A Singing Celine but soulless

[tativale]

Celine is full of emotion!!!!!!!!!

[Pi314Cl]

If you don't think she still has power and vocal quality, listen to La Diva.

 

If you don't think she still has emotion in her singing, listen to On S'Est Aime A Cause.

[RLAAMJR.]

Celine feels every song she sings. That's why she's truly remarkable. And that's what I like about her 'cos she doesn't just sing, but sing with all her heart.

[Krys]

she aint soulless. i cried when i heard Berceuse even though i didnt understand a single thing

[changepas39]

I thought that about... a few songs...like Y&I,AGLTOW, JNVOP,TLS. But her new cd...D'elles I believe she has giving it life...it is true passion!

[brasilero]

how can anyone after seeing the d'elles tv special call Celine souless. i mean did you see her sing je cherche l'ombre or the song for RC. what are you , DEAF and BLIND ?

sorry i don't get it, how can you say souless, i say soulful! more than ever!

 

 

And today Celine is getting more and more beautiful!its amazing...she's getting old and more beautiful!

Love her!

hey my fellow brasilian brother, did you know you could multi-quote many posts in one post

[Cheerfuljane]

All this chitter chatter nonsense but how many of you can't stop listening to D'elles?

 

Don't call her souless

 

:w00t: :w00t: :mdr: :mdr:

 

I love you, Jane! I was just going to respond with a paragraph-long sermonette, but I guess you said it all!

 

Ma bad

[Célinefull]

I don't care how much emotion she has - when all she can do is scream those songs aren't going to be as succesful.

[Dansons]

"soulless" and "singing machine" are the words other artist's fans always to describe Celine.

but do they listen to her song carefully? no,they just want to convince us Celine just a "Sing Machine".

her songs are unworthy to listen. They says it too much. but years goes,we still love her songs.

so what moves us? we can't explain clearly.Just listen to her songs more times and can feel it.

Edited June 9, 2007 at 09:33 AM by Dansons

[Javito]

Well its clear that there are opinions for every taste here . So reading the comments I think that at least we all agree that she doesn't sing the same like in the past, that's clear as water . But of course some may prefer the way she sings now and others may prefer the way she sang in the past.

 

I think its not a matter only of emotion, or if she sings soulles, but a matter of routine. I think Céline is tired of singing sometimes, and she recognizes that. It was in the 90's when she used to say that she sang like a robot or a machine TPOL or MHWGO, but no, then she sang these songs perfectly. I think its NOW when she sings like a robot or a machine many times

 

You will tell why? you have the answer in the shows of Las Vegas. Ok its is a great experience, an amazing spectacle and everything, nobody denies that. But has been a good idea for Céline to sing 4-5 times each week the same program, the same songs, one night after the other during 4 years and a half? I don't think so. Céline took the risk with that contract, the risk of losing the magic and emotion of some songs, and I think that the machine is worn out, maybe not with all songs, but I won't be surprised if Céline one day says that she's fed up of TPOL, IACBTMN, MHWGO, and all the rest... she has been singing that cents of times, abusing of these songs. That's why I think that Las Vegas is the worst thing she has done with her career

The consequence of this? now she records albums, she enters in the studio but sings the same way as she sings on the stage in Las Vegas: like an autonomous robot, without no adorns in the songs, not the same voice as she used it when she sang Cherche Encore, L'Abandon, Je Crois Toi or Je Danse Dans Ma Tête. She just sing, but she doesn't "personalize" her songs to make them sound like a Céline Dion song.

Or is Céline Dion trying to sound like the glorious Céline Dion of the past? Maybe, that can happen, and maybe is she herself who doesn't let her true voice of the past appear in the studio, because she has been used to sing the same songs in the same way during more than 4 years. That brought consequences now, and all that I can expect is that when she finally ends her concerts in Las Vegas, she sings again like in the past. She needs to miss the recording studio, and even miss to sing, to record the same way and sound as she did in the past.

 

I hope you had understood what I mean

Edited June 9, 2007 at 11:05 AM by Gonzalillo

[mahyar_hajizadeh]

I thought that about... a few songs...like Y&I,AGLTOW, JNVOP,TLS. But her new cd...D'elles I believe she has giving it life...it is true passion!

 

I do agree with changepas 39. she has done something special with this album,coz inspit of not knowing french

at all but it impresses me deeply.so what is the reason? I think not only she has not become soulless but she has reached to the peak .

[Annabelle]

how can anyone after seeing the d'elles tv special call Celine souless. i mean did you see her sing je cherche l'ombre or the song for RC. what are you , DEAF and BLIND ?

sorry i don't get it, how can you say souless, i say soulful! more than ever!

 

 

And today Celine is getting more and more beautiful!its amazing...she's getting old and more beautiful!

Love her!

 

 

I think Celine has always sung soulful and now more than ever. I love her voice as it is nowadays even though it sounds different but it is still sooooooo amazing and wonderful.!!!!!

Edited June 9, 2007 at 12:09 PM by Annabelle

[kdw123]

I think Celine is the best at everything she does. She always has emotion and soul in her music. And I don't think some of you people will ever be happy with anything that she does.

