Re: OT: New INXS - Love, Like, or Hate?
Date: March 12, 2006 15:51
Damn Rockman, You have a shot for EVERY topic - that's great. I'm gonna have to think up some rare stuff from the old memory banks.
As far as INXS goes. LOVED the old version with Michael Hutchence - saw them once in LA on the KICK tour (one tour prior to the Giant Wembley show on DVD) and he WAS a fantastic performer (a little bit Mick, a little bit Morrison). After he passed and the band tried many dif. singers (including T.T. D'Arby which I thought might have worked.) I figured it was over cause, as someone said above, it's VERY hard to replace a great frontman. I gotta say though that in my mind, this new guy J.D. Fortune really, surprisingly works. The new CD Dual Disc kicks off with 3 super strong songs (Devil's Party, Pretty Vegas, Afterglow - beautiful song about Hutchence) that stand up to any of the old ones. I'm surprised cause I was expecting for it to be crap. I'm happy that the band has another chance to record and tour again since they were really innocent victims in this whole sad affair with Hutchence, Paula Yates, and Geldoff. If you can do it - not too anti INXS, I'd give the band and CD a chance. It's nice to see a good, hard working band get a second choice IMHO - so many fall by the way side after a giant disaster like INXS suffered.