Celine to pay tribute to Whitney Houston (via video)

[Celinenvegas]

Jennifer Hudson is FAR from "untalented"

 

I agree, I think she's great & love her voice. It's quite powerful. I also loved her version of "I Will Always Love You" at the Grammys. She LOVED Whitney and was so thrilled when Whitney presented her with her Grammy Award.

 

If Celine is in good voice she can sing any of Whitney's songs but of course it'll be in a different style than Whitney's. She's gotta make it a bit of her own & not copy.

[disadiva]

I hope she does one of those songs.

 

"IWALY..

"I Have Nothing

"Run To You"

"The Greatest Love Of All

"Didn't We Almost Have It All

"Didn't Know My Own Strenght

"Nothing But Love

"I Look To You.

 

 

There so many to pick from.

[sunnyceline]

Guys and gals...tickets are on sale...for October 11th 7:30pm...and I just got mine!!!!!! Here's the link, I just got Orchestra tickets row W (for Whitney of course), but even more for CELINE:

 

Whitney Houston Grammy Salute Concert

 

Let's all meet up!!!!

[sunnyceline]

LA TIMES ARTICLE posted 09/28/2012

 

L.A. Times article link

 

Usher, Celine Dion to perform at Whitney Houston tribute concert

By August Brown

September 28, 2012, 11:36 a.m.

 

The passing of Whitney Houston was a sad undertone to this year's Grammy Awards show. But several marquee artists -- including Celine Dion, Usher and Jennifer Hudson -- will pay tribute to the pop icon in a telecast special that airs Nov. 16 on CBS and tapes in a concert in Los Angeles.

 

The telecast, "We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston," will be taped at the Nokia Theatre on Oct. 11. The event features sets by those artists performing from Houston's catalog, along with clips from her most beloved performances and several artist interviews.

 

Tickets to the show went on sale Thursday. Ticket prices range from $25 to $50, not including service fees. Orchestra and VIP packages are available for $125 and above.

 

The concert coincides with the release of Houston's new posthumous greatest hits album, "I Will Always Love You -- The Best of Whitney Houston," which comes out Nov. 13.

 

Houston died on the eve of the Grammy Awards in February from an accidental drowning, complicated by heart disease and cocaine use, in her Beverly Hills Hotel room in February.

Edited September 29, 2012 at 02:36 AM by sunnyceline

[chocolatechip15]

The article said they're going to show footage of Whitney's most memorable performances -- my hope is that they show *Whitney* singing IWALY -- and have the others sing other songs.

 

There are so many fabulous Whitney songs, but my vote for Celine is still One Moment in Time.

[remykyes]

Guys and gals...tickets are on sale...for October 11th 7:30pm...and I just got mine!!!!!! Here's the link, I just got Orchestra tickets row W (for Whitney of course), but even more for CELINE:

 

Whitney Houston Grammy Salute Concert

 

Let's all meet up!!!!

 

Will you give us details?!?!?!

[Fanxiaoqiang]

RARE: Whitney Houston's reaction to Celine's respect for her (2004)

 

waht did WH say about this?

[infiniti]

What about: 'queen of the night'

 

I've got the stuff that you want

I've got the thing that you need

I've got more than enough

To make you drop to your knees

Cause I'm the queen of the night

 

Just kidding ;-)

 

I think this is a perfect song for Celine's voice. or I have nothing, or I look to you since Celine can do that long "yooou" part perfect with her voice...and on on...and I have this great idea - Celine should record Whitney covers ...LOL JK

Edited September 29, 2012 at 04:59 AM by infiniti

[ashtonelijah]

Does anyone think it's possible that Celine will perform more than one song?

[Macaronie]

Celine doing a Weedney uptempo will be cheese to the max so please don't.

 

I agree on I Have Nothing. IWALY will be bleh with that slow pace Celine has in her voice nowadays.

[justinecoria]

Jennifer Hudson is FAR from "untalented"

+1.

A wonderful rendition of IWALY by her :

http://dimewars.com/Video/Jennifer-Hudson-...51-c2f12b77fc64

 

And Whitney seems to enjoy ^^.

[browseceline]

this is doing justice in my opinion; A couple of weeks ago I went to the concert of dutch singer Glennis Grace, and among other songs,

she did two Whitney songs, including I will always love you:

 

[celinelover50]

Jennifer Hudson untalented!!!!!!!!

Have you been hiding under a stone for the past billion years?

Seriously that girl excretes talent as the norm! This has to be an opinion made on only her first album radio releases.

 

Id love a duet with Hudson and Celine - Same Script, Different Cast

[justinecoria]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=msnV95Gdfkg...v%3DmsnV95Gdfkg

 

This is live, correct me if I'm wrong... But Celine is capable of singing IWALY

The big note is not live. Plus the rest is really nasal. If she sings IWALY like that, it truly won't be good. The beginning of IWALY is all about control, pureness.

I really don't think it's a good idea for Celine to sing Whitney's songs. At one time she could :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nklB693QI8o

Now it'll just expose her weaknesses, I think.

Edited September 29, 2012 at 10:30 AM by justinecoria

[fred]

The article said they're going to show footage of Whitney's most memorable performances -- my hope is that they show *Whitney* singing IWALY -- and have the others sing other songs.

Yea that's exactly my hope aswell. For some reason I think it would fall flat and be a big no no if anyone did this song that night.

 

with that slow pace Celine has in her voice nowadays.

