Literal manly tears in my eyes, kids, for Susan Boyle (right), the plain-Jane, dowdy Brit who is lighting up YouTube like her own personal telly these days. Even though it has nothing to do with racing, as a violent fan of the underdog, Susan makes me weepy, and I had to post about it.
Watch the video below ... the audience is all eye rolls and mental disses for Susan, until she starts singing ... and melts their faces off. She drills a towering blast, a soaring SHOT, a furoucious el gigante figurative home run so majestic that people who witnessed it are making monuments and planning future pilgrimages to the spot. It's like a homely, little-league girl with a limp effortlessly going YARD on Nolan Ryan in his prime.
I admit when I first saw her photo I thought Susan was a crossdresser. There, I said it, and after I listened to her sing, I got weepy. Seriously. She slaps some C4 on the Pretty People Only door to success and blows it into matchsticks.
For me and the legion of people out there who are average looking at best and tired of exterior appearance (or skin color or gender) dominating everything, Susan Boyle is our heroine thug. Women especially in any form of entertainment are expected to be attractive before they are allowed to be successful. Well screw that. Bring the PAIN to the beautiful people, Susan! Bring it, back up, and bring it again. Hup, hup, hup ... oh HELL yes!
Click the link to be inspired by raw talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk
Perfectly stated, Pressdog.
I heard talk of this on the radio the other day when they aired an audio clip...I thought "man, this woman sings like nobody I've ever heard." Didn't catch all the commentary that went along with it, but now I see why there was such a fuss being made.
I'm 100% in agreement with you here, 'dog, on all points. Thank you for posting it.
Posted by: Mike | April 21, 2009 at 01:03 PM
Wow - I hadn't had time to hear her sing until now. Amazing. Womanly tears flowing here...thanks for sharing, pdog.
Posted by: Bash | April 21, 2009 at 09:08 PM
Damn you Pdog. You link to this, the mutt finally watches whilst sick, and cried like a little bitch. Damn you SIR!
Posted by: The American Mutt | April 23, 2009 at 05:37 PM
Wow. I finally listened. All I can say is -Wow. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Sue | April 23, 2009 at 07:38 PM