Celine's most impressive high/long note(s)

[sfbaysinger]

Well I said I'd never do this again after the last fiasco...but here i am again. I even searched the board this time to see if I could find this already existing, but since I haven't, I'm going for it anyway. if this is already a topic, go ahead and remove this, mods, strike two for me.

But until then...

So one of the things I love most about Celine is how she holds a hig and long note until what seems like infinity and beyond. I do not know how she does it, but damn if she doesn't.

So I wanted to find out what are some of our favorites she holds. I will get us started, and this does include also live performances and not her songs.

 

I Knew I Loved You, the long note in the middle and the somewhat high note in the instrumental

I Want you To Need Me, the one at the end of the refrain

The First Time Ever I Saw your Face, the final kill LOL

 

Then You Look At Me, there are a few there

To Love You More, should be self-explanatory

I surrender

 

So anyway, I could go on and on but now it's your turn...

[volleyceline]

My friend gets mad with me, but big notes is what I look for in a song

[seita]

I love Celine's long and high notes for these songs ;

1. The reason

2. All by my self

3. Dont save it all for christmas day

4. Je lui dirai

5. Would i know ( unreleased song for all the way album )

[sfbaysinger]

wow, to see this topic going is awesome.

VollyCeline, I agree with you and it upsets people. When I'm on the phone with my BF, hopefully forever, I actually have to stop talking and fully listen to the long and high big note she hits because to this day, it still takes my breath away.

 

Seita, you came up with some doozies, in a good way. Does anyone know where I can find the un-released Would I Know that she sings online so I can hear this long note that warranted it being in the list you made?

You really did mention some good ones i'd forgotten and some I was hoping would make it in here.

[Celine Fan 77]

Here's "Would I know"

 

 

 

My Top 10:

 

1. Then you look at me

2. All by myself

3. Le blues du businessman

4. Fade away

5. It's a man's world

6. It's all coming back to me now

7. Immortality (She holds the low note for a long time at the end)

8. D'amour ou d'amitie (I'm still amazed by the way she hits that long note at the end everytime)

9. Naked (This song features her highest note ever)

10. To love you more

[wjd]

Took me years to come across it, but this fabulous version of Is Nothing Sacred Anymore is her best ever vocal IMO.

[Celine Fan 77]

Yeah, her version of the song is probably one of her finest performances.

[sfbaysinger]

I do love Is Nothing Sacred, but you guys really think that is her best vocal, ever, of anything she's ever done, any note she's ever held? It is good, impressive actually.

Does anyone know how I can download an mp3 of her version of Would I Know. Now that I have heard it, I see why iwas listed here.

I've come up with a few more

Map to My Heart

When I nee You

Let's Talk About Love

My Precious One, that endless note at the end

fly/Vole

You And I

Your Light

I Drove All Night

Shadow Of Love

 

I really appreciate you all responding to this, it's kind of a self-esteem booster to have something I started go so well. I am really moved/impressed! Thanks all.

[Celine Fan 77]

It's always nice to talk about Celine-related things!

 

 

What about the high note she's recently been singing at the very end of All by myself in her Vegas show?

[ferjaacu]

Well... There are so many !!!

 

The Power Of Love

The song she and Joh Groban, Nick Carter, Enrique Iglesias and others sang on The World Children's Day

Sorry For Love

Quand on N'A Que l'Amour

River Deep, Mountain High (the high note that she did live in one of the concerts of TCWT)

I Don't Know

Live

 

And so on, and on, and on...

[sfbaysinger]

Well I want to put it out there right now that this is NOT the thread to discuss whether live notes are pre-recorded or not, but in answer to someone else's question, I LOVE the high note she has been doing at the end of All By Myself live!

and the rest of you have taken out of my mouth some songs I'd wanted to say, and some of you have reminded me of some I'd not thought about!

[ferjaacu]

Well I want to put it out there right now that this is NOT the thread to discuss whether live notes are pre-recorded or not, but in answer to someone else's question, I LOVE the high note she has been doing at the end of All By Myself live!

and the rest of you have taken out of my mouth some songs I'd wanted to say, and some of you have reminded me of some I'd not thought about!

 

Exactly ! Actually, you said it at the very beginning... It doesn't matter if the note is live or recorded on a CD or whatever, it is her voice, it is she singing it. So yes, please, if someone wanna talk about if she sings live or not start a new topic just for that, right??

 

So, more songs with long/high notes:

 

Aún Existe Amor

Papillon

Think Twice

Of course... My Heart Will Go On

It's All Coming Back to Me Now

The Reason

Prayer

[Leanne]

I'm SO in love with the Goldfinger end-note! And the one in D;amour ou d'amitie, Au Coeur du stade concert!

