Celine Criticized by Daniel Merriweather

[mebe]

So ridiculous!! The album is not even out yet. I'm sure his name is going to appear in the credits of the album. That's all we need to know. Celine always thanks the wonderful writers who write for her etc... Sometimes she even gets annoying with that. LOL...This guy is clearly looking for more attention from the media...

[Chin]

Actually, can Celine sue that stupid Daniel for that?

[donpi86]

Eyyy... get it eassy people....

 

It is obvious that here have been a missunderstood.... Someone said Daniel that Celine have said the lyrics are hers (what it is stupid cause she never takes credit about that...) so it is normal that He got pissed off.. Error: Post it so quickly that you don't get informed by other people to get sure...

BUt common... don't try to hang the guy... He is soo talented and interesting artist. WAAF it is a really cool and personal song .

By the way.. he never insults Celine, He gets really confused about how someone like her want to steal a song... that's all... He said before that he was happy with the cover...

He should talk with Eg White.. he is the one important cause maybe he is not recieving any money from sony about this cover cause mr. White it's not playing good so that's unfair for Merriweather... But that's another problem about royalties...

[donpi86]

And another thing... it is real that if I'm Merriweather and I see the Katie show... I would be soooo pissed off.. If I rite such a personal song... and then I have to listen the answer of "Where it comes from" and an old man says... you know... the opposites... and then Celine.. Yeah.. it's the name of the song... They really sounds like silly and unprofessional.... it would be much better if they say " It's a really beutiful and personal duet between my beloved Adele and Daniel merriweather, the writer of the song...." If you don't know what to say... just make some wikipedia answer.. hehehehe... but don't answer like that...

[CSCfan]

Lol at the end of this article:

 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/melbourne8217s-daniel-merriweather-slams-celine-dion-for-not-giving-him-due-credit-for-writing-her-new-song/story-fni0bvjn-1226672622343

 

"Celine Dion's management has been contacted for comment."

 

He's just doing this for the attention....pure & simple.

[gafsa]

oh i see him need publicity. but what a cheap way he's doing.shame on him. Edited July 1, 2013 at 08:35 AM by gafsa

[Davey84]

Lol at the end of this article:

 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/melbourne8217s-daniel-merriweather-slams-celine-dion-for-not-giving-him-due-credit-for-writing-her-new-song/story-fni0bvjn-1226672622343

 

"Celine Dion's management has been contacted for comment."

 

He's just doing this for the attention....pure & simple.

 

The Canadian sings lyrics from the song to US reporter Katie Couric without clarifying she did not write them.

 

NOR did she imply she wrote them.... like someone else said; Céline rarely mentions who wrote the song, so why now? Plus I am sure mr. Merriweather will get a big fat paycheck once the album is released

 

This is negative publicity, but at least it IS publicity! But René would be wise to comment on this situation ASAP before it totally gets out of hand!

 

It's sad, cos it's giving me a negative feeling about this song, even though it's totally not needed. WAAF was a perfect title when they were going with the 50% Vegas/ 50% new songs idea, but not that concept has abandoned, maybe this song as the title track needs to be abandoned too...

[Neddo]

Is there any possibilty that they'll drop WAAF?

[guyddavies]

While I think hes totally overacted and his fans are being mean I cant help but see his point, im sure that makes me unpopular but yeah the "there opposites" reply says it all. If youd written a song youd be upset too. Especially if it was so personal.

 

Put it this way, celine sings fly about karine, imagine if she had written it, her most personal song, and one direction did a cover. They showed a talk show and someone asked what is fly about, and they said "erm I dunno a bird"

 

Imagine how we as fans would react, and how celine would feel that everyone just thought the song was about a bird? Why didnt rene just say well the person that wrote the song was speaking about..........

 

She did it with my love always said how linda perry had sent her a song about herself. She usually credits the writers, think about how many times she has said about carol king, georgemartin, james horner, the bee gees, diane warren, kara, dave stewart etc. She could have just mentioned she recieved a song by 2 great writers.

 

Its easy to look at this as celine fans but again put yourself in the place of them by imagining if one directin or smebody else did that to celine, i dont particularly like daniel merriweather, ive only heard his song red, but as a human being i can totally see where he is coming from, he wrote that song about somebody, it means something, and it is not about the opposites, and to say it is is sort of taking credit for the meaning of the song i.e the writing.

 

I dont think celine is in the wrong, and i do think he over reacted, im just saying that i can see why his first response was to be upset

[bilinkew]

I agree - drop the song and he will soon regret his comments when he is a couple of million dollars less well off!

