Susan Boyle - OMG

[MiniMe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Not exactly political, but what a voice. I can't stop watching this video. Just goes to show you, you can't judge a book by the cover. Definitely worth a listen. I am routing for her all the way!

[BeeBee]

1. I love her! n/t

[rwheeler31]

2. Beautiful

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. I cannot watch that video

without crying. She's gorgeous...............

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Me, neither. And it's not just because I love that song. She's incredible.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

28. Well, it's the whole thing -

she's obviously shy, but she's also confident and a bit saucy, but your heart goes out to her, doesn't it, just on the basis of her dear, dowdy look.

And the smirks on those faces when she's answering the judges' questions - I wanted to smack every one of them.

But, when she started, it was all over (I'm getting chills just thinking of it as I write this).

She's like no one I've ever seen. I hope she makes it so big!

[Pastiche423]

21. I'm glad I was not the only one

When my eyes filled w/tears, I was surprised at myself.

A beautiful lady w/the most extraordinarily beautiful voice.

[Dappleganger]

25. dp

dp

[Dappleganger]

26. Same here--have showed it to everyone in the house

and I cry every time! What a jewel of a person.

[malaise]

31. You know she finally let her mother go with that

performance. Her mother wanted her to try out for the show.
I hope she can handle the fame now. Hard not to love her after you read her story. Go Susan!!! Live your Dream!!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

32. After her mother died,

she didn't sing for two years.

Doesn't she just grab your heart - in every damn way?

[malaise]

37. I'm playing it again so you know the answer

Here's seafan's original thread which was moved to Entertainment on Monday.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=210&topic_id=26247&mesg_id=26309

[JuniperLea]

45. Inside, outside, and with my eyes closed...

Yes. Through and through.

I got something in my eye...

[TahitiNut]

76. It's not often one sees an entire audience so gobstruck. I like this particular video of it ...

(Oh... yeah ... it gets blurry. Funny 'bout that. Just wanna hug her.)

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4863134/12964979

:cry: :applause: :cry:

[TahitiNut]

78. (Fixing 'My Posts' entry ... damn bug.)

:shrug:

[MiniMe]

79. Same as the video I posted

It gets blurry every time I watch it.

[TahitiNut]

80. Oh ... good. (YouTube crashes my aged 'puter.)

Thus, it takes a LOT for me to risk viewing a video ... and Yahoo seems a bit more reliable for me.

This one was worth the effort.

[malaise]

82. Yep this one is worth it

Fabulous.

[Captain Hilts]

93. Neither can I. And neither can the professional musicians I had dins with last night. nt

[Tangerine LaBamba]

107. Seems to be a world-wide phenomenon,

with men and women both crying about this woman.

Interesting piece here: http://tinyurl.com/dk7d5r

[xiamiam]

4. i cant stop watching this video either...its just wonderful...on monday 1 million hits

today over 7 million on you tube...its a phenomena and i think indicative of the desire for the real deal rather than prepackaged bullcrap...plus there is the underdog aspect...but it wouldnt have generated the sensation if she didnt have the voice to back it up...

[malaise]

38. It's time to take back the planet

Fuck the sanitized prepackaged bullshit and give thanks for UTube. We can decide what's good. Go Susan.

[Le Taz Hot]

85. Ain't that the truth?

Here we suffer with no-talents like Brittany Spears and Madonna who have to have a half dozen filters or more for the results to be on key and this jewel goes unknown (up until now). I truly hate the music "industry."

[mrs_p]

5. nt

:cry:

[DeepBlueC]

6. I keep going back to that video over and over

and every time I get the get those electric chills first and then the dewy eyes. What a great story...I'm really hoping she does 'make something of herself' as her mother hoped she would do. It's an epic Cinderella story.

[lamp_shade]

7. I've keep going back and watching it again.... 6 maybe 8 times today.

[lamp_shade]

10. Three more times just now.

[malaise]

22. I put on my great head speakers

turned up the volume and played it over and over. I can't watch her enough.
It sure shut out the stupid teabaggers. :D

[Uncle Joe]

8. I've never e-mailed youtube links to anybody until this one.

I've already sent this to several friends and have a few more to go.

Thanks for the thread, MiniMe.:thumbsup:

[tblue37]

39. Yep--I just mailed it to half the planet! nt

[Brazenly Liberal]

9. I wonder how many people (including me!)

gave her a standing ovation in their living rooms.

