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Celine Criticized by Daniel MerriweatherMelbourne's Daniel Merriweather slams Celine Dion for not giving him due credit for writing her new song


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Poll: Water And A Flame

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View PostJavito, on 02 July 2013 - 03:20 AM, said:

Moral of the story: Céline and René, stop using covers as the main appeal every time you put out an album or a new show, you don't need them and besides, they do nothing but trouble! Posted Image

I don't agree with what this guy has done, but I think both of them need to learn a lesson out of this, because nothing of this would have happened if Céline had presented a new original song instead of this cover.

Nothing of this would have happened had Daniel been mature, professional and not a pressed, desperate moron who tries to build a career using social media. :)

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Every time I check on google it has made more websites  , no major sites picking up on it so far thank god ...but I do hope some of her team are aware of this by now & are dealing with it.
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View PostQueenCeline87, on 02 July 2013 - 06:43 AM, said:

Every time I check on google it has made more websites  , no major sites picking up on it so far thank god ...but I do hope some of her team are aware of this by now & are dealing with it.

View PostQueenCeline87, on 02 July 2013 - 06:43 AM, said:

Every time I check on google it has made more websites  , no major sites picking up on it so far thank god ...but I do hope some of her team are aware of this by now & are dealing with it.
its true more and more websites are picking up on it and it's getting worst ,making the album sound like a cover album..at the end it said that Celine Dion's management has been contacted for comment...won't be long now before Rene Comments on this,or just decide to change the Title of the album or Drop the song....

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This is ridiculous. He is just a baby...
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I've sort of caught up with the whole DM thing that's going on.

If i was Celine/Rene i'd release the song right now, donate sales to a charity, and drop it from the album.

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The official site has responded....


Response to Comments from Daniel Merriweather



"Daniel Merriweather’s comments originated from Celine's one appearance on Katie Couric a few months ago when she played a portion of "Water And A Flame" during an in-studio interview. Before playing the song, Katie asks Celine about her "new favorite artist", Adele, and Celine tells Katie how much she loves Adele. Celine continues by talking about "Water And A Flame"....about how much she loves it....and how it's a bit different from what she's used to singing. She doesn't mention anything about who wrote the song."

Edited by CelinesDIVO5, 02 July 2013 - 12:46 PM.

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Wow, they were fast as a lightning this time!! :w00t:

I'm surprised they posted something about this, well done. But their response is very predictable: polite and courteous as always! Like "oh sorry to have bothered you, we apologize and we still like the song so much"... WTF? They should have said clearly that they no longuer want the album to be titled "Water and a Flame" and remove the song from the tracklist to make this Daniel see with whom he was dealing :giggle:

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So happy they commented on this :-)
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View Postceline4evauk, on 02 July 2013 - 10:16 AM, said:

Personally i'm starting to doubt the quality of the songs she receives now. 1990's Celine, everyone wanted their song to be sung by her. Now.... not so much.

I vote for Celine to start writing herself - but maybe writing in english scares her a bit, as obviously it's not as natural for her.

My view about the covers etc, a lot of these songs being mentioned i wouldn't even know they're covers! Yes, that's how out of touch i am!

It would be soo interesting to hear songs written by her, in english or french.. I don't think that for any english speaker it is hard to write the lyrics.. (normally they use a combination of Forever, and ever, tonight, together, love... :P :clap:

I always say it... I'd rather prefer songbook covers or really written by herself original songs... but the 50% of the lyricians they have used are pretty weak writting about standard feelings... specially in the 2000's albums

Edited by donpi86, 02 July 2013 - 01:20 PM.


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The Management Team did a great and excellent job with this response.

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View PostJavito, on 02 July 2013 - 01:00 PM, said:

Wow, they were fast as a lightning this time!! :w00t:

I'm surprised they posted something about this, well done. But their response is very predictable: polite and courteous as always! Like "oh sorry to have bothered you, we apologize and we still like the song so much"... WTF? They should have said clearly that they no longuer want the album to be titled "Water and a Flame" and remove the song from the tracklist to make this Daniel see with whom he was dealing :giggle:

Sorry, but IMO you got that one wrong (despite of many interesting points you made in previous posts). I find their reaction rather explicit and defensive..
I find it quite remarkable to read a few stylistic flaws in it. Not that I bother, but that's not really professional..
Also saying they hope to be successful with the new album; that's awkward to say..

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Celine's team did a really good job this time... I thought they would response like a week later. LOL
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The thing that saddens me the most is that his "Source" to believe is no other than the girl whose only achievement in life was trashing Lindsay Lohan into drugs and booze, the girl that only lives in the shadow of his brother last name.

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REALLY INTERESTING:
check this out:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152782958150613&set=pb.74393775612.-2207520000.1372705248.&type=3&theater

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I'm happy to see that they have responded quickly to this before things get out of hand. So, I suppose now that the choice to keep the song or not is that their discretion. :)

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Merci Céline pour ces deux soirées inoubliables que j'ai passées à tes côtés. Je ne les oublierais jamais.
J't'adore Céline.
Merci.
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Happy to see a response!  I really wonder what celine thought of this

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View Postgarçon, on 02 July 2013 - 01:51 PM, said:


good for him, Celine has a new fan
Plus qu'ailleurs  , but now Si c'était à refaire  , i still love tant de temps....

