stars' Ki and Hutch

continuing our pastiche on dead rock stars on the playlist ... Michael Hutchence left behind a rock legacy big enough not to be filled for awhile. as the dynamic frontman for Australia's INXS, Hutchence had a Jim Morrison-quality to him that made him famous all over the world yet retained a dark edge to his persona. INXS hit its peak with its brand of rock/funk in the late 80's/early 90's - thanks to Hutchence, yours truly had his rockstar dreams (just not the hair, nor the voice, nor the talent, nor the ... oh shut up). three albums - Kick, X, and Live, Baby, Live are always in my iPod. with their subsequent decline, Hutchence's flirtation with the dark side became more public, his tawdry affair with Paula Yates (snatched from Mr.-Save-The-World Bob Geldof's clutches) resulted in a daughter, and perhaps the resulting depression led to his alleged suicide (although more signs pointed to autoerotic asphyxiation) in 1997, and the subsequent OD'ing of Yates from heroin 3 years later.

onstage, Hutchence was so full of life, and INXS' concerts and performances are already stuff of legend. it is sad that he chose to go out that way (one of his friends in his circle of life, Bono himself, wrote Stuck in A Moment That You Can't Get Out Of about his suicide). we think rockstars have their own world, but in that moment, they were just like us - the effect on the ki, or the Force binding us together, will be felt as one leaves us behind.


on The Heard:
Hands In The Air, 8 Ball
Losing My Religion, R.E.M.
More, Sisters of Mercy
Don't Mean Nothing, Richard Marx
Oye, Pit Bull
White Flag, Dido
Monorail, Orbital
The Richest Man In Babylon, Thievery Corporation
Memphis Soul Song, Uncle Kracker
I Feel Love, Vanessa Mae
I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Mix), Groove Armada
The Great Commandment, Camouflage
How Men Are, Aztec Camera
Window To Your Soul, Delerium
The Closer I Get To You, Nina (feat Thor)
Touched By the Hand of God, New Order
Hip Hop Hooray, Naughty by Nature
Words, Missing Persons
Mercy Mercy Me, Michael McDonald
Shake It Up, The Cars
Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money
Beautiful Girl, INXS
Dogs of Lust, The The
La Tortura (Shaketon Remix), Shakira
Rumors, Timex Social Club
Diggin' on You, TLC
Tsinelas, Yano
Throb, Janet Jackson
I Will Love You, Fisher
Harder Better Faster Stronger (Jess And Crabbe Remix), Daft Punk
Words Get In The Way, Jewel
Foxy Lady, Jimi Hendrix
Expo `86, Death Cab For Cutie
Is It Any Wonder, Keane
This Woman's Work, Maxwell
Jessie's Girl, Rick Springfield
Cherub Rock, Smashing Pumpkins
Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down), Tears For Fears
Eyes Open Wide, Toad the Wet Sprocket
Let's Dance, David Bowie
Heat Of The Night, Bryan Adams
Say It Isn't So, Hall and Oates
So in Love, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Five Years, Sugar Hiccup
She's A Beauty, The Tubes