[MiniMe]

12. The producers did a great job with the editing

Simon was an ass as usual, but when she started singing, he looked like he was in love. She got her dream, she is singing in front of a world audience now.

[omega minimo]

11. Oh, the Humanity!!

:cry: :loveya:

[global1]

13. Does Anybody Know How I Can Get The Audio On My 2g iPod Nano?......

I don't have video capabilities - I would just like to listen to this over and over.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Ask in the lounge. Lots of knowledgeable iPod people there

especially ghostsofgiants.

[Sub Atomic]

15. The lyrics are beatiful and quite apropos for her life story.

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 tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame.

And still
I dream he'll come to me
That we will 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 form this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

[Dappleganger]

27. My favorite musical!

[dddem]

29. Okay, my ignorance is now showing.

I know this song, but can't quite place the musical it came from - was it Les Mis?

[MiniMe]

33. Yes

[Marrah_G]

16. Voice like an angel , she has !

[Ocracoker16]

18. she has a very beautiful voice

I am pleased to see someone like her make it so much farther than anyone would have ever imagined. She is an inspiration to me enough though I am not a singer.

[malaise]

19. Check this link and read the article in the OP

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5452846.

Great links on that thread

Her voice is one thing but it is her 'ordinaryness' that I love most of all.
That and the fact that she cared for her sick mother and this was her first performance since her mother's death.

She's already in talks with Sony.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Susan+Boyle+Unemployed+year+virgin+becomes+overnight+music+superstar/1499478/story.html
<snip>

All of this fuss must be difficult to comprehend for the youngest of nine children who had given up a potential singing career to look after her sick mother, but it's just beginning. Boyle will be back for the second round of the series, which she's currently rated at odds of 5/2 of winning by UK bookmakers.

Some more links
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128284.html

[Midlodemocrat]

20. I would say regardless of the outcome of that show, she is already a winner.

What a voice.

[MiniMe]

23. Totally agree

I think the world is pulling for her.

[seabeyond]

61. taking the crowd from ugly to appreciative adn more. yes... she is certainly a winner

what it says about us is a whole nother story, wink

[Triana]

83. Hard to believe they still call never-married women "spinsters"

Sheesh. Is this still the 1890s?

Anyway, I wish this magnificent woman EVERY success, no matter what the idjits call her.

[Captain Hilts]

95. Yeah, 'spinsters' stinks. nt

[Captain Hilts]

94. The Playbill article is great. I hope she gets to sing it for QEII.

They could talk about caring for elderly mothers.

[mikelgb]

24. wow

[Blue_Roses]

30. she's awesome! I watched that video several times...

and I welled up with tears each time. Good for her!:applause: She kicked ass and showed what a shallow bunch of people miss out on when they judge people. Go Susan:bounce:

[Fire1]

34. This lady sounds just like Julie Andrews, imo. Beautiful

voice and shut simon's mf mouth!!

[MissMarple]

35. The world needs a Susan Boyle right about now. She is transcendent, and she takes us with her.

Truly remarkable.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

36. Susan Boyle could have been another Marnie Nixon

Marnie Nixon was the beautiful voice behind many studio stars who could not actually sing, the most famous case being Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady as well as Deborah Kerr in The King and I and Natalie Wood in West Side Story. But, that era is probably passed.

We rarely make musicals anymore for the big screen and probably aren't as forgiving as 50's and 60's audiences of "stars" having their voices dubbed in.

She could still be a great concert vocalist or the voice behind animation musicals or a commercial singer. She has a great talent that should not go to waste.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marni_Nixon

[LanternWaste]

40. So this is what these shows are about?

So this is what these shows are about?

I gotta be honest-- I've never watched this or the American version As a matter of fact, I've made a point to avoid them. But if this kind of... drama(?) is not an aberration, I may have to re-evaluate my snobbish position and actually watch an episode or two.

Although the sound isn't very clean, she sounds almost as good as the original soundtrack to the musical. 'zounds! She was a) unexpected b) wonderful c) a five-minute Rocky Balboa movie.

And I suppose that douche of a judge is the "Simon" everyone's always going on about? Quite the jerk it would seem.

Thanks for the link! Loved it!

