Each week on MTV’s Rock the Cradle, the sons and daughters of musical icons compete for the sort of exposure they would have received anyway on the basis of their DNA. Rock Daily sorts through the nepotistic wreckage.
Children’s Story: We finally arrive at our last live episode, which opens in rapid fire fashion with Crosby Loggins shrugging his way through the Raconteurs’ “Steady As She Goes,” Chloe Lattanzi getting all twitchy on “Should I Stay or Should I Go” and Jesse Blaze Snider shouting along with Good Charlotte’s “The Anthem.” It only went downhill from there, as there were conversations with the rejects, collaborations with parents and an endless barrage of flashback montages for things that happened a mere five weeks ago.
Baby Geniuses: While Jesse Snider was performing “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” the only thing the audience could be thinking was, “This is fine, but I would prefer if Dee was here.” And then he showed up! Jesse Snider also inexplicably performed Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time.” All the while he seemed to be having fun and really seemed to actually want to win this thing.
Red-Headed Stepchildren: Crosby sang a boring reprise of “I’m Alright” with his dad. (As a side note: that can’t be Kenny’s biggest song, right? Surely “Footloose” or “Danger Zone” would take that title). The less said about Chloe Lattanzi the better. But seriously, the worst performance of the night (and the series, for that matter) goes to host Ryan Devlin: his line readings are incredibly wooden (and if he’s riffing, shame on him), he uses the word “journey” far too much and at one point he completely screwed up the timing before one of the songs, leaving Crosby Loggins flapping in the wind and creating a fantastic ninety seconds of dead air. Way to go, pal!
Who Finally Got Disowned: Lattanzi was the first to go, followed by Snider in a minor upset. Crosby seemed genuinely amped to win this thing (and Dee Snider seemed pretty pissed), then self-righteously talked about how great it was to have music on MTV before thanking his manager. Loggins closed with a rendition of “Good Enough” that nobody heard, because the world was already deleting “Rock the Cradle” from their DVRs and forgetting this mess ever happened.
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