Comments on: Thank You, Susan Boyle

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By: melatoningirl

melatoningirl — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:36:03 +0000

Susan Boyle has exceptional voice. I wish i had a voice like her.

By: Patti Ross

Patti Ross — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:58:13 +0000

Raz,

I just love coming here and letting inspiration flow through my veins. Thanks for your time and the gifts you share.

Much love,
Patti

By: Raz

Raz — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:04:20 +0000

And here are some great quotes from a recent BBC article (thanks, Dad, for passing it along):

Boyle has shattered prejudices about the connection between age,
appearance and talent. She has proved that you don’t have to be young
and glamorous to be talented, and recognised as such.

Lisa Schwarzbaum, writer for US celebrity magazine Entertainment
Weekly, said the performance was a powerful reality check.

She wrote: “In our pop-minded culture so slavishly obsessed with
packaging – the right face, the right clothes, the right attitudes,
the right Facebook posts – the unpackaged artistic power of the
unstyled, un-hip, un-kissed Ms Boyle let me feel, for the duration of
one blazing showstopping ballad, the meaning of human grace.

“She pierced my defences. She reordered the measure of beauty. And I
had no idea until tears sprang how desperately I need that corrective.”

Her post has been followed by comments from scores of readers saying
they watched the clip repeatedly, with the same emotional response.

“I cried SO hard,” read one. “There’s something so beautiful about
reaching your dreams… and knowing that age means nothing.”

Another wrote: “I cry because she reminds us to hope, to never lose
track of our dreams, to keep putting one foot in front of the other no
matter what others say or think. She gives us hope.”

“Fairytales don’t come any more satisfactory than this,” wrote
columnist Melanie Reid in The Times.

“The sisterhood of the plain, those of us who will never look like
Girls Aloud, nor even Girls Aloud’s grandmothers, are cheering as
never before.

“Susan Boyle is the ugly duckling who didn’t need to turn into a swan;
she has fulfilled the dreams of millions who, downtrodden by the
cruelty of a culture that judges them on their appearance, have
settled for life without looking in the mirror.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8005767.stm

By: Sasha Veregin

Sasha Veregin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:54:47 +0000

This has undoubtedly touched my heart and soul. I’ve been utterly moved to tears of joy and hope. This is a big wake up call for so many, full of heart and the beauty of life.

Inspirational. I’ve been sharing this with many people.

Love and blessings,

By: Raz

Raz — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:27:48 +0000

Okay, so this song is out of control as well--amazing voice.

By: Raz

Raz — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:05:53 +0000

Hi Dale–great perspective. I think you’re right about people wanting to be believed in, despite what any of us say (even us red/driver personality types!).

By: Dale Southam

Dale Southam — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:31:40 +0000

Raz,
A friend sent this to me the other day prior to me reading your blog. I cried then and I cried again! How moving! I think we all just want to have someone believe in us. Honestly, that is why I never give up on anyone that has a dream.

By: Raz

Raz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:46:15 +0000

Roland, that article is an exceptional articulation of why Susan does, indeed, make us cry.

Thanks for the great post!

By: Roland

Roland — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:51:28 +0000

Great to hear others are as moved as I am. I keep watching it over and over again as well, tearing each time.

I found this wonderful sharing by Letty Cottin Pogrebin (founder of Ms. Magazine) entitled: Why Susan Boyle Makes Us Cry–

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/letty-cottin-pogrebin/why-susan-boyle-makes-us_b_187790.html

Enjoy and keep living those dreams!