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The Susan Boyle story was picked up by the CBS Evening News tonight and she'll be on their morning show tomorrow. This is the kind of story (and talent) that might actually have legs.

I've probably watched this video 15 times in the last couple of days. The judge in the middle is right, before Ms. Boyle sang, you could have cut through the audience's eye-rolling cynicism with a knife. Then, in about five seconds, 3,000 people do a complete 180. Nice.

Speaking of surprises, here's another one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y703tPc4PRk

Up over and out.

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BERIGAN Newbie

BERIGAN

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Thanks for sharing that!!! It's just so sad how unfair, prejudiced and narrow-minded people can be. It's also amazing the extent to which some people can overcome that!! Yeah, I got a little choked up, too.

We really can be terrible. Almost as if someone who wasn't pretty simply couldn't have a good singing voice. I saw the story on CBS news last night. The woman spent much of her adult life taking care of a sick Mother. And she's never been kissed! Think of that when you are having a bad day. I wish nothing but the best for her from now on.....

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Thanks for sharing that!!! It's just so sad how unfair, prejudiced and narrow-minded people can be. It's also amazing the extent to which some people can overcome that!! Yeah, I got a little choked up, too.

We really can be terrible. Almost as if someone who wasn't pretty simply couldn't have a good singing voice. I saw the story on CBS news last night. The woman spent much of her adult life taking care of a sick Mother. And she's never been kissed! Think of that when you are having a bad day. I wish nothing but the best for her from now on.....

Never been kissed! I hope this exposure at the very least changes that for her! Yeah, this does put things in perspective, doesn't it.

Larry Kart Proficient

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Nothing against Susan Boyle's performance, but about the song itself:

I dreamed a dream some time ago

About a song

Uniquely nagging

It sang of love, or God knows what,

Please forgive the sound of gagging.

Alexander Newbie

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I heard this for the first time today, having avoided it for the past week or so. It's certainly nice to see someone do well on these kind of shows, where a big part of it is humilating the untalented. The problem is that so much emphasis is now placed on physical appearence nowadays. I was watching a DVD of the old Johnny Cash TV show a few days ago and I was marvelling at the fact that it was the VOICE that was important, not the way the singers looked. Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison, even Loretta Lynn...all of them would have a very hard time getting noticed today, which is a shame. Imagine a young Roy Orbison going on American Idol today!

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Swinging Swede Newbie

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Or Charlie Parker walking onto the stage with his sax. For some reason one just has to be a singer to become an idol in the music business today. Can't be an instrumentalist, no matter how good.

As jazz listeners I'm sure we all have heard comments about how weird it is with music where no one sings. It's like people are brainwashed today that someone just must sing, otherwise there's something amiss.

jazzbo Grand Master

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I wasn't THAT impressed with her singing. But I'm glad she got that huge reaction from the audience.

I've seen her on Larry King with that fawning judge Piers and have to say I wish I hadn't. Ugh.

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I heard this for the first time today, having avoided it for the past week or so. It's certainly nice to see someone do well on these kind of shows, where a big part of it is humilating the untalented. The problem is that so much emphasis is now placed on physical appearence nowadays. I was watching a DVD of the old Johnny Cash TV show a few days ago and I was marvelling at the fact that it was the VOICE that was important, not the way the singers looked. Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison, even Loretta Lynn...all of them would have a very hard time getting noticed today, which is a shame. Imagine a young Roy Orbison going on American Idol today!

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Or Ella!

JSngry Grand Master

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Yeah, well neither is anybody else!

Seriosuly, though, there is a certain "mountain" look, that coal black hair, squarish jaw, full cheekbones, slight overbite, we don't usually think of white folk in America as ever having an "ethnic" look, but what Loretta Lynn has certainly is. Same with June Carter. And if you spend some time in that whole Tennessee/Kentyucky/West Virginia/Southern Ohio area, you'll really develop an appreciation for its own unique beauty, when you see it, which you don't always do...

Here ya' go, if you won't take my word for it, take hers! ;)

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