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(06/16/09 10:03 PM)

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I had a terrible, empty feeling when Michael died. It was a tragic event and it took me a long time to come to terms with it. I not only felt sorry for myself, because INXS had been my favourite band, but I felt horribly sad for the rest of the boys, because being INXS was their life. I wasn't one of those fans who claimed "Michael was INXS" or "the band died with Michael". I missed them writing new music and performing it. I hoped they would stay together and keep their dream alive, but until RockStar:INXS, their attempts to be a band always fell short. They seemed more like an INXS "tribute" band.

From the minute I first heard JD, I believed he was the perfect frontman to take over where Michael left off. Like PT said, INXS gave every sign and indication they believed fate had stepped in to give them the one missing ingredient they needed to be a complete band again. It was as close as they were going to get to perfection after Michael. I'm sure Michael would have been happy that INXS finally found someone that could give them a bold, fresh new start, while still doing justice to their catalogue of hits. He was all about keeping ahead of the musical curve.

I agree with everything you are all saying. After RS:I, it felt like the six band members had a bond of trust established that would never be broken. All these months later, I still can't accept that INXS had such little faith in themselves, or in JD or in all their fans. To me, it seems like they never truly got past Michael's loss and were never really ready to start fresh and new. They broke JD's heart, which he wore on his sleeve for them, and almost broke his spirit and confidence. They've also broken an unspoken promise to me, and all their fans, who believed there was so much more to come.

We don't want more of "INXS...The Greatest Hits", "INXS...The Best Of", "INXS...a Tribute To", "INXS...Top Tens", "INXS...The Remixes". JD was leading them full steam into the next decade with a head full of great new songs, but they just wouldn't follow. I'll always love what INXS was, but JD has the music I want to hear now and into the future.

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(06/16/09 11:11 PM)

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Very well said, dcg.

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(06/22/09 2:17 PM)

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SI it was truely great while it lasted. Without it, I wouldn't have met all of you! I have so many wonderful memories. We should try and get together every now.

They totally used JD PT, and as such they used us too, and I'm not sure I can ever forgive that.

DCG it is sad that we were lead to believe there would be more music with JD. At least we have his solo work to look forward too.

The three month mark has passed and still the new INXS.com has not arrived. Matt at SB indicated that management felt launching the new site during the JD stuff wasn't prudent. It doesn't excuse the fact that it's been 4 months since that broke in the media, and INXS have still not announced anything to their fans.

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(08/07/09 10:14 AM)

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You all said this so well. I totally agree with you. We were sold a dream. It was the dream we wanted to be sold and we bought it completely. If the dream was just that--a dream--then INXS have only themselves to blame for making us believe it.

Maybe they were trying to sell themselves on the dream. Maybe DCG has it right and they never got over Michael's death. Maybe they thought they were moving on, but eventually figured out they couldn't do it. I don't know. I guess we'll never know. For some reason, INXS has kept silent about it. Maybe it's too personal and too hurtful for them to talk about, but they are entertainers and should remember that their fans are the only reason they make money as entertainers and if they allieante the fans they make no money.

As for JD, I think he was sold on the dream as much or more than we were. There is no way he had any idea that INXS didn't want to be a band again. He had to think this was real and forever. He wears his heart on his sleeve. No way he could fake the emotional bond he thought he had with the rest of the band.

As for the drugs . . . I know you can't stop an addict from using and you can't ignore their refusal to stop. Believe me, I know this from experience. INXS have been around for years. They have all used drugs--it's in Story to Story. If JD was using to the point he couldn't do the job, they could have insisted on rehab. If that didn't work, they could have given him an ultimatum. If that didn't work, they should have had the decency to tell the fans the moment they decided they could no longer work with JD.

Finally, I am thankful. Even though it seems the fairy tale hit turbulance and broke apart mid-flight, I am thankful that INXS did the RS show. I'm thankful they picked JD Fortune. I'm thankful for all the shows we were able to take in. I'm thankful for all the great friends I made. I'm thanful for all of you and for the fun we always have together. I'm sad for JD and for INXS that this thing didn't last forever as it should have, but I'm still thankful for the memories. Thank you all for keeping me laughing. Thank you all for your humor and your beautiful souls that I've come to know because of this jurney. And thank you for still being here and still caring enough about our band to be angry with them, to be sad about this, to be happy they still exist (if only in our minds), and for still believing in the dreamer and his dream of making great music even if that music is not with INXS anymore.

"Pray for peace and pass the ammunition. . . breaking vows we made with no regret. . . ." --JD Fortune "Death in the Afternoon"

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(08/08/09 2:51 AM)

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fortune4me wrote:
No way he could fake the emotional bond he thought he had with the rest of the band.

And thank you for still being here and still caring enough about our band to be angry with them, to be sad about this, to be happy they still exist (if only in our minds), and for still believing in the dreamer and his dream of making great music even if that music is not with INXS anymore.

Nicely put.

No way he could fake the emotional bond, and I don't believe that the displays of affection from Our Band were fake either. I guess that's what's confused me. But, I'm still here dreaming the dream, and I do wish that both Our Band and Our Boy find what they are looking for and need. It really it too bad it couldn't be together.

