Céline on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' 9/11/2013

[smw]

Obsessed Celine Dion fans need to realize: if she could sing the song perfectly, she WOULD! She does everything (within reason) to be ready to sing for a performance. So just enjoy the stellar performances she's given -- and accept that Celine's "imperfect" performances are still vocally superior to every other pop start singing today… That's pretty incredible if you ask me.

 

No reason to get worked up over nothing. To the general public, she still sounds mind blowing. We do ourselves a disservice sometimes -- knowing Celine's voice almost as well as she does. So we can hear every little nuance and trip up. But she is doing quite splendidly and will only sing the song better and better.

[Tyler1991]

I'll be honest, I think it was a pretty poor performance. So far it appear her better performances of the song have been in Quebec or Vegas. Kimmell and Ellen were both pretty bad. I don't see Ellen as being much better. I'll start by saying I'd MUCH prefer the performances we have gotten instead of a lipped one. I'm glad she is singing this song live. That makes me glad - and I hope she continues to do so. I think they're still experimenting with the arrangement.In four performances, we've seen four different arrangements in terms of whether it's a studio track, or a live band, and if the backing vocals are/aren't live.. Quebec was just a studio track, but it was in a place meant for a concert. Just like Vegas, though that was totally a live track with band and everything. Vegas has been the best performance so far. I know we normally hate this kind of stuff, but I wouldn't be at all opposed to her next performance being a via-satellite from Vegas. She has been nailing it over there. The performance we seen a couple weeks ago was undoubtedly the best and I really like the live arrangement. It takes away some of that "non-replicable" part that the regular studio version has.

[Frozen_Phoenix]

No, no, no I really don't know what do say.

 

First of all, am I really the only one who thinks that the Kimmel performance was thousand times better.

 

I hate her facial expressions during this performance, I also thought vocally the Kimmel performance felt "rounder". I also really don't like the "shirt" she is wearing and also how the hair is done. I don't know she looks like her own grandmother during the performance.

 

I constantly had the feeling " Come on Celine, this is not possible... your song is somehow too "cool" for you." I didn't have that feeling during Kimmel or the fantastic Quebec concert.

[Your_Su_Phu]

I know we normally hate this kind of stuff, but I wouldn't be at all opposed to her next performance being a via-satellite from Vegas. She has been nailing it over there. The performance we seen a couple weeks ago was undoubtedly the best and I really like the live arrangement. It takes away some of that "non-replicable" part that the regular studio version has.

 

wait i'm confused. are you saying she just sounds better when she's physically in vegas?

Edited September 12, 2013 at 04:35 PM by Your_Su_Phu

[Chin]

 

 

Wow. That'd new for me.

I remembered that it was one of the songs Celine rehearsed before the premiere... But we finally didn't see any footage or anything of it

[Javito]

Just another remark that came to my mind with this performance: why she didn't smile during the whole song? I missed her smile. When she smiles while singing, she shines and she floods the stage with her charm. I don't have complaints with her voice, but there's a huge contrast between the attitude she had in the Quebec performance and this Ellen one: she was too serious here. And don't tell me that was because she was sick, because she spent all the interview being goofy I think the performance would have been much better if she had smiled Edited September 12, 2013 at 05:12 PM by Javito

[mike_z]

Well, it's a very dramatic song... I'm sure Rihanna would have been serious too while singing it! She just gets into that mood and feeling, I like it. It looks passionate!

[Taking Chances]

I love how she's talking about her closet and shoes. Especially that little song about "which shoes to wear". She really has a sense of humor and is still lovable as ever.

[Chin]

Just another remark that came to my mind with this performance: why she didn't smile during the whole song? I missed her smile. When she smiles while singing, she shines and she floods the stage with her charm. I don't have complaints with her voice, but there's a huge contrast between the attitude she had in the Quebec performance and this Ellen one: she was too serious here. And don't tell me that was because she was sick, because she spent all the interview being goofy I think the performance would have been much better if she had smiled

Maybe Celine wasn't satisfied with the performance of her voice, and she sang it carefully than usual, so she didn't smile?

[CSCfan]

Does it ever occur, an artist like Céline can still be.....nervous? She is human. She even tells in one of the interviews that her head is everyone... and even the slightest thing can cause you to be insecure, so who knows what *happened*. There's such a thing is being too critical.... but that's my view. Of course it wasn't flawless and she could've done better, but she didn't.... too bad, but there's still many chances to come.

[québecflower]

Does it ever occur, an artist like Céline can still be.....nervous? She is human. She even tells in one of the interviews that her head is everyone... and even the slightest thing can cause you to be insecure, so who knows what *happened*. There's such a thing is being too critical.... but that's my view. Of course it wasn't flawless and she could've done better, but she didn't.... too bad, but there's still many chances to come.

 

I think the same, she is still nervous, particulary when out of her comfort zone. She has faced so many challenges, i think her resistance can be less than in the pass.

Edited September 12, 2013 at 06:30 PM by québecflower

[CSCfan]

I think the same, she is still nervous, particulary when out of her comfort zone. She has faced so many challenges, i thin her resistance can be less than in the pass.

