Taking Chances World Tour CD/DVD Release Thread

[Javito]

Vocally, in Live À Paris the recording of her voice was perfect. Her voice was purely crystal clear ACDS was great too, but she wasn't in her best performance conditions due to René's illness.

If we had the Olympia concert from 1994 in DVD, that would blew all the rest away like paper

[cmcdaori]

IS it safe to say that with most ALL official releases, AU Coeur Du State,A New Day audio cd, A New Day Dvd, Sur Les Plaines, Taking Chances DVD..that her voice isnt 100 percent captured the way we all know it can be? With any official release it seems that we still havent gotten the amazing vocal work celine is capable of doing. I dont know what it is, but they dont seem to care much about capturing celines FULL vocal potential. The lastest release shows they dont care enough to seperate the good from the fantastic...and they choose just to pick the good. I think most would agree with celines official releases there has always been SOMETHING missing than when we go see her live in person and see just what she is capable of doing. Luckily this dvd will do the best of showing her the best so far I think. I think personally for whatever next release celine needs to pick a different team entirely to show off her amazing work.

 

Here i agree with u considering the dvd-es only. Of course that is right that the editings werent the same, but the cd-es were completely ok. I mean on official releases..

 

If we had the Olympia concert from 1994 in DVD, that would blew all the rest away like paper

 

Completely agree..

Edited May 9, 2010 at 08:51 PM by cmcdaori

[Shaun]

Everything about the Au Coeur Du Stade DVD and the circumstances surrounding it make it what it is for me.

 

Yes she may have been in better shape vocally elsewhere but Au Coeur Du Stade shows Celine at the peak of her success selling out a 90,000 stadium. She looked stunning, sounded great and had the world in the palm of her hand. The set list, the crowd and the overall "show" are all just so right. Of course the sad circumstances of Rene's health at the time make this performance all the more impressive and I am so glad that these concerts, these landmark concerts, were recorded for DVD and as I've said they for me remain the best DVD production of Celine's power and talent yet.

Edited May 9, 2010 at 08:52 PM by Shaun

[celinefanonline]

why suddenly you are all talking about Sur les plaines?? lol

but it's a little strange that they didn't include footage from that concert and the university thing in the movie

btw i like garou's desgin! prettty cool

 

and well i thought they put more effort into AND dvd than the TC tour movie and concert

casue look at the package..... the movie and the concert feel very cheap...(the package)

and the booklet (for both movie and concert) they could have put more pages with more pictures

 

oh well others mmm not so much, love the movie alot! and concert too

[Alex_Incognito]

How about A l'Olympia? Her vocals were 100% flawless. I wish we had a video!

[Timster]

How about A l'Olympia? Her vocals were 100% flawless. I wish we had a video!

 

I remember someone saying ages ago there was going to be a VHS release in the 90s but nothing happned...

[celinemaniac07]

Yeah..its very odd that the packaging for TC World Tour is so weak and small. A New day was so nice with a glossy booklet and a description of the show and pictures for each song. The TC tour was the second highest tour and I dont understand why the packaging would be so cheap and shoddy. Proof again that her team needs to be changed!

[Alex_Incognito]

At least the "Autour du monde" book is 100% fantastic. The best thing ever put together for Celine!

[Javito]

IS it safe to say that with most ALL official releases, AU Coeur Du State,A New Day audio cd, A New Day Dvd, Sur Les Plaines, Taking Chances DVD..that her voice isnt 100 percent captured the way we all know it can be? With any official release it seems that we still havent gotten the amazing vocal work celine is capable of doing. I dont know what it is, but they dont seem to care much about capturing celines FULL vocal potential. The lastest release shows they dont care enough to seperate the good from the fantastic...and they choose just to pick the good. I think most would agree with celines official releases there has always been SOMETHING missing than when we go see her live in person and see just what she is capable of doing. Luckily this dvd will do the best of showing her the best so far I think. I think personally for whatever next release celine needs to pick a different team entirely to show off her amazing work.

 

Here i agree with u considering the dvd-es only. Of course that is right that the editings werent the same, but the cd-es were completely ok. I mean on official releases..

