I miss the good old days

[Dionesque]

I see where you're coming from, Your_Su_Phu, but have you been at any FIY/LATL concerts in person?

I mean, on recordings, espcially on fan-made bootlegs (audio or video) it always sounds more like the crowd is singing along, especially if the person with the cam/recorder was standing more in front of the venue or so, where the most enthusiastic fans are usually gathered. On some fan-nade recordings from TCH tour you can also hear the crowd singing along.

In the other hand, it may have nothing to do with Céline in particular. I've been to quite some concerts in the past few years and it was not much different at Leonard Cohen, Lionel Richie, Kelly Clarkson or New Kids On The Block concerts. Usially only the front part of the venue was singing along or some particular groups in the audience. And in opposite to that, at AC/DC concert where they don't have much of new hits either, the crowd went really wild, most of the venue was singing along!

 

Maybe this also lies on the artist her/himself?... If Céline would encourage people to sing along, I'm sure more of them would. Personally, for example, I don't dare singing along at concert exactly out of respect for the artist! I don't want to hear myself (and even more: don't want the others to hear me, lol) but to hear the artist! I also feel quite disturbed when, especially during ballads or quieter songs, someone next to me is singing along.... It's not what I paid for when buying my tickets, right? If I pay to hear Céline or Leonard, I want to hear only them! Only if the artist asks the crowd to sing along and we sing together the ending of "S'il suffisait d'aimer" or "BYLM" or we shout together at "We Will Rock You" than it's ok to me.

As for "Think Twice", it's still my unfullfilled dream to hear this song live but I would hate it to be overshouted by the crowd! Singing "no, no, no, NO!" together is fine and sounds amazing but damn it, not the entire song!!!! lol

[Terre]

I will never come over the sad fact that I couldn't go to any concert of her in the 90s, esp. before "MHWGO" era as I'm a fan since 1993 but back than I lived in a different financial circumstances + first I was to young to travel abroad for a concert anyway... I would die to turn back time and be at one of the concerts during the first European tour in 1995 (esp. in France!) or during FIY tour!

 

As for Céline's popularity, I agree with some of you here that for me personally I couldn't care less as for mainstream, populatity among "regular" people and the "industry" etc.!

I will always love her and nothing will change that - no matter how much high or low she fells on charts.

 

But I feel what many of you refer to, how Céline seems to be less popular. I say "seems", because you know the best that according to album/concert tickets/DVD sales it's not true.

You are probably mainly refering to the fact, that we don't hear/see much Céline in mainstream media, at least not outside France or Québec. Here in Germany for instance, our local radio stations rarely play Céline's songs. One station that is aimed mainly for young audience seem to ignore Céline at all. The others, more aduilts-stations play only a very small range of her songs (MHWGO, One Heart and maybe 1-2 others). Where I really often happen to hear Céline's songs is our local supermarket, lol! ;P

 

But I don't care much for that. And if you think about it, Barbra Streisand is even less present in the media, practically the only song of her played in mainstream radio stations is "Woman In Love" which is over 30 years old. Still, her albums sell very well too and her concerts are highly anticipated. Wish I could see her live one, I missed her 2007 European tour and nrobably there won't be a 2nd chance, sigh...

 

In one hand I don't like comparing Céline to any other artist but if she has to be compered, I would compare her career and popularity to that of Barbra's. They are both living legens, both have stunning voices and both are not much present in the medias nowadays, at least not in those aimed to young audience. Still they keep on doing their job, they don't change much in their styles and they stay way beyond one-hit wonders and wannabe-divas.

 

I totally agree on what you said. I, too, would do anything to turn back time and see Céline live in the 90's. I wasn't a fan back then so...