Susan Boyle
I'm sorry guys for not being active on my blog...I'm looking for a job and that is taking my time....My music and singing training and belly dance training have suffered drastically also...only thing is flamenco because I luckily get those classes for free and luckily from a phenomenal teacher...
However, I had to write a little note about... Susan Boyle... I'm upset, irrate, annoyed, bothered, saddened at people's reactions to
Susan Boyle's magnificent singing voice. People are astonished, and some have gotten tears in their eyes because how amazed they are by her beautiful singing voice. People are celebrating her voice like she's the next coming of something holy.
Why is that? Is it because she doesn't look like, Shakira, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, Halle Berry?...What does that say? If someone came on any stage and had some comparable beauty to the aforementioned or some other beauty queen, people wouldn't for the most part initially doubt on their singing abilities. They start on a blank slate. However, a 47 year woman who is not a size 2 with long flowing hair, who doesn't fit the typical model or barbie look is automatically looked upon as not as talented even before she has opened her mouth.
People started to laugh at Susan Boyle before she even opened her mouth! Sickening.
I don't have the most amazing singing voice. that's a fact. I don't look like the aforementioned celebrities. that's a fact. But i've come to realize that maybe we need to go back to the days where there wasn't music videos. When it was all based on the voice. Maybe then people wouldn't be as surprised that someone who doesn't look like Cindy Crawford can sing.
This is some of the reason why we have these sickening views on beauty, in particular of women. They have to feel like they have to look like something to be given a chance. I think Christina Aguilera stated some time ago that there were singers/backup singers a whole lot better and more talented than her. However, because they dont' look a certain way, they won't ever be given a chance.
Does Susan Boyle fit in that category?....Luckily her voice on national tv somehow gave her a chance and people's misconceptions on her talent and her looks...
If you are one of those people who laughed at her or simply somewhat doubted her...due to your views on beauty and now you are celebrating her talent....you should be ashamed of yourself...
P.S. here's the video since it can't be embedded...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related
However, I had to write a little note about... Susan Boyle... I'm upset, irrate, annoyed, bothered, saddened at people's reactions to
Susan Boyle's magnificent singing voice. People are astonished, and some have gotten tears in their eyes because how amazed they are by her beautiful singing voice. People are celebrating her voice like she's the next coming of something holy.Why is that? Is it because she doesn't look like, Shakira, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Britney Spears, Halle Berry?...What does that say? If someone came on any stage and had some comparable beauty to the aforementioned or some other beauty queen, people wouldn't for the most part initially doubt on their singing abilities. They start on a blank slate. However, a 47 year woman who is not a size 2 with long flowing hair, who doesn't fit the typical model or barbie look is automatically looked upon as not as talented even before she has opened her mouth.
People started to laugh at Susan Boyle before she even opened her mouth! Sickening.
I don't have the most amazing singing voice. that's a fact. I don't look like the aforementioned celebrities. that's a fact. But i've come to realize that maybe we need to go back to the days where there wasn't music videos. When it was all based on the voice. Maybe then people wouldn't be as surprised that someone who doesn't look like Cindy Crawford can sing.
This is some of the reason why we have these sickening views on beauty, in particular of women. They have to feel like they have to look like something to be given a chance. I think Christina Aguilera stated some time ago that there were singers/backup singers a whole lot better and more talented than her. However, because they dont' look a certain way, they won't ever be given a chance.
Does Susan Boyle fit in that category?....Luckily her voice on national tv somehow gave her a chance and people's misconceptions on her talent and her looks...
If you are one of those people who laughed at her or simply somewhat doubted her...due to your views on beauty and now you are celebrating her talent....you should be ashamed of yourself...
P.S. here's the video since it can't be embedded...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related
posted by AVIANA at 10:12 AM
5 Comments:
Thanks a lot for sharing the video.
There are lots of us who would not have bet a dime on Susan Boyle(apparently some from the audience too) before her performance. And it is also true that there are a lot of us for whom the voice is as important as the appearance. But Susan just blew these notions to smithereens. That was truly an astonishing performance. Here is wishing that she achieves all that she ever wished.
hey man, hang in there! know a little hot u feel right now bout looking for a job and all that.
take care!
I know how you feel, but she sure showed them and I was so glad!
Am all smiles for her...and the hope she gives to millions who live and die in the shadows unable to get the world to stand up and notice their talent...just because its blinded by its own narrow perceptions...
Christine Aguilera is completely generic and unremarkable. If Aguilare's backup singers are better than Susan Boyle, perhaps they need to switch places. Let Aguilera's backup singers sing lead vocals instead of Aguilera.
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