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  • Welcome to the Forum, rcpeden. Your post introducing yourself was lovely. I am so glad you have found inspiration and solace in Susan's music. I hope you enjoy your experiences here in the Forum and we will encourage you in your battle with the wicked "c".

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    • Hi Folks! allow me to reintroduce myself, JayBea is the name and I have been a member of this fan site since late 2009. I'm a longterm lurker and have made five posts. I don't want to fill the fan site pages with nonsense. Despite my lack of input I admire enormously every thing Susan has achieved since that fateful night on BGT, but I'm not a real fan, there I've said it, I've come out of the closet. I admire her voice, the way she can change the age of her voice e.g. Mad World, her sense of humour, her humility, well everything except, takes deep breath before continuing, except her choice of music, far too many slow tunes for my liking, but more on that subject later.

      I may not be a true fan of Susan's but I'm a fan of this fan site, I think I can lay claim to being the site's only 'groupie'. I'm a daily visitor to get all the latest news on Susan, and there are no shortage of correspondents to keep me up to date. I marvel at CB's posters, and like CB I have Paint Shop Pro so I try to figure out how he has achieved certain effects. Tweek's buttons are a delight to behold. In fact this fan site is populated by very talented people. I specialise in lurking myself.

      Back to the choice of music that Susan sings. I have no sense of adventure when it comes to music so Susan's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow left me cold, why change a perfectly good melody, it wasn't broke. Unchained Melody was never a favourite of mine, she sang it even slower than the original, and there are other songs that don't appeal which don't come readily to mind. So what do I like? 'Susan Sings Cole Porter' that I would buy. His lyrics are magical and melodies are memorable. Shut your eyes and hear Susan singing 'In the Still of the Night' as a beguine, up the tempo a bit for 'Anything Goes' then slow it down again for 'Night and Day'. There's no charge for all this BTW. How about Irvin Berlin or Jerome Kern, you get my drift. Cover songs sung by Billie Holiday. Like I said, I've no sense of adventure. One last addition, she has to sneak in 'Fame' somewhere, I'm with RIK on this. It's only a song, and Susan sings songs.

      So there you have it, JayBea's take on the musical world of Susan Boyle. You can tell by the spelling that I'm from the UK, though I haven't lived there for forty years, I'm as far away from the UK as I can get. I used to live in Edinburgh but never travelled on the A6 (I think I'm correct) that would have taken me to Blackburn.

      Just in case you are wondering, I'm a fella, and I lived through the abdication of Edward Vlll. I'll leave you to do the sums.

      Toodle pip

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      • Hi JayBea, and thanks for posting. I missed when you posted originally. Glad you enjoy the Forum, and certainly some of the comments you make about song choices aren't the first time they've been made on the Forum. In fact, there is a new thread about where to send song choice suggestions to Syco, in case you are interested:
        http://forum.susan-boyle.com/threads...t-Info-At-Syco
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        • Wow, JayBea, that has to be some kind of a record for daily faithful lurking!

          We all have different tastes in music. I'm impressed by your type of fanhood: a fan of the Forum.
          Blessings & Bear Hugs
          SusaFan Squad member
          Supporting Susan in a Positive Way

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          • Hi JayBea! Thanks for introducing yourself! Hope to hear from you some more

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            • Originally posted by JayBea View Post
              Hi Folks! allow me to reintroduce myself, JayBea is the name and I have been a member of this fan site since late 2009. I'm a longterm lurker and have made five posts. I don't want to fill the fan site pages with nonsense. Despite my lack of input I admire enormously every thing Susan has achieved since that fateful night on BGT, but I'm not a real fan, there I've said it, I've come out of the closet. I admire her voice, the way she can change the age of her voice e.g. Mad World, her sense of humour, her humility, well everything except, takes deep breath before continuing, except her choice of music, far too many slow tunes for my liking, but more on that subject later.

              I may not be a true fan of Susan's but I'm a fan of this fan site, I think I can lay claim to being the site's only 'groupie'. I'm a daily visitor to get all the latest news on Susan, and there are no shortage of correspondents to keep me up to date. I marvel at CB's posters, and like CB I have Paint Shop Pro so I try to figure out how he has achieved certain effects. Tweek's buttons are a delight to behold. In fact this fan site is populated by very talented people. I specialise in lurking myself.

              Back to the choice of music that Susan sings. I have no sense of adventure when it comes to music so Susan's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow left me cold, why change a perfectly good melody, it wasn't broke. Unchained Melody was never a favourite of mine, she sang it even slower than the original, and there are other songs that don't appeal which don't come readily to mind. So what do I like? 'Susan Sings Cole Porter' that I would buy. His lyrics are magical and melodies are memorable. Shut your eyes and hear Susan singing 'In the Still of the Night' as a beguine, up the tempo a bit for 'Anything Goes' then slow it down again for 'Night and Day'. There's no charge for all this BTW. How about Irvin Berlin or Jerome Kern, you get my drift. Cover songs sung by Billie Holiday. Like I said, I've no sense of adventure. One last addition, she has to sneak in 'Fame' somewhere, I'm with RIK on this. It's only a song, and Susan sings songs.

