{"id":5197,"date":"2010-11-07T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/susan-boyles-first-music-video-perfect-day.html"},"modified":"2010-11-07T17:59:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T17:59:05","slug":"susan-boyles-first-music-video-perfect-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/susan-boyles-first-music-video-perfect-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Susan Boyle&#8217;s first music video: &#8220;Perfect Day&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The other day, I posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/11\/susan-boyles-the-gift.html\">the new Christmas album by Susan Boyle<\/a>.  Now comes the release of what&#8217;s billed as her first video, an ethereal choral interpretation of Lou Reed&#8217;s &#8220;Perfect Day&#8221;.  (For comparison, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y&amp;feature=related\">check out the original<\/a>. <em> Very<\/em> different.)  <\/p>\n<p>You can see the results for yourself below. <\/p>\n<p> <center> <object width=\"412\" height=\"324\" id=\"AOLVP_us_661983732001\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/videoplayer\/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoid=661983732001&amp;codever=1&amp;publisherid=1612833736&amp;stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Fus%2Fmusic%2Fmusicvideos%2Fsony%5Fcolumbia%2Fsusanboyle%2Fsusanboyle%5Fperfectday%5Fvideo%5Fstill%5F480%2Ejpg&amp;playerid=61371447001\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/videoplayer\/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"412\" height=\"324\" name=\"AOLVP_us_661983732001\" flashvars=\"videoid=661983732001&amp;codever=1&amp;publisherid=1612833736&amp;stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Fus%2Fmusic%2Fmusicvideos%2Fsony%5Fcolumbia%2Fsusanboyle%2Fsusanboyle%5Fperfectday%5Fvideo%5Fstill%5F480%2Ejpg&amp;playerid=61371447001\"><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I posted on the new Christmas album by Susan Boyle. 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