Beth Ditto Has Her Now

noah | September 18, 2007 4:46 am
In what I think must be the first time a track from the Kill Rock Stars catalog has appeared on a Pop Idol satellite–unless some brave soul out in Finland tried to tackle Karp’s “Gauze” (hey, they love the metal out there)–Australian Idol contestant Holly Weinert gave her all to “Standing In The Way Of Control” by The Gossip last week, to decidedly mixed results. While the string flourishes at the end of the wedding-bandy Idol arrangement sounded surprisingly decent, Weinert’s voice wasn’t exactly up to the task, and the audience agreed; she was bounced from the competition after this performance, which is probably why the Gossip’s MySpace bulletin linking to this clip had the subject line “TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT!”

Australian Idol 2007 – Holly Weinert “In The Way Of Control” [YouTube]