Céline Dion and the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games

[Nmj]

Yeah, but can she afford to lip if she’s getting paid €2mln of taxpayer money for a single song “live” performance?

 

 

Hopefully she takes that 2M and donates it to SPS research if she does indeed perform and get paid that crazy amount.

[karatedude317]

 

 

Lol no… there were some live adlibs at the end. She did very well to make it seem live though

 

Kev x

Here’s another performance of the song that she did in China, and you could hear at the end where she doesn’t. Ad lib, In case anybody wants to see the difference between the 96 performance and this one. I wouldn’t mind if she sang the song again, of course with updated vocals

[Abodi2002]

 

 

Lol no… there were some live adlibs at the end. She did very well to make it seem live though

 

Kev x

tbh I wonder if those adlibs are lipped too. Quite often at that point when she sang live, she tended to be whiny, but in those particular adlibs that was not the case. I’m mainly refering to 1996 and early 1997.

[Abodi2002]

I would love a live performance, but not getting my hopes up in case it doesn’t happen. Please don’t let it be Love Can Move Mountains or My Heart Will Go On.

[mirage]

Heres another performance of the song that she did in China, and you could hear at the end where she doesnt. Ad lib, In case anybody wants to see the difference between the 96 performance and this one. I wouldnt mind if she sang the song again, of course with updated vocals

 

Slightly off topic, but wow I thought I had seen all her videos by now.

But this new to me, why did she performed this song during her TC promo tour? Rene agreed with this?

 

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Edited June 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM by mirage

[karatedude317]

tbh I wonder if those adlibs are lipped too. Quite often at that point when she sang live, she tended to be whiny, but in those particular adlibs that was not the case. I’m mainly refering to 1996 and early 1997.

They were live! Look at a lipped performance without adlibs in 2008

[karatedude317]

Wow I thought I had seen all her videos by now.

But this new to me, why did she performed this song during her TC promo tour?

 

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She performed alone on this show also (lipped)

[tshlw]

Slightly off topic, but wow I thought I had seen all her videos by now.

But this new to me, why did she performed this song during her TC promo tour? Rene agreed with this?

 

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She was suppose to give a concert in Beijing but it was cancelled so think this was the consolation for that with the Olympics being there.

 

Here is link to full special. It was a fun show Rene came out for some of it.

 

[MaiconSC]

I don't even remember of an Olympics performance that wasn't playback... of any artist...

 

And yes, Atlanta was 100% lipsynch... even the adlibs...

here at the private event before the openning cerimony she lipped the exact same track with the adlibs...

[Abodi2002]

I don't even remember of an Olympics performance that wasn't playback... of any artist...

 

And yes, Atlanta was 100% lipsynch... even the adlibs...

here at the private event before the openning cerimony she lipped the exact same track with the adlibs...

Kinda wish those were included in the studio version. She did them in all live performances we have.

[MaiconSC]

Kinda wish those were included in the studio version. She did them in all live performances we have.

 

me too... that's why I made this edit to include in the studio version:

 

[DCCeline]

tbh I wonder if those adlibs are lipped too. Quite often at that point when she sang live, she tended to be whiny, but in those particular adlibs that was not the case. I’m mainly refering to 1996 and early 1997.

 

Are tou saying everytime she did those belts it was lipped or jut at the olympics? If you mean the belting at 3:54 in the OLYMPICS atlanta performance that is probably lipped. I think its either unused vocals from the final song or just recorded before the performance.

[MaiconSC]

Are tou saying everytime she did those belts it was lipped or jut at the olympics? If you mean the belting at 3:54 in the OLYMPICS atlanta performance that is probably lipped. I think its either unused vocals from the final song or just recorded before the performance.

 

 

you can see her the same adlibs... this was performed before the openning... I wonder why didn't they released those extra vocals in the studio version...

[scielle]

 

Yes, but I think they got it “partly” right….

 

They announced the team would be releasing a compilation album which is true with the documentary soundtrack to coincide with her “retirement” I think they assumed that when they got word the team was releasing a hits album.

 

They’ve also got a lot right about lot of artists.

