Susan Boyle — Page 2

She's attracted such huge attention, basically, because of the enormous contrast between
her looks and her voice. She turned up wearing resolutely unstylish clothing, wearing little make-up, and with a decidedly dowdy-looking perm - she looked older than she is, and when she was interviewed before she sang she came across as a very nice, slightly eccentric, somewhat unsophisticated and rather nervous lady whose general
demeanour set up a distinct impression that she wasn't going to do very well in front of that particular panel of judges..... And then Ms. Boyle opened her mouth and sang...her voice is
very, very strong (and sounds like it comes from someone who looks quite different), and, more than that, there was, despite her obvious lack of skill at interpreting lyrics, an astonishing emotional force behind her performance. She brought the audience to their feet through the sheer force of her *personality* as well as her voice, and she really didn't look like someone who would be able to do that. Her performance was an object lesson in why it's wrong to judge a book by the cover.

*****

Sounds like 1962 Barbra Streisand.

I'd love to see her in Blood Brothers.

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Can anybody tell me who are the British members of the jury and which theatre is used to shoot "Britain's got talent"?

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Cry Me A River....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8r9lRJ6yHY

I was thinking yesterday that it would be nice if Piggy Paige commented on Susans success so far, especially after Ms Lupone went on American TV to praise her in front of 30M viewers.
My thinking is, is that Ms Paige is to far up her own songbook to be so kind.

Nosferatu - the Britain's Got Talent Judges are:
Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell.
I'm not sure which theatre the finals will be staged at.

Btw - though I loved Susan Boyle, I think that last night's show discovered some serious competition for her on the show - young Shahin from Swansea!

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Twins!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8006786.stm

I don't get what the fuss is about this lady. Her voice is average at best.

Thx Bob !

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Susan Piaf.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128510.html


'Killing Me Softly'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ai27pvt-PY&feature=related

Updated On: 4/22/09 at 09:36 AM

When he started singing he didn't do anything for me either - until Cowell got him to change songs and when he sung the Michael Jackson song he was incredible.

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I know these shows are very staged and highly edited, but the moment Simon Cowell stopped the kid and told him to sing something else...I just couldn't get over how ridiculously planned that was.

It just looked like they needed another 'shock moment' so it didn't look like Susan Boyle was going to sweep the show, so told the kid to sing 'Valarie' first and then Simon would interrupt before he could sing the ACTUAL song he was planning on.

I do genuinly like Simon Cowell, cus he really knows how the business works and how to manipulate the audience...but sometimes I just cringe at his shows!

Elaine Paige was on "Good Morning America" this morning to talk about Susan Boyle.

She was, of course, very kind and laudatory. What was most interesting to me was that they alternated the footage of Boyle and footage of Paige, sort of giving a line to each. And it was the first time I realized there actually is a similarity between their voices. Obviously Paige's is a much more developed sound, but their vocal placement is not dissimilar. Even Paige thought so.