Today has been difficult. I thought I'd got used to this, but being on my own in this hotel room has really got me down. Perhaps it's because I'm so close to the finish line.
Anyway I was feeling really low (don't know why, but not being able to drive ain't helping) and then stumbled across this on YouTube; Paul Potts' first appearance on 'Britain's Got Talent'. Talk about uplifting. I remember watching it the first time and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand-up...
The whole clip just makes me feel a whole lot better about the world. A quiet, shy and unassuming guy from S.Wales waiting to show people he had quite a good voice.
Great to see the reaction of Piers Morgan & Simon Cowell when he first came on stage and said he was going to sing opera. They could not have been more horrified having no doubt suffered a whole day of tedious and mind-numbing auditions. Piers Morgan glances over to Simon Cowell and you just know what he's thinking. I know that I was thinking the same when I was watching the program when it first aired: "this guy is going to be some karaoke-singing wannabe who's going to murder my one favourite opera aria". I had visions of someone thinking they could sing. Just like those horror auditions on Pop/American Idol.
But then, oh boy, he starts to sing and you see them sit up and take notice. The crowd are won over and Amanda Holden is reduced to tears. I'm not a big opera fan, but obviously 'Nessun Dorma' reminds me of Italia '90, Gazza, and all that.
The clip is just uplifting and I now feel great. Still want my family here though.
And for those who might want to post comments: yes, I know, I'm a big softie. You seen my favourite movies on Facebook? 'Field of Dreams', 'The Shawshank Redemption', 'The Green Mile'. You see a trend here?
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A piece of useless information,
A lot of Chinese people are truly moved by Paul Potts. The youtube video has migrated onto a number of Chinese video hosting sites.
I read an article that made a positive comparison between him and all the over-polished, manufactured, wanabees that appear on Taiwanese and Chinese talent shows (of course we taught them how to do that).
Doesn't matter where you come from, when Paul makes his entrance he is quite plainly just a "bloke", then you discover he is bloke that CAN sing. It is that simple.
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