Anyone can make such “predictions”.

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[Abodi2002]

 

 

Are tou saying everytime she did those belts it was lipped or jut at the olympics? If you mean the belting at 3:54 in the OLYMPICS atlanta performance that is probably lipped. I think its either unused vocals from the final song or just recorded before the performance.

Just at the Olympics and the rehearsal for the Olympics. All the attempts from the actual tour were definitely live.

[scielle]

The Olympic Hymn is usually done by a choir, but there have been some notable solo versions over the years, though mostly by operatic sopranos not pop singers. Like -

 

Measha Bruggergosman in Vancouver (bilingual English/ French version)

 

Anna Netrebko in Sochi

 

Sissel (yes, same Sissel of the Titanic soundtrack) in Lillehammer

 

(By the way, MHWGO could well have gone to Sissel instead of Celine. Imagine what a different world that would have been! Here she is recording the soundtrack vocals:

)

And Wiki has this quote from James Horner: “In an interview from December 2014, Horner quotes: "When I had completed the Titanic , I had to decide for Celine Dion or Sissel['s] [vocals]. Sissel I am very close, while Celine I had known since she was 18, and I had already written three film songs for [her]. But that was before Celine was known and filmmakers and marketing people had not done what they should have done for Celine and [her] songs. So I felt I owed her a Titanic chance, but I could [still] have used Sissel there." Instead, Sissel completed much of the film score for the soundtrack album.”

 

Edited June 6, 2024 at 01:21 AM by scielle

[scielle]

If the Olympic appearance does turn out to be true, I do think it would be a disappointment and a missed opportunity for it not to be a new song written for the occasion (or at least premiered there, if not literally an Olympic themed lyric), even if just as a stand-alone track rather than the launch of a new album or similar.

I don’t think a specially-written song is necessary, actually. Something well known would probably be more memorable. And it doesn’t have to be Olympic-themed, it could just be celebrating the culture of the country or the city you’re in. Pavarotti did Nessum Dorma in Torino and Paul McCarney did Hey Jude in London. I was there for the latter and it was magical to have the whole stadium sing along. Doesn’t matter what language you speak, anyone can sing along to “na-na-na-na”!

 

Also, remember that the opening ceremony is not in a stadium. It’s being held along La Seine and various Paris landmarks, so something celebrating the city would be very fitting.

 

Edited June 6, 2024 at 02:40 AM by scielle

[catlovergirl1982]

 

I don’t think a specially-written song is necessary, actually. Something well known would probably be more memorable. And it doesn’t have to be Olympic-themed, it could just be celebrating the culture of the country or the city you’re in. Pavarotti did Nessum Dorma in Torino and Paul McCarney did Hey Jude in London. I was there for the latter and it was magical to have the whole stadium sing along. Doesn’t matter what language you speak, anyone can sing along to “na-na-na-na”!

 

Also, remember that the opening ceremony is not in a stadium. It’s being held along La Seine and various Paris landmarks, so something celebrating the city would be very fitting.

 

Hey would you happen to know if the Paris Olympics &/or performances would be available to watch on TV (here in the U.S.,) or on the internet? If so, that would be REALLY GREAT to see her perform a song there as her first performance in over 4 years, if this is true! I really hope it is!

[scielle]

“The people who will pay for Céline Dion will not be able to afford to bring their own children to the ceremony.”

Well, the ceremony will be free to attend, so that particular point is moot. It could be the only chance many in the general public ever get to see Celine perform. So there’s that. And if she sang a song everyone knew and could sing along to, well that would be pretty magical, in the streets of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

 

But I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here… nice to dream though!

 

[Remon]

I would love a live performance, but not getting my hopes up in case it doesn't happen. Please don't let it be Love Can Move Mountains or My Heart Will Go On.

 

With the woman holding the record for best-selling French-language album of all time and the Olympics being in Paris, she has to sing in French right? PQTME would be epic with the French crowds singing along. But let's wait and see!

Edited June 6, 2024 at 05:27 AM by Remon

[Critiaslux]

 

 

With the woman holding the record for best-selling French-language album of all time and the Olympics being in Paris, she has to sing in French right? PQTME would be epic with the French crowds singing along. But let's wait and see!

