Replacing songs

[celinesounds]

I would love her to perform a song from Unison and a song or two from the eighties

 

Where Does My Heart Beat Now or If there was Any Other Way would be nice...and La Voix Du Bon Dieu or Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi

 

The Power Of Love needs to go...I understand that it was a #1 hit in the US but she could perform another big hit like ''That's The Way It Is'' instead.

 

maybe more to go.... "Vegas Medley"

[MistaChanel]

Exclude:

- The Prayer

- Love Can Move Mountains

 

Include:

- That's The Way It Is

- A New Day Has Come (permanent)

- Je Lui Dirai

- A Cause

[Lymon]

This is totally something that gets me all worked up. LOL I understand the need to sing the staple songs of ones career in concert, for those life long fans who expect to hear them. I would, however, at least like an updated sound to these numbers. She did it for the A New Day Has Come CBS TV Special, where she sang "Because You Loved Me", Beauty and the Beast", and "My Hear Will Go On" in a sort of an unplugged way. It was so refreshing... she sang them all live, they sounded different, or at least were not "the same old stuff".

 

That being said, her staple songs could use this refresher, which could potentially allow her to actually sing them all live... you know the ones I'm talking about [iDAN, TPOL, IACBTMN, BYLM, TLYM, RDMH, MHWGO]. From reading other threads, these seem to be the numbers that get lipped the most. [i'm trying to be politically correct here. LOL] If she updated the sound, or changed the arrangements/production values a little, the songs would still be wonderful, bombastic and remind people why they like Celine, and it would bring a fresher sound to her show, which she desperately needs. We've been hearing the SAME "mego-inspired-pseudo-rock versions" since 1996 on some of these songs.

 

On the other hand... she very well may also use the songs as a vocal break during long shows. That makes total sense to me. Back when she would not talk between shows to give herself some rest, she sang *almost* all the songs live. Now that she's Miss Family Gal, she's gonna talk more than ever, so she does the opposite and just doesn't sing all the songs that would create such a vocal stress on herself.

 

I can see both sides of the argument. But, I would also think that giving some of the songs new arrangements, she wouldn't have to go nuts on them and feel like she has to sing at the top of her lungs. But remember when she sang TTWII during the Millennium show? It was a little lackluster, and she left out one of the longer held notes from the ending, and it sounded a little dumpy...

 

Back to just plain out removing some songs:

 

- I'm Your Angel needs to be banned forever and a day.

- The Queen Homage could use some tweaking. Perhaps it's a kick for her to perform, but the vids I've seen don't really do the songs justice, and kinda bore the ending of the show.

- Soul Medley... well maybe get rid of the Barnev stuff, but I am assuming it's also a break for her from the show, too... but there are more artistic ways of giving her a break. Remember the LTAL Tour when she actually sat down for the acoustic medley?

- I do like the idea of her singing "I Want to Break Free" during the Queen medley... I think it would suit her voice big time.

- Breaking up the show into segments is something that Jamie King has done for most of the artists' tours that he's produced. It's an interesting way to give the show more depth, interest and not feel like a 90 minute blah, where you forget certain things... it would be nice if Celine would step up to the artistic plate a little and work with the interesting stuff she's been given, and maybe, just maybe change a few things to help herself out and give the show some flavor.

 

I can hear the conversation...

 

Rene: "We're gonna use this tracklist: _______, ________, ________, _________, and finish with River Deep and My Heart Will Go On."

 

Celine: "I'm gonna need some rest... let's just lip to a few, eh?"

 

But it could be something like:

 

Celine: "Hech No! We're gonna need to give them some new sounds then... I am tired of singing TPOL the same way since 1995. The others could use a breath of fresh air. Get Mego on the phone... let's talk new sounds on those old ones. They are fan favorites, but I need some inspiration to keep singing them..."

 

Rene: "Done. I'm calling Mego now."

 

Exactly!! Thank you for that post! That's exactly what Celine needs to do. She needs to add fresher arrangements to her songs, because I think most people are tired of her lipping her old hits on stage. If she had newer and fresher arrangements, she wouldn't have to lip so much(hopefully)!

[DaysForever]

Next, she has performed 45 of the 60 songs she has rehearsed. So there is a big possibility that she will sing other songs. The tour hasn't finished yet. It will take a while.

Which other 15 songs has she rehearsed for the tour?

 

Replace the following songs:

-TPOL (or she should at least sing a new arrangement of a LIVE version; 13 years of the same pre-recorded track is kind of much)

-IACBTMN

-TYLM

-MHWGO (either find a new song as the last one of the night or sing it live; we know she can!)

-Queen's Medley (except The Show Must Go On)

-I'm Your Angel

-LCMM

 

Celine should also switch up the set list a little bit. She could perhaps make MHWGO as the opening song, followed by RDMH and sing My Love or That's The Way It Is as an encore.

 

Hopefully many changes will be added to the set list during or before the North American leg of the tour.

 

This is Celine's TAKING CHANCES tour, let's hope she takes some major chances soon. I hope I'm not the only one who's tired of constantly hearing the playback versions of old hits.

Edited July 3, 2008 at 01:15 AM by DaysForever

[showmi]

She should sing:

- Medley: Ce N'était Qu'un Rêve/D'amour Ou D'amitié/Mon Ami M'a Quittée/L'amour Existe Encore/Un Garçon Pas Comme Les Autres (Ziggy)

- Let's Talk About Love

- Think Twice

- Immensité

- You And I

- J'attendais

- If You Asked Me To

- Eyes On Me (Remix) Ft. Will.I.Am

- Terre

- Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down

- Misled

- All The Way

- Where Does My Heart Beat Now

[ObiWan]

Never really listened to Where Does My Heart Beat Now until now with the new greatest hits CD. I LOVE IT!!! I wish she would perform it!!! Edited November 2, 2008 at 09:02 PM by Thomas
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[Kyle_Jared]

Drop "Love can move mountains" ADD "A new day has come" (Radio Remix version) (HELLOOOOOO This ''offically" was her last #1 AC song in the states.

 

-Drop one of the Queen songs and sing a hit the audience came to see! ("If you asked me to") when did she last sing this !?!?!

Edited November 2, 2008 at 08:56 PM by Kyle_Jared

[ObiWan]

Drop "Love can move mountains" ADD "A new day has come" (Radio Remix version) (HELLOOOOOO This ''offically" was her last #1 AC song in the states.

 

-Drop one of the Queen songs and sing a hit the audience came to see! ("If you asked me to") when did she last sing this !?!?!

 

Good idea!