[ferjaacu]

I'm SO in love with the Goldfinger end-note! And the one in D;amour ou d'amitie, Au Coeur du stade concert!

 

Oh yeah !!! I forgot those... Thanks to bring them back to my attention. !!

 

And what about:

 

Where Does My Heart Beat Now

Dreaming Of You (the INSIIIIIIIIIDEE !!)

I Love You (and I'll be theeeereeeee !!!)

[wjd]

Is Nothing Sacred Anymore is more impressive vocally than 95% of the songs listed so far, most of which are pretty standard vocals, with one or two big notes

[sfbaysinger]

I do love Is Nothing Sacred. I don't disagree that the voals are splendid, but I also think the ones on all the other songs, while standard for her if you want to say that, are still amazing/impressive. How many other singers do we know who could do that?

I think we both have points. I love Is Nothing Sacred, it is ONE of her most impressive songs and to me, it deserves to be up here with the others listed so far and hopefully to come!

[Tyler1991]

Belts

 

C5 -

@ 3:06; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyFFObE6Gis @ 2:07

C#5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExG2mIlcOVE @ 3:43; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VvchkgNFj0 @ 4:03

D5 - http://youtu.be/gYWzY6kWKoE @ 3:19; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp7u_l_iEEw @ 1:41

Eb5:

@ 4:55;

@ 4:56

E5:

@ 3:08; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHgvxsP5yg @ 3:08-3:21 (various)

F5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-kLyCBkg6U @ 2:29; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN72eCHm3aU @ 1:52-2:12 (various)

 

Beyond this, there isn't a whole lot to choose from anyway, but these are most of my favorites. I didn't necessarily go for the longest notes, but rather the notes that sound the best, and are sung the best with good technique that demonstrates vibratto, resonance, and no strain.

[Celine Fan 77]

Some songs with long/high notes:

 

*Goldfinger

*Declaration of love (She held a long note at the very end of this song during rehearsals for her latest show)

*L'amour est enfant de boheme

*Ce n'était qu'un rêve (Long note at the end)

*The power of love

*Zora sourit

*Sur le meme bateau

*Tous les blues sont ecrits pour toi

*Sola otra vez

*Ammore annascunnuto

*Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (Je serais celle l'a)

*A cause

*Where does my heart beat now

*If you asked me to

 

 

And the list could go on and on...

[ferjaacu]

Belts

 

C5 -

@ 3:06; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyFFObE6Gis @ 2:07

C#5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExG2mIlcOVE @ 3:43; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VvchkgNFj0 @ 4:03

D5 - http://youtu.be/gYWzY6kWKoE @ 3:19; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp7u_l_iEEw @ 1:41

Eb5:

@ 4:55;

@ 4:56

E5:

@ 3:08; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHgvxsP5yg @ 3:08-3:21 (various)

F5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-kLyCBkg6U @ 2:29; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN72eCHm3aU @ 1:52-2:12 (various)

 

Beyond this, there isn't a whole lot to choose from anyway, but these are most of my favorites. I didn't necessarily go for the longest notes, but rather the notes that sound the best, and are sung the best with good technique that demonstrates vibratto, resonance, and no strain.

 

Nice !!!

[Saheel Shah]

fade away- the bridge

o come all ye faithful- throughout second half

oh holy night- near the end (the long oh holy nights)

map to my heart- bridge

the greatest reward- the last chorus

prayer- bridge

when i need you- bridge

[RLAAMJR.]

I believe she did an impressive note in "The Reason"

[ferjaacu]

Have you heard "Nadie Lo Entiende" ?? Celine recorded some amazing vocals for this song... Café Quijano is the band.

[riobeard11]

Belts

 

C5 -

@ 3:06; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyFFObE6Gis @ 2:07

C#5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExG2mIlcOVE @ 3:43; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VvchkgNFj0 @ 4:03

D5 - http://youtu.be/gYWzY6kWKoE @ 3:19; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp7u_l_iEEw @ 1:41

Eb5:

@ 4:55;

@ 4:56

E5:

@ 3:08; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHgvxsP5yg @ 3:08-3:21 (various)

F5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-kLyCBkg6U @ 2:29; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN72eCHm3aU @ 1:52-2:12 (various)

 

Beyond this, there isn't a whole lot to choose from anyway, but these are most of my favorites. I didn't necessarily go for the longest notes, but rather the notes that sound the best, and are sung the best with good technique that demonstrates vibratto, resonance, and no strain.

 

Ugh, watching the videos from the beginning of the TCWT always remind me of how much that tour really took a huge toll on her voice. I'm glad she has worked on it since then!

[sfbaysinger]

no I hav not heard that song, can you post a link here or in official you tube section?

