Thursday, April 16, 2009

the biggest wake up call, ever

man my friend jon just showed me this amazing video about a woman names susan boyle who was a contestant on britain's got talent...i seriously hate the fact that i judged her so quickly myself. not to throw in a cliche but you really cant judge a book by its cover.


this video is better quality but i couldnt embed it: check it!

i told jon : that probably made her life
and he responded with: i hope it just started it!
which really made me happy, because its true.

an article from the buzz wrote:
"American Idol" isn't the only launching pad for aspiring singers. Across the pond, "Britain's Got Talent" scored a huge boost in the Buzz after an unassuming contestant gave an amazing performance.

Susan Boyle (remember that name) became a Web phenomenon after singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. The performance brought the audience to its feet and left the judges (including Simon Cowell) either speechless or in tears.

Before going on stage, Ms. Boyle admitted some self-deprecating facts about herself (she's never been kissed and lives alone with her cat, Pebbles). For those reasons and more, audiences were expecting the female William Hung. They were wrong.

Lookups on the sudden star posted huge gains. A no-name just the other day, Ms. Boyle quickly surged into our top 5,000 overall searches. Blogs and gossip rags went wild. The Mirror jumped on the story, reporting that while Ms. Boyle thought she "looked like a garage" on TV, she received a standing ovation when she showed up at her local church.

Other sources write that as a child, Ms. Boyle was the target of bullies because of a disability. But, with her newfound fame, she is getting the last laugh. In fact, she's already meeting with officials from Mr. Cowell's Sony BMG label. This may have been the first you've heard of her, but it certainly won't be the last. You can watch her performance below...
to make it even more amazing is the song she chose to sing, "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables...the lyrics are so powerful when you put them into context of who's singing them. (theyre also the story of my life...womp) 
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong

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
And they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

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 from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

man im so amped for this woman and her life right now

2 comments:

Sarah Keane said...

i can't stop watching this, and i can't stop crying.

Katie Keane said...

jon couldnt stop crying either i told him to be a man. it is cry worthy though, i cant say i did but i definitely got goosebumps and my heart dropped a bit