Susan Boyle to be on Larry King in a few minutes (9 p.m. EDT); have you heard her "Cry Me A River?"

[Faygo Kid]

Anyway, worth checking out. Her voice was even better 10 years ago. And this has been her week, and perhaps many of ours, who have waited for a story like this. This song is better than what she may yet do, at her age. But then again, who knows?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ETPG26ALE

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. You know,

I am not going to watch it. Thanks for the heads up, but I am so afraid for her, so afraid of her fragility and how she might be exploited, I'm afraid to watch.

Do you know what I mean?

[Cha]

9. She'll be fine..she's

got nerves of steel. I don't get cnn though so would appreciate any feedback from those who see her handle Larry.

[Turborama]

36. Susan, "I won't be lonely anymore"

Also, Piers Morgan just apologized to her and asked her out on a date. I think he must have been getting a lot of flack in the UK, hopefully this has taught him something about humility...

She's handling it all very well, she's so humble and it doesn't seem to have made her go all egotistical at all, still the sweet soul we all love...



(Edited to fix typo)

[Cha]

60. She's seems like an awesome being

just from what I saw on the youtube with the money shots of the judges' and audience's reactions before and after!

I also see her getting a makeover a la Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries.:*

[Warpy]

14. I don't see her as particularly fragile

She's lived her life in service to others and you see a hell of a lot more doing that than you do working in an office.

I just hope nobody tries to glam her up. I think she looks exactly the way she's supposed to look.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

15. She's lived her life as little more than a recluse -

an office would be an alien place for Susan Boyle. She's never held a job and still sleeps in the room she occupied as a child. All she's been is a caregiver for her parents. Your term 'service to others' is disingenuous and misleading. She rarely leaves her house.

She's fragile, and if you don't think so, you've clearly not read about her life. She's a dear soul who is tough in her own small way, but turning the world's spotlight on her is a daunting and frightening thing, and I fear for her. Anyone would...............

[medeak]

20. oh please.... guess you haven't seen

the interviews with the pub patrons where she sings karoke. "she can handle herself very well" ect

[Tangerine LaBamba]

21. That's in her own little village,

surrounded by people she knows. The pub owner also said she sits by herself with her half-pint of lemonade and doesn't talk with anyone.

Oh, please? Maybe some people are more thoughtful than others. You clearly don't have to bear that burden.............

[medeak]

24. I didn't use the word YOU

but YOU did. And you have NO IDEA THE BURDENS I HAVE!!!!!! YOU are on ignore
edited to say my husband has early onset of Parkinsons. I know what it is to be a caretaker like she was of her mother.

[katanalori]

37. Your sentiments

brought a tear to my eye. Thank you. And when most people are worried about her fucking eyebrows.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

68. You get it ............

So many people, as you observed, don't.

That you understood what I wrote gives me just a tiny bit of hope.

Thank you, and welcome, a bit belatedly, to DU!

:hi:

[GoesTo11]

70. What's not to get?

[pnwmom]

44. Watch the rerun, Tangerine. She did FINE! And she sang a new song.

Not "I dreamed a dream" or "Cry me a River."

Wish I knew the name of it!

The best part to me: Larry asked if she would be getting a makeover. Her response was something like: No. Why should I?

Hurray for Susan!

[aquart]

46. When do we get the clip of the new song?

Says the non-cable individual.

[pnwmom]

64. Here's a link to the whole Larry King segment.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaFloQ-M0t0

[SammyWinstonJack]

54. What a rude thing to say! And has Larry looked in a mirror lately? If he wants to go down that

path, a mirror is definitely what he needs.

[pnwmom]

63. I couldn't agree more. n/t

[medeak]

2. she gave 50 interviews yesterday and going on Oprah

and talent judge says she will not get a makeover until winning over America.. sounds like Simon Cowell Inc is busy

[Bonobo]

8. +1

Hook, line and sinker. Reel 'em, in! Chi-ching!

[medeak]

18. yep.. Simon is counting the $$ in his brain

and totally orgasmic am certain.

[DeepBlueC]

12. It is not in her interest to start the competition with a makeover

People feel protective of her now and they want to watch the metamorphosis happen. It's part of the drama of such a competition.

[aquart]

49. Exactly.

[medeak]

62. there won't be makeover as per judge on show

Meanwhile, Simon Cowell's fellow British judge Amanda Holden said Boyle would NOT be getting a makeover:


"She needs to stay exactly as she is because that's the reason we love her. She just looks like anybody who could live on your street.


"The minute we turn her into a glamour-puss is when it's spoilt. That can perhaps come later when she's signed the album deal and conquered America.

"For now we'll keep her exactly as she is because that's why we've all fallen in love with her. I think it's the underdog thing. It's somebody who's looked after her mother all her life."

[pnwmom]

67. I don't want to see a metamorphosis EVER.

She's already emerged from her cocoon, as the lovely butterfly that she is.

She doesn't need to get Madison Avenue-ized.

[aquart]

47. FIFTY interviews? Ye gods.

Hope someone gave her lunch.

[glowing]

3. The difference is a studio and not some raw nerves.

[AllieB]

4. I loved the original version-my parents had a Julie London record

we used to play when we were little.

[babylonsister]

5. Is she the amazing singer that cnn labeled 'spinster'?

That burned me up. :mad:

[Faygo Kid]

11. Certainly not her fault.

We all have to back her. No single person in my lifetime (aged 57) has achieved so much fame so fast.

[babylonsister]

13. I meant that 'label' was unnecessary. nt

[Xipe Totec]

6. I have now

I was stunned.

[Dinger]

7. Thanks For The Heads Up.

I'll tune in:)

[DeepBlueC]

10. Dare I hope for a guest host?

Listening to him makes me cringe. x(

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. I got a glimpse of him a few days ago ........