 

If we had the Olympia concert from 1994 in DVD, that would blew all the rest away like paper

 

Completely agree..

 

I have listened to that concert in every possible way The recording audio quality they have in the Olympia theater is already on the tiptop worldwide (that's why so many artists go there to sing when they go to France and many other release a "live at the olympia" album, because they know the recording possibilities are great), but try to listen that CD with Qsound or any other virtual modes you have, equalizer effects or spatial sound. Then turn up the volume... its an amazing experience :in_love:

 

Everything about the Au Coeur Du Stade DVD and the circumstances surrounding it make it what it is for me.

 

Yes she may have been in better shape vocally elsewhere but Au Coeur Du Stade shows Celine at the peak of her success selling out a 90,000 stadium. She looked stunning, sounded great and had the world in the palm of her hand. The set list, the crowd and the overall "show" are all just so right. Of course the sad circumstances of Rene's health at the time make this performance all the more impressive and I am so glad that these concerts, these landmark concerts, were recorded for DVD and as I've said they for me remain the best DVD production of Celine's power and talent yet.

 

Yeah of course if you're talking about the situation in her career, yes, she was at the top of her career ... she just made the Titanic song and the world was crazy about that... but that's not necessarily the best she has done. I prefer her 1990-1996 days or 2002 year rather than 1998.

[celinemaniac07]

I have gotten over the fact that both of the concerts were merged together for the english and french release. Yeah its silly. Yeah its amateurish. Its deceptive. Its odd,peculiar,strange. Sure they could have given us 2 full concerts..one for english, one for french. On both DVDs it should say at the bottom of the package..filmed in boston and montreal. It shouldnt be presented as two actual shows when they are both mushed together with the same performances...BUT I have just gotten over all that and I am going to enjoy the actual concert for what it is. I have heard its edited very well and that it shows off the actual show VERY well. Celine has lots of energy and interacts with the audience more. I just want to appreciate what they have captured with the full show regardless of using the same english versions in both. Its a drag and its head scratching why they make this so complicated..but I know the actual concert dvd will be amazing and I cant wait to own it. I mean seriously...the editing and angles on here are a million times better than on AND. I cant wait for the dvds!!!

[Javito]

why suddenly you are all talking about Sur les plaines?? lol

but it's a little strange that they didn't include footage from that concert and the university thing in the movie

btw i like garou's desgin! prettty cool

 

and well i thought they put more effort into AND dvd than the TC tour movie and concert

casue look at the package..... the movie and the concert feel very cheap...(the package)

and the booklet (for both movie and concert) they could have put more pages with more pictures

 

oh well others mmm not so much, love the movie alot! and concert too

 

That's what we are expecting to find in the Deluxe edition, aren't we? Put that "hope" expectancy in quarantine whilst we see what they have done... Because if all the pictures are going to be like the ones included in the DVD/CD booklet...

 

Yeah..its very odd that the packaging for TC World Tour is so weak and small. A New day was so nice with a glossy booklet and a description of the show and pictures for each song. The TC tour was the second highest tour and I dont understand why the packaging would be so cheap and shoddy. Proof again that her team needs to be changed!

 

Yeah, I was furious when I saw the copies this tuesday next to Barbra's deluxe edition of her new album. She had a stunning front cover, 2 plastic trays and a thick digipack, Céline the cheap version :angry2: I don't get them with this "eco-friendly line" now with Céline! There's organic and bio-degradable plastic now too, isn't it?

[Shaun]

Is everyone missing the fact that NO-WHERE does it state "Celine Dion - Taking Chances Live In Boston" or "Celine Dion -- Taking Chances Live In Montreal."

 

The whole release is simply titled "Taking Chances The Concert" meaning the footage could be filmed damn well anywhere. Yes Celine mentions Boston and might mention Montreal but no where have the deceived people as they do NOT state anywhere that the whole DVD is from one place.

 

They have marketed this release as "Taking Chances The Concert" and that's exactly what we are getting - a concert from the Taking Chances tour.

