Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#2re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:13am
Ha ha!
Oh, well, what can I say. I used to sing that song and thought it was wonderful until I came to NYC and got so SICK of Cats. Everybody coming here wanted you to go see Cats with them. Once was plenty.
#2re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 2:15am
One: I hate the musical Cats so much!
Two: I love Susan Boyle! Her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream is incredible.
Three: the combination of Memory and Susan Boyle just did not work for me. I really wish she had chosen something else. If that had been her first song, I don't think she would have been such a huge sensation. Sorry, but true.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#3re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 9:49amIf she had had a performance like her first one, there would be no suspense for the finals. I don't know who chose this song for her, but it was not a good one. And she was making surprising mistakes given her beautiful pitch and color during "I Dreamed a Dream." I hope the finals show her in better form, as on a good night she has a stunning voice.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#4re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 10:11am
So this girl's niche is going to be terribly overcooked British 1980's megamusical ballads?
I can't wait to hear her take on "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"!
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
Updated On: 5/25/09 at 10:11 AM
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#5re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:28pmOne ALW ballad puts her in a terribly overcrooked ALW niche?
#6re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:29pmYeah- I saw her rendition of Memory and it was not great! She looked really good and she did hit the high note at the end. It just wasn't a strong performance. I thought the judges were being VERY easy on her!
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#7re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:32pmkelz, she did I Dreamed a Dream as well.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#8re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:42pm"I Dreamed A Dream" is by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#9re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:43pmI forgot ALW wrote Les Mis.
PEACE.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#10re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:44pm
Oooops. Brainfart.
I meant "terribly overcooked 1980s British megamusical ballads".
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Updated On: 5/25/09 at 12:44 PM
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#11re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:47pmOops, another brain fart. Its French.
PEACE.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#12re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 12:55pm
Stop farting.
You are smelling up the place.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#13re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 1:29pmThough Les Mis is technically French, I consider it British because it rose to prominence in England and I connect the whole "1980s megamusical" thing with Cameron Mackintosh.
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#15re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 4:49pmOh, I thought this thread was about her missing performances. Damn.
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#16re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 4:56pmShe had some false notes and she wobbled a bit, but for the most part, she could kick my ass any day in karaoke so who the hell am I to judge?
#17re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/25/09 at 8:36pm
Well, she was clearly really nervous... but also, I think it's clear that "I Dreamed A Dream" was her best and favorite song, and she'd probably practiced it a ton more times than any of her other songs. Everyone was so blown away by "I Dreamed A Dream" that she'd have to top it by a lot to get the same reaction.
Still, I liked her rendition of the song after the first verse or so. I've always hated this song-- and I actually really like CATS-- but I think she sounds pretty nice, especially the last verse, which sounds incredibly shrieky when most people sing it.
And I like what she's had done with her eyebrows.
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#18re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/26/09 at 1:43am
The Empress has no clothes.
This performance proves what many people have said all along. This woman is a very moderately talented singer, with absolutely NO stage presence, who would be welcome in any church choir. And NOTHING more.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#19re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/26/09 at 12:18pm
Simon seemed to like it.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#20re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/26/09 at 12:21pmNo, he's just getting a hand-job from the judge next to him.
....but the world goes 'round
#21re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/26/09 at 4:08pmPiraguaGuy2: I love that little clip. it seriously looks like he's falling in love with her. so funny!
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#22re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/27/09 at 7:37pmHer big competition seems to be yet another pre-pubescent future gay boy singing "And I Am Telling You".
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#23re: Susan Boyle, Second Night Let Down?
Posted: 5/28/09 at 5:05pmSimon is thinking how best to market/exploit Ms Boyle to achieve maximum $$ during her brief shining moment. Nothing more or less.
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