Tyler, wow wow wow wow wow I just finished listening to the links you posted, omgomgomgomg, whild it's sad that most of your faves are earlier, oh my gosh the adrenaline I just got while listening ot her...and I wasn't even there. Oh my gosh it just reminded me all over again, as if I needed it, how amazing she is.

Was the clip of All by myself that you posted in Vegas? It sounded new like with the orkestra but I have to say that might be the best version of that song I have ever heard live. That was THE ending I have been waiting for from her and KNOWING she could do all along. And oh my god that audience...damn. yes yes yes that's the way to get in to her, yes. Awesome, thanks tyler for "making?" me listen to that!!! Instead of you know, just listing them, thank you for getting me out there on that. I now want to go to the official youtube topic because I am wanting to hear more of her live. OMG she is sooooooo amazing, thanks for the reminder, my heart is still pumping and it's been about 5 minutes since I heard it!!!

[ferjaacu]

Is an spanish song...

 

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

 

Here's the link:

Edited May 3, 2011 at 02:36 AM by ferjaacu

[Tyler1991]

No problem. Yes, that is the traditional ending she has been doing for most of her All By Myself performances in Vegas.

 

From the bootlegs we have, she did two the way she did in the Taking Chances World Tour, and then she did two a completely different way (link below), and then she did the rest in this way.

 

Personally, I loved the ending in the FIY tour, it had so much power. It had that umph, but in the TCWT and now, she doesn't have that umph, so when she does the traditional C#5 ending, it just seems so dull....raising it up to Eb5 for the first second or two really adds back that umph.

 

A lot of people really seeem to love this one, and it's okay, but to me it sounds like she didn't know what the hell to do and just started screaming. It's higher, an F#5, but it's hardly a belt. That Eb5 is strong, but this F#5 is an uneven mix resonated in the head. It doesn't have that strong sound, it's thin and lacks color.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3zHTuGifI...feature=related

 

Now compare that F#5 to this.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh4ZD7-I7IQ @ 3:41

This is clearly a chest belt, it's strong, it does sound like there may be some strain here (hard to tell with the quality), but you can clearly tell the difference between these two F#5's. The ABM one is thin and an uneven head mix, while this is in full chest.

 

One last F#5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyDgOgNmCPY

 

To me, her peak is without a doubt in the early 90's. 90-95 > 96-99

 

It is difficult to tell, especially when looking at the years after 1999. After 1999, her voice continued to get weaker in the ways it did as the 90's went on, but it also got stronger as well. However, in 2011, she has the power she did in 1995, and she has the improvements her voice has gained in the 2000's as well, so that's why I believe her voice today is very close to her peak.

 

When comparing a year like 1997 to 1992, her voice did not gain anything. She did not gain the ability to reach lower notes than ever before (HYEBIL in 2003), or the ability to go higher in head voice (this has stayed pretty consistent, it's just that she does it more often in certain era's), or the ability to belt higher (like she did once she started mixing in 2003).

 

The difference in her voice from 1997 to 1992 is that she got weaker and began to strain more. A lot of her best notes, with the best technique, with the least strain, and the most resonance, is from the earlier 90's. In 1997, she would strain in Natural Woman. In almost all of her ABM performances, she strained. Actually, the one with the least amount of strain is from the lone occasion that she did sing it live in 2008...Her RDMH performances lacked that power that she had in Paris, or on Letterman. The belts in Seduces Me sounded so thin compared to the studio version. Many of the MHWGO belts sounded "off" (though some were very good).

 

As a whole, FIY/LTAL had some amazing vocals in there tours and promo's, but it wasn't consistent. She lacked the consistency she had in the earlier 90's to hit a note spot on. The massive amount of footage we have here as compared to earlier tours really skews people into thinking she was so much better, because there is so much more high notes...but if we had ALL the footage from the Celine Dion tour, or TCOML tour, people would be changing their minds quickly!

[RLAAMJR.]

I forgot that Celine has powerful notes in " Can't Fight The Feelin'" song from Taking Chances album.

 

But still, nobody can beat Ms Georgia Brown, listen her "Mermaid" song and even Mariah won't be able to finish it.

 

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii16/mermaidfanclub/gbguinnessbook.jpg

Edited May 3, 2011 at 03:04 AM by RLAAMJR.

[Tyler1991]

Ugh, watching the videos from the beginning of the TCWT always remind me of how much that tour really took a huge toll on her voice. I'm glad she has worked on it since then!

 

 

I think one important thing to look at though is that part of the reason why she was so much better in the earlier part of the tour was because the songs were new. She went straight from Vegas to this tour, with 2 months in between, and a lot of that time was spent rehearsing, so she didn't exactly have a time to rest her voice. But between the show before Boston, and the Boston show, she had a month? Is that right? So she should have been fine!

