Marty Casey’s “Trees”

Wow. After Tuesday night’s Rock Star: INXS, I would run, not walk, to pick up Marty Casey’s single, “Trees,” if it were released somewhere other than the crappy MSN Music. (Who, exactly, thought that trying to sell music that’s as difficult to listen to on a portable device as humanly possible was a good idea?) Marty did a great job combining his signature passion with a too-seldom-glimpsed sense of humor in the song.

Otherwise, I thought everyone did OK, but everyone also failed to cover themselves in glory. I voted for Marty and Jordis.

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1. I hate saying this but I actually think JD was the best tonight. He had the most energy and I thought his take on “Come as you are” was haunting and beautiful and his original was high octane and fun even though he came off as trying to hard to be a “rock star” at times. Everyone else was okay. Mig still is my front runner. He makes it look easy which I think hurt him last night. He was hurt by the song choice because there really is only one way to go with “Hard to Handle”. His original was nice from what I remember. I wish I could hear again without having to download it through msn which, I wont do.Marty was solid as usual but not outstanding. I really think Mig is the bettr fit for INXS and I think Marty should run away with the house band and continue to kick ass.

   The ladies were, meh tonight. I really think Jordis is phoning it in at this point.

   If you go to rickey.org you can down load videos of the performances and there are all sorts of video to mp3 converters out there. Just a thought.

   Comment by JR — September 7, 2005 @ 9:24

2. And a VERY good thought it is. Thanks.

   I agree about Jordis. She had been my front-runner, but I think Navarro had it right: She’s 22, she’s fried, and she’s emotionally ready to go, or at least taxiing towards the runway.

   I think Mig would fit INXS like a glove.

   I’m apparently the only person who found J.D.’s opening to “Come As You Are” affected and pretentious. I finally just TiVoed forward to the part where he started rocking.

   At this point, I hate to say it, but the boys come off as more of the complete package than the girls. Mig, Marty and J.D. all fill the stage in the way that Hutchence used to (and the way that Axl Rose and Corey Glover used to).

   Having said that, at this point, I think all of the final five will end up somewhere the national audience can see them, rather than show up on cruise ships and in theme park revues, which seems to be the destination for many of the AI also-rans.

   Comment by Beau — September 7, 2005 @ 15:39

3. The volume was all screwed up on that video. I bit the bullet and bought the song from MSN Music (they ended up uploading it along with JD’s song — they must have agreed it was the stronger tune), burned it to a CD and ripped it from the CD back into iTunes.

   Too much trouble to do more than once. MSN Music needs to let the dream die of having music in only their proprietary (and non-portable, as far as I know) format.

   Comment by Beau — September 12, 2005 @ 11:51

4. trees by martey casey is the bomb but u have to show
   the lyrics for it or know1 will get into the song.
   so make the lyrics for it because trees is the best
   song i know ! ! !

   Comment by sara — October 9, 2005 @ 19:13

5. By popular demand:

   I don’t want to go through this life,
   Without you by my side.
   I got it all worked out
   In my head.
   Here’s how it’s got to be:

   It’ll be you and me,
   Up in the trees,
   And the forest will give us the answers.

   We, we’ll make believe,
   In a world we rule together.
   We can build our dreams,
   With a knot tied tight,
   To last forever.

   It’ll be you and me,
   Up in the trees,
   And the forest will give us the answers.

   It’ll be you and I, up in the sky.
   It’s a combination for disaster.

   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
   We got one shot,
   So where do we go from here?

   It’ll be you and me,
   Up in the trees,
   And the forest will give us the answers.

   It’ll be you and I, up in the sky.
   It’s a combination for disaster.

   And I know,
   there’s more for us in this life!

   Comment by Beau — October 9, 2005 @ 23:56

6. Marty casey stole my heart with this song. This will forever be one of my all time favorites.

   Comment by mellissa — October 11, 2005 @ 19:13

7. I thought that Marty or Mig would better fit the winning place rather than JD because he was quite controlling at times when he was with the band he played with.
   Marty rocks!! I love that song trees thanks for the lyrics beau!!
   peace out rockers!

   Comment by Sigourney — October 11, 2005 @ 22:33

8. marty trees rocks without a doubt the best i heard after nirvana it simply rocks

   Comment by jk — October 13, 2005 @ 4:56

9. marty rocks!!!!!!!!
   he awsome.
   i love him!!!! and his song trees
   hope he brings out a cd with trees on it,
   cause i will be the first New Zealander to bye it!!!!
   Marty Rocks.
   this is my favourite song it just took over my sole.
   luv ya marty

   Comment by nikitta — October 13, 2005 @ 23:05

10. Trees Rox…….i thought he was doing a cover at 1st ive been lookin for that song for 1 hr now 🙂

    Comment by LaLa — October 15, 2005 @ 14:34

11. Hey hey, just wanted to say that if you have iTunes they have Marty’s song Trees on there! 😀 Marty should have so won, him or Mig, but not J.D.

    Comment by Morgan — October 16, 2005 @ 20:16

12. LOVE Marty Casey’s song Trees i really hope theres a cd coming out
    hes an amazing singer and he should have won inex!

    Comment by Ashley — October 20, 2005 @ 19:14

13. Marty’s trees is the most refreshing song I have heard
    in a long time. I don’t even remember the last time a
    song gave me so much joy. Full of optermisum and
    happiness. I hope it comes out soon because it is a must
    have!

    Comment by wil — November 30, 2005 @ 13:52

14. Thay song TREES is awesomeeeeee!!!!!!!
    It´s one of the best songs I´ve ever listened to!!!!
    Marty Rules!
    I also think he should have been (or Mig) the winner
    rather than J.D, but anyway, hope there´s going to be
    a cd coming out!!!!
    Bye, bye!

    Comment by Veronika — December 15, 2005 @ 7:08

15. :::mArty, tHanks for rOckin’ my wOrld!!!::: MaRty RoCks!!!!
    jD sUcks!!!

    Comment by :::m'i'c::: — May 5, 2006 @ 18:55

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