So I'm devouring Carl Wilson's book right now and his argument that her French songs carry much more subtlety has piqued my interest. However, when I Google "Best French Celine Dion songs" the recommendations come from her English fan base, who I presume prefer the same OTTness in that catalogue that attracted them in the first place. Can anyone here provide guidance to a fool just trying to carve a little space in his heart for a national hero?
― Adam J Duncan, Saturday, 28 March 2015 08:20 (nine years ago) link
the only french song of hers i know is "je sais pas" which is not exactly subtle but give it a listen anyway :P
― dyl, Saturday, 28 March 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
I'm no expert but as a kid growing up in Ottawa my favourite Celine song was this one, which is FR and relatively subtle by the standards of later things -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7A17Uq4L8
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 28 March 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Yep, that's also my favourite. The Dion Chante Plamondon album is good in general.
The fact it was her 15th or 16th does highlight exactly how dauntingly large her French back catalogue is though and i can't claim any real expertise there.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Saturday, 28 March 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Not so bad! I find myself actually looking forward to the stuttering hook in the chorus. The movement here is just the listener getting progressively locked into the groove. I could see Madonna covering this.
Why is it that French pop uses smooth jazzy fusion as a base? How did that become the norm there and not the Anglosphere?
― Adam J Duncan, Saturday, 28 March 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
The arrangement is very much of its time I find. I remember people here in Québec thinking the d-d-d-d-d part was ridiculous and making fun of her about it, but I think it sounds good.
Usually when critics talk about her French stuff being more subtle they're referring to her work with Jean-Jacques Goldman, specifically her album D'eux, her most critically acclaimed and comercially successful album. Her early teenage material is just as schmaltzy as her English songs if not more.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 29 March 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Céline is a widow.
RIP, René.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 14 January 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ipIq7JV3ZQ&index=5&list=PLIrbp7pqBZJHo-s7wRBcxpdaJ7H_fy9TG
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 14 January 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
She also lost her brother on Saturday.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 18 January 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
With all the (bad) news about her the past few days, I was trying to remember the one single of hers I liked at the time. Must have been "Nothing Broken but My Heart"--just played the video and it still sounds pretty good.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 January 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
BARBRA, BE A LADY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajnu3YSkbvQ
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
that's p intense...
interesting to see the comment field full of journalists asking permission to use the vid on their sites and uploader replying with pms, wonder what he could get paid
― niels, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
Pretty cool! Let's talk about gender baby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StQXEe4bF2c&fbclid=IwAR14G2nY_AT2wy7q2XtTZrAHpGElLZuNSqLkkAgyKglP3pgNPVhnOxK9Su0
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Video is not showing for me. What is it?
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
An add for her new baby clothing line.
https://youtu.be/StQXEe4bF2c
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
Célinununu (I like that name!), the Céline Dion/New Order partnership ILM has been dreaming of.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link
Widowhood has liberated her inner queer, potty-mouthed diva, says Carl Wilson:
https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/celine-dion-new-album-courage-review-comeback.html
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
I...am amazed.
There is an unofficial Céline Dion biopic playing out of competition at Cannes where they use her songs but change her name, and I fear my concept of reality will never recover. https://t.co/ZvfPaYy6Jw— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) June 3, 2021
My brain is short circuiting pic.twitter.com/NnZ7OR1x0x— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) June 3, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
xposted to Ambient Recommendations, but this record utilizes Celine samples pretty exclusively and is fucking beautiful, I think.
https://youmustrememberthis.bandcamp.com/album/once-upon-a-time
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
the butthole surfers dedicated this to her! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is0hVNZJTOU
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
Sad day re: Céline Dionhttps://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141538144/celine-dion-stiff-person-syndrome-canceled-shows
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 8 December 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
Horrible news <3
― nxd, Friday, 9 December 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
yes, very sad. it was known that she had health issues, but this is a bad diagnosis.not counting on seeing her again live, although the show we have tickets for hasn’t been cancelled yet (I bought them in 2019 for her 2020 tour).
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 December 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link