Celine to pay tribute to Whitney Houston (via video)

[streep101]

I would love for Celine do sing a big belty song like "I have nothing". But I predict that she will sing "saving all my love for you." Celine sang that when she was younger. Plus it's sung mostly in head voice, so Celine wouldn't have to belt live. It's the safe choice

[Celine Fan 77]

Just uploaded this Greatest Love Of All (Samedi de Rire, 1987)

[GoldenLeaf]

Just uploaded this Greatest Love Of All (Samedi de Rire, 1987)

Wow!!! It would be great to have this performance in High Quality!

[celinemaniacaik]

'Celine's gonna pay tribute to CELINE'?

WELL i'M DISTRACTED i meat Whitney

[CELINE MARIE]

Just uploaded this Greatest Love Of All (Samedi de Rire, 1987)

 

 

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[Celine Fan 77]

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It works to me

[BLM]

[Nando Férri]

What's the point of show a performance of 16 years ago?

[Xpresso]

Personally, I think Celine's voice is fragile. Yes, she can still hit the notes but she can't do that live all the time like she used to without risking doing some damage to her voice. She can do it (if and when she has to), but it could hurt her voice in the long term.

 

And if most of the artists without a great voice can lip their songs, I don't see why Celine couldn't lip some of her songs (and we know she really sings many of the songs in her show)... She's protecting her precious gift.

[Bell]

Just uploaded this Greatest Love Of All (Samedi de Rire, 1987)

Thank you, I've never seen it before.

[Celinenvegas]

Personally, I think Celine's voice is fragile. Yes, she can still hit the notes but she can't do that live all the time like she used to without risking doing some damage to her voice. She can do it (if and when she has to), but it could hurt her voice in the long term.

 

And if most of the artists without a great voice can lip their songs, I don't see why Celine couldn't lip some of her songs (and we know she really sings many of the songs in her show)... She's protecting her precious gift.

 

I always thought she had one of THE strongest voices in pop music because she'd always talked about her vocal exercises, etc. So do you (any of you) think she's neglecting those exercises that kept her voice so strong through the 80s & 90s? Why would you say it's fragile? She needs to exercise and use that muscle and if she's doing shows 3-4 times a week it should be strong enough to sustain her vocals during those shows. Folks on Broadway do 8 shows a week, these shows are normally 2-3 hours and there is a lot of singing for the leads and they do it. I know her voice is no longer her #1 priority but I'd like to know that when she's performing she is singing live. I'd like to hear her voice change & mature. She could have a strong powerful voice well into older age.

 

I love hearing her live and her best moments are those little accapella lines she comes up with out of nowhere durng interviews. I love that!

[GoldenLeaf]

I always thought she had one of THE strongest voices in pop music because she'd always talked about her vocal exercises, etc. So do you (any of you) think she's neglecting those exercises that kept her voice so strong through the 80s & 90s? Why would you say it's fragile? She needs to exercise and use that muscle and if she's doing shows 3-4 times a week it should be strong enough to sustain her vocals during those shows. Folks on Broadway do 8 shows a week, these shows are normally 2-3 hours and there is a lot of singing for the leads and they do it. I know her voice is no longer her #1 priority but I'd like to know that when she's performing she is singing live. I'd like to hear her voice change & mature. She could have a strong powerful voice well into older age.

 

I love hearing her live and her best moments are those little accapella lines she comes up with out of nowhere durng interviews. I love that!

Boradway singers lip-sync a lot and that's a fact.

 

Write : broadway lip-sync in google and you'll see what I mean.

Edited October 2, 2012 at 06:17 PM by Calypso

[fred]

Personally, I think Celine's voice is fragile. Yes, she can still hit the notes but she can't do that live all the time like she used to without risking doing some damage to her voice. She can do it (if and when she has to), but it could hurt her voice in the long term.

 

And if most of the artists without a great voice can lip their songs, I don't see why Celine couldn't lip some of her songs (and we know she really sings many of the songs in her show)... She's protecting her precious gift.

She should sing fewer songs then, and not do big notes all through every single performance.

 

/fred

[Xpresso]

She should sing fewer songs then, and not do big notes all through every single performance.

 

/fred

 

Well that's what she's trying to do in my opinion with her new French album. Less big notes.

