Celine to pay tribute to Whitney Houston (via video)

[Peppercorn1991]

tbh weather it is or not it will be great to hear the new version

 

kev x

[smw]

I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR ALL OF US TO ASSUME CELINE LIPPED THE ENTIRE SHOW. AND THEN, ANYTHING SONG SHE DIDN'T LIP, WILL BE ICING ON THE CAKE. SPECULATION WILL GET US NOWHERE. :) Edited October 17, 2012 at 07:19 PM by smw

[dj4celine]

I doubt this to be live though tbh. I don't think she'll take the risk of not getting it 'just right' for the tribute. But I'll gladly eat my own words if this turns out to be live.

[Macaronie]

I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR ALL OF US TO ASSUME CELINE LIPPED THE ENTIRE SHOW. AND THEN, ANYTHING SONG SHE DIDN'T LIP, WILL BE ICING ON THE CAKE. SPECULATION WILL GET US NOWHERE. :)

Best. Post. Ever.

 

And o/t I loved the other forum as well. They closed after I posted pictures of me licking an empty smirnoff ice bottle in Celine's ''Miracle'' topic.

 

This forum is better arranged though, and I am here coz Vic and Bellamy are 'there'. They know what I mean

 

SO STOP IT SCF's!!!!!!

[Tyler1991]

I'm quite sure it's lipped. Why would she lip the other solo songs just to sing one live? It sounds like she probably lipped the album songs, and sang live in the group songs where she sang with another singer... She would lip GLOA just like she lipped Simply The Best....in other words, it's another mockery of a tribute waiting to be seen..

 

But who knows, I really hope to be proven wrong. I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong on the subject... So I figure maybe if I talk enough s***, I'll eventually be given a reason to shutup... until then, I'll expect more of the same.

[davidjag79]

I'm quite sure it's lipped. Why would she lip the other solo songs just to sing one live? It sounds like she probably lipped the album songs, and sang live in the group songs where she sang with another singer... She would lip GLOA just like she lipped Simply The Best....in other words, it's another mockery of a tribute waiting to be seen..

 

But who knows, I really hope to be proven wrong. I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong on the subject... So I figure maybe if I talk enough s***, I'll eventually be given a reason to shutup... until then, I'll expect more of the same.

 

Ok Tyler.. 95% of what you post is the topic of lipping so let's hope Celine doesn't let you down

Edited October 18, 2012 at 02:31 PM by davidjag79

[fred]

I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR ALL OF US TO ASSUME CELINE LIPPED THE ENTIRE SHOW. AND THEN, ANYTHING SONG SHE DIDN'T LIP, WILL BE ICING ON THE CAKE. SPECULATION WILL GET US NOWHERE. :)

Yea. I just think it's tragic that we've come to this: that we should get overjoyed when she's not lip synching. She's a singer, singers sing.

 

/fred

[couldawouldashoulda]

Yea. I just think it's tragic that we've come to this: that we should get overjoyed when she's not lip synching. She's a singer, singers sing.

 

/fred

 

Right?! I just saw Streisand in Brooklyn last week. She is 70 yrs old, she had a cold and she still sang every song live. Some of her hits were in lower keys. She was very raspy. But it was real. I'm starting to get really disappointed in Celine as a singer. As a performer, she's great. As a singer....I don't know.

[CSCfan]

Right?! I just saw Streisand in Brooklyn last week. She is 70 yrs old, she had a cold and she still sang every song live. Some of her hits were in lower keys. She was very raspy. But it was real.

 

Just like her autocue?

[celinemaniacaik]

just read the 'vie video' part. But still excited to hear it! Lipped or not, I don't care!

[ferjaacu]

I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR ALL OF US TO ASSUME CELINE LIPPED THE ENTIRE SHOW. AND THEN, ANYTHING SONG SHE DIDN'T LIP, WILL BE ICING ON THE CAKE. SPECULATION WILL GET US NOWHERE. :)

 

Yeap, I think it would be the best for us... Although many people is talking about "Simple the best" when that wasn't for the Grammy's and it wasn't a show to pay tribute to Tina, just one performance right ??

 

Just like her autocue?

 

What's that??

[GoldenLeaf]

I'm quite sure it's lipped. Why would she lip the other solo songs just to sing one live? It sounds like she probably lipped the album songs, and sang live in the group songs where she sang with another singer... She would lip GLOA just like she lipped Simply The Best....in other words, it's another mockery of a tribute waiting to be seen..

 

But who knows, I really hope to be proven wrong. I'd love nothing more than to be proven wrong on the subject... So I figure maybe if I talk enough s***, I'll eventually be given a reason to shutup... until then, I'll expect more of the same.

The only reason why we know that ''Simply The Best'' was not live is because the technicians crew let the track playing before the TV show when Celine was not on the stage. If they wouldn't have done something stupid like that we would all be persuaded that the performance was live.

Edited October 18, 2012 at 07:17 PM by Calypso

[Davey84]

lol true! I was in the audience then, it was Stars de l'année... It was just a show, not a tribute. We were so surprised to hear Céline doing the vocals to The Best...

 

I dunno about TGLOA, but I am sure it's going to be an amazing performance

[CelinesDIVO5]

The only reason why we know that ''Simply The Best'' was not live is because the technicians crew let the track playing before the TV show when Celine was not on the stage. If they wouldn't have done something stupid like that we would all think that the performance was live.

 

 

I'm not disagreeing that it was lipped...BUT what does the track playing before she was on the stage have to do with anything? It was pretty much an exact replica of Tina's DIVAS 99 performance. I have even done Tina's live version of this song before, and had the track start playing before I was on the stage. You just have to be able to count the beat and know where to start singing. And actually, I have the official live instrumental of Tina's live version of "SIMPLY THE BEST" and right before she's supposed to start singing, there are 4 very light beeps that you can barely hear if you're in the audience, but I'm sure when wearing ear monitors you can hear them and know that it's your cue to start singing.

