Wednesday, 15 April 2009

I had a dream - no straight jacket required

47 Year old Susan Boyle wowed the judges with her performance in the auditions for Britain's Got Talent, singing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables.

Prematurely writing her off as a joke the judges quickly admitted how wrong they had been to judge this very talented lady by her appearance.

"When you walked out everyone in the audience was cynical. We were all laughing at you - it's the biggest wake-up call ever," one of the judges admitted after they had heard her.

Even Simon Cowell (American Idol's most hard to please and scowling judge) was bowled off his feet. I don't think I've ever seen him smile so much.

View this amazing lady and hear her incredibly moving voice here

Here are the lyrics to the song

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
As they turn your dream to shame.

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 form this hell I'm living
so different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

Interestingly for Susan her dreams, unlike the lyrics, is really coming alive. The lady who said she had never been loved and never been kissed now even has her own fan club.

Susan Boyle Fansites :-
http://www.susan-boyle.com
http://www.susanboyle-bgt.co.uk/
http://susan-boyle.britains-got-talen...
Susan Boyle Bebo Fan Club :-
http://www.bebo.com/WeLoveSusanBoyle

I loved Susan the minute she stepped on the stage - she was funny, sparkly, lively and interesting - all this even before she sang and totally blew me away. I must admit I did feel my passions aroused when I saw people looking at her and rolling their eyes as she wiggled her hips and chuckled and told them about her dream - you can see the pre-singing audience reaction on the video footage. Shame on people for not being able to love a person for who they are - with or without talent.

Susan is adorable! I love her sense of humor and lack of "pomp"- here's here's one of the story items posted about her (source http://talent.itv.com/news/story/item_100074.htm)

No straight jacket required!
Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle may not have made a living from her singing just yet – but that hasn’t stopped her making the most of her talents.

Susan is now a world-wide sensation – but her singing talents first appeared much closer to home.

She told us: “I do sing at church – and I also do a bit of amateur dramatics. I sing everywhere I can, to anybody who will really listen. They would be better off with a budgie though, do you not think?”

“I even performed at the Edinburgh Festival once, on the fringe. I was in a production of Romeo and Juliet. Was I Juliet? I don’t know what I was supposed to be. The tights were an embarrassment. But it was a laugh-a-minute magical for kids”.

If Susan makes it far enough in this competition, however, her audience won’t be school kids – it’d be Her Majesty the Queen! And that would suit Susan just fine.

She said, “Whatever comes my way, I am ready. It would be lovely to sing for the Queen. There would be less of the carry on from me, and more of the singing”.

“She is a very regal lady, very nice, so I would be nice too, and just get up there and give it a bit of wellie.”

And Susan isn’t worried that the showbiz life would send her off the rails like so many stressed-out stars before her. She laughs, “It’s a challenge. Life is a challenge sometimes but this is different. And I like to test myself”.

“If it all gets too much and they lock me up, I want a great big straight jacket with spots on it. A pink one…”

“…And a big zip on the back so I can escape!”

If your dreams could do with some encouragement click here. Who knows what talent you could unleash and where your dreams could take you. Or contact me to schedule a Passion@work coaching session - I'd love to help your dreams come alive.