 

Yes, excatly... that's why everything around Céline is so directed and solid. It makes her feel comfortable, safe and brings out the best in her. Out of her comfort zone, she's insecure, nervous, and comes across very different. Like these interviews she's doing now, it's like she has ADHD... she also wants to say so much, too fast, and she stumbles over her words and in the end, makes quite a few language erros. And that's alright, but it shows she's just insecure, that poor thing. I think she's a HSP btw.

[DionFanAlways]

 

I just can't get over how classy she finishes. With the hand and everything like "Yes, that was perfect!"

Yes I noticed her mannerisms also. Just so Celine!

[DionFanAlways]

 

 

Yes, excatly... that's why everything around Céline is so directed and solid. It makes her feel comfortable, safe and brings out the best in her. Out of her comfort zone, she's insecure, nervous, and comes across very different. Like these interviews she's doing now, it's like she has ADHD... she also wants to say so much, too fast, and she stumbles over her words and in the end, makes quite a few language erros. And that's alright, but it shows she's just insecure, that poor thing. I think she's a HSP btw.

Agree! Definitely ADHD!

What is HSP?

[québecflower]

Yes, excatly... that's why everything around Céline is so directed and solid. It makes her feel comfortable, safe and brings out the best in her. Out of her comfort zone, she's insecure, nervous, and comes across very different. Like these interviews she's doing now, it's like she has ADHD... she also wants to say so much, too fast, and she stumbles over her words and in the end, makes quite a few language erros. And that's alright, but it shows she's just insecure, that poor thing. I think she's a HSP btw.

sorry but what ADHD and HSP stand for?

[takeachance]

whats hsp?

[CSCfan]

ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

HSP: Highly Sensitive Person

[québecflower]

highly sensitive person.......... maybe,

[DionFanAlways]

Yes I agree she is highly sensitive! Or maybe as she says, very intense!!

 

Extremely ADHD!

Edited September 12, 2013 at 06:59 PM by DionFanAlways

[CharleneMtl]

_{Discussions abound...I take some of it & swirl it around,..but sometimes I find myself asking, WTF?? WOW, Really????? Judgmental little creatures, aren't ya.....Ohhh 20 mins Ill never get back....Everrrrrr!!!!! I'll just say... Noooo...Nooooo....Nooooo.....Most of you really enjoy complaining, I think...They have meds for that...lol...just sayin'.... I'm callin' you out...Always, Your biggest complaints, concerns are, all you ever say is....Celine LIPS, sings the same songs,, saving her voice, nothing new, always talks about the same things, her family, kids, the album is late, put off, on hold....blah blah blah, blah....NOW,, She is giving you exactly what you've been wanting, and you're still not happy, awwwwwww muffin........OMG, Really????? She has this amazing new song and singing it LIVE.....LIVE....(its amazing, I tried singing it myself, nearly impossible, woke the dead, neighbors hate me, & my family have banned me from singing...Period!!!..)..Soooo, no one will ever sing it like her, live, auto tuned or whatever.......She also mentioned just for you, in the interview that more new songs had come to her, so they decided to change the album, instead of doing 6 new songs/6 Vegas songs..They added more new songs, Completely worth the wait if you ask me....Oh yeah, you all were whinnying about that one too, huh.....She is giving you most everything you found yourselves moaning about of late, and yet here you are being critical,demanding as always,....But the more in touch ones, I find are critiquing rather nicely, giving another outlook/opinion...The rest, most absurd, but this is a forum so have at it, I guess...I enjoy whatever she wants to talk about, learn alittle something new....If you don't like the way she is being interviewed, take the time and go complain, haha....As for me, I'll take my time & continue to see her in Vegas from the front row, Quebec was AWESOME, and I'll be smiling from the front row in Paris...................Ohhh one thought...I bet if she had lipped this song on Ellen/Jimmy, God for bid....Your heads would've spontaneously combusted and the canyons of hell would've opened up and swallowed us whole, huh???..... WOW we dodged that bullet.....Carry On Peeps!!!!}

[CelinesDIVO5]

_{Discussions abound...I take some of it & swirl it around,..but sometimes I find myself asking, WTF?? WOW, Really????? Judgmental little creatures, aren't ya.....Ohhh 20 mins Ill never get back....Everrrrrr!!!!! I'll just say... Noooo...Nooooo....Nooooo.....Most of you really enjoy complaining, I think...They have meds for that...lol...just sayin'.... I'm callin' you out...Always, Your biggest complaints, concerns are, all you ever say is....Celine LIPS, sings the same songs,, saving her voice, nothing new, always talks about the same things, her family, kids, the album is late, put off, on hold....blah blah blah, blah....NOW,, She is giving you exactly what you've been wanting, and you're still not happy, awwwwwww muffin........OMG, Really????? She has this amazing new song and singing it LIVE.....LIVE....(its amazing, I tried singing it myself, nearly impossible, woke the dead, neighbors hate me, & my family have banned me from singing...Period!!!..)..Soooo, no one will ever sing it like her, live, auto tuned or whatever.......She also mentioned just for you, in the interview that more new songs had come to her, so they decided to change the album, instead of doing 6 new songs/6 Vegas songs..They added more new songs, Completely worth the wait if you ask me....Oh yeah, you all were whinnying about that one too, huh.....She is giving you most everything you found yourselves moaning about of late, and yet here you are being critical,demanding as always,....But the more in touch ones, I find are critiquing rather nicely, giving another outlook/opinion...The rest, most absurd, but this is a forum so have at it, I guess...I enjoy whatever she wants to talk about, learn alittle something new....If you don't like the way she is being interviewed, take the time and go complain, haha....As for me, I'll take my time & continue to see her in Vegas from the front row, Quebec was AWESOME, and I'll be smiling from the front row in Paris...................Ohhh one thought...I bet if she had lipped this song on Ellen/Jimmy, God for bid....Your heads would've spontaneously combusted and the canyons of hell would've opened up and swallowed us whole, huh???..... WOW we dodged that bullet.....Carry On Peeps!!!!}