Slow??? I think she's way too fast. Take a look at NMQP, she spits the words out as if they were hot potatoes. That's my only complaint about her doing that song, she does it way too fast, not letting it linger, not allowing the notes to be as long as they should be, it's as if she can't get it over with fast enough. So slow pace is something I'd highly welcome from her nowadays.

 

/fred

[Macaronie]

Yeah but compare that to her PQTME, she slows the whole song down.

[manu23]

Now it'll just expose her weaknesses, I think.

 

Her weaknesses?

 

Celine is not 20 anymore, but I'm sure Celine can sing IWALY better than Whitney if she were still alive.

 

ABM is harder than IWALY too.

[donpi86]

I don't want to be pessimist or maybe has been confirmed already but.. Are we sure she is going to be on the show and she is going to sing??? or maybe is another video talking about how pure and wonderful Whitney's voice .. or talking about all by myself recording session... or whatever...

[CelinesDIVO5]

+1.

A wonderful rendition of IWALY by her :

http://dimewars.com/Video/Jennifer-Hudson-...51-c2f12b77fc64

 

And Whitney seems to enjoy ^^.

 

 

WOW!!! I never saw this performance! This just proves my statement +100000000000000. Thanks for sharing!!!

[GoldenLeaf]

+1.

A wonderful rendition of IWALY by her :

http://dimewars.com/Video/Jennifer-Hudson-...51-c2f12b77fc64

 

And Whitney seems to enjoy ^^.

She sounds like a fat grandma singing... Jennifer never had vocal control anyway. This is not talent for me.

Edited September 29, 2012 at 06:17 PM by Calypso

[LVCeline]

She sounds like a fat grandma singing... Jennifer never had vocal control anyway. This is not talent for me.

 

 

I pretty much agree. Her voice does NOTHING for me. Literally nothing. She has like 2 settings to her voice, loud and louder. Her voice is much to boisterous to pull off a song like IWALY, there's no tenderness or anything when she sings, it's just deep and loud.

[sunnyceline]

I don't want to be pessimist or maybe has been confirmed already but.. Are we sure she is going to be on the show and she is going to sing??? or maybe is another video talking about how pure and wonderful Whitney's voice .. or talkig about all by myself recording session... or whatever...

 

The salute is a concert that will be taped live at the Nokia theatre in Los Angeles. There are tickets on sale with VIP sections. The la times newspaper just posted an article the Celine, Usher, and Jennifer will be performing.....she'll be there. She has to, I already bought tickets

[Angel2006]

Guys and gals...tickets are on sale...for October 11th 7:30pm...and I just got mine!!!!!! Here's the link, I just got Orchestra tickets row W (for Whitney of course), but even more for CELINE:

 

Whitney Houston Grammy Salute Concert

 

Let's all meet up!!!!

 

 

I hope you are able to record footage or audio of Celine's performance! I so wish i could go, you are so lucky. I can't wait to know what she sings, how she sounds and what she will be wearing!!!

[LukeD]

You guys do realize Celine lips the big note during her Vegas show right? The ending runs she does for ABM are live and great but also inconsistent. IWALY doesn't have to be a hard song, Dolly Parton wrote it as a very straightforward, simple and heartfelt ballad. But the way Whitney sang it is extremely difficult to replicate. Most cover versions have come up extremely short. The song has a wide range of dynamics, the beginning is very soft and controlled while the end is a full throttle endless barrage of power notes, including far more powerful head notes than Celine has ever been able to produce. You almost can't take a breath for close to a minute during the climax.

And all of their versions paled compared to the original.

The question is whether Celine would do a note for note copy like usual or add her own twist.

 

PREACH! IWALY is much harder than ABM. The only demand of ABM is the usually strained long belt.

Edited September 30, 2012 at 02:22 AM by LukeD

[sunnyceline]

I hope you are able to record footage or audio of Celine's performance! I so wish i could go, you are so lucky. I can't wait to know what she sings, how she sounds and what she will be wearing!!!

 

"I will do my best" - Celine Dion

[mebe]

I would love Celine to sing Run To You!!!

[CelinesDIVO5]

OMGGGG..I totally forgot about the duet that Whitney sang with Jermaine Jackson in the 80's!!! "NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO" ....if Celine ended up singing this with Usher..I may wet myself.

[browseceline]

The more I think about it.. Can it be that, although we are all thinking different, that Celine Usher, Jennifer are not to sing a song alone, but one song with each other, like in the Michael Jackson tribute? I think that will be the case. Only one song.

[J-Man]

The more I think about it.. Can it be that, although we are all thinking different, that Celine Usher, Jennifer are not to sing a song alone, but one song with each other, like in the Michael Jackson tribute? I think that will be the case. Only one song.

 

The Grammy tribute to Michael Jackson was just part of the main Grammy show and was only one song, this is an hour long special. They will hardly have an invited audience coming to a taping and only have a group of celebrities coming out to perform a medley or something. No, Celine will definitely be performing at least one song of Whitney's, she will also quite probably be involved in some big group performance at the end of the show, which is also the norm for this kind of night. That will probably be "IWALY"

 

As its going to be a Whitney classic she sings, then it's almost certainly going to be a brilliant song no matter what one she does. Houston had some great hits. I would expect that Celine herself would prefer to do one of the earlier songs that she grew up on, so I think another Celine performance of "TGLOA" is a definite contender. As long as she doesn't do something off the wall like "My name is not Susan" I will be more than happy.

I hope this gets international airings on the same week it's televised in the states.

[Macaronie]

"My name is not Susan"

I'd die.