Celine part of Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert, "Tower of Song"

[CSCfan]

I listened to the entire concert on the radio and still totally bummed about not being able to make it there.

Basically, that was a bunch of my favorite artists doing a bunch of my favorite songs.

 

Seriously though, talk about range. Celine, Courtney Love, Seth Rogen, the Prime Minister ...very few artists could claim such a wide fan base.

 

Here's the full Tower of Song video montage (not the full song, sadly), opening with the choir from Leonard's synagogue. Not a huge fan of what Celine did with it (very nasal...) but love that she participated and tried something different.

Still hoping one of these days she might sing If It Be Your Will. Would suit her very well.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id8z2xukL_w

 

 

 

Tnx for posting! Love the transition from her "golden voice" to her "bedroom voice"....

[celinesounds]

OMG love this, Cohen was a great songwriter

[celinesounds]

this look is the same dress as the studio pic that we got recently

 

 

i love her dark voice

[celinesounds]

I pray for a solo version

as a bonus on upcoming album

her voice is like on that's the woman in me

love love love, nothing to do with her sia's voice

 

that's her darker voice,

 

she looks so confident with the song

she is a true rock star

i hate when she lips, she is very talent

[Brandon]

 

 

A full studio version would be fab! With great production. Lately her covers have been so plain and booring, with no soul and adding nothing to the song. But we know she can still do it: look at At Seventeen. That album is worth buying for that song alone!

Complain, complain, complain. It's all you people seems to do.

[Brandon]

I think everybody is missing the fact that Leonard Cohen is from Montreal too.

[CelinesDIVO5]

I listened to the entire concert on the radio and still totally bummed about not being able to make it there.

Basically, that was a bunch of my favorite artists doing a bunch of my favorite songs.

 

Seriously though, talk about range. Celine, Courtney Love, Seth Rogen, the Prime Minister ...very few artists could claim such a wide fan base.

 

Here's the full Tower of Song video montage (not the full song, sadly), opening with the choir from Leonard's synagogue. Not a huge fan of what Celine did with it (very nasal...) but love that she participated and tried something different.

Still hoping one of these days she might sing If It Be Your Will. Would suit her very well.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id8z2xukL_w

 

 

Here's the full set list, for the interested:

 

Dance Me To End Of Love (Sting)

Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye (Feist)

Who By The Fire (Patrick Watson)

I Am Your Man (Cat Power)

Democracy (The Lumineers)

PM Justin Trudeau & Sophie Gregoire Trudeau speech

Suzanne (Ron Sexsmith)

The Future (Elvis Costello)

Famous Blue Raincoat (Damien Rice)

So long Marianne (Adam Cohen, The Webb Sisters)

Hallelujah (k.d. lang)

Tower of Song (Willie Nelson, Céline Dion, Peter Gabriel, Chris Martin)

Sisters of Mercy (Sting)

Chelsea Hotel (Lana Del Rey, Adam Cohen)

In My Secret Life (Bettye Lavette)

Everybody Knows (Courtney Love)

Field Commander (Seth Rogen)

If It Be Your Will (Borns, The Webb Sisters)

The Partisan (Coeur de pirate, Adam Cohen, Damien Rice)

Bird On The Wire (Elvis Costello)

Anthem (Sting)

You Want It Darker (Voice of Leonard Cohen with the Shaar Hashomayim synangogue choir)

Coming Back To You (Adam Cohen)

Closing Time (Basia Bulat)

 

Sting's celtic version of Sisters of Mercy was da bomb.

 

OK, sorry about the spam. I'm just biased, having been named after a Leonard song. Seeing him live several times was transcendental. Thank you for the words & music, LC.

Back to regular Celine programming now.

 

KD Lang doing "Hallelujah" must have been magical!!

[scielle]

This was on CBC TV tonight.

Couldn't watch but believe Celine's clip made it into the broadcast.

Should be available for catch-up on the CBC site (though probably geo-blocked for Canada).

[scielle]

Here's a quality version of the full Tower of Song video from that night:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjBwWrMWzoM

[scielle]

There's a bit in today's La Presse article where Celine speaks about how surprised and honored she was to be asked to participate in this.

 

http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/6e4c46f7-5f91-41f1-89ae-559753f195f1%7C_0.html

 

"Pourtant, Céline Dion a été la première étonnée qu’on lui demande de chanter sur film un extrait de la chanson Tower of Song de Leonard Cohen qu’on a montré lors du concert en hommage à l’artiste disparu le 6 novembre dernier au Centre Bell.

 

« J’ai été super honorée qu’on ait pensé à moi, j’étais vraiment touchée, m’a-t-elle confié au téléphone en décembre dernier. Il y a des choses auxquelles on peut s’attendre, on appelle ça des naturels : c’est sûr qu’ils vont demander à Céline ! Mais celle-là, je ne l’ai pas vue venir et ça m’a vraiment fait plaisir. »"

[mirage]

Also shows how good Rene was a manager.

He knew how to do business with everyone.

 

Maybe not good her own creativity, but business side he knew how to work.

 

There's a bit in today's La Presse article where Celine speaks about how surprised and honored she was to be asked to participate in this.

 

http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/6e4c46f7-5f91-41f1-89ae-559753f195f1%7C_0.html

 

"Pourtant, Céline Dion a été la première étonnée qu’on lui demande de chanter sur film un extrait de la chanson Tower of Song de Leonard Cohen qu’on a montré lors du concert en hommage à l’artiste disparu le 6 novembre dernier au Centre Bell.

 

« J’ai été super honorée qu’on ait pensé à moi, j’étais vraiment touchée, m’a-t-elle confié au téléphone en décembre dernier. Il y a des choses auxquelles on peut s’attendre, on appelle ça des naturels : c’est sûr qu’ils vont demander à Céline ! Mais celle-là, je ne l’ai pas vue venir et ça m’a vraiment fait plaisir. »"

[superstar85ca]

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love it love it love it love it. Sooooo friggin cool