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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:33 PM Original message |
Why does she thrill us? Susan Boyle is the anti-"Pretty Woman" |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I love it. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think she's got a swell face. That plastic shit gets old after you've seen a few hundred thousand |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree. I remember seeing an episode of, I think, The Twilight Zone, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Number 12 Looks Just Like You (it first aired in 1964) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Thanks for the link! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. "neon teeth" |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. His teeth... |
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nickyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yep, and now they all got that unbelievably grotesque "spray-on tan" crap going - |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Who was it who said this? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. The strangely proportioned Francis Bacon! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Thank you, MADem! I knew someone would bail me out on this one. |
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D-Lee (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. And don't forget the same BLUE contact lenses! |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Being an often grumpy old man |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Part of it was her brilliant choice of that particular song. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Is this why I don't get it? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I think she also picked the tune to demonstrate her range to the three judges. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Actually its not done by Webber, its by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I saw Miss Saigon in London, oh...Jeez, was it sixteen years ago? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Here's a link to the lyrics. Pretend you never saw Les Miserables. |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. She's got culture... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. You are right that we're starved for culture, |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. I agree with you... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. I didn't really stop to think about it when I posted, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. "Modulating a deep emotional experience." YES! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
94. Did you know, also, that she's developmentally delayed? |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. And she has overcome that and become a singer. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think she is cute |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was wondering if that is why everyone is so bowled over by her. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. How often does someone bare her talent -- and soul -- to the world |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. She's really very talented. And there was no "voice mixer" or "overdub" or |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. It's not about her voice at all really |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Wow you are so right. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Because the TV says so! |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. I haven't watched TV in a decade |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I think you're right -- "this story came from the bottom up |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. All she needs is a good hairstylist and some fancy duds, and she's set. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. She doesn't want a makeover. "Why should I?" she said! nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. She doesn't need a makeover. Her hair actually looks a little better |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I think when she went for a haircut, the hairdresser did a better job |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. she doesn't "need" any of that. n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. I just listened to that song of hers from '99, Cry Me A River. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It makes me want to cry a river. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. She's been in music for a long time--just not "famous" at it! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. How has she been in music for a long time? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Singing in a choir doesn't count? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It wasn't enough for her, clearly. She said she'd always wanted to perform |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. She performed at the local pub next to a hotel near her home regularly. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I hadn't heard about her performing in the pub regularly, or about musicals. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Give me a break??? Is she your best friend? Do you live in the next council house over in West |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. Yea and my parents wanted my sister to play a piano. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. How about getting paid to sing at the hotel bar? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I've read through the link you provided. It says she took |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. It doesn't matter. You don't think she's a musician because you think that |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Nothing you say makes any sense to me. How am I being |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. You've decided she's not "in music" because she doesn't fit into your odd definition of that term. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I have meant that she was not a professional singer, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. You're moving the goalposts. You said she was not "in music." |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
91. I've been in music all of my life too. I love hearing it. And I sing in the shower. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. There you go. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Performed in musicals, in an organized choir, at your local pub, and the nearby hotel bar? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. She took lessons for a couple years and sings in the church choir. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Nope. She sang at the hotel pub and in local musicals, too. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. In a word, novelty, or... a token. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. In three words: authenticity, beauty, courage. In one word: soul. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Well, I suppose having a soul might do as a novelty, for a little while. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. She seems to have more talent than most of these pathetic excuses for singers today. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because some people underestimate ugly people. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. She's only ugly to those with Madison Avenue eyes. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No, she's ugly to you to. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Where have I indicated surprise? In looks, she reminds me of many of the beloved Irish |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. With your OP. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Some people won't ever get it. The OP is for those who do. n/t |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Hahaha. Disagree with me? You don't get it. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I'm not trying to debate. The OP was written |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nietzschean inversion. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Remind me. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Ugly becomes pretty, if you just redefine enough terms. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
95. which we see over and over in the fashion world |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Her "ugliness" wouldn't merit a 2nd glance walking down the street. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. To me, Simon what's-his-name's teeth look unnerving. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It only has to the pathologically insecure. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. It's an airbrush nozzle--like they use to paint cars!! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. This reminds me of a story about a young garment worker who was protesting slave labor |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. And it's not like she looks like THIS: |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Exactly. She is an average looking woman. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
87. On the surface, she's just ordinary -- which in some people's book, |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
58. As far as I'm concerned, she's one of the most beautiful people on the planet. n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. Imitation is suicide.(Ralph Waldo Emerson) nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
69. The A&R industry is scrambling to find more Susan Boyles |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. And that won't work |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. And then some reporter will go to her hometown and the jig will be up. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
74. She doesn't. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
90. Then I'd be doing you a disservice |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Ah. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. She qualified. The talent competition will be ongoing. n/t |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
75. She thrills us because of her talent. It's dumb to try to spin this into a social statement. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. I'm not talking about her face. I'm talking about her persistence -- even |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
88. Susan Boyle defies the 'rules' just because she has REAL HONEST TO G-D TALENT |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
96. GOOD for her! I hope she doesn't change a thing. n/t |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
97. On her own terms? |
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