The original songs of Celine's cover versions

[drove all night]

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD

 

I'm not sure, if I really want to reactive my thread on a regularly basis, by keeping up with all the covers Céline sang since my last postings. But at least I would like to share with you a truly hidden treasure I discovered by chance a while ago. Definitely never heard before! And as I'm her fan for over 30 years I thought, that I've heard really everything of her! Unfortunately I don't know when and where this snippet had been recorded (further information would be highly appreciated!), could be in 1986. Finally today I found out, which song she was singing and it's definitely very interesting hearing her perform that kind of music! Especially @ that young age. But I think to remember, René was in these days keen to present her with a variety of music to show her abilities.

 

It's a traditional Negro spiritual, which dates back to the era of slavery in the U.S. First performances date back to the 1870s. Has been recorded numerous times.

 

I choose Odetta Holmes (1930-2008), an American singer and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". She was famous for her mainly folk music, blues and spirituals:

 

Céline:

[drove all night]

HYMN TO THE SEA

Jim Cameron originally intended to engage Enya to compose the soundtrack for "Titanic". He listened to her music while writing the movie. He even put together a rough edit of the film using her music as a temporary soundtrack. But the Irish singer-songwriter and musician declined doing the music for the movie. So he asked James Horner, with whom he had already worked together @ the 1986-movie "Aliens". Horner composed the soundtrack in Enya's style. For the wordless vocals he tried 25 or 30 singers until he had choosen the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. Horner knew her from the album "Innerst i sjelen", of which he particularly liked the song "Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg" ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle").

(Source: Wikipedia and web)

Sissel "Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg" ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"):

Sissel recording "Hymn to the sea":

Inspired by her large pool of her Florida "waterpark", Céline sang a snippet @ Ellen DeGeneres, @ 2:50

[drove all night]

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

 

written by Freddie Mercury for Queen's 1975 album "A Night at the Opera". He intended that song to be a "mock opera", outside the norm of rock songs. It follows a certain operatic logic: choruses of multi-tracked voices alternate with aria-like solos, emotions excessive, a confusing plot. It was the most expensive single ever produced at the time of its release. Recording began after a three-week rehearsal. During the making of the track, five different studios were used. May, Mercury and Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day. It's one of Queen's most popular songs. The single was accompanied by a ground-breaking video. After the huge success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" it became regular practice for record companies to produce promotional videos for artists' single releases.

 

The song has been covered by many different artists - although in my opinion no-one really could get near to the genius of Queen's original. Maybe one reason Céline never sang the whole piece?

But for those of you who don't know the hilarious cover of the Muppets, please take a look. The video is a montage by about 70 different Muppets characters singing in the same style used by Queen. The video presents an abridged version with alternated lyrics to retain the appropriateness for family audiences.

(Source: Wikipedia)

 

Queen, the original video:

 

The Muppets version:

 

Céline performed unfortunately only snippets up till now. Oh, how I wish she would one day perform the whole masterpiece!

Snippet @ London 2017:

 

and using the great acoustics of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the Met Gala on May 7, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A86UQXKCwmE

[dawn]

HYMN TO THE SEA

 

Jim Cameron originally intended to engage Enya to compose the soundtrack for "Titanic". He listened to her music while writing the movie. He even put together a rough edit of the film using her music as a temporary soundtrack. But the Irish singer-songwriter and musician declined doing the music for the movie. So he asked James Horner, with whom he had already worked together @ the 1986-movie "Aliens". Horner composed the soundtrack in Enya's style. For the wordless vocals he tried 25 or 30 singers until he had choosen the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. Horner knew her from the album "Innerst i sjelen", of which he particularly liked the song "Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg" ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle").

(Source: Wikipedia and web)

 

Sissel "Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg" ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qwF0KtBovA

 

Sissel recording "Hymn to the sea":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8LsrPAsj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esdPIEis4XI

 

Inspired by her large pool of her Florida "waterpark", Céline sang a snippet @ Ellen DeGeneres, @ 2:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4s5LhYZ7e8

 

Ellen Degeneres??? Noooo. Better this performance :wub: :wub: :

 

[drove all night]

Ellen Degeneres??? Noooo. Better this performance :wub: :wub: :

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ascYR4DCw8

 

Aaaahhhh ... YES .... I've searched for it, couldn't quite recall the occasion. Thanx you so much, you found it!

