The venerable folks at TMZ are reporting that Susan Boyle "dissolved into tears" when she found out Lou Reed wasn't going to give her permission to offer "Perfect Day" a subtle operatic touch on America's Got Talent. She was supposedly still crying when she headed to LAX to catch a flight back to London. (She'd already arrived in L.A. when she got word the show's producers needed permission from Reed/that he didn't give it because he's not a fan. Maybe he's more into Prince Poppycock?) We all know her version of the Transformer tune would be horrible, but she probably got the horrible idea from the man himself:
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He likely decided Duran Duran's version was the last bad straw. Or T.S.O.L's take. A song can only withstand so much soul-sucking abuse, so he might've opted to get more discerning after this:
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Oh, wait. (While we're on the topic, our friends at Sound Of The City suggest some less appropriate songs for Boyle to cover.)
UPDATE: Access Hollywood questions TMZ's report, blaming a licensing snafu that had nothing to do with Lou. But if you're curious, it would've sounded like this:
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