Never judge a person by what you see...

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This industry is famous for jumping to preconceived conclusions without ALL the facts about an individual just by the way they may not fit into that pigeon holed perception.

I present you....Ms. Susan Boyle

[The Old Fogducker]

For the first time in years, I'm stuck for words.

Exceptionally well done Susan!

IABD me son,... she's enough to bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened sealer! The arse sure ain't outta her.

Fog

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I've seen it about 8 times and I can't get enough of her reaction.
The googled the lyrics to the song "I dreamed a dream" and based on her her brief explanation of her life as never been married OR ever being kissed romantically by a man...just makes this such a powerful performance for me.

[iflyforpie]

Simon's glazed, dreamy look is priceless!

[flyinthebug]

Just wow.

[Nark]

I see your Susan Boyle and raise you Paul Potts

[Rockie]

This is my fav. What is it about those humble Brits?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu5 ... re=related

[Invertago]

I'd hit that...

[Changes in Latitudes]

Yes yes, don't judge a British person for their looks...BECAUSE EVERY LAST ONE OF US IS HOMELY. Pretty hard to judge a book, when they're all wrapped in the same covering, no room for predjudice there.

I trace my complete lineage back to that area, my dad looks like Winston Churchill and my mom can pull her lower lip up to her eyebrows while singing the score to the HMS Pinafore . Both incredibly successful people, however. I am a combination of them, a complete visual "throw up" just lacking in the success category.

But what is beauty, anyway?

[Just another canuck]

WOW!!! That gave me shivers... truly amazing. That kind of stuff really makes me smile.

This girl was in the finals with Potts... not nearly as good as Susan Boyle but pretty good for a six year old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNoiVrJDsE

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I see your Susan Boyle and raise you Paul Potts

I'm ALL in.

Wow...if you guys could see the mess of tears I am on this side of the screen right now. I don't know wtf is wrong with me. I'm a mess!?

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Here are the lyrics from Susan Boyle's rendition of Les Miserables "I Dreamed A Dream".
What a sad song sung by a woman that has never known love.

DISCLAIMER:...this is as sensitive as I will allow ALL of you to see me get. After this, it's back to insults and cyber beatings

There was a time, when men were kind
And their voices were soft
And their words were inviting
There was a time, when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they turn your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my dreams with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'd come to me
That we would live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

[Sheila]

Hmm, those comments before her performance have to be a joke because no real conversation is about, " if you ever been kissed", also you get the sense of a joke when she first comes out and says she's going to sing like elaine paige, and they all start laughing, so yeah it's a good joke guys. She did great on stage compared to the other woman on the video and that is a fascinating song, why wouldn't she sing it if she can.

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Hmm, those comments before her performance have to be a joke because no real conversation is about, " if you ever been kissed", also you get the sense of a joke when she first comes out and says she's going to sing like elaine paige, and they all start laughing, so yeah it's a good joke guys. She did great on stage compared to the other woman on the video and that is a fascinating song, why wouldn't she sing it if she can.

Dearest Sheila,

In my opinion our pop-minded culture is so slavishly obsessed with packaging -- the right face, the right clothes, the right attitudes, the right Facebook posts -- the unpackaged artistic power of the unstyled, un-hip, un-kissed Ms. Boyle let me feel, for the duration of one blazing showstopping ballad, the meaning of human grace. She pierced my defenses. She reordered the measure of beauty.

[yfly]

IABD, I have to admit, I normally dismiss or skip the majority of your posts thinking them a little intentionally edgy or sensationalized. Your posting the link and raising the point you have in this thread however, shows a much better side of you.

Thanks for a fine thread.

[Changes in Latitudes]

Did anyone else feel put on by the whole thing? I mean we fall for this reality tv stuff as perfect science pretty often. So is it so far outside of the realm of television to take an unacceptably average person, a person who society would typically beat down or just plain ignore due to their looks, and place them up to the spotlight to show us how wrong "we" are in observing the world through a biased eye?

My mind is made up on the fact that secret casting went out to find a mediocre looking woman with a dynamite voice. So now, ordinary slobs like myself can say "see world, see what we can do!" and continue to sit our fat asses in front of the tv mindlessly, because we now have a pony in the race. Paul Potts was conveniently great for ratings, you can't argue with that.

However, it is a lovely story, good for her either way, but I just feel put on. Anyway, there's 100,000,000 presentationally challenged people doing extraordinary things in the world everyday, we just don't notice, because well, it just ain't sexy.

Just for kicks to keep us all honest:
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=52125

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She pierced my defenses. She reordered the measure of beauty.

Changes in Latitudes

If misery loves company...I'd rather dine alone.
It's been a while since I've sat at the table by the window.
Kindly allow me to chew my food properly,
it has not tasted this good in years.



Peace Love and Granola

[b1ngnx33]

Les Miz, excellent book/play/broadway.

Her voice is perfect.

Reminds me of the mathematics genius in India, in poverty.

No one thought his skills were "good", until someone found him.

If only someone found him early on. I think he died young.

I can't remember his name at all.

[BibleMonkey]

Ramanujan

[The Old Fogducker]

So, Bird dog ... how did the job interview go? I'll bet you never thought you were being recorded. IABD's interview here ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=523uxFMU ... annel_page

Fogducker

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So, Bird dog ... how did the job interview go? I'll bet you never thought you were being recorded. IABD's interview here ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=523uxFMU ... annel_page

Fogducker

...were YOU there in the building!?!?! were you the guy sitting next to me in the waiting lounge asking if I heard about this job on Avcanada?

[Dex]

Thank you CIL, and well stated. I wish more people could see through the television BS.

[Rockie]

Bang on whoever said packaging is more important. All you have to do is ask yourself who has the better singing voice...Rita McNeil or Shania Twain?

[bmc]

Bang on whoever said packaging is more important. All you have to do is ask yourself who has the better singing voice...Rita McNeil or Shania Twain?

Eat a Big Meal

[JakeYYZ]

I think she's quite attractive for a British woman.

[bandaid]

If you go to castanet.net there is an interview with both her and two of the judges from that show. She has had over 2 million hits on youtube since it was posted.