And I think her English album will also be similar. I think she's getting tired of having to deliver big notes all the time.

She's calming down on the big notes and it's not a bad thing.

[sourdumpling]

Personally, I think Celine's voice is fragile. Yes, she can still hit the notes but she can't do that live all the time like she used to without risking doing some damage to her voice. She can do it (if and when she has to), but it could hurt her voice in the long term.

 

And if most of the artists without a great voice can lip their songs, I don't see why Celine couldn't lip some of her songs (and we know she really sings many of the songs in her show)... She's protecting her precious gift.

 

exactly what i think.

in fact, she can do every whitney songs even the crazy hard ones. (ex. one moment in time) she's got the same vocal ability like whitney does.

 

but the point is, by doing so , her voice would receive damage beyond repair. and considering celine always plays it save, its even impossible for us to hear her in 100% mode. she avoids using her real voice, thats why her voice lasts so long, thought diminished over the past decade, cant beat the law of nature. all of her performances are perfect, precise, but sometimes boring. they are excellent, but not astonishing.

 

whitney, on the other hand is always be set on 150% mode. seriously, ive seen tons of her performances on tube, she hit every note like there was a gun pointing at her head, saying if she did it wrong or the same way she did it last time, the trigger'd be pulled. she gave every last drop of her in all those performances (the drawback of this is that ones voice would run out very quickly). thats one very important reason why she is the voice. her live is epic.

[CSCfan]

She should sing fewer songs then, and not do big notes all through every single performance.

 

/fred

 

That's hard when she's expected to that, she is Céline "high notes" Dion....

[manu23]

exactly what i think.

in fact, she can do every whitney songs even the crazy hard ones. (ex. one moment in time) she's got the same vocal ability like whitney does.

 

but the point is, by doing so , her voice would receive damage beyond repair. and considering celine always plays it save, its even impossible for us to hear her in 100% mode. she avoids using her real voice, thats why her voice lasts so long, thought diminished over the past decade, cant beat the law of nature. all of her performances are perfect, precise, but sometimes boring. they are excellent, but not astonishing.

 

whitney, on the other hand is always be set on 150% mode. seriously, ive seen tons of her performances on tube, she hit every note like there was a gun pointing at her head, saying if she did it wrong or the same way she did it last time, the trigger'd be pulled. she gave every last drop of her in all those performances (the drawback of this is that ones voice would run out very quickly). thats one very important reason why she is the voice. her live is epic.

 

I saw Whitney live when she was presenting her last album in Central Park, that GMA concert, and it was embarrassing. Whitney was on 150% mode at the beginning of her career like Celine was but in the last 15 years most of Whitney's performances were awful.

 

Celine does well taking care of her voice, even if this implies lipping, I rather have her recording albums at the age of 60 than singing live every show and retiring at 40.

 

We can be proud of being Celine' fans, look where she is now and where Whitney, sadly, is.

[Celinenvegas]

Boradway singers lip-sync a lot and that's a fact.

 

Write : broadway lip-sync in google and you'll see what I mean.

 

I did and no such thing came up...there was a Q&A and they said NO, there was a joke video where they purposely lipped but not the broadway show, then another saying no. So I don't think you should be saying that, I've been to a ton of shows as I live in the NYC area and I haven't seen any that do this. It's a well known fact that they don't do this as a practice. If they can't cut it they are let go because there's always someone with a great voice waiting for their chance.

 

Debating this is not the point of this topic nor my previous post.

[Celinenvegas]

That's hard when she's expected to that, she is Céline "high notes" Dion....

 

Very true, it's just expected because she's known for it unlike some other singers who don't have great voices or take care of them like Celine has...those are mainly the lip synchers. For me, I just want to hear pure vocals, they can be flawed if it's showing true emotion. In fact, it's more endearing to me, I don't need the constant barrage of BIG "money" notes. I enjoy them, but I don't need them on every other song.

[Nando Férri]

Very true, it's just expected because she's known for it unlike some other singers who don't have great voices or take care of them like Celine has...those are mainly the lip synchers. For me, I just want to hear pure vocals, they can be flawed if it's showing true emotion. In fact, it's more endearing to me, I don't need the constant barrage of BIG "money" notes. I enjoy them, but I don't need them on every other song.

