Diva Showdown : Celine VS Whitney : A Song For You

[Dionesque]

I think Céline would do great in jazz - just listen to "Quand on s'aime" or some songs from "Simplement Marnay" special! Simply WOW!!

 

As for this comparisement - my kudos go to Whitney, I enjoyed her songs very much back than, she got amazing voice...

You may say Whitney "extendes" some songs live to the maxxx... ok, your right to say so.

But as I'm presonally a huge fan of amazing voice performances, vibratos etc. especially in female voices - I love the way Whitney sang this song!

 

Today there are less great voices who can provide such amazing performances... The one and only Céline, my other huga faves Delta, Barbra, Lara... not much more... maybe Leona?

[bfhb]

eeeek a jazz album????...omg!!!...interesting.......

 

i prefer the whitney song ....but i love aretha's version of it ....some songs are epic and deserve extended live versions others are just artists indulging themselves...

[mbox1974]

Celine~~~

[Dionesque]

Now, Aretha is the one who overexagerates on notes and extensions in the songs! Haven't heard her rendition of this song but she's one of those great voices which I rather don't like... She screams too much for my taste.

[Black Kitten]

Now, Aretha is the one who overexagerates on notes and extensions in the songs! Haven't heard her rendition of this song but she's one of those great voices which I rather don't like... She screams too much for my taste.

i agree a hundred %! she irritates me. she's the queen of oversinging and exageration!

[angeluk2]

There are other's who made this song justice (no not for Christ sake Screamlina Agonytohearya), a humble example of that is Micheal Bublé's rendition:

I would love to hear Céline sing this song one day.

 

/fred

 

MAN! I love mr.Bubble!

 

ASFY is one of those songs that i will skip on my cd player nearly everytime i play the album it is on.It is a good song,and she sings it beautifully and with soooo much emotion BUT i think it was more a song for Rene rather than song for us!

 

I would still pick this song over the Whitney song,just because i got so annoyed with the way she took so darn long to get each line out! arghhhhhhhh

[bfhb]

Now, Aretha is the one who overexagerates on notes and extensions in the songs! Haven't heard her rendition of this song but she's one of those great voices which I rather don't like... She screams too much for my taste.

i agree a hundred %! she irritates me. she's the queen of oversinging and exageration!

 

aretha recorded the song in 1974 off the let me in your life album...when she was 32 ...her voice on her earlier recordings was sweet and powerful..you should give it a listen.......quite different to her latter day recordings...there are still a few whoops though...lol

 

Aretha is the second most honored female singer in Grammy history (after Alison Krauss).

[maceta_biloxi]

Actually Whitney's version is not just Whitney's, A Song For You is a classic song so many artists have sang, amount them Christina Aguilera and Elliot Jamin... in my opinion is soooo much better than the song Celine sang in her latest album, which is a completely different song, i think that's why these songs shouldn't be compare, they're both beautiful songs in their own way.

[fred]

Now, Aretha is the one who overexagerates on notes and extensions in the songs! Haven't heard her rendition of this song but she's one of those great voices which I rather don't like... She screams too much for my taste.

i agree a hundred %! she irritates me. she's the queen of oversinging and exageration!

Have you guys even heard of Screamlina Agonytohearya?!

 

/fred

[kathyc25]

These are two different song really...I have to give it to Whitney...so clear and amazing

[celinerific]

Celine for the win!

[KimboCosmo]

My ears couldn't bear to finish Whitney's video...It was painfully boring and drawn out...

 

I love this song from Celine, so I pick her

[Dionesque]

Celine for the win!

 

Well, have you expected something else on Céline'sforum?

[KimboCosmo]

Celine for the win!

 

Well, have you expected something else on Céline'sforum?

True dat true dat

[rhapsodion]

When I first read this thread, I thought it is the song that R. Kelly had written for Whitney's new album, which I have been dying to hear Whitney singing it ever since I heard the small clip on Youtube sung by R.Kelly. ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=32pKUftFBu8 ) I then found out that song is actually called "I Look To You", not this A Song For You.

 

Anyway, back to the question. Hmmm...Celine's ASFY is a songs that I skip most of the time now when I play the album, as for Whitney's rendition of this classic, she definitely sounded great, but both songs aren't really my cup of tea.

[Celine lover]

I don't know why you dislike ASFY

I think it's an amazing song

maybe yes it's not the kind that you want to listen to everyday

but it's an amazing song and it's one of my TC favorites

 

so Celine wins by a mile

[Prince Whiskers]

I think Céline would do great in jazz - just listen to "Quand on s'aime" or some songs from "Simplement Marnay" special! Simply WOW!!

Celine can pull off anything in French but it's a jazz album in English that would worry me a little bit.

[Black Kitten]

celine doing jazz music? NO WAY!

[Prince Whiskers]

celine doing jazz music? NO WAY!

A jazz album is not a matter of IF, dhena, it's a matter of WHEN. If her Simplement Marnay performances are any indication (Boy, Quand on s'aime is AMAZING), Celine's got the raw ability but she needs producers who'll monitor her voice as religiously as David Foster and JJG did in the past. Imagine the runs and adlibs we'd be hearing from a jazz CD!

[Nikosn17]

I'm wondering what answers you expect when you post this on a Celine Dion fan-board

[CelineHayatiAna]

celine

[Celinesongs]

I really like Whitney's song/performance, but I think that if I heard Celine sing this same version, it would be much better!

[kathyc25]

celine doing jazz music? NO WAY!

 

She already did two jazz songs, 'Summertime' and 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered' and she sounded great

[Dionesque]

Manuel, you are right, a French jazz album would deffinitely sound amazing, without any doubt and I also wanna hear her singing jazz (and anything else) in French in the first line but the songs Kathy just mentioned (above this post of mine) reminds us that Céline can also sound great in jazzy stuff in English!! Or think of "Fever" - wasn't it a great vocal performance by Céline?

 

Yeah, "Quand on s'aime" is one of my absolute fave songs!! It's just perfect!! By the way, you can find it on her first live album "Céline Dion en concert" as a part of a medley but of course the version from 2003 tops it all!

Céline & René Simard sound so great together!

[Celinette]

Definitely Céline! Edited April 22, 2008 at 08:58 PM by Celinette

[Prince Whiskers]

Manuel, you are right, a French jazz album would deffinitely sound amazing, without any doubt and I also wanna hear her singing jazz (and anything else) in French in the first line but the songs Kathy just mentioned (above this post of mine) reminds us that Céline can also sound great in jazzy stuff in English!! Or think of "Fever" - wasn't it a great vocal performance by Céline?

 

Yeah, "Quand on s'aime" is one of my absolute fave songs!! It's just perfect!! By the way, you can find it on her first live album "Céline Dion en concert" as a part of a medley but of course the version from 2003 tops it all!

Céline & René Simard sound so great together!

Celine will attend a jazz festival in Tobago(!) this year, I heard? That's one unmistakable sign that Celine is serious about furthering her command of jazz music.

 

"Quand on s'aime" was recorded at 3 am, I think?

[corr_azy]

I think Celne could definitely do a jazz/standards album. If you have heard her sing Summertime and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, I'm sure many of you would agree.

[destin139]

although the song doesnt set my world on fire

i way prefer listening to celine's voice than whitneys!!

go celine!! she gets my vote!!