I didn’t think that I would ever have the opportunity to discuss this here, but stranger things have happened. My admission: I once was a total Velvet Underground obsessive. Like, crazy for Nico, in love with Lou Reed, all of it. At some point I just kind of grew out of it, but if “White Light.White Heat” comes on the radio, all of a sudden I’m back to being 19 years old and smoking weed in my dorm, gushing about my Religious Studies professor (what – he was cool!). And I’ll give this to Lou Reed – unlike rockers of a similar age group, Lou isn’t out there, showing his ass every night. Until this story came along, I don’t think I’d heard any Lou Reed news in years.
So, basically, the story is that Susan Boyle wanted to perform “Perfect Day” on America’s Got Talent. Nevermind that the song is perhaps not the best use of Boyle’s voice – everything but the chorus is basically just said, not sung. Anyway, SuBo isn’t going to sing it – because Lou Reed said “bitch please” and wouldn’t give them permission. Yikes.
TMZ has learned Susan Boyle has left Los Angeles in tears after being snubbed by a songwriter who refused to let her sing one of his hits on “America’s Got Talent.” Susan arrived to L.A. earlier today to perform the song “Perfect Day” on the show.
Sources connected to the show tell TMZ … producers needed permission from the songwriter, Lou Reed — the former lead singer for The Velvet Underground and famous for “Walk on the Wild Side” — but at the last minute they were informed that Reed refused permission because he isn’t a Boyle fan.
When Boyle found out, she dissolved into tears — unprepared to change her tune for the show.
We’re told Boyle went to LAX this afternoon — still in tears — and is catching a flight back to London.
“America’s Got Talent” refused to comment.
[From TMZ]
An insider tells Us Weekly, “The bit about her storming off is not true.” Apparently, Susan was still in her hotel when she learned that Lou Reed refused to give his permission, and Susan was upset because, she “didn’t have any time to prepare anything else, so the whole thing had to be scrapped.” The source continues: “Susan is a very sensitive soul, and she takes her work very seriously…she was very upset about the situation. he knew a lot of fans had flown in especially to watch her perform and felt she had let them down. She was heartbroken and had put so much effort in to this performance. It’s a real shame.” Poor Susan. I understand why Lou Reed did it, I guess – he wrote the song, it’s his call, and he said no. But disrespecting Susan Boyle is like punching a kitten.
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