Cindy Sheehan: INXS
So, Cindy, you were obviously struggling with your performance tonight.
How can you expect me to rock the house when George Bush and his Neo-Con puppetmasters are invading sovereign nations in an attempt to enslave...
Right, right, we covered that last week.
Besides, I wanted to sing Train Kept a'Rollin', but JD wouldn't trade songs with me.
Bad break, Sheila, but you have to work with the material you're given.
I'm a rocker - I don't do ballads!
You know, last week some of the other contestants were voicing concerns about the songs...
Hey, if they can't stand the heat, maybe they should get out of the kitchen.
In all fairness, they were basically saying the same thing you are, and...
Whatever. Those whiners get no sympathy from me.
Well, unfortunately, you're in the bottom three this week, and one of you will be eliminated.
So, now we see what your real plan is - you're going to keep eliminating contestants just because you're already eliminated contestants. This is insanity!
Well, that is the format. How else are we going to choose a singer from the lot of you?
Oh, well...uh...you could just, you know, try different things and see if, uh...I've already been asked this question before, I really don't feel like going into it again.
Listen, we realize you're probably still a bit upset about your son.
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Oh, my son! Right, right, yeah, that's, uh, why I forgot that one verse.
Well, regardless, you are in the bottom three, and you're there because you received the lowest number of votes from the viewers who called in at the end of last night's show.
Gee, I wonder how many of those calls came from Israel, huh?
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Rock on... Cindy...Sheehan?
Oh, you bet I'll rock on. I'll rock on against the fascist warmongering empire of Amerikkka!
Encores (other bloggers on the same wavelength):
Take your antibiotics!
Got any Lysol?
For a riveting recap of last night's show: Spoons
See also: Not Craw; CRAW!
UPDATE: Poll numbers don't lie! But you can always bury them.
Previous INXS posts: Mr Stick Figure: INXS, Dry Cleaner: INXS, Burger King: INXS
Great stuff, John, but I'm afraid you've tainted one of my favorite new shows with the Sheehan Circus. I won't be able to watch 'Rock Star INXS' with a straight face anymore.
Posted by: Chad Evans | August 31, 2005 at 12:04 AM
Chad,
You were watching with a straight face until now?
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem | August 31, 2005 at 12:12 AM
I just don't see how you could have written this post without Brooke Burke playing some sort of vital role.
Posted by: Pile On® | August 31, 2005 at 03:23 AM
I don't care what you say, now that's funny.
Posted by: River Rat | August 31, 2005 at 06:22 AM
Can't they dig up some old Bolshevik opera for that tired old banshee to sing (perhaps "Show Time at the Show Trial")?
Posted by: Brian | August 31, 2005 at 10:58 AM
SHEEHANS CIRCUS ITS BORING DULL AND DUMB.NOT TRAINED ANIMALS NO CLOWNS,OR ACROBATS OR STRONGMEN NO BAREBACK RIDERS NO RUBBERMEN,FAT LADIES OR ANYTHING GOOD JUST A BUNCH OF IDIOTS SHOWING OFF HOW REDICLOUS THEY CAN BE
Posted by: bird of paridise | August 31, 2005 at 11:47 AM
I was, yeah. I love 80s rock which is what they were playing. I don't get into the favorites or rooting for or against anyone, but I enjoyed the music.
Posted by: Chad Evans | August 31, 2005 at 02:30 PM
Oh, I watch the show - haven't missed an episode, but the things that come out of the mouths of Navarro and the band members (not to mention the contestants) are outright hilarious. It's one of the best things about the show.
I saw one of those discussion boards dedicated to the show, and the people posting there never say "INXS," they say "OurBandINXS."
Rock on, everybody!
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem | August 31, 2005 at 02:41 PM
Hey, Pile: Brooke Burke played a very vital role last night.
Oh, you meant, in this post...
Sorry. I've said too much already...
Posted by: MSM | August 31, 2005 at 03:33 PM
Well, I was just watching Hurricane Katrina coverage on Fox News, and they mentioned that Cindy Sheehan said that the hurricane is Pres. Bush's fault. Straight from the Jackass's mouth.
Posted by: Kiki B. | August 31, 2005 at 03:36 PM
After a while you realize just how dumb songs like DOG AND BUTTERFLY and MUSKRAT LOVE realy are
Posted by: bird of paridise | August 31, 2005 at 06:59 PM
i love how much a woman who's son has been killed gets attacked by people. no that doesn't make whatever she does excusable, but people are shouting that she's only using her son's death for political reasons, just to advance herself, etc.---and that's disgusting. Fuck, if your family had died in Katrina or Iraq, would you feel different? Or would you just slander others who've suffered from the same loss?
[seamus]
Posted by: seamus | September 10, 2005 at 10:11 AM
That's a good question, seamus. If one of your loved ones died in Iraq, and your opinion regarding the war was different that that of Cindy Sheehan, would you appreciate her calling you one of the "murder and mayhem moms", and saying that she was losing compassion for you?
If you lived in Israel, would you appreciate her saying that terrorism in the middle east could be ended if only you were to be kicked out of your home?
Can you explain to me how it is you believe she is *not* using her son's death to advance a political agenda?
Free speech is a two-way street. If she continues speaking out, insulting people who don't agree with her and trying to further a far-left agenda, people will answer her.
Posted by: John from WuzzaDem | September 10, 2005 at 06:40 PM