[MiniMe]

43. Yes, that was Simon Cowell

And he is indeed an asshole, until she opened her mouth and started singing. You don't often get something like that on any of those shows. But every once in a while, something like this pops up, and this one is heartwarming. They have done interviews with her and her phone hasn't stopped ringing. I think she has already been offered a contract by Sony.

[tblue37]

44. Yes--last year on _America's Got Talent_ (the USA version of the same show)

a very overweight insurance salesman who told about being mocked his whole life for being fat then stunned the judges and the audience with a beautiful opera performance. He ended up winning the whole shebang. Neal Boyd. Here he is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJfDp2qv598&feature=PlayList&p=9A55F0FB410D57E1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9

Every year there are such surprises--usually more than one, too. Sometimes there is so much genuine talent tucked into an otherwise ordinary person that it's hard to choose who should win. The year before, a friggin' ventriloqist won--and absolutely deserved to! He proved that when performed by a master, ventriloquism is nothing less than an art. His name is Terry Fator. Here he is doing Roy Orbison's "Crying":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKmqS83aYTE

I am a bit snobbish myself in some ways, I guess, especially about reality shows, but I find I can't resist America's Got Talent.

Oh, and last year a middle-aged African-American woman, a mother who had raised her kids alone in desperate poverty and given up her chance at a singing career to do so, also gob-smacked the judges with her voice and her stage presence.

[TorchTheWitch]

109. Last year a fabulous dancing kid, George Sampson, won...

The British show, that is. Similar story of poverty and sheer determination. The year before when he was 13 he was on the show but didn't make it to the semi-finals, but he practiced hard bucked up and tried again the next year and ended up winning. He's not the greatest dancer I've ever seen by a long shot, but without a doubt the most moving in that he clearly puts his entire heart and soul into it... it's almost as though the audience isn't there. Simon even called him the "Rocky" of dancing. I'm hoping the same for Susan Boyle... I just love an underdog.

This is his semi-finals routine. He did the same routine for the final in which he won, but nothing beats the shock and awe of the first time performance...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQIHlcMZf3w&feature=related

This is the one where he wins the competition...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ucMjonJ7Gw&feature=related

I just love the sincerity and determination of this kid!

[MiniMe]

46. Paul Potts is a similiar story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOytYLlhiQ

[blaze]

49. Unfortunately, this *is* an aberration

American Idol has, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, imposed an age limit.... not sure what the cutoff is, but I' certain that Susan wouldn't have even been permitted to audition in the US version of the show. :(

[MiniMe]

53. It isn't American Idol

It is the British version of America's got Talent, which of course is a rip-off of Britain's got Talent. There is no cut-off for that show.

[SKKY]

64. That's correct. She wouldn't even have made it this far in the US...

...which is a shame. Why do our idols have to be young, hip, and between the ages of 18-35?

[MiniMe]

65. It is Britain's got Talent, not Idol.

There is no age limit on America's got Talent, which is the American rip-off.

[SKKY]

67. Actually, didn't we rip them off?

I think I heard that mentioned on CNN.

[MiniMe]

68. Yes, the British Version was the original

So was the British Idol.

[Occulus]

118. When I was in DCI in 1994, there was an age limit of 14-22, I think.

Drum Corps International. The point of the age limit in that activity, as it was explained to me at the time, was specifically to avoid the involvement of professional musicians. It's supposed to be an amateur activity, hence the age limit. They actually wanted those who were younger and less experienced.

And, if you've ever been to or seen a DCI show, it's simply amazing. I'm thinking these shows are trying to accomplish the same thing; you people are assumed to be not "in the field" as of yet.

[malaise]

50. With good headspeakers the sound is

fabulous.

[InvisibleTouch]

74. Simon and Piers are both consummate assholes.

I loved seeing them put in their place!

As for Susan, I don't even like this kind of music, and I love her performance! In terms of the whole "judging a book by its cover" lesson, I don't think she's unattractive at all. Not a supermodel, sure, but she looks fine. And you just have to love her personality and her dream-come-true life story. I think even if nothing else ever came of her appearance on the show, it seemed like her goal was to go out on the stage and give an absolutely amazing performance (you could see how she started to walk away after she was done) - and all other accolades are just icing on the cake.

Hope this is the start of a new career for her!

[Politicalboi]

115. I'm like you I avoid these shows too

But thanks to places like DU and You Tube we don't have to watch, we don't miss a thing. :)

Having my cake and eating it too. I wish Miss Boyle well with her dream.

