"Taking Chances" album - Official Topic

[thevoice]

seb let's just calm down...this is NOT the first single as far as we know it's only a rumor . we'll have to wait few more days and i bet we'll get more info

[amelie]

According to Kara DioGuardi's official site: http://karadioguardi.com/kd/index.htm#

Kara's song "Taking Chances" is slated to be the first single off of Celine Dion's highly-anticipated forthcoming album.

I think this is not true!

Why should the official songwriter website lie about it?

 

I think the song has a very good potential on radios. I'm very happy about the choice.

 

exactly

 

Oh, children, children. Falling Into you was her COMEBACK single after 3 years. And it was an unknown cover.

 

Taking Chances is her comeback single, more rocky this time, after also 3 years. It's a perfect title for the comeback single, perfect title for the album. You definitely see that she is READY and on fire willing to defend this song live before the audience, on various talk shows. It's truly remarkable in the sense Falling Into You was. It's the same concept, the same high quality approach.

 

I would be amazed if the album wouldn't be called Taking Chances now. It's SO Céline and every fan of hers should see that at once. This is her "Falling Into You" 11 years later. The same grand scheme and a nice little and CHARMING cover song to mark her come back. 100% Céline. There can be no more Céline than there already is.

 

couldn't say it better

[Céline's Blues]

seb let's just calm down...this is NOT the first single as far as we know it's only a rumor . we'll have to wait few more days and i bet we'll get more info

I'm very inclined to believe it is indeed the first single, gogo. We already got a confirmation from the writer and even if Sony may change its mind I truly think this time it was Céline's decision all the way. It would be the best thing to do and the first thing I through when I heard this lil song was that its title would make a great title for the album everybody is so keen to hear. Frankly I want it to be the first single. there won't be another IDAN, there won't be another ANDHC but there will be a concept here - a concept she could illustrate by choosing TC as the first single.

 

And besides you all know this song will be miles better with Céline's vocals on it. She may keep the instrumental parts as she usually does with covers but her vocal nuances will make the song speak and reach out. It would be the perfect single to take off instead of jumping on the RNB band wagon she could go her VINTAGE rock route she went with "The Reason" and the whole failure that LTAL was - all the best tracks have been forgotten and only ballds were promoted. One ballad. Here she has a great rockish song with a message that gains meaning if you look at her musical choices now.

 

Needless to say she couldn't have been more vintage by choosing this song as the first single. It's so her, no big bang, but charm and magic. Like the "Falling Into You" (first single).

[nano]

 

"Taking chances" has a huge potential to become a hit, I'm glad about the choice.

[one_heart_1_hart]

You won't know what they have done to the music? make it more r&b so maybe its best to wait when we hear it and then say it's the right choice...

And sony knowing there will be music on the cd that is ten times better...

[fred]

seb let's just calm down...this is NOT the first single as far as we know it's only a rumor . we'll have to wait few more days and i bet we'll get more info

I'm very inclined to believe it is indeed the first single, gogo. We already got a confirmation from the writer and even if Sony may change its mind I truly think this time it was Céline's decision all the way. It would be the best thing to do and the first thing I through when I heard this lil song was that its title would make a great title for the album everybody is so keen to hear. Frankly I want it to be the first single. there won't be another IDAN, there won't be another ANDHC but there will be a concept here - a concept she could illustrate by choosing TC as the first single.

 

And besides you all know this song will be miles better with Céline's vocals on it. She may keep the instrumental parts as she usually does with covers but her vocal nuances will make the song speak and reach out. It would be the perfect single to take off instead of jumping on the RNB band wagon she could go her VINTAGE rock route she went with "The Reason" and the whole failure that LTAL was - all the best tracks have been forgotten and only ballds were promoted. One ballad. Here she has a great rockish song with a message that gains meaning if you look at her musical choices now.

 

Needless to say she couldn't have been more vintage by choosing this song as the first single. It's so her, no big bang, but charm and magic. Like the "Falling Into You" (first single).

 

Yea that's what I thought when this news came up. Title and concept wise the two words Taking Chanses is doomed to be the title of the album. And Céline's vocals would surely lift the song (just compare the two versions of AGLTOW) however the song is WEAK. It is B and like I said before very amateurish. The only good parts with this song is the first verse and the title itself. The rest of it is just a mess.