[joaofilho]

I knew this would happen one day, these days spent in a special on TV dioguardi Kara and David A. Stewart, he commented that Celine recorded TC and set to Single, the album title and the Tour, he said he found it strange because it was a song from Platinum Weird, I thought he wanted to comment on your cause controversy and had a little poison there. It's the same that's what's going on now in a different way, that Daniel wants publicity, he cited qeu tried contacting celine to record a duet in this song, he was angry 'cause was refused, I hope the team celine bring us an answer and that song out of the cd.

[browseceline]

loll yeah that will give him a real reason to cry and b*tch about. HAHAHAH

 

I can't believe how dumb this guy is!! I just can't believe it! Its mind-boggling!! I mean doesn't he have a manager or family member or a friend to tell him to shut the F**k up?? I mean ITS HUGE to have Celine record your song! It a career opportunity that every writer on Earth would dream of!!!! Not to mention the sh*t load of money this crybaby will get!!!!!

WHO DOES THAT?!?!! IS he for REAL?!

 

Maybe a good idea to write this to Feeling Entertainment? That way Rene must read it. And I believe some of you have Andre Coutou and or Barnev Valsaint on their facebook? She should know this, definately.

But let this be a lesson too; stop covering and be orginal. There are many NEW songs that really get high in the charts. All you need is some very talented writers that write songs for Celine, no covers, original songs. And Daniel Merriweather has no respect at all. First find out what went wrong, discuss that in private with Celine, Rene and the team and don't use social media this way. Disrespectful, that is what it is. Btw was water and a flame such a huge hit? He should be glad that, thanks to Celine, that song gets attention again, and maybe people will find the original song too.

When things like this happen it would have been good if Celine had her own twitterpage, so anyone could immediately tell her what is going on or whatever we would like to say to her ( in a respectful manner!)

[Chin]

They should change the title of the album, cos the name "Water and a Flame" is now getting more negative due to Daniel's stupid action

[browseceline]

They should change the title of the album, cos the name "Water and a Flame" is now getting more negative due to Daniel's stupid action

 

I thought their was a plan to name the album Break Away ( again a cover I know)

[Alex_Incognito]

OH lord! Now it's hitting the news. Can't the journalists watch the video and she that she doesn't take credit for it.

[Davey84]

OH lord! Now it's hitting the news. Can't the journalists watch the video and she that she doesn't take credit for it.

 

That's journalism nowadays, they never put any effort in checking the real source anymore

[gafsa]

Maybe when they asked where the source is they would answer "little birdy told me". Edited July 1, 2013 at 02:32 PM by gafsa

[LukeD]

Doing covers & not mentioning the songwriter of each song are legitimate actions! Nothing wrong with these. However, accusing someone of stealing songwriting credits with 0 proof to back this s*** up can be a good reason for Daniel to get sued. He (or anyone) just can't throw invalid accusations publicly without facing the consequences. He claims to have seen all these things in life (much more than Celine, as he claims), but apparently all this experience wasn't enough to teach him when to shut up. Edited July 1, 2013 at 03:03 PM by LukeD

[Nmj]

It's a blessing in desigsue. This will give Rene, Celine and SONY the reasoning to drop the idiots song, and re-name the album.

[smash]

Oh hell, hope this rubbish does not delay the album now. This guy obviously can't make it on his own, now he is saying this to get publicity, damn fool!!!

 

Sharon

 

[Javito]

Well well well so what conclusions can we take out of this interesting new chapter of this english album? I think everyone can have their own lesson here

 

1) Daniel Merriweather is a crybaby. He was wrong and moaned about something without checking first the facts. What a poor promotion for his image.

 

2) Céline: next time learn to be ORIGINAL instead of picking songs from others. You will avoid this embarrasing situations

 

And the best part of all: this incident won't do any good to Céline's album now. It will bring bad publicity to it, let alone if they still plan to release this song as a single. Because now all the press and the media will refer it as "the song Céline *supposedly* stole from D. Merriweather for her comeback album". This won't do any favour to Céline, so if they're clever enough, this event can have a very positive side: they have the perfect opportunity to change the album's title and rename it. And if they're mover than clever, they will completely remove the song from the album's tracklist

[garçon]

Just added this to the second Facebook Post (he probably won't read it anyway):

 

Daniel, relax.. she was just inspired by your (great and very personal) song.. she never claimed she wrote the song..she's rather paying tribute to your artistry..

