My initial thoughts on this were 'oh no please don't pull the race card Ty'. I was fuming. Ready to come on here today to post about 'poor pitiful Ty and that chip on his shoulder' and how wrong he is. After reading this thread and in particular Queenbee's view on his comments I have given it some more thought to see if I should be giving him the benefit of the doubt but after considering further I still think he was using the 'race card'. People will interpret his comments in different ways so I don't think we'll all come to a agreement here. He has made reference to race in past weeks. If I recall correctly he made the minority comments back when he did the Bob Marley song. I don't mean to offend anybody and I have no issues with any race but I get the impression that Ty does have a that chip on his shoulder and is fooling himself into believing he was voted out because he is black.

When he performed at the very beginning with Living Color's Cult of Personality I was like 'hell yeah' that is a powerful singer and performer that would totally make INXS an interesting band. He stood out more than others. I think of other black artists in the rock world and there are not enough but the ones that are there are powerful singers. Lenny Kravitz puts on one hell of a rock show and has some killer songs. After going to one of his gigs right after Are You Gonna Go My Way hit the airwaves I was blown away and went out the very next day to buy myself a Flying V. One of my favorite bands of the last few years has been Sevendust. Man can Lajon Witherspoon sing and he sure brings a different dimension to that band.

Personally I now think Ty had his own agenda for being on this show. I don't think he really wanted to be in INXS. On stage he sang with this big huge smile but when you look into his eyes I saw something else that I couldn't put my finger on. It was like he had this resigned look of failure in his eyes that maybe he felt like everyone was conspiring against him. His glances over to the INXS guys always looked like a supsicious look and for a moment the smile would be gone and then in an instant he'd be back focusing on his act. I really don't think he has as much soul as he tries to make out. I look back at his performances and the things he has said and I feel like he has been a phony and not true to himself. The fact is that the performances just weren't strong enough and were not as heartfelt and soulful as he keeps saying. They were all just an act. I know every one of them put on an act when they hit the stage but some are more honest and natural than others.

I may be totally off base with this and if so I apologize but that's the thoughts I have about Ty this day. Queenbee your take on it is a possibility and I would like to think you are right. I loved Ty's mohawk and his image. At the beginning I thought he was the front runner and after the first couple of weeks I would have picked him over the others but at the end of the day I just don't think he was a strong enough singer or the dynamic performer we all would like to see.