 

And yea if it is like we figure it will follow the footseps of FIY - but how successful was that single?!?!

 

To have the album's strongest track as the first single is the key for the album to be successful, everybody knows that. And when all eyes are on her now and her Timbaland producer, Taking Chanses is just that: TAKING A HUGE RISK. This track can't no matter how much extreme makeover it is given be seen as a strongest track of any album, and if it is too bad about the album...

 

Gee, why why why? Timbaland must produce this track or the media gonna jump at her like hyenas!

 

Edit: and Seb, The Reason was the strongest track on LTAL, its production were incredible. And what should they promote LTAL if they wouldn't promote it with ballads, every track on there except two are ballads?

 

/fred

Edited August 8, 2007 at 12:29 PM by fred

[Bellamy]

Robert Wells is performing on Beijing Tiananmen Square right now!!! On the One Year to Olympics 2008 celebration concert. The song called "China Moon", sounds not bad.

This is the stage:

http://news.cctv.com/sports/aoyun/other/20070808/images/20070808117557_Img214123277.jpg

 

I hope Celine can have a concert on the Tiananmen Square. It would be amazing. Although I know it's quite impossible for normal concert, but it's possible if it's for the Olympics. Micheal Jackson had demanded to play his concert on the Tiananmen Square years ago, but refused by the Chinese goverment.

[celinefan1985]

I had a strong inclination that this would be the album's title. This song is not the best but on the bright side, I don't think the word "LOVE" is mentionned even once in the song (for a change!).

 

This is why all y'all gotta stop speculating so much cause you will be very dissapointed by this album. All the rumors flying around as legitimate news. Nothing has been confirmed especially the collaboration with Timba!

[Céline's Blues]

I had a strong inclination that this would be the album's title. This song is not the best but on the bright side, I don't think the word "LOVE" is mentionned even once in the song (for a change!).

Excellent point! Really, joey!

 

And there will be a song with Timba I think, but it may be not single material. something classic, but more experimental.

[Céline's Blues]

seb let's just calm down...this is NOT the first single as far as we know it's only a rumor . we'll have to wait few more days and i bet we'll get more info

I'm very inclined to believe it is indeed the first single, gogo. We already got a confirmation from the writer and even if Sony may change its mind I truly think this time it was Céline's decision all the way. It would be the best thing to do and the first thing I through when I heard this lil song was that its title would make a great title for the album everybody is so keen to hear. Frankly I want it to be the first single. there won't be another IDAN, there won't be another ANDHC but there will be a concept here - a concept she could illustrate by choosing TC as the first single.

 

And besides you all know this song will be miles better with Céline's vocals on it. She may keep the instrumental parts as she usually does with covers but her vocal nuances will make the song speak and reach out. It would be the perfect single to take off instead of jumping on the RNB band wagon she could go her VINTAGE rock route she went with "The Reason" and the whole failure that LTAL was - all the best tracks have been forgotten and only ballds were promoted. One ballad. Here she has a great rockish song with a message that gains meaning if you look at her musical choices now.

 

Needless to say she couldn't have been more vintage by choosing this song as the first single. It's so her, no big bang, but charm and magic. Like the "Falling Into You" (first single).

 

Yea that's what I thought when this news came up. Title and concept wise the two words Taking Chanses is doomed to be the title of the album. And Céline's vocals would surely lift the song (just compare the two versions of AGLTOW) however the song is WEAK. It is B and like I said before very amateurish. The only good parts with this song is the first verse and the title itself. The rest of it is just a mess.

 

And yea if it is like we figure it will follow the footseps of FIY - but how successful was that single?!?!

 

To have the album's strongest track as the first single is the key for the album to be successful, everybody knows that. And when all eyes are on her now and her Timbaland producer, Taking Chanses is just that: TAKING A HUGE RISK. This track can't no matter how much extreme makeover it is given be seen as a strongest track of any album, and if it is too bad about the album...

 

Gee, why why why? Timbaland must produce this track or the media gonna jump at her like hyenas!

 

Edit: and Seb, The Reason was the strongest track on LTAL, its production were incredible. And what should they promote LTAL if they wouldn't promote it with ballads, every track on there except two are ballads?

