Lou Reed Made Susan Boyle Cry

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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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