Edited October 18, 2012 at 07:17 PM by CelinesDIVO5

[Davey84]

I think he meant that if the playback wasn't played during rehearsals, without Céline on stage, we would have never known it was playback

 

The only thing I am worried about, is that the song will be shortened so much, like they shorten everything nowadays

 

Céline first sang it in 1986, does anyone have footage of that?

 

I think this is the audio from 1986

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrAFJVC-RZU

 

she sang it 2 other times:

 

1987:

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

 

1989:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjomwQu87QQ

 

So I guess it has a special meaning to Céline too.... It'll be interesting to hear her sing the same song, after 23 years!

Edited October 18, 2012 at 07:34 PM by Davey84

[Tyler1991]

Great videos Davey. Just paid attention closely to the lyrics of that song for the first time (though I've always loved), and indeed it has a great meaning. Love it even more now.

[chocolatechip15]

Great videos Davey. Just paid attention closely to the lyrics of that song for the first time (though I've always loved), and indeed it has a great meaning. Love it even more now.

 

And so sad when you think of Whitney: "No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity. . . "

[Love,]

At the taping in Los Angeles, they showed on the screen the 1987 performance. It was around 5 minutes long. Of course the video looked like 80s television but it was in its best quality possible, and the audio was so sharp and clear. It was quite refreshing and very moving.

 

By the way, for clarify - NO ONE said that there will be a merge of the old 1987 video with the 2012 performance. It was only a rumor.

 

Because it's TV and there's not a lot of time (a 1-hour TV special is really 40 minutes long, because of 20 minutes of commercials), it will most likely - only - be the newly-taped "Greatest Love of All" preceded by personal remarks from Celine.

Edited October 19, 2012 at 07:39 AM by Love,

[Celinenvegas]

Yea. I just think it's tragic that we've come to this: that we should get overjoyed when she's not lip synching. She's a singer, singers sing.

 

/fred

 

Well that was my point but when I pointed that out 2 people here got all uppity & tried soooo hard to prove me wrong with links to message boards which didn't prove anything to anyone. It's just hearsay, so no real proof that Bway singers lip OFTEN. I never said it didn't happen, but MOST of them sing LIVE most of the time.

 

It does seem that most topics revert to this, I think most people here are not happy about it but feel they have to stick up for Celine but facts are facts. She does it often and that's it - we either live with it or move on.

[browseceline]

At the taping in Los Angeles, they showed on the screen the 1987 performance. It was around 5 minutes long. Of course the video looked like 80s television but it was in its best quality possible, and the audio was so sharp and clear. It was quite refreshing and very moving.

 

By the way, for clarify - NO ONE said that there will be a merge of the old 1987 video with the 2012 performance. It was only a rumor.

 

Because it's TV and there's not a lot of time (a 1-hour TV special is really 40 minutes long, because of 20 minutes of commercials), it will most likely - only - be the newly-taped "Greatest Love of All" preceded by personal remarks from Celine.

 

if that is the case I think it is .... well.. Celine says she admired Whitney and not being there at the taping is one thing, but if there is only a remastered take of that song with Celine commenting....

[pat200]

where did u understand it will be a remastered tape with commenting. it says it will be the NEWLY taped performance (from the sans attendre special) with commentary

[Your_Su_Phu]

how would we even know if she ends up lipping GLOA on the sans attendre special

it's a one time thing...

 

i mean yeah a lot of times when she mimes her face goes crazy lol but not all the time

Edited October 21, 2012 at 08:32 PM by Your_Su_Phu

[Tyler1991]

I'm pretty sure if it is lipped we'll be able to tell. Her lipping these days isn't nearly as convincing as it was before. Take a look at TPOL from Paris in 95, or Memphis in 97, and then look at it from Walmart...

[davidjag79]

Why isn't there any Tweets or anything about the GLOA performance? Did they confiscate everyone's cell phone that was at the show and make them sign a privacy contract promising they wouldn't comment on the performance?! Just strange to me we don't know anything about it, no one from the forum attended the show?

[Xpresso]

Why isn't there any Tweets or anything about the GLOA performance? Did they confiscate everyone's cell phone that was at the show and make them sign a privacy contract promising they wouldn't comment on the performance?! Just strange to me we don't know anything about it, no one from the forum attended the show?

 

That's right! Cell phones and cameras weren't allowed in the studio.

And people who attended CAN'T say anything.

[davidjag79]

That's right! Cell phones and cameras weren't allowed in the studio.

And people who attended CAN'T say anything.

 

WOw

[binsk]

They just showed a short clip of performance and interview on ET in USA tonight

[celinefanonline]

any video??? would love to see!!!

[ferjaacu]

Yeahhh !!! I want to see it too !!!

[sfbaysinger]

I have a feeling I know what an SCF is, and if it means what I think it does, I'm proud to be one and I Will Not Stop!!!!!

I also saw the ET clip tonight. It sounds like I'm one of about 5 here who still feel this way, but my heart just absolutely skipped a beat hearing her talk. It was so sweet to hear her talk about Whitney being one who inspired her to start singing in English, even though we all know, and she would probably say so if asked, that Michael was The main influence.

I basically feel, lipped or not, I'm so excited I'm just jumping/prancing around like a girl. I love her so much and nothing/no one is going to take that away from me, despite the fact that I believe that nothing would make many people on here happier than if they were able to do so. But that's not going to happen because she/me/my love for her is bigger than hate/criticism/negativity/constant complaining. I just wish we could get back to the love that brought us here in the first place and while some may think that's up to her to do, it begins within each of us and a shift in perspective...

Anyway, good night all, and RIP Whitney!