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Tart of Darkness
04/23/09

In reply to Susan Boyle Is Everyone's Fault
Maybe I'm immune to looks, but I think she is a decent singer, certainly better than many on those reality singing shows, but i wonder what people would think of her voice if they were told that a beautiful woman were singing whatever it is she sings? I think she benefits from the looks vs voice gap because we expect people with good voices to look good and people who do not look good to not be able to sing.

And it was about time for something heartwarming to happen on a Simon Cowell show. Because the fact is that she tried out on other shows before and didn't make it. If her voice is that great, then why not?

She's actually kind of a cute thing in that way that unsophisticated I wanna be in show business high school drama queens and kings way there is. Am I the only people who have met people like her before?
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WackoJacko
04/23/09

@Tart of Darkness: I expect people who look good to use auto-tune and/or lip sync and not really be able to do anything but the fact that they are beautiful nonetheless will outshine their lack of talent and earn them fickle praise but it doesn't matter because in the world "hotness" rules supreme.
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WackoJacko
04/23/09

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Richard, I'm sorry but what-EVER. She's awesome and orchestrated or not, it pleases me muchly to see people fawn over someone who ACTUALLY. CAN. SING. Who ACTUALLY. IS. SOMETHING. A BRITISH IDOL instead of some over caffeinated American one. Someone who IS. NOT. A. GOSSIP. GIRL. RECAP. OR. HILLS. RECAP. OR LADY GA.GA. Or BRITNEY'S. "COMEBACK." Or LINDSAY'S. E-HARMONY. SPOOF. Or any of the millions of other swirls of cold semen floating atop the rivers of sludge down the drains in our brains these days via hulu or VH1. Man! Let the people dream a dream of Susan Boyle. It'll blow over soon enough and some hairless Jonas Brother will slaughter her and rightfully assume his throne once more. Don't you worry that, petal. It will. It will. It will.
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somethingsfishy
04/23/09

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why is this SUCH a big deal? I don't see why it's so "moving" and "shocking" that a kind of heinous looking woman has such a great voice...at the end of the day, it's just another chick that can sing. whatever.
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WackoJacko
04/23/09

@somethingsfishy: Why does everyone think she's so "heinous looking?" Now Marguritte Perrin? THAT'S heinous looking:

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contradicto
04/23/09

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Admit it, Richard. You don't have a heart, because Susan Boyle stole it.
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stanhalen
04/23/09

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What a fucking hateful piece of shit this piece is.

Let me Ask you something Mr. Lawson; Do you sing in the shower and think to yourself that you have talent and thats it's not fair that it goes unnoticed...Then you see a recording of this Brit bitty waddle on to a stage and sing like a fucking bird, and it drives you bananas..
You turn in to a hate volcano, sitting in your big city apartment. all alone. on a crate & barrel couch you paid too much for. ranting and raving to no one.
I'll bet you're a sad little hater, arn't you?
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CodePink
04/23/09

@stanhalen: I think you have a lack of reading comprehension skills. And also, I think Richard got his couch at Ikea.
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scroll_lock
04/23/09

@CodePink: Pottery Barn's got some deals but I don't care for their fabric options.
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Richard Lawson
04/23/09

@stanhalen: Huh? Did you not read the part where I said I teared up with joy when I watched her sing?
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CodePink
04/23/09

@Richard Lawson: (I don't think the person is very good at reading.)
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Calraigh
04/23/09

@stanhalen: I do a much better impression of a hate volcano. Richard's is weak, at best. He always falls down at the ''SPEW LAVA NOW!!!!'' part.

P.S What's a '' Brit bitty ''? I
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allyzay
04/23/09

@Calraigh: he meant to write "Brit's titties", i am assuming he thought this was about ms. spears...?
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PaisleyPajamas
04/23/09

@stanhalen: And no, I don't smoke weed.
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scroll_lock
04/23/09

In reply to Susan Boyle Is Everyone's Fault
She does have real talent and putting aside the way she looks- she makes me uncomfortable and embarrassed when I see her interacting with people. It's like the Napoleon Dynamite scene where the jocks are grilling him about how he spent his summer and laughing at his awkward remarks. I think it's sad that people like the mayor of her village "suddenly" found time to pay attention to her or the stories about how the village teens who made fun of her now flock to her door for hugs and autographs. Not unlike when the Elephant Man went from being a freak to socially in demand.
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MrInBetween
04/23/09

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Mama always said: "Never judge a book by its cover."