[CelinesDIVO5]

 

 

Ellen Degeneres??? Noooo. Better this performance :wub: :wub: :

 

 

This night was magical. I will never forget it.

[CelineDionForeverNY]

That intro to MHWGO is one of the vocal highlights from this decade. The flexibility and purity in her voice is impeccable there.

[Davey84]

I guess it’s high time to update this thread! Let's start of with:

 

YOU'RE THE VOICE

 

Recorded by the Australian singer John Farnham and released as a single in September 1986 ahead of his album, Whispering Jack. It has been a worldwide hit, number 1 in Australia, Sweden and West-Germany and it has been featured in numerous TV and film productions, including the film Hot Rod, the BBC series Merlin, the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and comedian Peter Kay's Car Share.

 

During the Live 2018 tour You're the Voice replaced The Reason in Sydney on 27 July 2018. John Farnham joined Céline for her last Australian concert to perform "You're the Voice" together in Melbourne on 8 August 2018. It was also performed during the concert in Live At British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London - 5th July 2019, the last legs of Celine in Las Vegas and it is part of the North-American leg of the Courage World Tour.

 

John Farnham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkOZTSvrHs

 

Celine & John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxkxFJOQPHE

 

YTV during Courage World Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4P0wUQKyo

[Davey84]

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

 

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American recording artist Sam Cooke for his album Ain't That Good News, released mid-February 1964. A slightly edited version of the recording was released as a single on December 22, 1964. Aretha Franklin recorded the song for rhe Atlantic album "I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You" from 1967.

 

In 2019, Céline performed the song as a part of a tribute to Aretha Franklin called "Aretha! A Grammy Celebration For The Queen of Soul". The tribute was broadcast by CBS in March 2019.

 

Sam Cooke

 

Aretha Franklin

 

Céline

 

[Davey84]

LET’S DANCE

 

"Let's Dance" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie for his 1983 album Let's Dance. It was released as the lead single from the album in March 1983 and went on to become one of his biggest-selling tracks.

The single was one of Bowie's fastest-selling, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 5 on its first week of release, staying at the top of the charts for three weeks. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100, in Oceania, it narrowly missed topping the Australian charts, peaking at No. 2 for three weeks, but topped the chart for 4 consecutive weeks in New Zealand. It is one of the 300 best-selling UK singles of all time.

 

Let’s Dance is part of a big medley of the North-American leg of the Courage World Tour. The original medley consisted of: Let's Dance" / "Another One Bites the Dust" / "Flying on My Own" / "Kiss" / "River Deep, Mountain High" / "Lady Marmalade". Unfortunately, FOMO was cut from the medley.

 

David Bowie

 

Céline

 

[Davey84]

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

 

"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the British rock band Queen from the group's eighth studio album The Game from 1980. The song was a worldwide hit, charting number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, and number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The song is credited as Queen's best-selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. The song won an American Music Award for Favorite Rock Single and also garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Another One Bites the Dust has been covered, remixed and sampled by many artists since its release, and has also appeared in TV shows, commercials, films and other media. The song is also commonly used at sports events, aimed at the defeated opponent.

 

Another One Bites the Dust is part of a big medley of the North-American leg of the Courage World Tour. The original medley consisted of: Let's Dance" / "Another One Bites the Dust" / "Flying on My Own" / "Kiss" / "River Deep, Mountain High" / "Lady Marmalade". Unfortunately, FOMO was cut from the medley. It’s Céline’s third cover of a Queen song, after first singing We Will Rock You and The Show Must Go On during the Taking Chances World Tour. (Fourth if you count that blurp of Bohemian Rhapsody at the METS Gala 2018 too )

 

Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

 

Céline

https://youtu.be/nLbBU2Z61lc?t=88

[Davey84]

WICKED GAME

 

Wicked Game is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak, released from his third studio album Heart Shaped World (1989). Despite being released as a single in 1990, it did not become a hit until it was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart (1990). Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who loved David Lynch films, began playing the song, and it quickly became a nationwide top-ten hit in January 1991, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the first hit song of Isaak's career.

It has been covered by many other artists and been featured in numerous high-profile movies and television series and advertisements, so much so that Dazed magazine questioned whether it might be the most influential love song in modern music.

