I have just watched Susan's debut music video, A Perfect Day. If anyone out there still has doubts that Susan could perform this Lou Reed number and make it her own, let them surrender now. Susan was superb.
Everything I hoped for was in this performance. Susan expressed masterfully all the nuances that the consuming passion of a love affair brings, embracing all of its agony and ecstasy.
Everything I hoped for was in this performance. Susan expressed masterfully all the nuances that the consuming passion of a love affair brings, embracing all of its agony and ecstasy.
Even the weather helped to evoke the dichotomy between the perfect day and the present. When Lou Reed wrote the song, I'm pretty sure his 'perfect day' had little to do with the weather. I don't think Susan's interpretation of it did either.
I think Susan's performance was far from the superficial interpretation some have given this song. It is very, very powerful in her hands.
Her rendition is profound and in it she encapsulates what many of us recognise; that 'perfect day' can never be revisited.
Her rendition is profound and in it she encapsulates what many of us recognise; that 'perfect day' can never be revisited.
We all have to reap just what we sow, and bear the consequences....
The more we take responsibility for our past and present, the more we are able to create the future we seek.