[tblue37]

41. Didn't you just love the way the mocking audience at first just looked stunned,

and then, barely seconds into her song, leapt to their feet to give her an ovation, because they couldn't wait to express their utter delight at this amazing, delightful surprise.

I loved the looks on all the judges faces, too, especially Simon's.

[tpsbmam]

42. One of England's biggest theater producers heard her too -- this is what he said about her

performance:

In a press statement, producer Cameron Mackintosh has echoed the comments of judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden, saying, "Just like the judges and audience I was gob-smacked by the emotional powerhouse performance of Susan Boyle's show stopping rendition of 'I Dreamed a Dream.' Vocally it is one of the best versions of the song I've ever heard. Touching, thrilling and uplifting. I do hope she gets to sing it for the Queen."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128284.html

I love stories like this. I also watched this video like 10 times today. Her interpretation of the song is so emotionally mature it's just awe-inspiring.


Edited to add I can't help but wish her mother was here to see this, but I hope Susan is reveling in the the praise.

[malaise]

70. Vocally it is one of the best versions of the song I've ever heard.

Absolute truth.

She sure will sing for the Labour Party since Brown is Scottish. :D

[Captain Hilts]

97. Nine brothers and sisters! I'm sure they could use the cash.

She seems so quick and articulate. I wonder what her learning disability is. Discalculate? Dyslexic?

[Profprileasn]

113. I'm sure

her mother is watching from above

[WorseBeforeBetter]

47. Kickarooni.

I'll echo the sentiment above -- I can't watch without getting choked up.

[Triana]

48. Posted here 3-4 times already BUT - worth another post....

..here's more on her background and her story via a couple of very well-written articles about her:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5452846

and

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/12/brtain-s-got-talent-singing-sensation-susan-sang-to-escape-the-bullies-115875-21272894/


NOW - I'm gonna go watch the video again for the umpteenth time! LOL!

[malaise]

52. I posted both seafan and your links

here already. Great threads all. :D

[Triana]

54. I understand the lame$tream media finally got wind of her...

..of course they were snarky and condescending about her (MSNBC and CNN I think?). Someone said they (the media) seemed to deem it justified that people were so rude to her.

[malaise]

56. You should see some of the articles in the entertainment

media. Fugg them. We'll decide - over 8 million views so far.
Take it all back from the corporations.

[Triana]

51. Lyrics....

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 tear your hopes apart
And they turn your dreams to shame

And still I dream he'd come to me
That we will live the lives 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 this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

[Canuckistanian]

55. 8,172,415 views on Youtube

I've never seen numbers like that for a video.

[kas125]

88. When it was first posted here on Sunday morning, it was

only 200,000. By Sunday evening it was over two million.

[Turborama]

89. 11,382,020 views now! They were reporting 8mill on AC360 earlier...

All this since it was put up on Saturday, truly a viral video that has gone off the charts. She must be so excited, I'm excited for her and where this will lead.


:kick: & R

[Luciferous]

57. Amazing

and I love the audience reactions when she started singing!

[TuxedoKat]

58. I heard this mentioned on the radio

this morning. I was out all day but as soon as I got home I looked her up on youtube and sent the link to several people. The looks on those judges' faces were priceless and Ms. Boyle is so inspiring. I can't stop watching the video either.

[MiniMe]

59. I get a little verklempt every time I watch it

[seabeyond]

60. you reminded me to have my boys watch. a good lesson for all of us

the power of one, turns a whole crowd in a moment. in her own rare beauty

[MedleyMisty]

62. I read a comment on one of the articles

from a person whose husband teaches middle school. She said that he played the clip for his classes today and that they had a discussion about prejudging and underestimating people.

The comments make me tear up just as much as the video - so many people who have hearts, who care, who take time and effort to write eloquent and loving messages.

[seabeyond]

66. that is a good idea. my boys in middle school. the toughest at this age with appearance

i think i will say something to the principal. she is a wonderfully receptive educator

thanks

[MedleyMisty]

71. You're welcome. :)

The poster said that the kids were absolutely silent while the clip was playing.

Yeah, I remember middle school and starting puberty.

[malaise]

72. I played it for my students yesterday

I began by asking them if they were bullied at school and told them I'd explain at the end of class. They were touched.

[MedleyMisty]

77. Awesome

You must be a great teacher and they're lucky to be in your class.

