Susan Boyle: you’re #1 to me…\o/

I guess I don’t need to tell you how deeply disappointed I am that Susan Boyle wasn’t voted top winner of Britains Got Talent 2009 competition.   Makes me wonder if viewers just took for granted that she’d win without their votes because she is loved the world round.  At any rate, Ms. Boyle is the winner as far as the world is concerned.  Take heart, Susan Boyle! We’ll remember you until the end of time.  [I can’t even remember the name of the dance group that won, officially.  Isn’t that telling..?!]   For all of you who are visiting here for the first time, I’m presenting Ms. Boyle’s last performance on Britains Got Talent 2009, I Dreamed a Dream.   Her performance gave me goose bumps and I cried at the absolute beauty of her instrument – and – the humble nature of this amazing woman.  Thank you, Ms. Boyle for sharing your God-given instrument with the world.  We are richer for it……and God bless you with everything you need in this lifetime!

I’ve not lost the irony that her last performance, I Dreamed a Dream, would be so apropos with the competition’s final results.  When I listen to it now, with the knowledge she didn’t win top place in the competition, I don’t look at the contest result as the end of a dream, but as the beginning of fantastic opportunities in voice performances.   I’d love to hear her sing opera, too.  Good luck, Susan Boyle!  Your Dream has Just Begun!!!

Never judge a Book by its Cover – Susan Boyle – one heckuva cover!

Remember when your mother told you to never judge a book by its cover when you were growing up?  It was to teach us not to assume we can glean to know someone/something about which we’ve just laid eyes on for the first time – especially by physical appearance alone.  If you never heard this expression before, you’re not alone, but I think the whole world now knows what this saying means after viewing Britains Got Talent 2009 the other day when the audience saw Susan Boyle for the first time on stage.  She was auditioning for Britain’s equivalent to our American Idol competition.  This 48 year old, matronly woman stood on stage with a mic in her hand; Simon asked her name, where she came from, how old she was, what her “dream” was, and what she was going to sing for the judges – all while the audience was tittering and laughing and looking at her with disbelief.   She maintained her poise, dignity and humor throughout the initial questioning and finished by telling the audience she was going to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. Then she cued the music; she only got out a couple of notes when the audience went absolutely bananas clapping, whistling, and uttering all kinds of pleasant sounds.  See for yourself!

I was totally stunned by her performance; found myself crying with joy for her towards the end of her performance – actually, it was when she sang the line, “as they turn your dream to shame,” and she held that note on the word shame for as long as she did.

Absolutely spectacular!   What can I say?  Susan Boyle had me at hello.

Here are the Lyrics (Thanks to NewHotdox via YouTube)

I Dreamed a Dream

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.