 

Céline recorded Wicked Game for her Spotify single (Imperfections Acoustic + Wicked Game) that was released on 25 February 2020. The song was recorded at the Electric Lady Studios in New York City and features Chris Isaak in the backing vocals. Spotify Singles is a program that brings artists into a comfortable and inspiring environment to create a 2 song EP exclusively for Spotify. As a nod to the timeless 7” vinyl format, artists will record: An A Side: an alternate version of the artist's current focus track.

 

About recording WG Céline said: “I chose ‘Wicked Game’ for my Spotify Singles because it’s one of my favorite songs of all time for many, many, many reasons. I wanted to respect the original version, which I still think is perfection.” Chris Isaak said: “When I heard Céline singing there was a big smile on my face. It’s just fun to hear her sing. Somebody said about Fred Astaire’s dancing ‘he makes it look so easy.’ Céline makes it sound so effortless.” The Rolling Stone gave a good review of the song: "Her intonations on the first verse are a bit freestyle, but she then proceeds to give one of the more subtle — and beautiful — vocal performances of her career. It’s the Goldilocks amount of Céline energy: not too little, not too much."

 

Chris Isaak/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlJew-Dw87I

 

Céline

https://open.spotify...mvOyiSld7yBZkJ2

[Davey84]

LADY MARMALADE

 

First released in 1974 by the girl group Labelle. Had been covered several times such aus: All Saints (1998), Christina Aguilera&Lil' Kim&Mya&Pink (2001) for the film "Moulin Rouge", Leona Lewis

 

Labelle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2otwl4ros

 

All Saints:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaejaXy1VI

 

Leona Lewis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxSUEp5HVkc

 

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZk

 

Céline with Nanette Workman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-3NLfCTLTc

 

LADY MARMALADE

Lady Marmalade is part of a big medley of the North-American leg of the Courage World Tour. The original medley consisted of: Let's Dance" / "Another One Bites the Dust" / "Flying on My Own" / "Kiss" / "River Deep, Mountain High" / "Lady Marmalade". Unfortunately, FOMO was cut from the medley.

 

Céline

 

[Davey84]

John Lennon - Imagine

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

Céline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hEgqCS4h5M

A capella

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLEOG8_VL30

 

IMAGINE

 

Shout out to the revival of this song at the Live At British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London - 5th July 2019. It truly was a magical moment in that amazing yellow dress! Imagine is now also part of the North American leg of the Courage World Tour. Though during the shows in Boston (13 + 14 December 2019), Céline performed "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" instead of "Imagine”. During the first show in Miami, Céline performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" instead of "Imagine" in tribute to her mother, who passed away earlier that day (17 January 2020).

 

Céline

 

 

[Davey84]

Updated the list on the first page:

 

These songs can be found this topic:

 

 

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

À PARIS

À QUATRE PAS D'ICI

A SONG FOR YOU

ACADIAN DRIFTWOOD

ADESTE FIDELES (O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL)

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

ALL BY MYSELF

ALL THE WAY (DUET WITH FRANK SINATRA)

ALONE

AMAR HACIENDO EL AMOR

AMMORE ANNASCUNNUTO

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

ARGENT TROP CHER

AT LAST

AT SEVENTEEN

ATTENDS MOI, TI-GARS

AVE MARIA

AVEC LA TÊTE, AVEC LE COEUR

AVEC LE TEMPS

BABY CLOSE YOUR EYES

BAD

BEAUTIFUL BOY

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

BECAUSE

BELIEVE

BEN

BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED

BLUE CHRISTMAS

BLUEBERRY HILL

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

BOZO

BRAHMS LULLABY

BREAKAWAY

BRÛLE PAS TES DOIGTS

BYE BYE

CALLING YOU

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

CAN'T WE TRY

CAROLINE

CARUSO

CE SOIR ON DANSE À NAZILAND

CENT MILLE CHANSONS

C'EST UN PETIT MONDE

CHAIN OF FOOLS

CHANTE-LA TA CHANSON

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO

CONGA

DANCE WITH MY FATHER

DÉGÉNÉRATIONS / LE REEL DU FOSSÉ

DÉLIVRE-MOI

DIAMONDS

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?

DU FIL, DES AIGUILLES ET DU COTON

EARTH SONG

EMOTION

ENCORE ET ENCORE

ENDLESS LOVE

ÊTRE À LA HAUTEUR

EV (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU

FALLING INTO YOU

FAME

FELIZ NAVIDAD

FEVER

FUNKYTOWN

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

GLORY ALLELUIA

GOD BLESS AMERICA

GOLDFINGER

HABANERA / L'AMOUR EST ENFANT DE BOHÊME - CARMEN

HALLELUJAH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY CHRISTMAS ( WAR IS OVER )

HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY

HAVE A HEART

HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE

HERE WE ARE

HOLD ON! I'M COMIN'!

