Mig’s just not badass enough to front INXS. Sweet ass, yeah, but not badass. He’s just too theatre-y for the band. I hated, hated his rendition of "Paint It Black." The band apparently liked it, so I admit they could choose him. But I will fall over and die of disappointment if they do. I think Marty summed it up best when he expressed his fear that Mig was "saving it all to the end," because so far, he hasn't shown very much rock talent.
Speaking of Marty, well, with some vocal training and medical care, I think he’d do a great job. I think part of the time he shouts and part of the time his vocal chords are giving out on him. And, I see more as a solo act. He brings so much persona -- I think he would change the face of INXs so much that it would be like a different band. It's ironic that he said INXS fears J.D.'s behavior, because I think the band fears his self-admitted control-freak tendencies even more.
J.D., despite his “dangerousness,” blends in better -- his style seems to jibe the best with what I know INXS to be. When he decided to just jot a few ideas down and otherwise go into the songwriting session with Andrew cold, he could have blown it. I was like, "Dude! No!" But, as one contestant said before, everything J.D. touches seems to turn to gold. He managed to have a true songwriting session with Andrew. They created something together. This spark prompted Andrew to embrace J.D. with a huge smile at the end of the session, saying, “I don’t know how we just did that!” I just think, for an artist, it doesn’t get any better than that. Of course, the other way to look at what Andrew said would be, "I don't know how we just did that," considering that you did no preparation whatsoever. But J.D. seems to believe that "over-preparation is the foe of inspiration." We'll see if that works for him.
So, my pick’s J.D. If you need anything between 10 and 11 tonight you can find me drinking beer and rocking out. Maybe I should get some earplugs for the kids ...
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