Maybe she and Eg even managed to add a new dimension to your song (which isn't vanished all of a sudden now Celine Dion recorded it.. likely more people will discover your original!)

I'm 100% sure she would be the first to praise you,.. possibly she even did during the interview,.. you haven't seen but a fragment of an extensively edited interview/conversation. Best to you

 

This whole controversy touches a sincere problem concerning Celine's artistry.. she is the best pop singer/interpreter in the world (obviously) but not much more than just that..

After FIY and Taking Chances (but also One Heart, All The Way, Let's Talk About Love) this is another example of her pitching a song - using highly comparable production; as if it's her own 'artistry' and invention, while she is just imitating, or rather assimilating it.. I can imagine that Merriweather, as a genuine artist, who doesn't cares for money 'only' feels neglected or affected by this.

 

The way he deals with his feelings, apparently without having tried to rebut/contact Celine's team, is of course tasteless..

[Javito]

Yes, everyone is pointing Daniel as the big loser here, but I wouldn't say Céline will come out with flying colours. This incident is revealing again her continued use of covers to build her repertoire and her albums, and this can affect the image that she has as an artist who yes, she has a great voice and is so talented, but lacks a lot of originality and creativity.

 

I really hope Céline and René are learning a lesson out of this... they should stop using covers as the main appeal everytime she puts out an album or a concert

[Celine Fan 77]

I was about to write an entry about this on my Celine blog but, as soon as I realized what this guy was talking about I cancelled it, what a poor way to promote yourself as an artist...

 

The only thing I hope is that Adele hasn't taken any bad image of Celine...

[ryba]

this is kind of funny since the album has not even been released yet and he already moans around

[Chin]

Celine's team and Sony Music should take some actions to it, or it'd affect Celine's image and the upcoming album, although what that stupid Daniel said are all bull sh*t

[xTheGoodBoyx]

I hardly ever say anything on FB but I did this time. This is absurd. I mean Celine says all the time she doesnt write her own songs and that she appreciates the songs she gets because they made her career. I hope he takes a second and think about this. Its really disappointing.

[takeachance]

poor celine, she did nothing at all wrong!! I blame Katie the host of the show|!!!! just kidding!!

[marc-02]

Can sony just drop this song altogether? First time i heard it (his duet with adele), i didnt like right there and then. Found it boring. When i heard celine's version, i still didnt like it.. the only reason i like it is im hearing celine's voice in the song. That's it, nothing more.

 

This daniel guy can just go keep the song for himself. Very immature and unprofessional of him.

 

What did he expect celine to say? Does celine celine say eric carmen wrote ABM before she sings it? Or that Seduces Me was written by Dan Hill? Or that Bryan Adams, a way way bigger artist than this Daniel, cowrote LTAL?

 

Cone on Daniel, u cant expect her to thank each and every writer for each song she sings... say in her Vegas show right now, if she'd do that.. she'd spent half the show thanking the writers of the 20 something songs she sings there... oh please give Celine a break, Daniel... u'll get ur "media credit" in due time... just wait for the album to be promoted and launched...

 

[smw]

This is crazy….. And it's comical that we're so caught up in this. You can tell how hungry we are for news. And we're not exactly used to ANY sort of "controversy" when it comes to Celine. This is hardly a big deal in the grand scheme of Celine's career, but…..

 

I think Merriweather is coming across ungrateful & unprofessional. It's insane that he hasn't kept any resentment to himself -- considering he could make a lot of money off of this and it could lead to future collaborations. But I guess we now understand why he hasn't really broken through to the mainstream ---- he lacks the business gene.

 

I'm conflicted because I do like the song. I don't think it should be released as a single. But I like the idea of it being on the album. FALLING INTO YOU is another example of a great album track and album title but not a great choice for a single. Same for LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE. It's a good song that obviously had a big impact on Celine and I honestly hope all of this gets ironed out and the song remains on the album and the title of the album remains WAAF. But I know that her album titles change up to the last minute so who knows….

 

He needs to correct his wrong doing and understand that Celine has done no wrong. He would be a fool, business wise and reputation wise, to not. (And I'm not saying that because I'm a Celine fan.)

 

Frankly, there is nothing for Celine's team to do (and, really, they don't have to do anything) other than to release a simple statement clarifying that Celine recorded the song because she admires it, worked with the original producer, and has never claimed to have written the song. Merriweather looks unbelievably childish with all of this. Celine's team is probably baffled by the immaturity. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you….

Edited July 1, 2013 at 07:23 PM by smw