Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent

[Fran]

Here are the words if anyone wants to sing along to the video: 

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,
When 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 hopes apart,
As they turn your dreams to shame.

And still I dream he'll come to me,
And we will live our lives 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 from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seems...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...

I ran across this fantastic column from Glasgow's Herald:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresopinon/display.var.2501746.0.The_beauty_that_matters_is_always_on_the_inside.php

Thanks for posting this, Katherine.  I was wondering about her.

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

I ran across this fantastic column from Glasgow's Herald:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresopinon/display.var.2501746.0.The_beauty_that_matters_is_always_on_the_inside.php

The beauty that matters is always on the inside

12:01am Tuesday 14th April 2009

By COLETTE DOUGLAS HOME

Great article, Katherine. Really, really lovely.

A tangential aside--not giving anything away from the article itself, I hope--possibly for Americans who are not aware: the writer's surname, Douglas Home (or Douglas-Home, pronounced Hume ) is an old and distinguished one in the UK, and in Scotland. (And now all the world knows Susan Boyle is a Scot!) Collete Douglas Home (as she styles herself) is the wife of Mark Douglas-Home, former editor of The Herald; he left the paper in 2005 as he was unhappy (it was believed) because of management's budget cuts. His  uncle was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister 1963-1964. For anybody is interested, google and wikipedia awaits.

[serious crayons]

A tangential aside--not giving anything away from the article itself, I hope--possibly for Americans who are not aware: the writer's surname, Douglas Home (or Douglas-Home, pronounced Hume ) is an old and distinguished one in the UK, and in Scotland. (And now all the world knows Susan Boyle is a Scot!) Collete Douglas Home (as she styles herself) is the wife of Mark Douglas-Home, former editor of The Herald; he left the paper in 2005 as he was unhappy (it was believed) because of management's budget cuts. His  uncle was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister 1963-1964. For anybody is interested, google and wikipedia awaits.

Thanks for that background, John! I'd never heard of the writer before, and just stumbled upon this piece via a reference on Andrew Sullivan's blog (which I don't often read, either, for that matter).

[Ellemeno]

Very nice article.

She has a beautiful voice. I'm surprised that it hasn't been discovered before. She was funny with the judges. I hope she wins. I don't know why they were so amazed. Paul Potts wasn't "the norm" in looks when he got his chance on the show either. And he won (I think).

If Paul Potts married Susan Boyle, they could be Potts-Boyle.  And then we could watch Potts-Boyle.

[serious crayons]

If Paul Potts married Susan Boyle, they could be Potts-Boyle.  And then we could watch Potts-Boyle.

   Well, see, that's why that could never happen.

[CellarDweller]

If Paul Potts married Susan Boyle, they could be Potts-Boyle.  And then we could watch Potts-Boyle.

 

[Kelda]

I ran across this fantastic column from Glasgow's Herald:

It tickles me that you are quoting from the Glasgow Herald... 

Have you guys never heard I dreamed a Drem before? Its prety well known in the UK. Hae you guys heard of Elaine Paige?

[serious crayons]

It tickles me that you are quoting from the Glasgow Herald... 

I thought you might like that! 

Have you guys never heard I dreamed a Drem before? Its prety well known in the UK. Hae you guys heard of Elaine Paige?

No, I'd never heard the song, but I would guess it's better known here among those who frequent Broadway. As for Elaine Page, I first heard of her was just a few weeks ago! My son was studying the musical "Cats" in school, we got to singing the songs, and I was actually looking on YouTube for the Betty Buckley version of "Memory" but stumbled on Elaine Page's version instead. And that led to me listening to her "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." I didn't happen upon "I dreamed a Dream," though.

[Kelda]

I thought you might like that! 

[Ellemeno]

It tickles me that you are quoting from the Glasgow Herald... 

Have you guys never heard I dreamed a Drem before? Its prety well known in the UK. Hae you guys heard of Elaine Paige?

I had never heard of Elaine Page, but YouTubed her after Susan Boyle mentioned her.  I only listened to one song of hers - and it was "Memory" - but I enjoyed Susan Boyle more.