 

/fred

Fred, I think with LTAL they made a mistake cuzz The Reason was flopping big time and they jumped on the BALLAD band wagon instead of promoting "Us" or "Miles to Go" like the first excellent single was meant to pave the way for them. Now I hope TC will be chosen indeed cuzz it is exactly in the vein of Céline Dion including those light nuances into her music - she wants to explain something and she could do this very well through this song. It doesn't mean to be STELLAR revolutionary. It has to be honest and believe me or not I feel the honesty here, in the simply lyrics and the fact that she chose this very song to cover.

 

It is surely NOT the strongest album track but its message is important. Listen tp the lyrics and put them into Céline's perspective and the ever changing commercial world of music. you get the message and in my opinion she would nail it!

[Céline's Blues]

theoretically it is as it was written for a band. But you should consider that

 

 

THIS BAND NEVER intentionally EXISTED

 

 

Kara and Dave Stewart made it up. It was just a commercial hoax.

 

wikipedia:

Platinum Weird

In July 2006, a one-hour VH1 movie for Platinum Weird, a controversial collaboration between DioGuardi and Dave Stewart which is being marketed as an elaborate hoax,^[1][2] was aired, accompanied by a three-song EP. The album was further promoted by a series of bogus World Wide Web fan sites, some of which registered by the New Media Department of Interscope Records and hosted on the same server as interscope.com,^[3][4][5] and related false documents for the "lost" group. The album was released in October, 2006.

 

As you can see as the band itself was a hoax the song indirectly found a new MEANINGFUL life in Céline's repertoire. Thus in my opinion this song can be described as semi-cover at the most extreme point. Definitely not a cover in a broad sense.

[thevoice]

u r so funny fooling yourself with all this info

if it makes u feel better whatever... but the song was out there and they even filmed a video for it...i'm sure celine's version will be much better but it's still a cover and i'd still prefer one of TIMBO's songs as the first single , Ben Moody could be a good choice too

[nature boy]

Celine has covered many songs and not many people know they are covers. FIY, IACBTMN were HUGE Celine hits BUT they were covers. Heck some people think TPOL is a Celine song. I'm not bothered about this at all, I'm not even going to listen to this until I hear celines version. I don't know whay so many people are getting upset about it and we actually don't know for sure it will be the new single.

[Nando Férri]

Yeah. If the song was sang before, it's a cover.

 

But the point to me, is not if it's a cover or not. I woudn't care if it was a GREAT song. But it's NOT! It doesn't have power to be a first single and bring Celine back to the top. That's it! If it'll really be the first single, than it sucks. But I still have a hope that something change in Sony Music.

[Nando Férri]

The same I said at the other new topic:

 

Yeah. If the song was sang before, it's a cover.

 

But the point to me, is not if it's a cover or not. I woudn't care if it was a GREAT song. But it's NOT! It doesn't have power to be a first single and bring Celine back to the top. That's it! If it'll really be the first single, than it sucks. But I still have a hope that something change in Sony Music.

Edited August 8, 2007 at 02:51 PM by Nando Férri

[shasti]

okie... lets just say it will flop.... if immensite flopped (i know its a diff market), this WILL flop.

Hate to be extreme... but there isnt a nice bit till the last min before she starts screaming all over again...

 

hoping for smthg else to pop along.. desperately...

 

S

[shasti]

sorry... wouldnt it be too obvious to record songs slighlty different to what u've always been doign and call it taking chances....

 

that is soooo not the title. Its like they know its a risk and they're stepping into it... they just wouldnt...

 

S

[Tal]

I'm not thrilled about this to be honest. Although we've only heard Platinum Wierd's version of it, which might be completely different from the version produced for Celine.

 

As for the album title....pllllleeeease do not call it Taking Chances! Thats so kitschy :x

[Dechen]

well, i was hoping for an original song for the first single, and for the whole album. although, celine does way better when she covers, i really want to hear original songs. oh well, i guess this will do, since it does feel like a step forward from her other songs.

[Moleque20]

I agree with Nando. Since it was sung before, it is considered as cover. it cannot bring Celine to top, she need something more powerful...

 

Dont like it at all... Very bad choice

[$P!K&]

The music is perfect; Celine voice is perfect; This is the new POP.

And yes... it is a great choice!

Yes.. will be hit.