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU

HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?

HYMN TO THE SEA

HYMNE À L'AMITIÉ

HYMNE À L'AMOUR

I DROVE ALL NIGHT

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE

I HATE YOU THEN I LOVE YOU

I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU

I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN

I KNEW I LOVED YOU

I SURRENDER

I WANNA KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

I WISH

I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING

IF I CAN DREAM

IF I COULD

IF I RULED THE WORLD

IF WALLS COULD TALK

IF YOU ASKED ME TO

IF YOU'D ONLY BELIEVE

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS DES GENS DES HEUREUX

I'M ALIVE (WAKE UP MIX)

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME

IMAGINE

IS NOTHING SACRED

IT'S A MAN'S WORLD

IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW

IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE

IT'S ONLY LOVE

I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME

J'AI BESOIN D'UN CHUM

J'AI VU MAMAN EMBRASSER LE PÈRE NOËL

JE L'AIME À MOURIR

JE N'AI PAS PEUR DE MOURIR AVEC TOI

JE NE SUIS QU'UNE CHANSON

JE REVIENDRAI À MONTRÉAL

JOYEUX NOËL

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE

KISS

KNOCK ON WOOD

LA PETITE VIE

LA PROMESSSE CASSÉE

LA VALSE DES LILAS

LA VIE EN ROSE

LÀ-BAS (DUET WITH JEAN-JACQUES GOLDMAN)

LADY MARMALADE

LAISSE MOI PARTIR

LA-LA-LULLABY

L'AMOUR VIENDRA

L'ARBRE EST DANS SES FEUILLES

LE BLUES DU BUSINESSMAN

LE FILS DE SUPERMAN

LE LOUP, LA BICHE ET LE CHEVALIER (UNE CHANSON DOUCE)

LE MONDE EST STONE

LE P'TIT BONHEUR

LE P'TIT RENNE AU NEZ ROUGE

LE TRAIN DU NORD

LES ENFANTS OUBLIÉS

LES FLEURS MALADES

LES MOULINS DE MON COEUR

LES ROSES BLANCHES

LES UNS CONTRE LES AUTRES

LET’S DANCE

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE

LIFE IS A CABARET

L'ITALIANO (LASCIATEMI CANTARE)

LIVE AND LET DIE

LIVE FOR THE ONE I LOVE

L'OMBRE S'ENFUIT ("TRISTESSE")

LOVE IS ON THE WAY

LOVED MY BACK TO LIFE

LULLABYE (GOODNIGHT, MY ANGEL)

MAMMY BLUE

MAN IN THE MIRROR

MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN)

MEJOR DECIR ADIOS

MEMORY

MES BLUES PASSENT PU DANS MA PORTE

MO LI HUA

MOI MES SOULIERS

MON PAYS

MR. PAGANINI

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY

MY LOVE (by Sia)

MY WAY

NATURAL WOMAN

NATURE BOY

NE ME PLAIGNEZ PAS

NE ME QUITTE PAS

NEW DAWN

NO WOMAN, NO CRY

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

NOËL BLANC

O CANADA

O CHRISTMAS TREE

O HOLY NIGHT

OH HAPPY DAY

OPEN ARMS

OVERJOYED

OXYGÈNE

PAPA DON'T PREACH

PAQUETVILLE

PAROLES ... PAROLES ...

PÈRE NOËL ARRIVE CE SOIR

PETIT PAPA NOËL

PIAF CHANTERAIT DU ROCK

PLUS HAUT QUE MOI

PROMENADE EN TRAÎNEAU

PURPLE RAIN

QUAND ÇA BALANCE

QUAND LES HOMMES VIVRONT D'AMOUR

QUAND ON ARRIVE EN VILLE

QUAND ON N'A QUE L'AMOUR

QUAND ON S'AIME (DUET WITH RENE SIMARD)

