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Susan Boyle is in her 40s. She lives alone, with her cat, and says she has never been kissed. As a child, she was apparently the target of bullies because of a disability.

And then she went on reality TV in Britain. People were surely expecting a punch line, but probably not this one.

To say that she has a voice and a half seriously understates the case.

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I've never been to the UK

[haya.livejournal.com]

but I found it odd that it seemed they got this idea that she was not allowed to aspire to be anything or to WANT anything. Why can't she aspire to a career like Elaine Page?

If it pleases her to practice singing, why isn't she as welcome as anyone else to TRY?

I guess I'm just naive, but I didn't get that.

Re: I've never been to the UK

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Because she's not a size three and 16, that's why.

I intended to be dripping with sarcasism there, but right after I typed that I thought about it. I think there is a bit of truth in that. The mainstream media is very geared towards young and pretty. I know it is in the States. Not sure about UK.

I'm a fan of independent musicians, and they are all types. But I'm not sure how many would ever be offered a contract by a big label EVEN if they were to selling a million copies online.

I wonder if she simply didn't have anyone to encourage her in her singing.

In Dallas, Texas there is a community radio station, where they will play CDs from independent musicians as long as they make a contribution to the station. I've told a few friends about that. Where else can you get some airtime? Not in the mainstream radio, that's for sure.

And when it comes to radio and CDs, looks really don't matter, IMHO.

Anyway... enough with the babbling...

Re: I've never been to the UK

[haya.livejournal.com]

I think the state of art has been broken for a while. It's the reason we don't have the caliber of musicians and artists that we did before.
It seems to be too tough for the real artists to make a living.
It all seems to have more to do with who is selling them than what they can do.