Susan Boyle -- from obscurity to stardom
I want to crawl out of hibernation and post this because, maybe, there is some justice in this world now and then...
Taken from: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10219849-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Excerpt: "She has the eyebrows of a Roman Emperor. She has the square shoulders of one of his centurions. And she walks like a bouncer who had one too many years in the NFL.
When Susan Boyle stepped onto the stage of "Britain's Got Talent" this past weekend, the audience laughed and the judges could barely stop their cheeks from bulging through a guffaw.
...Then Susan Boyle began to sing.
Frankly, she hasn't stopped. More than 6 million people have already turned to YouTube to see what all the fuss is about. They're crying in Calcutta. They're bawling in Brussels.
Why? Because watching someone so far removed from anyone's physical conception of a star finally get an audience for her extraordinary voice is as moving an experience as you're likely to enjoy this year.
Here all the unrealized hopes and dreams that so many harbor till their death are laid bare in an operetta of just a few minutes..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY (embedding has been removed on YouTube for this clip)
Taken from: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10219849-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Excerpt: "She has the eyebrows of a Roman Emperor. She has the square shoulders of one of his centurions. And she walks like a bouncer who had one too many years in the NFL.
When Susan Boyle stepped onto the stage of "Britain's Got Talent" this past weekend, the audience laughed and the judges could barely stop their cheeks from bulging through a guffaw.
...Then Susan Boyle began to sing.
Frankly, she hasn't stopped. More than 6 million people have already turned to YouTube to see what all the fuss is about. They're crying in Calcutta. They're bawling in Brussels.
Why? Because watching someone so far removed from anyone's physical conception of a star finally get an audience for her extraordinary voice is as moving an experience as you're likely to enjoy this year.
Here all the unrealized hopes and dreams that so many harbor till their death are laid bare in an operetta of just a few minutes..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY (embedding has been removed on YouTube for this clip)