RETIENS-MOI

RIEN N'EST VRAIMENT FINI

RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIGHT ONE

RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH

ROLLING IN THE DEEP

SAINTE NUIT

SANTA MARIA DE LA MER

SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU

SEND ME A LOVER

SEULEMENT QU'UNE AVENTURE

SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY

SMILE

SOMETHING

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD

SOMEWHERE

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

STAND BY ME

STAYIN' ALIVE

SUMMERTIME

TAKING CHANCES

TEARS IN HEAVEN

TEN DAYS

THAT’S JUST THE WOMAN IN ME

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

THE BEST

THE CHRISTMAS SONG

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL

THE GREATEST REWARD

THE LAST TO KNOW

THE POWER OF LOVE

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

THE SHOW MUST GO ON "LAS VEGAS MASHUP" BEETHOVEN'S 5TH

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

THE WAY WE WERE

TIRE L'AIGUILLE

TON VISAGE

TONIGHT WE DANCE

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT

TREAT HER LIKE A LADY

TRISTESSE ("L'OMBRE SE FUIT")

TU NAGES

TUE-MOI

TWIST AND SHOUT

UN ENFANT

UN PAYS POUR NOUS

UN PEU PLUS HAUT, UN PEU PLUS LOIN

UNE CHANCE QU'ON S'A

UNISON

UP WHERE WE BELONG

VOIS COMME C'EST BEAU

VOLARE

WATER AND A FLAME

WE ARE THE WORLD

WE WILL ROCK YOU

WHAT A FEELING

WHAT A MAN / WHATTA MAN

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

WHAT I DID FOR LOVE

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (DUET WITH CLIVE GRIFFIN)

WHEN I NEED YOU

WHEN YOU'RE GONE

WHITE CHRISTMAS

WICKED GAME

WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

WITH ONE MORE LOOK AT YOU/WATCH CLOSELY NOW

YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG (DUET WITH ANASTACIA)

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING / STAYING ALIVE

YOU’RE THE VOICE

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND (WITH GLORIA, SHANIA & CAROLE)

ZIGGY

 

[pat200]

thx for the update Davey!

[Davey84]

thx for the update Davey!

You are welcome

 

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[Céline RO]

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

 

"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the British rock band Queen from the group's eighth studio album The Game from 1980. The song was a worldwide hit, charting number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, and number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The song is credited as Queen's best-selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. The song won an American Music Award for Favorite Rock Single and also garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Another One Bites the Dust has been covered, remixed and sampled by many artists since its release, and has also appeared in TV shows, commercials, films and other media. The song is also commonly used at sports events, aimed at the defeated opponent.

 

Another One Bites the Dust is part of a big medley of the North-American leg of the Courage World Tour. The original medley consisted of: Let's Dance" / "Another One Bites the Dust" / "Flying on My Own" / "Kiss" / "River Deep, Mountain High" / "Lady Marmalade". Unfortunately, FOMO was cut from the medley. It’s Céline’s third cover of a Queen song, after first singing We Will Rock You and The Show Must Go On during the Taking Chances World Tour. (Fourth if you count that blurp of Bohemian Rhapsody at the METS Gala 2018 too )

 

Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

 

Céline

https://youtu.be/nLbBU2Z61lc?t=88

 

Isn’t it Céline’s 4th cover of a Queen song because she also sang “Love of My Life” on the 2017 tour? Also, she sang snippets of “Bohemian Rhapsody” on multiple occasions, like in London in 2017.

[jpatdeleon09]

I don’t consider some of the songs that céline sang on some occasions that has nothing to do with the Tour as a cover. Unless she recorded it.

 

Queen (so 3)

 

Love of my life

Show must go on

Another one bites the dust

[Céline RO]

I don't consider some of the songs that céline sang on some occasions that has nothing to do with the Tour as a cover. Unless she recorded it.

 

Queen (so 3)

 

Love of my life

Show must go on

Another one bites the dust

 

What about “We Will Rock You”?!

[jpatdeleon09]

 

 

What about “We Will Rock You”?!

 

Oh that!!

 

So 4 now

 

If she sang ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ onstage or recorded it then it’s her 5th cover of Queen

Edited March 17, 2020 at 04:38 PM by jpatdeleon09

[PuraVida]

The singer they almost used for Titanic, Sissel, is extremely talented. I think Celine herself would be impressed too.

 

I think the list of songs Celine has covered, even if for brief snippets, is amazing. Some ones that are my favorites are:

 

Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word - Elton John

Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

Free Your Mind - En Vogue

All Around the World - Lisa Stansfield

Money Can't But It - Annie Lennox (or anything from that album really)

Oh Happy Day

Master Blammer - Stevie Wonder

That's What Friends are For - Dionne Warwick

Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong

Edited March 17, 2020 at 06:28 PM by PuraVida

[Céline RO]

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The singer they almost used for Titanic, Sissel, is extremely talented. I think Celine herself would be impressed too.

