection at the time.
Sadly, no.
Mrs. Kevin & I try to get to a few live shows each year as well (next up is Goo Goo Dolls in November; they are actually a pretty good band to see live). A few years back we saw the Queen + Paul Rodgers lineup but I always regret it that I never got to see Freddie Mercury live. Watching his old videos & concerts it is amazing the the skill he had in just outright commanding the stage, something very few artists are able to do.
Listening to... "Power To The People" by John Lennon
