Susan Boyle ain't much of a singer.
I enjoyed the clip from "Britain's Got Talent" as much as anyone. It was a fabulous five minutes of television.
But you know who deserves credit for that excellent video? It ain't Susan Boyle. I'm sorry, internet hordes, but she's just not much of a singer. Strong voice, but untrained and with no range (can *you* hear the "but the tigers come at night" low note? which isn't low at all?). She is no different than anyone else on these Idol shows - she's just uglier.
The people who really deserve credit for the Susan Boyle video are the people who put it together - the director and editors who took the raw footage and made it heart-tugging. In fact, I just spent ten minutes trying to find the program's credits, to give the crew some truly deserved props by name, but even ITV's website snubs them.
Congratulations to the crew of Britain's Got Talent - your video went viral. Congratulations to Susan Boyle - you lucked out, big time.
And for the rest of you... You can stop patting yourselves on the back. It is no different and no better to be wowed by Susan Boyle because she sang better than you expected, than it was to expect a joke in the first place.
...Plus I've had Les Miz stuck in my head for a week now and it's really not okay.
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snicker -Ben in CA
ReplyDeleteSee, now I both agree and disagree.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was not terribly impressed with her Les Miz song, I did hear the Cry Me A River she recorded in studio a while ago. THAT was beautiful. Her jazz phrasing is quite enjoyable.
But yes, its only "amazing" because she's homely. Had a pretty girl done it, it wouldn't be a big deal at all.