 

It seems as if when Celine performs a new song, or a song for the first time, she performs it the proper way. Then as she performs it, she finds ways to "take shortcuts" and simplify the song. One example is Love Can Move Mountains. In 1992 and 1993, she performed it properly. She sang all the F5's in there, which were quite a bit. Since 1994, she has removed all of the F5's and now just talks her way through the entire mess of a performance. There is no doubt she could still do the F5's, but she has become so accustomed to doing it that she just finds a newer, more simple way.

 

I have no doubt she could have hit the F5 in Man's World for the DVD like she did in Africa, instead of doing the mixed G5. And actually, she did do it, it was the only time after Asia she did it again, but she did it once in Boston. Unfortunately, they chose the Montreal "Everything they can" which was the worst of the four shows.

 

Same with the Alone F5, which was changed to a mixed G5. She continued doing strong F5's in Fade Away and River Deep, so she could have in Alone.

 

I strongly feel that a lot of it is not so much that her voice has taken a toll, but just that she chooses to simplify things.

 

Here is another example.

 

Compare.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSiQmyB5l20 @ :23-:41

to

@ 3:14-29

 

Notice how in the first one she sings the high notes with a backing track, and she sounds on par with it. Yet in the second, she sounds flat and so much lower thant he backing. It sounds congested, as if there are multiple voices being projected (which there are), but in the first it's so close you can barely tell.

 

There is no doubt she can do the E5's, she just chooses not to. Strangely enough, that first performance is 1994, yet in the two tour performances we have from 1991, she performed them more similarly to the 1999 performance.

 

However, the key trend though, has been that she has made her songs easier, not harder, throughout her career.

[RLAAMJR.]

I think one important thing to look at though is that part of the reason why she was so much better in the earlier part of the tour was because the songs were new. She went straight from Vegas to this tour, with 2 months in between, and a lot of that time was spent rehearsing, so she didn't exactly have a time to rest her voice. But between the show before Boston, and the Boston show, she had a month? Is that right? So she should have been fine!

 

It seems as if when Celine performs a new song, or a song for the first time, she performs it the proper way. Then as she performs it, she finds ways to "take shortcuts" and simplify the song. One example is Love Can Move Mountains. In 1992 and 1993, she performed it properly. She sang all the F5's in there, which were quite a bit. Since 1994, she has removed all of the F5's and now just talks her way through the entire mess of a performance. There is no doubt she could still do the F5's, but she has become so accustomed to doing it that she just finds a newer, more simple way.

 

I have no doubt she could have hit the F5 in Man's World for the DVD like she did in Africa, instead of doing the mixed G5. And actually, she did do it, it was the only time after Asia she did it again, but she did it once in Boston. Unfortunately, they chose the Montreal "Everything they can" which was the worst of the four shows.

 

Same with the Alone F5, which was changed to a mixed G5. She continued doing strong F5's in Fade Away and River Deep, so she could have in Alone.

 

I strongly feel that a lot of it is not so much that her voice has taken a toll, but just that she chooses to simplify things.

 

Here is another example.

 

Compare.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSiQmyB5l20 @ :23-:41

to

@ 3:14-29

 

Notice how in the first one she sings the high notes with a backing track, and she sounds on par with it. Yet in the second, she sounds flat and so much lower thant he backing. It sounds congested, as if there are multiple voices being projected (which there are), but in the first it's so close you can barely tell.

 

There is no doubt she can do the E5's, she just chooses not to. Strangely enough, that first performance is 1994, yet in the two tour performances we have from 1991, she performed them more similarly to the 1999 performance.

 

However, the key trend though, has been that she has made her songs easier, not harder, throughout her career.

 

 

Finally, I agree with you. lol.

 

 

It's not really recommendable for a singer to hit high notes if the singer has to sing like almost everyday cos you will lose your voice for a few days or weeks, etc. Celine is careful that she won't lose her voice because those who bought her tickets will really feel bad or even get mad.

 

 

So during her tour, i'd understand if her songs are being played in lower keys and maybe sometimes Celine would just lipsynch. I can't even sing like 12 songs with high notes in one sitting. I mean imight but i don't think i could hit all the notes perfectly, especially the high notes.

[Tyler1991]

But this isn't about lip syncing, or even lowering keys. It's about her finding an easier way to perform a song....LCMM has never been lipped on tour, nor has it been lowered. The easier way is simply her not doing the note.

 

Compare 5:43-5:49 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcCWK3csyH4

to

2:03-2:13

 

She completely bypassed the high note by doing that annoying noise. Nothing was lowered.

 

Additionally, the Unison clip was not in a lower key as compared to the other performances, it was just her not putting effort into the higher notes.

 

And in some cases, it's even a higher key. She raised Man's World and Alone from sustained chest F5's, to a slight G5 mix, which is easier.