To be true, I'm even a little bit tired of long big notes. It's soooooo 90's. Christina for example, always screaming and her songs get me so bored and weary. Celine (as much as Christina) has enough talent to thrill even whispering.

If you ask me now, I would say I would love to listen to Celine singin a song with the voice she uses in the first chorus of Then You Look at Me. That tone are soooo clear, smooth and so touching. I love when she does that voice.

Edited October 3, 2012 at 02:38 PM by Nando Férri

[Celinenvegas]

To be true, I'm even a little bit tired of long big notes. It's soooooo 90's. Christina for example, always screaming and her songs get me so bored and weary. Celine (as much as Christina) has enough talent to thrill even whispering.

If you ask me now, I would say I would love to listen to Celine singin a song with the voice she uses in the first chorus of Then You Look at Me. That tone are soooo clear, smooth and so touching. I love when she does that voice.

 

Yes I agree Nando. Like the slower version of "A New Day Has Come" - just beautiful!

[fred]

To be true, I'm even a little bit tired of long big notes. It's soooooo 90's. Christina for example, always screaming and her songs get me so bored and weary. Celine (as much as Christina) has enough talent to thrill even whispering.

If you ask me now, I would say I would love to listen to Celine singin a song with the voice she uses in the first chorus of Then You Look at Me. That tone are soooo clear, smooth and so touching. I love when she does that voice.

I completely agree. Even though I do love her highs, everything now gives me an overdose. Look at her concerts. They all go super high throughout the lenght of it, and even to a fan like me that does get tiresome. I really do like when she sang AS at the grammy thing for example. If her concerts were more ballanced they wouldn't be so straining on her voice (or our ears). And no I am not asking her to do concerts with all low tunes, that wouldn't be exiting at all. But neither is a concert full of highs all the time. I've stated this before but I do it again, since it's worth mentioning. The way they build her concerts are a bit "perverted" around high notes and screams.

 

And no I am not prefering her to lip so that her voice will last more concerts. If her voice can't hold for this many concerts: do fewer. Find a ballance.

 

EDIT: her highs should be used to spice up things, not be one of the main ingredients.

 

/fred

Edited October 3, 2012 at 04:19 PM by fred

[Nando Férri]

I completely agree. Even though I do love her highs, everything now gives me an overdose. Look at her concerts. They all go super high throughout the lenght of it, and even to a fan like me that does get tiresome. I really do like when she sang AS at the grammy thing for example. If her concerts were more ballanced they wouldn't be so straining on her voice (or our ears). And no I am not asking her to do concerts with all low tunes, that wouldn't be exiting at all. But neither is a concert full of highs all the time. I've stated this before but I do it again, since it's worth mentioning. The way they build her concerts are a bit "perverted" around high notes and screams.

 

And no I am not prefering her to lip so that her voice will last more concerts. If her voice can't hold for this many concerts: do fewer. Find a ballance.

 

EDIT: her highs should be used to spice up things, not be one of the main ingredients.

 

/fred

Exactly Fred. And I agree about At Seventeen too. It's one of the songs that I listen to in my car. It's so relaxing, smooth, sofisticated. Great song, great version!

[GoldenLeaf]

I did and no such thing came up...there was a Q&A and they said NO, there was a joke video where they purposely lipped but not the broadway show, then another saying no. So I don't think you should be saying that, I've been to a ton of shows as I live in the NYC area and I haven't seen any that do this. It's a well known fact that they don't do this as a practice. If they can't cut it they are let go because there's always someone with a great voice waiting for their chance.

 

Debating this is not the point of this topic nor my previous post.

 

Even a guy who worked in some Broadway shows admitted that the use of pre-recorded tracks is pretty standard practice. See above.

 

http://broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage...h.gYo0soM1.dpbs

Is it true Broadway singers lip-synch for some shows?

Posted: 2/5/10 at 03:57pm

I don't know if this is how you start a thread on this site but I heard that lots of shows do this but I can't believe it????

 

Is it true Broadway singers lip-synch for some shows?

Posted: 2/5/10 at 03:58pm

In some ensemble dance numbers, yes the vocals are prerecorded. It depends on the show.

 

Is it true Broadway singers lip-synch for some shows?

Posted: 2/5/10 at 04:00pm

Phantom of the Opera has a lot of pre-recorded parts for the two leads.