 

I...love...you

[mb011]

I haven't herd the vegas live version, but I dont see any problem with this version she did in Ellen show. she sang it live, which is great in my opinion, she didn't sound perfect 100% nor she did sound exactly as the studio version, but I find that refreshing. it is great she did the song live, rather then played it safe and lyp the song. had she done that, then averyone would complain for not sining it live. live performance should be like this, not perfect, but done tha way she feels in that perticular moment. very brave of celine to do this new song live, and we can safely ignore the small mistakes she did...

[Lindah1984]

Well, it's a very dramatic song... I'm sure Rihanna would have been serious too while singing it! She just gets into that mood and feeling, I like it. It looks passionate!

 

"Smacked Me Back To Life" . Sorry I could not resist.

 

I don't see it as a dramatic song. I see it as a thank you song for people who help people in a difficult time. Who stand by them and don't leave them.

[Lindah1984]

I love you too CharleneMtl!

[Tyler1991]

 

 

wait i'm confused. are you saying she just sounds better when she's physically in vegas?

 

Not exactly. I'm saying that this single fails to deliver as a solid live performance in a tiny tv studio. This song is meant to be sung in arenas, Vegas, etc. the performance in Vegas of this song was miles better tha the two tv appearances.

[manolo19]

ohhhh Am i the only one who thinks it is very ackward and disrespectful to fans to say I'll record 6 songs and we'll put 6 fillers from vegas , there you go you have your long awaited album. It is the same kind of laziness that René wanted to give us for the Celine show. We could have presented the same show as the taking chances world tour in Vegas and that's what was planned... Hey !! wake up .. is it too much asking to get some inspiration, creativity and change once in a while.

 

Thank god they changed their mind for both concepts; the show and the new album but that doesn't mean we are not allowed to expect and complain and judge and share ..

 

btw I loved the Ellen performance. I just hate the questions she is being asked all over again in those interviews.. LET ME INTERVIEW HER!

Edited September 12, 2013 at 08:44 PM by manolo19

[CelinesDIVO5]

 

 

Not exactly. I'm saying that this single fails to deliver as a solid live performance in a tiny tv studio. This song is meant to be sung in arenas, Vegas, etc. the performance in Vegas of this song was miles better tha the two tv appearances.

 

But the Quebec performance was the overall best

[CelinesDIVO5]

ohhhh Am i the only one who thinks it is very ackward and disrespectful to fans to say I'll record 6 songs and we'll put 6 fillers from vegas , there you go you have your long awaited album. It is the same kind of laziness that René wanted to give us for the Celine show. We could have presented the same show as the taking chances world tour in Vegas and that's what was planned... Hey !! wake up .. is it too much asking to get some inspiration, creativity and change once in a while.

 

Thank god they changed their mind for both concepts; the show and the new album but that doesn't mean we are not allowed to expect and complain and judge and share ..

 

btw I loved the Ellen performance. I just hate the questions she is being asked all over again in those interviews.. LET ME INTERVIEW HER!

 

When was it planned that the Vegas show would be the same as the TCWT???

[CharleneMtl]

ohhhh Am i the only one who thinks it is very ackward and disrespectful to fans to say I'll record 6 songs and we'll put 6 fillers from vegas , there you go you have your long awaited album. It is the same kind of laziness that René wanted to give us for the Celine show. We could have presented the same show as the taking chances world tour in Vegas and that's what was planned... Hey !! wake up .. is it too much asking to get some inspiration, creativity and change once in a while.

 

Thank god they changed their mind for both concepts; the show and the new album but that doesn't mean we are not allowed to expect and complain and judge and share ..

 

btw I loved the Ellen performance. I just hate the questions she is being asked all over again in those interviews.. LET ME INTERVIEW HER!

No...You can't interview her....lol....You need to be emotionally disconnected like James Lipton....... I would love to see her "Inside The Actors Studio" With James Lipton.....Now that would be an amazing interview....No BS there....

[Koolan]

Vic, the volume seems low on the video, or did it air on TV as such?

The volume got lower after it's encoded. I'll make sure to increase the volume next time.