He was sitting in a chair, looking like a gnarled little gnome.

Totally creepy. Plus, he's stupid. I cannot bear him or his insipid questions.........................

[DeepBlueC]

27. Remember him on the radio?

He really came to hate ordinary Americans...every time one of them talked him into a corner he'd shout "You're an idiot" and cut off the call. By the end he wasn't saying much more than that. I'd fall asleep during his show only to be awakened every 5 minutes with "YOU'RE AN IDIOT!" Click. He definitely felt more at ease with ignorant but Important people.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

29. I never heard him on radio,

but that kind of crap doesn't surprise me. Given his history - marital and financial (he's a deadbeat on both counts) - he strikes me as a total creep.....................

[DeepBlueC]

31. It was broadcast here late night

I used to use it to bore me to sleep.

[DeepBlueC]

16. I see Ashton Kutcher on Larry King?

Talking about a Twitter War........... :boring:

[DeepBlueC]

17. Sean Coombs next...

What kind of evil charade is this? :grr:

[Faygo Kid]

19. I'm with you. Yet again, the media is clueless as to what the real story is.

Larry is hopeless. Ed Sullivan would have gotten her on immediately.

They live in a cocoon. They don't realize how big and fast this story is. This is the world we live in, where she was just a Scots woman a week ago tonight, and is now the biggest superstar in the world.

Even P. Diddy, in his cocoon, doesn't get it.

[dustbunnie]

51. They want you to keep watching till the end.

The big story is always last. :)

[kestrel91316]

23. Her rendering of Cry Me A River is right up there with Julie London's

AFAIAC. I knew Julie London back in the 80s, and at that point she had a gravelly smoker's voice - she ruined it.

[Faygo Kid]

25. Didn't she ad for Winston's? "Come up and smoke one sometime?"

I could have but did not Google her; I am well old enough to remember her. Beautiful.

[Captain Hilts]

30. Yes, she did. nt

[NYCGirl]

32. "Pick one up and smoke it sometimes" was Edie Adams for Muriel Cigars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7EbLIdE88Q

(Edie and her husband, the great Ernie Kovacs, had earlier done commercials for Dutch Masters Cigars)

BTW, Julie London has a slightly different image from Susan Boyle —



Edited to add:

Found Julie London's Marlboro commercial. Wow, she was sexy.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1640149673?bctid=1646076008

[Politicalboi]

69. It just clicked that she played

Dixie on Emergency in the 70's.

[medeak]

26. yes it was terrific.. but know so many incredibly talented artists

that didn't have the representation behind them. So sad. Am only family member not in showbiz..was exposed to the greats and those who wanted to be great and no reason for them not making it. She is a very lucky woman.

[whistler162]

28. agreed,,, the recording of Cry Me a River reminded me of

Julie London's voice, a similar presentation of a song.

Julie Is Her Name Volume 1&2 track 1

http://www.amazon.com/Julie-Her-Name-Vols-1-2/dp/B000008HTO

[malaise]

33. Morgan just apologized to her on Larry King

says it was a long day in Glasgow with mostly terrible performances.

[Faygo Kid]

34. Finally! She's on!

WHAT was Larry thinking?

[mamalone]

35. I hope you'll give a play by play...

for those of us who are tee vee free

[Faygo Kid]

41. She sang beautifully. And was not professionally made up.

She was Perfect. Again.

I adore this woman. Of course, it reminds me of many women I have adored over the past five decades,

Two that mattered most.

[mamalone]

42. Sounds like you have good taste...

in the people you adore:)

[pnwmom]

45. She sang another song. Sorry, I don't know the name of it.

But it wasn't "Cry me a River."

[malaise]

53. That was the song from the Titanic

Think it won the Oscar that year

[Spazito]

56. Was it "My Heart Will Go On"? n/t

[malaise]

58. Yep

Thanks -couldn't remember the title. Lovely rendition.

[malaise]

38. Larry's a twit

with the twitterers.

Susan Boyle can sing. She has no plan of changing. I love that..

[Gin]

39. Is she wonderful or what? Peirce was sweet toward her, and apologized for

the way he behaved when she came on stage....he asked her to have dinner with and she accepted....thank you Universe for this woman...she warms the heart strings..with her nature and angelic voice.

[mamalone]

40. awww... he asked her to dinner?

That alone makes me smile:)

[pnwmom]

48. He said that her statements about him "had not gone unnoticed."

And proceeded to ask her if she'd have dinner with him. Very sweet.

[aquart]

52. What? What did she say about him and who is he?

I'm so out of the loop.

[mamalone]

57. Oh! Oh! Oh! I know the answer to this one!

He is one of the judges for the show. She had said that she "thought he was lovely." Kind of intimated that she has had a crush on him. She also had said that she curled her hair for the audition specially so she'd look nice for him.

She is such a darling thing.

[pnwmom]

66. If you want to get in the loop

just go to "google news" and type in Susan Boyle.

[malaise]

61. Truthfully I think it's wrong for him to invite her to dinner

There are other contestants.

[riverwalker]

43. wow wow wow

Sexy, sultry, even singing some scat. Thanks for that, I hadn't heard the "Cry me a River".
Damn she's amazing!

[GardeningGal]

50. Well, I hope it ends up on YouTube....

Too much snow on my receiver so I can't get the late version of Larry King.

[aquart]

55. Yep. It's there. More than once, I see.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYd-gvQieOU>

[mamalone]

59. Thanks so much for the link! nt

[JI7]

65. Larry King spends half the show talking about Twitter

[L0oniX]

71. Welcome to my ignore susan boyle dungeon