Susan Boyle sings "Cry Me a River" on a 1999 Charity CD @ AMERICAN DIGEST

April 17, 2009

Susan Boyle sings "Cry Me a River" on a 1999 Charity CD

With only 1,000 original copies made, the CD is poised to become one of the most collectible on the planet.

For purposes of comparison, here's the immortal and smoldering Julie London covering the same song:

At a time when the President of the United States feels compelled to use a teleprompter for even the most minor appearances, when Grecian columns are necessary props for campaign speeches, when public figures are as carefully packaged as your morning cereal boxes, after watching plain Susan Boyle sing with a voice for the ages, you feel like you have witnessed a real person do something that's real. And right. And good. No, extraordinarily good.
She is, in effect, the anti-Obama. No artifice. No teleprompter. As likely to stumble over words, or do a spontaneous bump and grind as she is to belt out a song that could leave you with chill-bumps. -- William Tate

HT: Ligneus @ Road Sassy

Posted by Vanderleun at April 17, 2009 8:45 PM

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I saw her performance on British tv for the first time on Sunday...after eating a nice Easter supper...I was so moved I wept. My daughters came over to watch it, and to see why mom was having a melt down. They stood silently behind me, and I could tell they were struggling not to cry, too.
She has us crying rivers, don' she?

Posted by: Jewel at April 17, 2009 9:35 PM

Wonderful! and, yes, so honest and real. Just the reason that America's Got Talent is the only "reality" show I have ever watched. For some reason the image of Kate Smith comes to mind. I don't know much about her really, but she was built to be a "radio" personality for sure. Now everybody has to look like Ken and Barbie just to get a chance.
Q, How much honesty, brilliance and real talent are we protected from by the eye-rolling impresarios (and human resource geeks, for taht matter) of the world?

Posted by: Yaacov ben Moshe at April 18, 2009 8:26 AM

I don't care for the Blues. But one doesn't have to like the genre to know one is hearing a world-class performance by Susan Boyle there. Julie London certainly does suffer in the comparison.

Posted by: ELC at April 18, 2009 6:18 PM