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View Postgarçon, on 02 July 2013 - 01:51 PM, said:


Isn't that photo from one of her fragrance shoots?

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sorry had to make this!

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View PostCSCfan, on 02 July 2013 - 02:45 PM, said:

Isn't that photo from one of her fragrance shoots?

sure it was fan made.. point is he added it to his FB page, adding a positive comment to Celine..

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I think this guy is so desperate te get some promotion on his what he will call career. No better way to reach people than via celine.so he must credit her for singing his song because let' s be honest who the f*ck was ever interrested in his songs if celine didn't sing it.   I just hate it that they always manage to find every little 'mistake' celine makes.she is the best person in the world and she will be the last one who would do things like that i'm sure she would mention his name if he would ask her so he won't cry with his mom at night.

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View PostPeppercorn1991, on 02 July 2013 - 02:52 PM, said:

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sorry had to make this!

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LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I LOVE IT!!!!

EDIT: IM STILL LAUGHING!!!!
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Edited by zuv, 02 July 2013 - 03:23 PM.


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I'm stunned and so pleased her management responded. Wow.

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The management of Celine Dion responds to comments by Daniel Merriweather.

"Despite the headlines that have emerged from the public declaration of Daniel, Celine I certainly don't pretend in any way that he wrote the song. While we understand the disappointment of Daniel not been mentioned during the interview to Katie Couric, is rather unfair to Celine receive certain derogatory comments that have now become public.

In his 32 year career Celine has always given proper credit to the authors for his achievements. And was very clear about the fact that she did not write her songs ... and that is fortunate to have wonderful and talented authors who provide these gifts. Being accused of "stealing" a song is not only grossly inaccurate but also very painful for Celine. "

What do you think

this is from the CelinedionItalia.com

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View Postnuts2you, on 02 July 2013 - 03:34 PM, said:

The management of Celine Dion responds to comments by Daniel Merriweather.

"Despite the headlines that have emerged from the public declaration of Daniel, Celine I certainly don't pretend in any way that he wrote the song. While we understand the disappointment of Daniel not been mentioned during the interview to Katie Couric, is rather unfair to Celine receive certain derogatory comments that have now become public.

In his 32 year career Celine has always given proper credit to the authors for his achievements. And was very clear about the fact that she did not write her songs ... and that is fortunate to have wonderful and talented authors who provide these gifts. Being accused of "stealing" a song is not only grossly inaccurate but also very painful for Celine. "

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this is from the CelinedionItalia.com

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View PostPeppercorn1991, on 02 July 2013 - 02:52 PM, said:

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sorry had to make this!

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Hahahaha I nearly choked on my food laughing at this!!
Send it to him on twitter! Lol
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GOD! i just said to Davey and John, what is she supposed to have said? how embarrassing - way to tarnish a song...didnt like it much anyway and its a crap album name - breakaway is much better but once again - its not like no one's named an album that before but hey. Dont they even mention in their response that obviously somewhere along the line someone from daniels camp must have given permission for her to sing the song?

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Also I think as many of us as possible should voice our opinions on Celine's site on not having this as album title or a single
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Response to Comments from Daniel Merriweather about Water and A Flame

Daniel Merriweather’s comments originated from Celine's one appearance on Katie Couric a few months ago when she played a portion of "Water And A Flame" during an in-studio interview. Before playing the song, Katie asks Celine about her "new favorite artist", Adele, and Celine tells Katie how much she loves Adele. Celine continues by talking about "Water And A Flame"....about how much she loves it....and how it's a bit different from what she's used to singing. She doesn't mention anything about who wrote the song. Despite the headlines that have emerged from Daniel's publicity, Celine certainly doesn't claim in any way whatsoever that she wrote the song. While we can understand Daniel's disappointment by not having his name mentioned during Katie Couric’s interview, it's rather unfair to Celine to be on the receiving end of the many disparaging comments that have now become public.

Throughout Celine’s 32 year career she has always been very vocal about sharing the credit for her successes. She has been very vocal about the fact that she does not write her own songs...and that she is fortunate to have wonderful and talented writers to provide these gifts to her. For her to be accused of "stealing" a song is not only grossly inaccurate, but also very hurtful. During the thousands of interviews that she's given over the years, it's often that she will not mention the names of the writers involved. It's something that may not come up a lot in the interviews. That said, when a Celine Dion album is released, we always include complete and accurate writer credits in an updated bio, and of course, inside the CD packaging. Celine's new English album will be released worldwide this Fall. We are very excited about this new album, and we hope to have great success with it....and great success for all those who have contributed.

She loves Daniel Merriweather and Eg White’s song so much, and would never want to do any harm to them....nor take away anything from them....in fact, the opposite would be true.

We hope this clears up any misconceptions regarding Celine's intentions.

Celine Dion’s Management




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How can she serioulsy promote that song with smiles and excitement after all this?!?!

If its a single and its the title of the album.. she'll be promoting every one that was involved in that song including Daniel Merriweather... If she starts saying all these beautiful things about him, loll we'll all know its full of cr@p : P

Edited by zuv, 02 July 2013 - 04:19 PM.





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