Turbulence is an interesting analogy Fortune. It can be a scary scary thing. I was once on a flight that was experiencing extremely bad turbulence, stuff falling out of overhead compartments, sudden diving nose down then going back up, shaking. I could hear someone screaming that we were all going to die, and I was frozen with fear. I was told after that was me screaming those words. I don't have any recollection of doing it because I was so panicked. I was gripping the arm rest so tightly that I actually broke it off. Don't remember it happening either. I just remember looking down and seeing blood. It took me 12 years to get back on another plane. Thank goodness that was a good flight.

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(08/08/09 3:20 PM)

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Yikes Ember, that sounds so awful. I've never (knock on wood) had a really bad flight thank goodness - the good ones are bad enough.

Finally, I am thankful. Even though it seems the fairy tale hit turbulance and broke apart mid-flight, I am thankful that INXS did the RS show. I'm thankful they picked JD Fortune. I'm thankful for all the shows we were able to take in. I'm thankful for all the great friends I made. I'm thanful for all of you and for the fun we always have together. I'm sad for JD and for INXS that this thing didn't last forever as it should have, but I'm still thankful for the memories. Thank you all for keeping me laughing. Thank you all for your humor and your beautiful souls that I've come to know because of this jurney. And thank you for still being here and still caring enough about our band to be angry with them, to be sad about this, to be happy they still exist (if only in our minds), and for still believing in the dreamer and his dream of making great music even if that music is not with INXS anymore.

I'm thankful too. Dreams and dreamers are always worth following, since they usually lead you to something you would never have experienced otherwise.

No way he could fake the emotional bond, and I don't believe that the displays of affection from Our Band were fake either. I guess that's what's confused me. But, I'm still here dreaming the dream, and I do wish that both Our Band and Our Boy find what they are looking for and need. It really it too bad it couldn't be together.

I agree completely. I wish they could have travelled together longer but sometimes paths diverge and maybe it will lead us to two different great things. I hope so.

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(08/08/09 7:53 PM)

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SleepinIn wrote:
I'm thankful too. Dreams and dreamers are always worth following, since they usually lead you to something you would never have experienced otherwise.

Perfectly said. The Dream and the dreamer led us all together and led us to fun and snark we could only have imagined before.

Funny thing that today of all days I was on my way home from seeing a movie with my mom and she asked just out of the blue whether INXS was still JDless. I told her that I had seen that some other artist were recording with INXS in the studio and were redoing older INXS tunes. My mother was just spissy about it. She hates the idea. She said if they wanted to redo their old hits they should have done so with JD because he is INXS now. I told her that evidently he was just the hired help and she got even angrier. She said she'd never been to a concert even close to the show INXS put on with JD at the helm. She said they must all have lost their minds to willingly walk away from JD. I thought I'd told her this stuff, but evidently she either didn't listen or it just sunk in because she was ready to smack the original five around a bit for hurting "her JD." Yep, now he's "her JD."

"Pray for peace and pass the ammunition. . . breaking vows we made with no regret. . . ." --JD Fortune "Death in the Afternoon"

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(08/09/09 1:57 AM)

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She said she'd never been to a concert even close to the show INXS put on with JD at the helm. She said they must all have lost their minds to willingly walk away from JD. I thought I'd told her this stuff, but evidently she either didn't listen or it just sunk in because she was ready to smack the original five around a bit for hurting "her JD." Yep, now he's "her JD."

Her JD. LOL. That's very sweet. You can let her know it's less than a month to his birthday, and celebrating The Pretty is very fun.

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(08/17/09 11:07 PM)

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Just read a bit on sludge about INXS re-recording some of their hits with a variety of singers. Someone posted this about their possible motivation:

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Re: INXS recording greatest hits with different singers

It sucks, but you have to realize these guys are doing it for the same reason as Twisted Sister, or KISS, or Journey.

INXS can now sell these songs for video games, ads, movies etc. - undercut the original publishers and keep it all. And they can do a $11 package deal at Wal-Mart with a DVD.

Can't blame 'em - the future for a band like INXS is not in touring or new material, it's in milking the back catalogue for all its worth.

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It sucks, but you have to realize these guys are doing it for the same reason as Twisted Sister, or KISS, or Journey.

INXS can now sell these songs for video games, ads, movies etc. - undercut the original publishers and keep it all. And they can do a $11 package deal at Wal-Mart with a DVD.

Can't blame 'em - the future for a band like INXS is not in touring or new material, it's in milking the back catalogue for all its worth.

It sucks, but you have to realize these guys are doing it for the same reason as Twisted Sister, or KISS, or Journey.

INXS can now sell these songs for video games, ads, movies etc. - undercut the original publishers and keep it all. And they can do a $11 package deal at Wal-Mart with a DVD.

Can't blame 'em - the future for a band like INXS is not in touring or new material, it's in milking the back catalogue for all its worth.

From a Wired article about Rock Band...
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Many artists would rather re-record an old hit and own it outright than share licensing income with a record label. For example, the timing was perfect for Sammy Hagar when Activision came looking for a re-recording of his hit "I Can't Drive 55" after Geffen Records couldn't locate the master.

