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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
12:02:00 PM EDT
Hearing You're Beautiful -- James Blunt
Your sappy yet genuinely touching "healing power of music" story for a Wednesday:
Five-year-old Claudia De'Alwis, had been a coma for 10 days following a head-first plunge from a five-metre balcony. She began to awake after her favourite song came over the hospital radio - it was James Blunt's You're Beautiful.
Claudia's father, Paul D'Alwis, 40 told the newspaper he was convinced it was the song that brought her around.
"Claudia loves You're Beautiful and she used to sing it all the time. It was like her theme tune," he said.
Does this song actually have magical healing powers? Here's a live version from AOL Music. Try it for yourself.
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12:02:00 PM EDT
Hearing You're Beautiful -- James Blunt
Oddly Enough, It Makes Me Want To Go To Sleep
Your sappy yet genuinely touching "healing power of music" story for a Wednesday:Five-year-old Claudia De'Alwis, had been a coma for 10 days following a head-first plunge from a five-metre balcony. She began to awake after her favourite song came over the hospital radio - it was James Blunt's You're Beautiful.
Claudia's father, Paul D'Alwis, 40 told the newspaper he was convinced it was the song that brought her around.
"Claudia loves You're Beautiful and she used to sing it all the time. It was like her theme tune," he said.
Does this song actually have magical healing powers? Here's a live version from AOL Music. Try it for yourself.
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AAAAARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!! The song DID NOT wake Claudia up - the doctors did - she was in a chemical induced coma and slowly brought out of it - they do NOT have radios in a child's intesive care unit for obvious reasons - and there was NO music playing at the time of her waking up - the press have totally twisted and turned what Paul said - what was actually said about James Blunt was that You're Beautiful is Claudia's favourite song which is true it is.
The good old british press have truly bumbled this time - Claudia's parents agreed to do a story to highlight the plight of Burnley General Hospital possibly closing their A & E Department and moving it to neighbouring Blackburn and if that was to happen then Claudia would more than likely not have survived the journey - they wanted to commend the staff at Burnley for their excellent care and also to commend and thank the team at Pendlebury for had it not been for all their efforts then Claudia may not still be with us today - but hey all those years at medical school and the care that Claudia has received to date, and is still receiving, has been belittled by some journalist who has taken a truly tragic accident to glorify some popstar - well congratulations I do hope that person has a long and prosperous career (not) and for those of you who are interested Claudia is continuing to make a fantastic and remarkable recovery. -
I'm laughing with everyone's comments here.
Gem :-) -
No, this song makes me, my eleven year old son and my husband want to stick needles in our eyes to distract us from the pain in our ears...
be well,
Dawn
http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/ -
I had never heard that song before. And now I have. And you know what, John? I was happier before.
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
6/24/06 1:04 AM
That song sounds like the last thing that you hear before you wake up in the hospital after the skinheads beat you.