 

 

Is it true Broadway singers lip-sync for some shows?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 12:04pm

After playing in many West End and UK tours as well as then working at a theatre for 5 years seeing all the toring shows come in i can say in the UK (And Broadway) its pretty standard practice.

 

We had a click track in Fame for 3 songs (Dancing On The Sidewalk, Hard Work and Fame)

 

Shows which came to the Palace Theatre Manchester where i worked nearly always did. We used to hear them testing the click tracks prior to letting the audience in

 

The worst offenders were

The Wedding Singer (over 8 songs for the ensemble were pre recorded)

 

Singing in the Rain

 

We Will Rock You (nearly every song with Ensemble in)

 

Mary Poppins (Steppin Time and Anything can Happen)

 

Mamma Mia (Most of the ensemble numbers)

 

Miss Saigon (About 4 songs)

 

Footloose (ensemble bits on Holdin out for a Hero, Lets Here it For the Boy, Im Free and Footloose)

 

Flashdance - (4 songs)

 

And thats just a few

Edited October 3, 2012 at 05:32 PM by Calypso

[Celinenvegas]

Oh ok cool, woooo had me scared I was wasting my money on pre-recorded Bway shows when I coulda just bought the cast recording. Those are from a message board -not a credible source. In contrast, all the ones I read on a board were to the contrary. Goes to show ya that you can't believe everything you read on a message board. Now if they were KNOWN Bway people I'd say I learned something new but nope. On a board it could be someone who was let go, maybe because their voice wasn't up to snuff - who knows.

 

"I heard that Celine said she will have another child or 2, move her show to Florida for 10 years & won't record after the new album is released in the Summer of 2012."

 

Hmmm, am I a credibe source? Is this a message board? Is everything posted here always creditble? I think I've made my point.

 

So...back on topic. I can't wait to know which song(s) Celine will perform to honor Whitney. I am looking foward to seeing some classic Grammy performances by Whitney as well.

Edited October 3, 2012 at 08:54 PM by Celinenvegas

[Xpresso]

Oh ok cool, woooo had me scared I was wasting my money on pre-recorded Bway shows when I coulda just bought the cast recording. Those are from a message board -not a credible source. In contrast, all the ones I read on a board were to the contrary. Goes to show ya that you can't believe everything you read on a message board. Now if they were KNOWN Bway people I'd say I learned something new but nope. On a board it could be someone who was let go, maybe because their voice wasn't up to snuff - who knows.

 

Sorry to disappoint you, but yes it's true that Broadway uses a lot of pre-recorded tracks. I don't think any lead singers could sing all those songs night after night without straining or even loosing their voice...

[Bóól'át'í]

Whatever Celine sings I know she will do Whitney proud. Celine really liked Whitney and was undoubtedly influenced by Whitney.

[Celinenvegas]

Sorry to disappoint you, but yes it's true that Broadway uses a lot of pre-recorded tracks. I don't think any lead singers could sing all those songs night after night without straining or even loosing their voice...

 

Again...just hearsay and this has become pointless. We shall agree to disagree!

 

I haven't been disappointed at any of the many Broadway shows I've seen.

[PuraVida]

Like I said, my guess is Greatest Love Of All...

 

If anyone's worried about Celine's vocal protection strategies...the only thing she is doing differently is this: She used to not speak or speak very little the day of a performance or concert. My guess is she has thrown that out the window. Still doing vocal exercises and warm-ups...

 

Streisand has never ever engaged in doing vocal warm-ups and such, but her voice is still doing great.

[Celinenvegas]

Like I said, my guess is Greatest Love Of All...

 

If anyone's worried about Celine's vocal protection strategies...the only thing she is doing differently is this: She used to not speak or speak very little the day of a performance or concert. My guess is she has thrown that out the window. Still doing vocal exercises and warm-ups...

 

Streisand has never ever engaged in doing vocal warm-ups and such, but her voice is still doing great.

 

I've heard a few really good singers say that over the years and that just amazes me. Babs doesn't tour or sing as much as Celine though so that helps a lot. I also believe she sings live at all her shows & she should since her tix are mad expensive. I'm sure there's a Babs fan or 2 here that have seen her live.

 

Agreed...Celine isn't as strict with her vocal training as the 90's but she has more of a full life now which makes her a better emotional singer in my opinion.