[LVCeline]

I think there's a difference between soul and emotion. Celine has never lacked emotion, and in fact I think her voice is more emotional than it ever has been with this new album. Soul is a different thing, and harder to explain. I'm not sure Celine sings with a lot of soul but I might have a different idea of what I consider soul to be. It doesn't mean it's bad, but I don't think the type of songs she sings, or her voice has a lot of it, nor ever did.

[amelie]

i have the impression she's more melodramatic instead of dramatic as she used to be

[Dionesque]

That's an interesting thread... it made me think about some things as well...

 

Well, I fallen in love with Céline, with her songs when I heard "The Power of Love" and then "Think Twice" and "Only One Road". And I'm simply sure there will be nothing for mme that will compare to those songs... Maybe it's the drama in her voice? Maybe it's the edgy, sharpy way of singing? I don't know... The same I experienced on "D'eux" album and than in some songs on "FIY" (but yet, not in all of them anymore!) - esp. in "Your light", "Seduces me", "Dreamin' of you", "Call the man"...

 

But sometimes I think it's not about the voice itself - it's about the songs she's singing and the way they "round", "work out", "smooth" and "improve" her voice when it's already been recorded...

 

As someone here said: she ususally sounds much "rounder" and "smoother" then before... You can notice this also when she's just talking - just listen to her talking in this 1996 special we can download here in multimedia sections - even when she's talking, it sounds really different to the way she sounds on talking now a days.

 

I wouldn't say she became soulless... but her voice has changed or the way she's using it has changed.

 

I already thought I would never feel those sheevers anymore like I felt for "TCOML" and "D'eux" albums.... and than...

 

...than I heard "L'envie".... and a few months later I bought "D'elles" and I'm just addicted to this album!! OK, not the entire album fullfills my expectations but... "On s'est aimé a cause", "Berceuse", "Je ne suis pas celle", "Lettre de George Sand...", "ESNRQ"!!!... Wow!!!!

 

These songs make me shiver!!! They make me feel strong emotions... they make me cry... The power of Céline is back for me in these songs!!!

 

I wish to see her live singing only these poweful, so emotional songs!!!... And than only her English songs from early/mid 90s!!!

[rome]

I think this discussion can go on and on forever... I think everyone is entitled to have an opinion. Although I do agree with the ones who say celine is as soulful as ever. Yes, sometimes you see her tired on stage and everything, but when she's not she sings with the same amount of emotion as she did before, maybe even more. Yes, her voice has changed and she doesn't do those huge high notes on every song as she did before, but I think that now her voice is far more mature and that she now sings what she really wants to sing, soft and tender songs, but at the same time keeps doing the big notes in some of them, just not in EVERY single one...

[brasilero]

she aint soulless. i cried when i heard Berceuse even though i didnt understand a single thing

yea same as me, i cried when i saw her perform Je cherche l'ombre but i understand the essence of what she was saying. this was me watching Celine singing 'je cherche l'ombre' ---->

[brasilero]

I think Celine is the best at everything she does. She always has emotion and soul in her music. And I don't think some of you people will ever be happy with anything that she does.

yea, for real

[celinefanonline]

well after reading all these posts... i agree with many and disagree with some too

for me i think probably those early english albums like Unison and Celine Dion, because of her english wasn't as that good so many that's why that it may sound a bit soulless.. but often she sings better in live and with more soul too!!

and yes i would say from TCOML to ATW the albums are quite commercial!!

after that is becoming less and less commercial... for eg... this new french album D'elles is not really commercial if u compare to others... also Miracle too, although in Miracle celine's voice wasn't as that good as other albums but she did put more soul in the songs...same as I knew i love you this song..

 

and i have to say D'elles must have a lot of influence on Celine... so i think we'll hear different Celine after!!

although i think the upcoming new english album will be more commercial but then at the same time, i believe Celine and other producers would focus on the quality of the songs

[changepas39]

The first time I heard ESNRQ....I cried....if that's not a powful emotion in a song I'm not sure what is...

[Bell]

I don`t know... She may have put more feelings in the past, indeed. There are exactly 2 songs released after 2000 that made me cry - 'I Surrender' & 'Immensite'. So I could agree that now she`s just a 'singing' Celine.

[Terre]

I don't think Céline's soulless. I think she still puts emotion into many of her songs. Her voice has changed to some extent (and maybe the way she uses it as well) but I absolutely adore the way she sounds!! I love the way she used to sound and I love the way she sounds these days.

[pepillo90]

Actually, I think she sings with more emotion nowadays... Maybe her voice isn't so good, but she has more emotions on her voice... I prefer this Celine

[LVCeline]

I really really really really really really really really really really really think her voice change has everything to do with her schedule. If she's not touring or anything, and not singing too much her voice sounds very rested. I don't think she's lost anything from her past except the drive to sound perfect. If she has lost anything it's only due to aging, but it's very subtle if she's rested.

[I Surrender]

I don't understand much of the french language but each time I listen to her sing in french I feel something.

That's because she sings with emotion. Her voice def has changed over the years. I really don't care what the reason is but she still does it for me. After 25 years she has less to prove and does what she likes best: SING and entertain people with her voice, her sense of humour and her loving and fun personality. I don't think she will ever release songs like she did early on in her career. Times have changed. But as long as she keeps on singing with her heart I can live with that.