 

I think the list of songs Celine has covered, even if for brief snippets, is amazing. Some ones that are my favorites are:

 

Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word - Elton John

Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

Free Your Mind - En Vogue

All Around the World - Lisa Stansfield

Money Can't But It - Annie Lennox (or anything from that album really)

Oh Happy Day

Master Blammer - Stevie Wonder

That's What Friends are For - Dionne Warwick

Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong

 

Apart from the ones she has recorded, I also love “You’re the Voice”, “Purple Rain”, “Let’s Dance”, “and “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”. And, I almost forgot, “A Change is Gonna Come”.

Edited March 17, 2020 at 07:55 PM by Céline RO

[jpatdeleon09]

The singer they almost used for Titanic, Sissel, is extremely talented. I think Celine herself would be impressed too.

 

I think the list of songs Celine has covered, even if for brief snippets, is amazing. Some ones that are my favorites are:

 

Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word - Elton John

Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

Free Your Mind - En Vogue

All Around the World - Lisa Stansfield

Money Can't But It - Annie Lennox (or anything from that album really)

Oh Happy Day

Master Blammer - Stevie Wonder

That's What Friends are For - Dionne Warwick

Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong

 

I also love her cover of

 

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Wind Beneath My Wings

Just Falling in Love Again

Stand By Me

That’s What Friends Are For

[jpatdeleon09]

 

 

Apart from the ones she has recorded, I also love “You’re the Voice”, “Purple Rain”, “Let’s Dance”, “and “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”. And, I almost forgot, “A Change is Gonna Come”.

 

You like ‘You’re the voice’? I remember this forum doesn’t like that song including me but after watching her recent performances of that song i am slowly liking it. But still i don’t want her to record this song. This song is only for live.

[Céline RO]

You like 'You're the voice'? I remember this forum doesn't like that song including me but after watching her recent performances of that song i am slowly liking it. But still i don't want her to record this song. This song is only for live.

 

I LOVE “You’re the Voice”, both Céline’s version and John’s original version. At first I was annoyed that it was brought to Vegas and then to the world tour but I’ve quickly grown to love it. In fact, it’s one of the highlights of the show for me. I agree however that it works best live and she should not record it.

[scielle]

 

 

I LOVE “You’re the Voice”, both Céline’s version and John’s original version. At first I was annoyed that it was brought to Vegas and then to the world tour but I’ve quickly grown to love it. In fact, it’s one of the highlights of the show for me. I agree however that it works best live and she should not record it.

 

Definitely one of the better songs in her repertoire. Wish she’d sing more like it, and less of the “I’m Alive” kind.

[PuraVida]

Apart from the ones she has recorded, I also love “You’re the Voice”, “Purple Rain”, “Let’s Dance”, “and “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”. And, I almost forgot, “A Change is Gonna Come”.

 

Yes! It's A Man's World has to be in my top 5--thanks for reminding me. It had such an atmosphere around it, and I would much prefer it to a Prince cover.

[idroveallnight]

I didn't realize there was so much controversy around Love Is On The Way and Billy Porter, who said on his blog in 2017 that he essentially became a demo singer for Celine. It was kind of hard reading this because we know Celine is so passionate about singing and that she loves singing other people's songs because she is a fan herself...but at the same time I have to admit that I had no idea who Billy Porter was until last year. I'm sorry for him but we all know that when Celine wants a song to sing, she will always get what she wants because she's a huge money-maker.

 

Here's Billy's story:

Those are the questions that kept coming up as I tried to navigate the treacherous terrain that was the 90’s music scene. And then that call came. The call that changed everything…

A dear friend of mine was working as a temp in the executive offices of Sony Music Group when the new Celine Dion record Let’s Talk About Love was delivered. Her album was set to drop in the 4th quarter. The year was 1997. For context, I remind you that my debut album project dropped on or around my birthday, September 21, 1997. It was now October of that same year and my friend calmly warned me that there was a title on this new Celine Dion project that may be of suspect interest to me. “Love Is On The Way” was slowly gathering steam and becoming my signature, power ballad anthem. In the interest of full disclosure, I initially sang a demo for the song for the production company that I was signed to in order for them to pitch this very song to other artists and get it placed. Here’s the kicker: “Love Is On The Way” was originally written for Ms. Dion and pitched to her for the Falling In You project that was release to great acclaim a couple of years prior. She passed on the song. Or should I say, her ‘people’ passed. Fast forward to The First Wives Club. Here’s my timeline:

• I sang the demo for “Love Is On The Way” in the attempt to try and get it place with another artist.
  
