Cinderella story

[Hannah Bell]

I normally despise american idol-type shows, but this one got to me:

She's middle-aged, unemployed, ugly, learning-disabled & teased in school, lives in council housing in scotland, & the *realness* shines through the stage-managed phoniness:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Singing starts at 1:45, worth watching.


Secret sadness of Britain's Got Talent star

Susan Boyle's performance of Les Miserables song was the first time she had sung since mother's death

Susan Boyle, a 48-year-old church volunteer from Blackburn, West
Lothian, said she could not bring herself to sing after the death of
her mother Bridget, 91, in 2007.

Boyle, who has lived alone with her cat Pebbles since the death of
her mother and admits to never having been kissed, conceded she
would make an unlikely pop star but said she did not have the
confidence to perform when she was younger.

“I know I’m an older woman but I would never have had the confidence
to do something like this when I was younger,” she said. “I have
definitely improved and got more confident as I have got older.”

She added that she hoped her appearances on the show would help her
find work. “I have been long-term unemployed and it is very
difficult to find work, especially during a recession,” she said.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6078159.ece


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
And 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 hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame.

And still
I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years 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 form this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

[murielm99]

1. Oh, she'll find work.

She is deserving and inspiring.

[applegrove]

4. Yes I really hope this experience changes her life for good.

[Control-Z]

2. Thank you for posting

I only saw a few seconds of coverage on the news last night. Not enough to hear her sing or know her story. She is truly an inspiration. I had tears in my eyes, listening to her. I hope she has a wonderful, bright future ahead of her because of this performance. It sounds like she hasn't had the best of breaks up until now.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I cry when I watch the video

she's getting a LOT of publicity and I expect her to land a recording contract soon.

[NeedleCast]

5. OT: Any thread that begins with Cinderella Story

Should include obligatory pictures of Bill Murrey in Caddyshack.

[merh]

6. That look on Simon's face tells me that he will sign her

to a contract and for all his macho/tough guy bluster, I think he is a decent guy and his heart was touched - I think Susan has found a friend who will help her.