C'mom... she is taking chances... BELIEVE!

[one_heart_1_hart]

It's NOT a song where the whole world is waiting for after the timbaland news...

If this is the first single it will go down as her worst comeback.. (newspaper were waiting for it) because people were waiting for change...

[Macaronie]

If you compare Cyndi lauper's version of IDAN to Celine's.. She made it more commercial, upbeat and screamings, maybe she's done the same with Taking Chances. Who knows? Stop saying I don't like this or that if you did not heared Celine's rendition.

[Davey84]

I wouldn't be surprised if Taking Chances isn't even on the new album!

[celinefan1985]

Unless the producers do something drastic with this song, and Celine does something extraordinary with the lyric, this will be musical SUICIDE!

 

 

THIS IS NOT "COMEBACK" MATERIAL!!! I don't care how you spin it. The melody is not catchy and the lyrics are bland! Ïf she's gonna do pseudo-rock, celine needs her own "Since you've been gone".

[Celine CRAZY]

i actually like the song TC but i'm not really sure how it will do for her as one of her singles after this HUGELY anticipated album! i think the first single should b the one with Timba bc he's soooo huge now n ppl will want to hear what's coming from him!..i'm really excited to hear if songs SHE wrote is going to be on the album or not...or maybe one of her OWN songs should b her first single...and i'm sure we'll hear a single by september since the album should b released in october so i read on wikipedia:

 

The forthcoming English album of Céline Dion is scheduled for release in October 2007.

 

It's possible that the album will include unreleased songs co-written by Céline Dion: "Isabella," "Drop by Drop" and "Over You Baby."[12]

 

 

but i have a feeling this album is going to BLOW PEOPLES MINDS!

[Shamrock_1982]

i have watched and listened to the youtube link for this song... at first i was worried, but after the 8th/9th time, i thought that this is quite a good song that celine could make her own... thinking back to her deep foxy vocals at the start of ''naked'' on the one heart album... if this rumour is true i look forward to this 1st single and video and what celine has changed/added to the song....its just different for celine, don't be a afraid that its a cover...its change and change isn't always a bad thing

[Céline's Blues]

I can't believe you think this song has bland lyrics. Especially if you consider that in English Céline RARELY has lyrics that can compare even with Tout L'Or Des Hommes! Taking Chances has gentle lyrics that relate to Céline's situation with the new sounds and producers.

 

It may not be commercial but by choosing a NON-commercial single that slaps you right in the face she chose evidently something that she thinks will represent her state of mind of the moment the very best way and it seemingly is Taking Chances! Take it or leave it, enjoy it or forget it cuzz Céline is evidently ready to defend her decision. Just like she chose Goodbye or Treat Her Like A Lady as singles, she stood by her decision all the way. Even if it flops, she will have her coherence which SO has been lacking the last years in English! But it's back and bless her for that!

[celinefan1985]

So she will have "musical coherence" but radio won't play the single, people won't buy the album (besides fans of course) and Sony will do even less to promote it and Celine will really be over! Then we can have her all to ourselves and she can do a jazz album and retire for good. NOT!

 

The first single has to be phenomenal, different , catchy, buzz-worthy, something really special for heaven's sake! Taking Chances, even if it grows on you will not do it.

 

Remember the first time you heard SNRQ? Even with that amazing song, a lot of radio still chose to ignore her.

 

And remember, the first single from FIY was FIY. I was delighted with the choice at the time but after barely making the UK top ten, it was nixed in the States and BYLM was chosen instead. I never cared for it too much but the song was HUGE! I don't mind her taking chances (no pun intended) but not on Taking Chances. The risk here is huge. If they didn't dare take a risk by realeasing Naked from One Heart, I don't see how this decision, ESPECIALLY as a lead-off single makes any sense!

Edited August 8, 2007 at 07:42 PM by joeym

[Céline's Blues]

Of course it's risky but don't you feel there's something behind it? There's a spirit behind the decision? A spirit that no one would ever pass behind Céline at this stage of her career? She took chances, she wants it her way and by choosing this very single I bet she did it against Sony's advisors that think surely in a similar way to some fans here. That's why I am very much inclined to support this single. It may be just only for the sake of coherence that I would have long forgotten in Céline if this song wouldn't have been even considered as a single, especially the first one.