"Acadian Driftwood" with Zachary Richard - Official Topic

[mirage]

so we have 2 new duet songs coming haha!!

 

lol, when she was finished she wanted to sing it for fun another 2 times she cant get enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCVXTmPMebY

 

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/musique/200...ent-lacadie.php

 

Céline Dion n'était pas encore tout à fait en vacances après le lancement de la biographie de son imprésario de mari, lundi soir.

 

Comme René Angélil venait de le dire aux journalistes, la chanteuse s'est aussitôt rendue dans un studio de l'est de Montréal où l'attendait nul autre que Zachary Richard.

 

 

Ensemble, ils ont enregistré Acadian Driftwood du groupe The Band. Cette chanson écrite par Robbie Robertson en 1975, et inspirée du poème Évangéline, de Longfellow, parle de la déportation des Acadiens, faisant aussi référence à la bataille des plaines d'Abraham, et ses dernières lignes sont en français.

 

 

 

Acadian Driftwood est destinée au nouvel album de Zachary Richard, Last Kiss, son premier en anglais depuis Snake Bite Love en 1992, qui sera disponible au Canada le 7 avril et aux États-Unis le 21.

 

 

Céline et Zachary se connaissent depuis des années et leur duo sur les Plaines l'été dernier (La promesse cassée) n'est sûrement pas étranger à cette nouvelle collaboration.

 

 

Une fois l'enregistrement terminé, Céline a insisté auprès du réalisateur Larry Klein pour chanter Acadian Driftwood deux autres fois, juste pour le plaisir, avant d'entreprendre ses vacances d'un an et demi.

 

 

Ce Larry Klein n'est pas n'importe qui. Il a réalisé plusieurs disques de Joni Mitchell, son ex-épouse, et a signé avec Herbie Hancock la réalisation de l'un des meilleurs albums de 2007, River: The Joni Letters. C'est aussi Larry Klein qui a réalisé le tout nouvel album de Madeleine Peyroux, Bare Bones, en magasin mardi prochain.

Edited March 4, 2009 at 02:52 PM by Bellamy

[Bruno Dion]

WOW! Thank you

[Bellamy]

Lyrics:

 

The war was over and the spirit was broken

The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew

We stood on the cliffs

Oh, and watched the ships

Slowly sinking to their rendezvous

They signed a treaty and our homes were taken

Loved ones forsaken

They didn't give a damn

Try'n' to raise a family

End up the enemy

Over what went down on the plains of Abraham (*)

 

 

Acadian driftwood

Gypsy tail wind

They call my home the land of snow

Canadian cold front movin' in

What a way to ride

Oh, what a way to go

 

 

 

Then some returned to the motherland

The high command had them cast away

And some stayed on to finish what they started

They never parted

They're just built that way

We had kin livin' south of the border

They're a little older and they've been around

They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better

So pull up your stakes, children and come on down

 

Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat

My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone

Been out ice fishing, too much repetition

Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known

Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre

Nothin' to declare

All we had was gone

Broke down along the coast

But what hurt the most

When the people there said

"You better keep movin' on"

 

Everlasting summer filled with ill-content

This government had us walkin' in chains

This isn't my turf

This ain't my season

Can't think of one good reason to remain

I've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans

It was ever green up until the floods

You could call it an omen

Points ya where you're goin'

Set my compass north

I got winter in my blood

 

Acadian driftwood

Gypsy tail wind

They call my home the land of snow

Canadian cold front movin' in

What a way to ride

Ah, what a way to go

 

Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays

[you know, acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)]

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil

[your snow, acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)]

J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh

[i am arriving acadia (or I am coming acadia)]

[celinevegas]

Cool Thanks for news!!!

[Davey84]

cool!

 

it's a nice song! again something so different then what she did before!

 

A new french duet and a new english one... amazing treat!

Edited March 4, 2009 at 03:57 PM by Davey84

[stevo]

Very cool- will it be in English???

[celinecolombian]

Don't get it! Where's Celine in that song?

[Filine]

Sounds very nice, can't wait to hear the end-result

[reynolds]

so anyone have any idea when we will get to here this song??

 

lookinh forward to hearing it...

[Bellamy]

Don't get it! Where's Celine in that song?

She will cover this song as a duet in Zachary Richard's new album.

[daSinga]

Cool! I don't know if Céline has Acadien roots, but I know I do. Anyways, I do like some of the historical songs. "Evangeline" by Annie Blanchard is a beautiful song, too, and "Un Canadien Errant" -- love those songs. And Zachary Richard is my favorite Cajun singer/songwriter.

 

My two cents' worth. lol

 

~~Bren

Edited March 4, 2009 at 05:28 PM by daSinga

[JP]

That's awesome!! I'm sure we'll have many surprises like that even if she's in a long vacation break

[nano]

WOW! Like the song..can't wait to hear what the duet sounds like!!

[ce-line]

Really!? Very exciting!

Thanks for the news!

[Miha]

So this is an older canadian song? I hope the arrangement will sound more modern, otherwise it is a nice song.

Also I hope Celine prepares us one more surprise duet during her break. But it should be with well known singer.

A duet with Garou during her last break was (pity only it wasn't more popular in english spoken market )

[takeachance]

Cool, sounds country - ish! Im sure Celine singing it will be really nice. yah!!! Cant wait

[Jacqui]

Cool! But what does Acadian mean?

[charmedceline]

The chorus sounds very country Love it Edited March 4, 2009 at 10:36 PM by charmedceline

[celinesounds]

great news, i think it's time for this next year

 

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4122/duets.th.png

[luciusbright]

so glad we have more stuff during this break

and I really miss Garou

could they do another deut in English......

[anewdayhascome]

have i understood right? she will record this song both in English and French just like with Toi et moi?

[Terre]

I don't know.

 

This sounds interesting. I never listen to music like that but I think the song is pretty nice.

[nano]

have i understood right? she will record this song both in English and French just like with Toi et moi?

 

I don't know.

 

no, but we'll have 2 duets coming. One with Jean Lapointe and this one with Zachary Richard!

[celinefanonline]

i found this on archambault canada

Zachary Richard -Last Kiss will release on 7th April

1 Dansé

2 Fire In The Night

3 The Levee Broke

4 Last Kiss

5 Just Ain't Enough

6 Give My Heart

7 Some Day

8 Sweet Daniel

9 Come To Me

10 Au Bord De Lac Bijou

11 The Ballad Of C.C. Boudreaux

12 Acadian Driftwood (with Céline Dion)

 

http://www.archambault.ca/store/Product.as...9343&type=1

[CelineFanInSoCal]

ok, so let's all huddle around... I love hearing about stuff like this. I need to do some more research, but am curious as to the sound of these folks she did the duet with... could breath a breath of fresh air to Celine's sound.

[tal-sh2]

Can't wait for April, 7th

[Davey84]

COOL! can't wait to hear their version!!!

[mirage]

aah coool.. thats soon

cant wait to hear it...

 

any news on that other duet thing!?

[SensationalCeline]

So, it's released on April 7th in the stores?????? Can't wait!!!!!! Thank you very much for posting.

[celinedream]

Yay! only 6 more days for a brand new Celine song !! Wow this "break" is not quiet at all !!

 

And this is NOT april's fool btw

 

Official site:

Celine Duet on Zachary Richard Album!

April 1 , 2009

 

Celine recently recorded the duet "Acadian Driftwood" with famous Acadian musician Zachary Richard. This song, inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Évangéline", was composed by Robbie Robertson in 1975 and originally recorded by his group 'The Band.' It will appear on Richard's new album, 'Last Kiss', set to be released in Canada on April 7 and on April 21 in the USA.