[cmcdaori]

Is everyone missing the fact that NO-WHERE does it state "Celine Dion - Taking Chances Live In Boston" or "Celine Dion -- Taking Chances Live In Montreal."

 

The whole release is simply titled "Taking Chances The Concert" meaning the footage could be filmed damn well anywhere. Yes Celine mentions Boston and might mention Montreal but no where have the deceived people as they do NOT state anywhere that the whole DVD is from one place.

 

They have marketed this release as "Taking Chances The Concert" and that's exactly what we are getting - a concert from the Taking Chances tour.

 

Ur goddamned right . I wasnt thinking this way. It doesnt matter what was said in the beginning, now at the end we got exactly what the title says. Ur right somehow..

[celinemaniac07]

You are right!!! It just says the concert! Its kinda like this is one big film with one DVD production where they add and take off songs. Like they edited one piece. One Concert...then added in footage from boston and montreal where they needed to based on if it was the "Boston" or "Montreal" edition. Shame on J productions..and RENE.

[cmcdaori]

You are right!!! It just says the concert! Its kinda like this is one big film with one DVD production where they add and take off songs. Like they edited one piece. One Concert...then added in footage from boston and montreal where they needed to based on if it was the "Boston" or "Montreal" edition. Shame on J productions..and RENE.

 

Yes, exactly. It was said in the beginning that is gonna be based on Boston and Montreal and at the end we got mixture of god knows what

[Peppercorn1991]

What happened to that complaining Topic?

[Timster]

Look at the whistle notes she did in Its a Man's World and RDMH all across Europe, Why didnt they use those , but NOOOOOO instead they use the ones where she doesnt put anything extra into the performances.

 

I will never get them.

 

Well they only had the full production crew at Boston and Montreal, so the footage wouldn't be as good if they took the best performances for different cities.

 

As far as I'm concerned we've been spoilt with this tour. We've got videos on YouTube from every concert so we know that there are better nights. Where as in the 90s and Vegas people were happy with what they got as there was very little to compare them to.

[Claudette]

I just have a few suggestions for her team and future shows/tours:

 

1) First, when filming a concert, film it at the beginning of the run. Personally I think Celine sounds much better on these releases than she did on the AND DVD/CD. However, she was a bit tired during the US leg, which is totally understandable. I mean she was on the road for six months before that.

 

2) They should also do the shows at a slower pace and make the tours or whatever longer. Doing 152 shows in one year was a bit much. It was clear to me in the US leg that Celine's body was telling her to take things slower. How Celine got through the last leg only she will know. My dad watched the movie with me this afternoon and he said that it is a miracle that she didn't collapse or something at some point like Lady GaGa and a few other artists in the past.

 

3) Choose fresh and new material. I've noticed that Celine puts so much more effort into some songs than others. Why? Because she is bored with the old songs. The challenge is gone, so she doesn't give a 100%. I mean she has sung BYLM, ABM, MHWGO,.. a gazillion times before and hit all the money notes perfectly, so why does she have to keep singing them. Her team needs to come up with new songs with new money notes or change the arrangements and put some new interesting stuff in there. Something that will make her want to go for it again. Celine likes a challenge and she will always rise to it. If you look at the footage from Phoenix, you never would have guessed that she wasn't feeling well. I mean look at the notes she pulled out of I don't know where during RDMH... That night she knew that she was in trouble and it was almost as if she was scared that her voice was gonna give out on her any minute, so she put all of her strength into that show. Result: she sang some of the best notes of her career.

 

I have to agree with celinemaniac07 on the fact that Celine can do so much more now with her voice. The proof is there in some of the YouTube footage we have. She just needs the right songs and to take things slower.

Edited May 9, 2010 at 09:38 PM by Claudette

[celinemaniac07]

I have to disagree with one thing...I think celine sounded better on most of her US city stops than she did at the beginning of the tour...she was adjusting in the beginning..but towards the end she really did some amazing things with her voice..like in LA with River Deep...her high note was out of this world. Her Its a Mans World renditions only got stronger in the Us when she changed alot of the notes and sang them higher. I personally dont think they should have filmed the dvd using her first night in the US..they should have let her do a few weeks of shows. Again just my opinion..but see with A New Day she sounded better and better..her vocals during the start were alright but they only got better as the show went along.