[Captain Hilts]

98. Three cheers for Malaise - and Susan! nt

[malaise]

103. Thank you Captain

:hi:

[malaise]

105. Lecturer not teacher

but I was amazed at their reactions. My students are between 18 and 25. I told them bullies only win if they let them kill their dreams.
One young man told me today that he sent it to his mother and grandmother and both nearly dropped dead since they were in shock that he actually watched Susan Boyle. He said they were thrilled.

[barbtries]

100. i made my 16-year-old watch it with me last night.

truly inspiring.

[SKKY]

63. I can't wait for her to come out with a CD, or a single I can buy on iTunes...

...I'm not into her style of music, but I'm definitely into her.

[elleng]

69. The story was on NBC Nightly News,

and Access. In one of them, she was being interviewed. Her hair was already 'improved,' maybe just by the station/show's make-up folks.

O8)

[Gin]

75. I felt nothing until she started singing...then I cried...her voice touched my heart

the rest of her story and the audience mocking her just added to the wonder of it all...what a gift.

[Captain Hilts]

99. I haven't been this excited since the college boys of the US hockey team beat the pro Soviet team.

Beating the odds.

[salin]

73. I can not watch that enough times

inspirational - on many levels; but also the condescending mia culpas given by the judges is gratifying per social commentary on our times.

Her voice is so powerful, I don't care about the competition - I just look forward to buying a CD to listen to that passion and beautiful voice.

[GiveMeFreedom]

81. Susan Boyle knows.....

I just loved it. She is amazing. If you look at the video closely, between 1:50 and 1:54, she gives this tiny little all knowing smile of no fear and that the audience is going to be slapping their jaws with their own hands in disbelief. I admit spending over an hour watching her performance, I need help.!! Wonderful!!

[Le Taz Hot]

84. Wasn't she awesome????

As a female vocalist, I am VERY critical of other vocalists. This woman kicks ass! That natural vibrato is one in a million. I can't WAIT for her first CD!

[donheld]

86. Simply Brilliant!

[DKRC]

87. OMG is right!

I haven't seen it yet, but heard her! As soon as she began to sing I teared up, & cried all the way through the clip. I'll have to go back & try again later.

I hope she knows how amazing her talent is & how thrilled we all are to have witnessed this moment.

Susan Boyle
:yourock:

[indepat]

90. Over 12 million views now: bravo

:loveya:

[xiamiam]

92. more than that..12 mil on one video...there are several others of the same clip

with millions or hundreds of thousands...its darned amazing..i've probably watched at least 100...cry every time

[indepat]

102. Wow! So do I!

:loveya:

[malaise]

104. Nearly 13 million

12,988,039 views

[Turborama]

117. Goodness me! 17,538,664 views now!!

It's seriously snowballing now...

[ehrnst]

91. Love this!! She's the Anti-Brittney. (nt)

[Captain Hilts]

96. We have a winnah!!! nt

[Bobbie Jo]

101. What a gift! Beautiful voice!

Love her! :applause:

[conscious evolution]

106. Wow

What a voice.

Her competition has their work cut out for them this season.

[thatsrightimirish]

108. awesome performance

I really felt bad everyone laughing at her at the beginning. She sure showed them!

[elleng]

112. And she knew she would!

What did she say? 'I'm going to **** this crowd?'

[TorchTheWitch]

110. Outstanding - I keep listening to it over and over

And get goosebumps every time. I so hope she wins.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

111. beautiful! nt

[Turborama]

114. Singer Susan Boyle Gets To Chat With Patti LuPone, Who First Did Hit "I Dreamed A Dream" (video)

(CBS) Susan Boyle says her out-of-nowhere success is "breathtaking, unbelievable, awesome!"

In an interview on The Early Show Thursday, Boyle admitted it "hasn't really sunk in yet."

And little did she know that the broadcast would put her in touch with Tony Award winner and Broadway legend Patti LuPone, who first did the hit that made Boyle famous, overnight.

Continues: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/16/earlyshow/main4949521.shtml

Link to the video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4949474n

[Withywindle]

116. I can't stop watching it.

It gets me every time. :cry:

And I love reading comments on blogs about it. You hear about "overnight" stars, but she became one all over the world in 7 minutes!

I hope she has someone really trustworthy to look out for her business interests, that's for sure.