June 17, 2009
Edinburgh Playhouse
Ms Boyle’s performance in Edinburgh following the thundering homecoming in Glasgow where the crowd was on their feet and cheering after the first half of Memory right till she exited the stage. This crowd is the calmest yet and this best homemade video/sound I’ve seen yet. Kudos to Rikufanatic.
Her performance did not have the raw emotion of Glasgow – because she didn’t have to respond to the raw emotion of the crowd - but it’s the first performance where she has been able to take her time and really finish each note. The calmer crowd probably the reason. Her voice was much stronger throughout with a few change ups in select areas like at (1:36). Strange almost frightening voice at (1:36).
I Dreamed a Dream
Nice to hear her consistently hit that first note. Crowd does respond to the kiss she blows (3:20) before building to the crescendo.
Memory
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Rikufanati3
Just thoughts.
BGT is going to have to let her be herself and spontaneously react with the crowd. Right now it appears she’s been told to walk out politely, sing politely, gesture politely, thank the crowd politely and then exit politely. Like she is a trained seal. It didn’t dawn on me until yesterday when Susan Boyle 1.0 popped through for a moment in response to her countrymen’s overwhelming emotion. It’s why I think she had that moment where she blanked on the words. Like she was trying to consciously control herself instead of just singing.
There is so much emotion being given to her and all she is allowed to do is politely raise her arms. People are paying for her to respond to them so they can respond back. It’s what captivated us on her audition video — her smiling at the judges before she started like just wait and her responding to the audience during the performance.
Coming out like a diva and delivering the music, while keeping her gestures generic is fine for some folks. She should be allowed to be herself — for better or worse.
Any wonder why she is exhausted and appears frustrated at times?
Having to keep all that spontaneity under wraps takes a lot of energy and self-control – not exactly Ms Boyle’s trademark since she’s always been and always been comfortable being herself. One wonders if they’ve gone so far as to secure her dress to her ankles so she can’t flash a little leg and a rigged her with a remote taser so they can shock her should she break out in a Boyler swivel.
Anyone else feel the same way? One also has to wonder how much of Ms Boyle’s “difficulty handling things” comes from their handling (and robotocizing) of her.
I hope she does sing on America’s Got Talent and that her minders (and the UK press) let her be so she can have another Susan Boyle 1.0 audition – this time for the US.
Check out the spontaneous honest emotion in these pix from her BGT semi-final performance. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s the second most popular post on our site today behind her Glasgow performance.
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