How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
JCaryn
Swing Joined: 12/4/09
#1How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:09am
I love her. I think she's SUCH an inspiration. Are any of you going to watch the Susan Boyle documentary airing on TV Guide Network on the 13th?
Saw this sneak peek today and now I definitely am... (Haha, well I was going to before that, but this sealed the deal...)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C1MYzoOuOE
I Dreamed a Dream...
#2re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:34am
This may be unpopular, but I don't get her. Her voice is good, not great. She's not attractive - so what? We need to use this poor woman to point out how shallow our society is? She'll be forgotten in a few years, replaced (hopefully) by better voices.
That said, it makes me happy that she (through no fault of her own) has made some showtunes mainstream again.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#2re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:37am"For people who like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like." - Miss Jean Brodie
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#3re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:47amMeh. I think much of her popularity has a lot to do with the 'disconnect', if you will, between her voice and her appearance. We don't think it's remarkable when an attractive voice comes from an attractive person.
#4how do you feel about susan boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:51ami wouldn't do her.
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#5re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:52am
I get the whole thing and I'm behind it. We know darn well that the mainstream idea of "unattractive" people are not usually paid much attention to and rarely are in the spotlight with their talents.
My heart soared when she opened her mouth to sing and that glorious voice came out, and she sure showed them. I love it, and good for her!
#6re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 10:57amIf I hear "I Dreamed A Dream" one more time I will not be held responsible for my actions.
#7re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:05amHer voice is nice but not outstanding. I agree with Bluemoon in saying that her success mainly comes from the fact that people are astounded that someone that looks like her can sing well. It really says something about the society we live in.
#8re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:14am
"It really says something about the society we live in."
It SURE DOES! That's why I'm so happy for her success~
#9re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:14am
This woman is backwards, (not in coming forward) expectations levels are zero, when she opens her mouth to sing, all preconceptions of her go out the window.
Everyone has something
#10re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:32amGood for her for all her success, but quite frankly, I'm sick to death of her.
#11re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:36am
For D2:
http://www.muziboo.com/doodlenyc/music/i-dreamed-a-dream
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#12re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:51am
Doodle, thank you so much.
PS: YOU can sing to me anytime. Doesn't matter what the song is.
#13re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 11:59am
I just wanted to see if you picked up a baseball bat, darlin'! 
Frankly, I think the original poster IS Susan Boyle.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#14re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 12:01pm
Well, after hearing your rendition I still can't be held responsible for my actions but in a totally different way. And it doesn't involve baseball bats. Unless called for.
#15re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 2:13pmWhy was this posted on both boards?
#16re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 2:20pm
Because Susan posted on both, silly!
She needs to sell some more cds!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#17re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 2:28pm
LOL!
I said this on the other board, but "Meh"
#18re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 2:31pm
Or intern? "Jcaryn" has also hit musicals.net and iLounge.
https://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?p=1353995
https://www.musicals.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1184098
#19re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 2:35pm
I think Susan Boyle is the greatest living interpreter of song and perhaps the single most influential human in all of history.
She is god-like in her perfection.
Only Orfeh comes close to being on her level.
#20re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 4:52pmBetter her than William Hung or Wing.
Wanting life but never knowing how
#21re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 5:12pmI forgot to add in my previous post that I'm getting pretty tired of her. And I'm REALLY tired of logging onto BWW each day and seeing the latest Susan Boyle news.
#22re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 5:25pmI'm happy for her and everything, but honestly she's not that great a singer. If she were good looking, she never would have made an impact, and might not have gotten that far on X-Factor. Like I said, happy for her, but her success is way overblown and is starting to get annoying...
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#23re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 5:36pmI dreamed she died.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#24re: How do you feel about Susan Boyle?
Posted: 12/8/09 at 5:38pmDiva! I just snorted wine out of my nose!
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