              So there you have it, JayBea's take on the musical world of Susan Boyle. You can tell by the spelling that I'm from the UK, though I haven't lived there for forty years, I'm as far away from the UK as I can get. I used to live in Edinburgh but never travelled on the A6 (I think I'm correct) that would have taken me to Blackburn.

              Just in case you are wondering, I'm a fella, and I lived through the abdication of Edward Vlll. I'll leave you to do the sums.

              Toodle pip
              I love the way you think with your song choices. please send them to the Managing Director of Syco--
              I could not agree more with your choices

              We have no power here. we have tried for years... you have excellent taste in songs- I guess you must live in either CA or Hawaii if you are far away from the UK as you can get
              Welcome
              Anyway,
              the email for the Managing Director of Syco is:

              sonny.takhar@syco.com

              cheers!
              Terijay
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              Caveat: All opinions expressed are in my humble opinion unless stated otherwise.

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              • Originally posted by MGinLA View Post
                Hi JayBea, and thanks for posting. I missed when you posted originally. Glad you enjoy the Forum, and certainly some of the comments you make about song choices aren't the first time they've been made on the Forum. In fact, there is a new thread about where to send song choice suggestions to Syco, in case you are interested:
                http://forum.susan-boyle.com/threads...t-Info-At-Syco
                thanks so much, MGinLA! I just told him the same thing (LOL)
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                Caveat: All opinions expressed are in my humble opinion unless stated otherwise.

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                • Hi, JayBea. Thanks for checking in and letting us know you are here. Glad you decided to join in!

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                  • Anyone else ready to step up and be counted. Feeling "Thankful" today for everyone who supports our Scottish songbird.
                    "To love a person is to know the song in their heart & sing it to them when they've forgotten."
                    They come, they come, to build a wall between us...we know they won't win." Don't dream it's over.

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                    • Welcome JayBea. I think we are of the same generation and I have always wanted songs by those composers. And she did Steven Sondheim on the 4th album. Susan can take an original and make me like it although I didn't like the original. Pink Floyd I can do without but I like her version. But unlike you, I love the Eva Cassidy version of over the rainbow better then the original. What I like about Susan's music is her appreciation of the lyrics and you can't get them across singing very fast, especially the ones she sings. She is always surprising me. Never a dull moment musically. And I love her as a person and so respect what she does.

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                      • Originally posted by sugar puddin View Post
                        Welcome JayBea. I think we are of the same generation and I have always wanted songs by those composers. And she did Steven Sondheim on the 4th album. Susan can take an original and make me like it although I didn't like the original. Pink Floyd I can do without but I like her version. But unlike you, I love the Eva Cassidy version of over the rainbow better then the original. What I like about Susan's music is her appreciation of the lyrics and you can't get them across singing very fast, especially the ones she sings. She is always surprising me. Never a dull moment musically. And I love her as a person and so respect what she does.
                        You said it for me, too, SP! I agree and I like JayBea's song list!
                        Hi, JayBea!
                        Jean W Kirkland = SB Fan!
                        sigpicImagine where she'll be 20 years from now - where she will have gone, who she will have inspired, given hope to, even mentored.
                        Bless this woman for who she is! Honest, Wholesome, Real and Persevering!
                        (Taken from Youtube comment 2009)

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                        • JayBea....Glad to meet you..welcome to the Forum. Your song choices are brilliant and I agree that they all would be grand for Susan to sing. I too did not care for Over the Rainbow, at least Susan's interpretation, but it was very imaginative, if that is the word.

                          So lurk no more, jaybea....let's hear from you often.

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                          • Hello

                            I am a fan of Susan who was here when this fan site was initially established. I haven't been in here for many years. So glad to be back. Hoping to get caught up with the great goings on in her life. :biggrin
                            "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

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                            • Originally posted by Loyal4Boyle View Post
                              I am a fan of Susan who was here when this fan site was initially established. I haven't been in here for many years. So glad to be back. Hoping to get caught up with the great goings on in her life. :biggrin
                              Welcome back, Loyal4Boyle! Susan's fans are still going strong, with some changes in active posters, but there's lots of love. Album 7 in the works, some nice appearances coming up, and we're hoping for a second USA tour, having loved the first one, as well as a Scotland and UK tour. Please join in!
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                              • Oh My, Y'all MOST Welcome Back - And Missed

                                Originally posted by Loyal4Boyle View Post
                                I am a fan of Susan who was here when this fan site was initially established. I haven't been in here for many years. So glad to be back. Hoping to get caught up with the great goings on in her life. :biggrin
                                Welcome Back L4B Y'all been sorely missed! I remembered when y'all posted, 2010 seems an eternity ago when y'all did! Sadly a good number of folks who used to be active here have moved on, and in a number of sad cases passed on. Lonnirose who is amongst our oldest Moderators, though "semi-retired", comes on time to time. Website Administrator DocRobbie went silent years ago; Administrator Kalua hasn't been heard from since June 19, 2014. The website founder Paul Wood hasn't been heard from since the website sale to Susan Boyle Fans International Inc. in July 2010; if y'all were still active then was an extremely difficult time for us "old timers"; his first Website Administrator Elmie sadly passed on quite awhile ago. There still are a good number of 2009-era SusaFans still posting & lurking here, including those from the original susan-boyle.com website like me. Stay awhile & chat! Richard
                                Last edited by Retired In Kalifornia; 05-24-2015, 03:29 PM.

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