• I fell in love with the song.
  
• I fought with the label to let me have it (they thought it
  wasn’t the right fit for me).
  
• I defied them and sang it anyway! I slayed The Children at
  my annual Christmas concert to a sold-out audience at Town Hall and received a rapturous, simultaneous standing ovation. The Children were gagging…
  
• I sang the song at a birthday party for actress Jennifer Lewis where Bette Midler was in attendance.
  

• Ms. Midler also gagged. All over the song – and me! She fell in love with the inspired idea to have it placed in a little movie she was filming at the time called, The First Wives Club.
  
• The rest is history.
  

So as legend has it, Ms. Dion was in a darkened movie theater enjoying The First Wives Club and lo and behold there’s this incredible song that she took a shining to. “I want to sing that song,” she allegedly requested. And so it was…like God and the whole LET THERE BE LIGHT situation. And not only did my production company/label/producer/songwriters jump at the opportunity to give my s*** away, they also all thought it would be beneficial if they just went on ahead and produced the track on her album. Same key (with the exception of a modulation in the final chorus). Same production. Voice interpretation copped note-for-note from my recording. So essentially I became a glorified demo singer for Celine Dion. And the worst part was that no one even had the decency to tell me any of this was going down. I had to find out by accident through an unlikely spy whom I didn’t even know I had planted. The truth is, my pain wasn’t based on Ms. Dion actually recording the song. That s*** happens all the time. She’s a superstar. Having a song placed on any of her albums means millions of dollars in revenue for the creative entities behind the scenes. Mortgages need to be paid. Children need to be fed, clothed, and sent to college. Qualities of lives need to be maintained. I understand all of this and would have never begrudged anyone that opportunity. But they lied to me!!! And just so we’re clear, withholding information… is a lie! “I hate a thief, and I hate a liar – and you’re both of them!!!” my mother howled through tears as she beat the black off of my #ss after I stole five dollars from my grandmother and lied about it when I was 8- years-old. And as I felt my soul being sucked out of my throat through the corpuscles of vocal chords, I thought once again: Is this worth my sanity? Is this worth my life?

Weeks later, I came home after a business trip to the stink of rotting flowers and fruit decomposing on my dining room table. The card read, “Thank you for your inspiration. Love, Celine Dion.” Was this supposed to make it all better? Heal the wound of abandonment and betrayal that festered? How ironic that the well intentioned gift brimming with living things upon delivery had begun to decay. Disintegrate. Die, wrapped up in a basket before ever having the chance to breathe life. That was the moment I chose life. I actively decided to choose my sanity over my fame. Period. The end. I walked away. I washed my hands of it. I purged my soul of that which was literally killing me and became a seeker. I surrendered all – but not before a marched into label CEO’s office, and with as much Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter Ford ghetto drama I could muster intoned, “I hate a thief, and I hate a liar – and you’re both of them!!!”

https://billyporter.com/blog/2017/1/15/oh-my-how-things-have-changed

[CelinesDIVO5]

I didn't realize there was so much controversy around Love Is On The Way and Billy Porter, who said on his blog in 2017 that he essentially became a demo singer for Celine. It was kind of hard reading this because we know Celine is so passionate about singing and that she loves singing other people's songs because she is a fan herself...but at the same time I have to admit that I had no idea who Billy Porter was until last year. I'm sorry for him but we all know that when Celine wants a song to sing, she will always get what she wants because she's a huge money-maker.

