For the love of all things popular and cultury, can everyone just shut up about Susan freaking Boyle? I’m sick of hearing about her, and I’m imposing a worldwide ban on the mention of her name…
…right after I’m done talking about her right now.
I get it, she can sing. But lots of people can sing! There are about as many people with amazing voices who aren’t famous singers as there are people with awful voices who are. Hell, I can even sing (provided it’s during SingStar, the microphones aren’t too loud, and no one is paying attention). So really, what’s more amazing to everybody – the fact that she has a good voice, or the fact that she has a good voice despite the fact that she is ugly?
Because really, that’s the subtext, isn’t it?
Susan Boyle has the most amazing voice! (for an ugly old thing)
I was so amazed by her voice! (because she’s so unattractive)
Isn’t she inspiring? She’s so brave! (because Lord knows if I looked like that I wouldn’t go on the telly)
I’d feel sorry for the woman if she hadn’t turned out to be such a douche ($50 says she would never have collapsed and been rushed to hospital if she had won). The fact is, it isn’t her “amazing” singing voice that got her immediate, short-lived (but not NEARLY short enough) worldwide fame. That she vaguely resembles the Rock Biter from Neverending Story is of more consequence to her fame than her actual talent. And this, to me, is the whole basis of Britain’s Got Talent.
Holy Shit, Fat Ugly Losers Have Talent Too! would be a more appropriate and more honest title. And everyone would still watch it. Hell, I’d watch it more.
And for all future people auditioning for Britain’s Got Talent -- no more ‘Nessun Dorma’. It isn’t at all impressive that you can sing ‘Nessun Dorma’. Michael fucking Bolton sang Nessun Dorma. My grandmother sings Nessun Dorma (ironically, my grandmother looks like a cross between Susan Boyle and Michael Bolton). ANYONE can make ‘Nessun Dorma’ sound impressive -- as 80s hair band ManoWar can surely attest:
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What made Susan Boyle inspiring as far as I was concerned is the fact that she’s got as far as she has despite her brain damage and learning disabilities. If she finds a patient producer to get her off the stage and into a studio, she may still do well, but this is generally a case of someone who didn’t know what to do with the spotlight once she had it. She needs to be at home, with her cat.
She has learning disabilities? I had absolutely no idea about this, despite the media coverage. Does this confirm my whole hypothesis regarding the basis of her fame, or does it merely highlight my ignorance?
Maybe I’m better off not knowing?
Great singer…Pity about the face…
I’m surprised she only has One cat. Isn’t she supposed to have about twenty, and when she passes by people on the street she mumbles unintelligible mumbo gumbo and throws them towards the people?