 

 

PQTME would certainly the biggest crowd reaction.

But personally I think that SISDA would fit better the meaning of the Olympics: the coming together to be better. 🙂 And that’s hopeful song, almost an hymn for universal love and peace, as she said it in her TCWT live in Montreal when introducing the song 😉

Edited June 6, 2024 at 06:43 AM by Critiaslux

[Shamrock_1982]

The thing is if she recorded new vocals and lipped the song, I’d say 95% of people wouldn’t even know she was lipping, as she’s sooo good at it!

[Remon]

 

 

 

PQTME would certainly the biggest crowd reaction.

But personally I think that SISDA would fit better the meaning of the Olympics: the coming together to be better. 🙂 And that’s hopeful song, almost an hymn for universal love and peace, as she said it in her TCWT live in Montreal when introducing the song 😉

 

True, that would be a better message. I could live with both. Or actually any song, just sing (or lip) and get on that stage 🥰

[stevo]

The song would have to be Olympics related though- as much as I’d love PQTME as it’s inscribed on my arm in tattoo form, it isn’t just about Celine and her biggest hit. It’s more French Pride in the occasion and less Super Bowl Performance

[ryba]

The Olympic Hymn is usually done by a choir, but there have been some notable solo versions over the years, though mostly by operatic sopranos not pop singers. Like -

 

Measha Bruggergosman in Vancouver (bilingual English/ French version)

 

Anna Netrebko in Sochi

 

Sissel (yes, same Sissel of the Titanic soundtrack) in Lillehammer

 

(By the way, MHWGO could well have gone to Sissel instead of Celine. Imagine what a different world that would have been! Here she is recording the soundtrack vocals:

)

And Wiki has this quote from James Horner: "In an interview from December 2014, Horner quotes: "When I had completed the Titanic , I had to decide for Celine Dion or Sissel['s] [vocals]. Sissel I am very close, while Celine I had known since she was 18, and I had already written three film songs for [her]. But that was before Celine was known and filmmakers and marketing people had not done what they should have done for Celine and [her] songs. So I felt I owed her a Titanic chance, but I could [still] have used Sissel there." Instead, Sissel completed much of the film score for the soundtrack album."

I just wonder why he didn’t let Celine record all of the soundtrack so that it would be consistent. It would sound beautiful!

[Shamrock_1982]

I know zero French but I loved the French song she sang after the Paris attacks but I don’t know if it would be the right setting for the song.

[Davey84]

Personally, I wonder if this wouldn't be too stressful on her... as her first performance in front of millions of people? The last time she was in front of a big audience was February 2020! I'm not saying she wouldn't want to do it mentally, but would Céline physically be able to undergo such pressure?

 

And I kinda don't want her first performance to be bombastic like that... I'd rather have something intimate first.

[homerton]

It might not be her first. She could do a tv special July. Start then Paris ! Xx

[Zofia]

Well, the ceremony will be free to attend, so that particular point is moot. It could be the only chance many in the general public ever get to see Celine perform. So there's that. And if she sang a song everyone knew and could sing along to, well that would be pretty magical, in the streets of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

 

But I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here… nice to dream though!

 

True, there is no entrance fee for the ceremony, but the cost of coming and staying in this expensive city is beyond the reach of many citizens outside Paris.

 

I guess the issue, by the way, is not so much about the accuracy of these charges, but about image politics - lest Céline, who has the position of “our (because Francophone) biggest and most loved star” in France so far (is there any other country where Céline wins the polls for favorite female singer year after year until now? https://www.superprof.fr/blog/artistes-favoris-france/), she has not begun to be treated like a “luxury star from America” who sings from a playback at taxpayer expense. Admittedly, if the whole ceremony is a success, it will be easier for people to forget about the additional costs.

 

Provided, of course, that the rumor is true, and she doesn't end up coming to the Games only as an honorary supporter of the Canadians

[DCCeline]

You guys are assuming she would sing one of her songs. I think she would sing a cover like Imagine or Your the Voice (shutters)