[celinefanonline]

well for AND start was good but then it went down...... and we have the result for that on the ANDLILV cd, but then slowly she regain her voice and in 07 it was on fire again

[Claudette]

I have to disagree with one thing...I think celine sounded better on most of her US city stops than she did at the beginning of the tour...she was adjusting in the beginning..but towards the end she really did some amazing things with her voice..like in LA with River Deep...her high note was out of this world. Her Its a Mans World renditions only got stronger in the Us when she changed alot of the notes and sang them higher. I personally dont think they should have filmed the dvd using her first night in the US..they should have let her do a few weeks of shows. Again just my opinion..but see with A New Day she sounded better and better..her vocals during the start were alright but they only got better as the show went along.

 

Maybe not the first show, but more towards the middle.

 

The L.A performance was also after she was sick. It was the show before Phoenix. She was clearly scared to dissapoint people and she was almost trying to make a come back after resting for more than a month. I have a theory for IAMW too. She changed the notes to the higher notes because it was easier for her to sing them. Celine doesn't have a problem with the high notes. In fact, I think it is easier for her to pull them off when she is sick and her vocal chords doesn't want to co-operate. She had a problem with the lower notes during the US leg.

 

I agree with you on the AND show. She definiteley improved as the show went on. But I still think she sounds better on this DVD than on the AND DVD. In fact, I think she sounds better on SLP than she did in Vegas...

Edited May 9, 2010 at 10:00 PM by Claudette

[Koolan]

What the heck happened to this thread?

 

Post your rants and complaints in the other thread http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?showtopic=45273

[Davey84]

What the heck happened to this thread?

 

it got released!

 

 

sorry I just replied what's written here, there are too many threads about the tour now

 

 

btw we should feel very lucky though, that we finally have the french and the english part of a tour released!!! god knows we all prayed for that for ages!!!

Edited May 9, 2010 at 10:38 PM by Davey84

[Edwin]

I am floored. Its like some people (for the better) have done a complete 180.

[Claudette]

If you mean me, I still say Celine sounds great on the DVD and I love her vocals on most of the songs. I just think that she was a bit tired during the US leg, which became clear to me when I watched the movie yesterday.

 

By the way, it is a bit hard to keep up with conversations at this stage because posts get moved to the other topic...

Edited May 9, 2010 at 10:56 PM by Claudette

[Koolan]

^ not you but a handful of other members.

[Claudette]

Oh ok, not sure what is going on now because some posts dissapeared.

 

Does anyone know if Celine did ''Your Song'' from the movie also during a sound check or did she record it at some point? I love her voice in that song. The little Japanese song was also very cute.

Edited May 9, 2010 at 11:26 PM by Claudette

[celinefanonline]

sorry though i think this time i started the complain

 

and for your song i believe it's sound check

[Amanja]

Oh ok, not sure what is going on now because some post dissapeared.

 

Does anyone know if Celine did ''Your Song'' from the movie also during a sound check or did she record it at some point? I love her voice in that song. The little Japanese song was also very cute.

 

There is a small part where Celine does "Your Song" only in a soundcheck probably. I also love when she did "Ticket to Ride"! It would be amazing if she recorded these one day or even sang the whole song haha

[Claudette]

I figured it was probably from a sound check, but I wasn't sure because they didn't show video footage, only the audio.

 

I have two more questions about the movie (I'm not sure if I'm suppose to post this in the movie thread or if it now goes with the DVD release ):

 

1) Is it just me, or did anybody else notice that ''Destin'' is listed on the back of the DVD, but it is not in the the movie (at least as far as I can remeber)?

 

2) Who here does not believe Celine when she says that it does not hurt when her doctor snaps her jaw back in place. Holy crap, it looks painful. Lol, I don't buy it. I'm pretty sure she just kept her pose because she didn't want to make a big deal out of it infront of the cameras.

Edited May 9, 2010 at 11:48 PM by Claudette