Updated: Susan Boyle posts (5-23)
May 23, 2009
Well tonite’s the night for Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent. Those of us in the US without satellite TV can’t watch it live. So we wait for You Tube I guess. Unless we have a friend or relative sending us live video via the internet.
According to the UK Times she will be up against:
- A dancing dog
- A break-dancing pensioner
- A man who can do unspeakable things with a clothes hanger
I’m not sure what the “unspeakable things” entail. I do hope not include orifices.
If Ms Boyle makes it in tonite she will proceed to the semifinals next week, which climax on Saturday when the winner is crowned. Quite honestly, she has a future, like Adam Lambert, that may do well free of the confines of the contract the show makes them sign. I’m sure Adam Lambert has wider options than Kris, but Kris has the guarantee of a record deal and tons of exposure. Lambert said it wasn’t about the win – it was staying on week after week, showing his originality and performing. He was quite sincere.
Ms Boyle wasn’t allowed to sing on Oprah and evidently cannot sing as usual in her home pub. That’s a bit much if it’s just the regulars and no one’s recording anything.
One wonders if folks really want her to do well only to be thwarted once again. But she, like Adam, just wanted the chance. She has a no-win situation with her appearance. No way she is going to stride out there with a number plastered across her chest wearing those little shoes – really the only thing I found funny – the way she marched off stage when she was done performing, like ok I did rock them and then marched back.
And she’s supposed to be a media darling over there but they refer to her as “The Hairy Angel”. How is that any different than what her schoolmates did – except multiplied by the millions?
Let her be herself and whatever she decides will be perfect. Nothing she wears, including makeup, leather jackets or slacks will change her child-like joy and contentment and beautiful voice. I would like to watch her perform with Andrea Bocelli because they both just open their mouths, release their gift with a singleminded pureness and then smile and enjoy the applause like children. Then there’s the fact that he has no idea what she looks like unless someone tells him.
The Times mentioned that the Czech National Symphony Orchestra is preparing for her arrival in July to record an album. Not sure how that can be if she wins.
Good luck tonite, Ms Boyle.
And please, folks out there – get it up on YouTube ASAP. It’s been a long 6 weeks
.Andrea Bocelli: “Ave Maria” (Shubert version)
Susan Boyle: “Cry Me a River” (First recording – charity CD, 1999)
Follow link up top for all of her available videos.
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