Susan Boyle: ‘Wild Horses’ Won’t Hold Her Back
Posted by Barry Pittard on September 15, 2009
There are, of course, more beautiful things in life than writing about Sathya Sai Baba and his movement. Duty can have its own beauty, though it is far from an absolute form of it. The exquisite and stereotype-challenging saga of Scots singer Susan Boyle affords something closer to the absolute. (And those who have come to this page who are simply interested in her can scroll down this page to the information about her).
Though the thought of my own engagement in anything significantly-other in life courts disbelief by a prominent Internet detractor and gross defamer, my work on Sathya Sai Baba constitutes but a minor part of my frequently delightful and deeply fulfilling days. Working quickly, and having other life interests, is native to a number of former followers of Sathya Sai Baba who have stood forth to call for media and government investigation of Sathya Sai Baba and certain of his core leaders.
Indeed, many former devotees, including those active in unmasking him and his powerful worldwide cult, have long had – as has Susan Boyle (see in the two photos below) – strong responsibilities in regard to family (she dedicatedly nursed her mother for many years), cultural activity – e.g., with involvement in bringing joy and loving company to those such as the elderly and other marginalized groups – (Susan Boyle was a member of her Church Choir and active in her small Scottish village community), and other worthy pursuits.
Susan Boyle, Wonderful Chanteuse
Last April, deeply moved, as was so much of the rest of the world (she, by degrees of magnitude, broke all-time records for the number of hits on YouTube), by the Scottish singer Susan Boyle, I wrote of her in relation to having been the target of ageist discrimination not unlike, in its own way, that shown by the Sathya Sai Baba proxy defender on the Internet in relation to Robert Priddy, Brian Steel and myself. See:
Susan Boyle. Unexpected Divine Chanteuse. Sweet 47.
Sai Baba Internet Man’s Attacks Based On Age and Physical Appearance
Susan Boyle Sings ‘Memory’. Worldwide Audience Not Likely To Forget (See Video)
After some hardships in facing her possibly even more than meteoric rise to super stardom Susan Boyle has now re-appeared. You can hear this lovely voice and courageous personality singing ‘Wild Horses’ by clicking on Susan Boyle’s photo or the article title below, which is at the music-related website: http://www.undercover.com.au
Susan Boyle Covers Rolling Stones Wild Horses – by Paul Cashmere – September 14 2009
The first single from the forthcoming debut album from Susan Boyle is indeed an interesting choice. She has covered the Rolling Stones `Wild Horses`.
The original Stones version was from the 1970 ‘Sticky Fingers’ album.
Boyle has taken the Stones acoustic track and reinvented it into a haunting Tori Amoseque version.
The album will be released in November and last week outsold the new Whitney Houston album on presales alone at Amazon.com.
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General
Excerpt From Public Petition (With Barry Pittard’s comments)
(Note: You may prefer to proceed straight to the Petition):
Public Petition For Official Investigations of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Organization
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