Culturally Preconditioned

Patrice ~ Beautiful Thing (Original Composition)

The music was decent but the melody was all wrong..  it was too teeny-boppy for my liking. It wasn’t even catchy either. And is it just me or did her voice sound too gyrating than it normally is tonight? It wasn’t that good, and to tell you the truth, it was kinda painful having to sit through the entire song. 4 out of 10

Magni ~ Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

This song will always remind me of my time in MRSM. Ahhh glory glory days. I personally think Magni is starting to slack week after week ever since his wife came over for that surprise visit. Sometimes, his singing can almost be summed up as weak. But when he reaches the rocking and angry bits, he definitely delievers. Not as good as I thought he could’ve been, but it was good nonetheless. (And what Navarro said actually summed up my exact sentiments of Magni.. when the song calls for angst, he delivers the angst). 7 out of 10.

Ryan ~ Back Of Your Car (original composition)

Has hell frozen over? That was really good. I honestly enjoyed the performance. The song itself was bitching and Ryan wasn’t exactly 100% angry throughout the song (which is a first!). What he did with the guitar (ie. trashing it) was utter brilliance, after what Supernova commented on Magni. I had predicted the Final 4 will be Dilana, Storm, Magni and Lukas.. but it looks like Ryan might just bump one of the guys off (possibly Lukas).. AND unless Dilana makes a major fuck up.. Ryan could really win this. *shudder*. He’s shown versatility, he’s shown his writing skills and he’s performance showed good progress in the eyes of the band. But tonight’s performance.. I was impressed. I actually liked the song too. Personally I still don’t want to see him win, cause to me he will always be a P O S E R, (I almost barfed when I read the article in the Star newspaper today, that he has his eyes on Malaysia because there ‘has been tremendous support’ from Malaysia. Fucking Malaysian voters!!!) but yeah tonight was good. 7.5 out of 10.

Storm ~ Cryin’ (Aerosmith)

Awwww I missed Auntie Storm eye-fucking the camera. She hasn’t done that in two weeks, but there it was again tonight. LOL. There wasn’t any of your usual over the top Storm theatrics, but I thought it was a really strong, solid performance. Well, she could just sit on the toilet and that could be a thousand times better than her performance last week, but I really liked it a lot. 8 out of 10.

Dilana ~ Every Breath You Take (The Police)

WHat the fuck was up with the freaky feather eyelashes? Dilana’s performance tonight was good. It was pleasant. A very safe Dilana performance. It sounded way too much like the original version which made it kinda anti-climactic. I can’t say I enjoyed it that much. I’m just glad she didn’t go ahead and tell us the whole sob story of her estranged relationship with her mom. Well, it doesn’t really matter though. She’s still gonna win this gig unless she royally fucks up her original composition, I mean we all know how she did on the writing skills clinic (she kinda sucked ass). Oh well. Oooh and I loved the quick shot to Lukas as the band was praising her. Boy that midget was pissed. LOL. 7.5 out of 10.

Toby ~ Layla (Derek & The Dominoes)

Wow. I loved it. Vocally he was great. I could do without him taking him stripping on stage but I guess that’s what rockers do anyway (only not here in Malaysia of course.. hahaha stupid dumbass rules.. well that basically guarantees that Madonna will never ever set her foot on our soil.. idiots). Anyway, I loved how he performed all over the stage. With his fellow rockers, with the house band, and seeing him interacting with the audience. It was captivating. One of the best stage performances yet. If he’s not in the bottom three tomorrow, I really hope he gets the encore. (even if he goes out tomorrow, that deserves an encore) 8 out of 10.

Lukas ~ All The Things That I’ve Done (The Killers)

He’s quite the opposite of Magni, isn’t he? He sounds good when he’s not rocking, but when he does, you get this thing in his voice.. some sort of writhing, whimpering and whining shit that he enjoys doing so much. Go the fuck home Lukas. You have over extended your stay. 4.5 out of 10.