"By coincidence," Hagar says, "we had re-recorded the song a couple years earlier because we did a commercial for Napa Auto Parts, but we couldn't close the deal at the time and so we had a great multitrack of the song sitting on the shelf. Guitar Hero needed it, we were ready."

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If I understand it correctly, INXS have always owned their music.

I heard 'Elegantly Wasted' at the supermarket today. It made me smile. It's too bad they never re-released that album when the others came out around the time of Rockstar.

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(08/18/09 7:05 PM)

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Now that's interesting. I always wonder about the reasons for doing something.

Ember, I absolutely love EW. I have no idea why it wasn't re-released.

"Pray for peace and pass the ammunition. . . breaking vows we made with no regret. . . ." --JD Fortune "Death in the Afternoon"

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fortune4me wrote:
Now that's interesting. I always wonder about the reasons for doing something.

Given they went on Rockstar to find a singer, who brought them some level of success, a lot of people are asking what the heck they are doing.

I'm very grateful I got to hear JD sing Elegantly Wasted. Had to wait quite a while, but finally got to hear his take.

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(08/19/09 9:52 PM)

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Ember2 wrote:

fortune4me wrote:
Now that's interesting. I always wonder about the reasons for doing something.

Given they went on Rockstar to find a singer, who brought them some level of success, a lot of people are asking what the heck they are doing.

I'm very grateful I got to hear JD sing Elegantly Wasted. Had to wait quite a while, but finally got to hear his take.

Ember, I can't even put into words all the questions rambling around in my head. I am still in denial or something close to it! Hit me over the head with it cause I think for some crazy reason I still believe in happily-ever-after even after the divorce seems final.

"Pray for peace and pass the ammunition. . . breaking vows we made with no regret. . . ." --JD Fortune "Death in the Afternoon"

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(08/20/09 4:34 PM)

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Good for you for not giving up on the happy-ever-after dream.

Questions have been bouncing around in my head too. Thank goodness my haunting House (Hugh Laurie) in the asylum with my animalistic intensity is taking up my dreams of late. Crazy vivid floating dreams involving sniffing. Welcome to the strangest party in my unconscious state. Same kind of dream for the last three nights. I'm obviously having problems with authority and institutionalization.

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(08/20/09 9:54 PM)

hi,,,we can star e new topic now,,im just waiting for a new post

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(08/23/09 3:00 PM)

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I ran across a small article in Underground.com.au about Rob Thomas having recorded a song for INXS's upcoming album. It's an article from last month, so I imagine everyone already knows about it. It still burns my you-know-what that they are carrying on with this project without JD. It appears they planned to record this CD with other singers all along. But I digress...

Rob Thomas Records With INXS-Undercover.com.au

Rob Thomas Records With INXS

by Paul Cashmere - July 27 2009
photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rob Thomas has recorded an INXS classic with the band.

Thomas, who is in Sydney at the moment, has put down lead vocal on 'Never Tear Us Apart' with INXS.

INXS are in the process of recording a new album with special guest vocalists redoing their greatest hits.

Rob has done INXS before. In fact, Rob's done 'Never Tear Us Apart' before. On the last Matchbox Twenty tour of Australia, INXS drummer Jon Farris joined Matchbox Twenty on drums to perform 'Never Tear Us Apart' and 'Don't Change'.

There is no word when the new INXS album will be released.

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(08/23/09 6:39 PM)

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I haven't checked in here for a while and so I'm just catching up.

You are right, Ember, INXS do own all their own copyrights. Chris Murphy made sure of that.

Not being a fan of Rob Thomas's (just don't like his voice), the fact that they are releasing an album with different singers singing disturbs me. The only act that I've heard do this successfully (imnsho) is Neverending White Lights and Daniel Victor got away with it because it was all original material written with that particular singer in mind. I guess by having more contemporary singers doing their songs INXS is hoping to cash in with the younger demographic. I still think that AFI's version of "Don't Change" is one of the best covers I've heard.

Ember, Hugh Laurie = swoon....thud!

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Ember, Hugh Laurie = swoon....thud!

Yup. Anthony Steward Head too. Mmmmmmm. Looking forward to House in lock-up being House, and the second season of Merlin.

It's coming up to the 4rd anniversary of the Rockstar: INXS finale, and it reminded me of how great that show and the music was, and how much I miss the House Band. It was such a promising time. It's hard to believe it was almost 4 years ago.

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(10/02/09 10:50 PM)

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http://1059starfm.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-09-28T16_23_01-07_00

Interview with Kirk, they talk INXS tribute album - or that being the label the press is putting on it. The DJ asks how it is not having a frontman.. and Kirk says, no we do, but that since Michael died they are in the position to try different things. Weird. No?

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SleepinIn wrote:
http://1059starfm.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-09-28T16_23_01-07_00

Interview with Kirk, they talk INXS tribute album - or that being the label the press is putting on it. The DJ asks how it is not having a frontman.. and Kirk says, no we do, but that since Michael died they are in the position to try different things. Weird. No?

I started a reply three times before I realized that I just don't know what to say anymore. Maybe Tim is taking over.

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