 

Here's Billy's story:

Those are the questions that kept coming up as I tried to navigate the treacherous terrain that was the 90’s music scene. And then that call came. The call that changed everything…

A dear friend of mine was working as a temp in the executive offices of Sony Music Group when the new Celine Dion record Let’s Talk About Love was delivered. Her album was set to drop in the 4th quarter. The year was 1997. For context, I remind you that my debut album project dropped on or around my birthday, September 21, 1997. It was now October of that same year and my friend calmly warned me that there was a title on this new Celine Dion project that may be of suspect interest to me. “Love Is On The Way” was slowly gathering steam and becoming my signature, power ballad anthem. In the interest of full disclosure, I initially sang a demo for the song for the production company that I was signed to in order for them to pitch this very song to other artists and get it placed. Here’s the kicker: “Love Is On The Way” was originally written for Ms. Dion and pitched to her for the Falling In You project that was release to great acclaim a couple of years prior. She passed on the song. Or should I say, her ‘people’ passed. Fast forward to The First Wives Club. Here’s my timeline:

• I sang the demo for “Love Is On The Way” in the attempt to try and get it place with another artist.
  
• I fell in love with the song.
  
• I fought with the label to let me have it (they thought it
  wasn’t the right fit for me).
  
• I defied them and sang it anyway! I slayed The Children at
  my annual Christmas concert to a sold-out audience at Town Hall and received a rapturous, simultaneous standing ovation. The Children were gagging…
  
• I sang the song at a birthday party for actress Jennifer Lewis where Bette Midler was in attendance.
  

• Ms. Midler also gagged. All over the song – and me! She fell in love with the inspired idea to have it placed in a little movie she was filming at the time called, The First Wives Club.
  
• The rest is history.
  

So as legend has it, Ms. Dion was in a darkened movie theater enjoying The First Wives Club and lo and behold there’s this incredible song that she took a shining to. “I want to sing that song,” she allegedly requested. And so it was…like God and the whole LET THERE BE LIGHT situation. And not only did my production company/label/producer/songwriters jump at the opportunity to give my s*** away, they also all thought it would be beneficial if they just went on ahead and produced the track on her album. Same key (with the exception of a modulation in the final chorus). Same production. Voice interpretation copped note-for-note from my recording. So essentially I became a glorified demo singer for Celine Dion. And the worst part was that no one even had the decency to tell me any of this was going down. I had to find out by accident through an unlikely spy whom I didn’t even know I had planted. The truth is, my pain wasn’t based on Ms. Dion actually recording the song. That s*** happens all the time. She’s a superstar. Having a song placed on any of her albums means millions of dollars in revenue for the creative entities behind the scenes. Mortgages need to be paid. Children need to be fed, clothed, and sent to college. Qualities of lives need to be maintained. I understand all of this and would have never begrudged anyone that opportunity. But they lied to me!!! And just so we’re clear, withholding information… is a lie! “I hate a thief, and I hate a liar – and you’re both of them!!!” my mother howled through tears as she beat the black off of my #ss after I stole five dollars from my grandmother and lied about it when I was 8- years-old. And as I felt my soul being sucked out of my throat through the corpuscles of vocal chords, I thought once again: Is this worth my sanity? Is this worth my life?

Weeks later, I came home after a business trip to the stink of rotting flowers and fruit decomposing on my dining room table. The card read, “Thank you for your inspiration. Love, Celine Dion.” Was this supposed to make it all better? Heal the wound of abandonment and betrayal that festered? How ironic that the well intentioned gift brimming with living things upon delivery had begun to decay. Disintegrate. Die, wrapped up in a basket before ever having the chance to breathe life. That was the moment I chose life. I actively decided to choose my sanity over my fame. Period. The end. I walked away. I washed my hands of it. I purged my soul of that which was literally killing me and became a seeker. I surrendered all – but not before a marched into label CEO’s office, and with as much Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter Ford ghetto drama I could muster intoned, “I hate a thief, and I hate a liar – and you’re both of them!!!”

https://billyporter.com/blog/2017/1/15/oh-my-how-things-have-changed

 

I love Billy, and I understand his frustration. But I also think he’s being very dramatic here. He belonged to a label and publishing company. He signed a contract. He wrote a song while under that contract. The label/publishing company now owns the song. They can do what they please with it. Artists back in the 50s and 60s recorded the same songs all the time AND they would all release them as singles either at the same time, or within short periods of each other. It has never been an uncommon practice. My opinion here, is that Billy Porter gave up on his own rendition of the song. Yes, Celine recorded it. Yes, it was on one of the top selling albums of all time. BUT, it’s an album track. Never released as a single. The song is not synonymous with Celine Dion’s name. Billy could have taken his rendition, promoted the hell out of it like he wanted and maybe had a hit. Maybe not, depending on reception. But to blame Celine’s recording for dampening his own star power with the song is just petulant, dramatic, irrelevant, and just downright unprofessional.