She also always said: "Never trust a spinster with facial hair."
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ScottieB
04/23/09

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I talk with real live people as much as I read websites, and it seems everyone I meet from all walks of life eventually bring up - without being cued -watching that video and crying their eyes out.
There is something about that moment and the person that struck a chord with people and I don't believe Simon or anyone else in reality television has the vision or senvitivity to have planned it.
Maybe on the inside, most people feel a little like Susan Boyle - an ugly duckling who could have been... well, almost anything.
And we lived a dream come true through her in our little beige cubicles.
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Calraigh
04/23/09

@ScottieB: WE ARE ALL SUSAN BOYLE.

/fixed.
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CodePink
04/23/09

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I've performed in plays Off-Broadway. But if you put me in a flannel and mis-fitting jeans without lipgloss on some reality show audition stage, I'd look like a chubby misfit wanna be. Then I say, I'm doing Harper from ANGELS IN AMERICA and guess what? It would APPEAR that I would blow everyone away. But it'd only be because of the flannel shirt and lack of shiny lips. Oh, and then you'd see that I live in the Bronx, and oh, the Bronx, isn't it dangerous there, a white girl in the Bronx and then it comes out that I'm unemployed but I went to NYU! and oh there's a scandal there. Yeah. So. Appearances.
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1.1.1.
04/23/09

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Old Biddy?
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allyzay
04/23/09

@1.1.1.: seriously how many times are you going to bitch about this?
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Drunken Economist
04/23/09

@allyzay: Don't mind 1.1.1. She broke up with 127.0.0.1 and life just hasn't been the same.
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Drunken Economist
04/23/09

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I'm soo sorry but I'd rather rickroll Susan Boyle singing than look at the 6+ yelling headed hydra of C, 'C is for candyass' -NBC.

We yanks have been desensitized by such shrill noise for awhile. Then, someone comes along with the voice of an angel and all you can do is fling the poo. Great job!

Bring me the head of Larry Kudlow, preferably on a Spartan shield. And have Susan Boyle sing the hosannas and throwing rose petals. Ah Utopia....
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1.1.1.
04/23/09

In reply to Susan Boyle Is Everyone's Fault
Spinster?

Old Biddy

Nice to see that you're moving beyond the stereotypes, Richard. (Don't try to justify them as "ironic" citations.)

'Til next time, when you're actually funny.
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Richard Lawson
04/23/09

@1.1.1.: Well, the old biddy is mine, but the spinster is from pretty much every article written on her. So, half irony.
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Richard Lawson
04/23/09

@1.1.1.: Also, why can't I try to justify them as 'ironic citations'? You not seeing the jokes that way doesn't mean that you necessarily have any insight on my intent.
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CodePink
04/23/09

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The Bumblebee Girl from the Blind Melon video grew up to be a porn star.
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Kari's Favorite Mark
04/23/09

@CodePink: really?
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CodePink
04/23/09

@Kari's Favorite Mark: Nope!
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Dave J.
04/23/09

In reply to Susan Boyle Is Everyone's Fault
I love this collective "we are shocked because she looks like something of a troll, but she has a gorgeous voice." Which comes as a surprise, for we all know that beautiful people make beautiful music, 100% of the time.

Exhibit A:

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iplaudius
04/23/09

@Dave J.: Yes, Wagnerian Isoldes and Brunhildes being Exhibit A.
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SybilDisobedience
04/23/09

@Dave J.: I was going to call up Ronnie James Dio as an "ugly person/great music" example, til I remembered that Dio's music sucks and is terrible. The videos are fun though.
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AuntPeniston
04/23/09

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All this time I thought the Scottish Woman was just a mythical creature.
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