Celine Dion - Water and a Flame [new clips!]

by **famelous** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:40 pm

WOW! That C5 in RITD slaaaaays!!! 8-)

by **Wayne** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:56 pm

Whist the covers don't do her credibility much good, I would LOVE for her to record Rolling In The Deep - her voice is in mint condition! 8-)

by **GetBack** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:11 pm

04wayne wrote:Whist the covers don't do her credibility much good, I would LOVE for her to record Rolling In The Deep - her voice is in mint condition!

I think she will get lambasted for that! Definitely not because of her vocals, but people and critics alike will accuse her of riding on the song's popularity.

by **Wayne** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:20 pm

GetBack wrote:
04wayne wrote:Whist the covers don't do her credibility much good, I would LOVE for her to record Rolling In The Deep - her voice is in mint condition!
I think she will get lambasted for that! Definitely not because of her vocals, but people and critics alike will accuse her of riding on the song's popularity.

Which is crazy, because she's Celine freaking Dion - she arguably helped shape [and inarguably helped popularise] the template for what made Adele famous, the modern day pop super ballad.

Though at the end of the day, she's been criticised her entire career - one more bit of criticism isn't going to hurt her! 8-)

by **GetBack** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:32 pm

04wayne wrote:
GetBack wrote:
04wayne wrote:Whist the covers don't do her credibility much good, I would LOVE for her to record Rolling In The Deep - her voice is in mint condition!
I think she will get lambasted for that! Definitely not because of her vocals, but people and critics alike will accuse her of riding on the song's popularity.
Which is crazy, because she's Celine freaking Dion - she arguably helped shape [and inarguably helped popularise] the template for what made Adele famous, the modern day pop super ballad.

Maybe for the likes of Christina Aguilera ("Beautiful", "I Turn to You", "The Voice Within"), Jordin Sparks ("This Is My Now", "Battlefield"), Kelly Clarkson ("A Moment Like This", "Low", "Already Gone"), Beyoncé ("My Heart Still Beats", "If I Were a Boy", "Halo") and Leona Lewis ("Bleeding Love", "Happy"), among many others who have songs that are adult contemporary pop power ballads, but I think Adele is leaning more towards the Southern blues and folk template.

by **Titan3510** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:25 pm

Yeah I'm with GetBack, Wayne.

I wouldn't call Rolling in the Deep pop by any stretch of the imagination. It's 100% blues...

by **ferrero** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:55 am

i rather she doesn't if she is just going to copy note by note.. celine's covers generally doesn't have great artistry results. ALONE anyone? :lol:

by **GetBack** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:44 am

"Alone" is her worst cover, or maybe because it got covered so much that's why it doesn't sound fresh anymore.

by **imlookedat81** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:47 am

Covering RITD is giving her a lot of publicity and everybody liked her cover according to the comments, but I hope she is not going to include it in the album

by **imlookedat81** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:32 am

Some of the reviews:

Here's that Celine Dion 'Rolling in the Deep' cover you wanted
by Erin Strecker

Covering Adele: Just another reason Celine Dion is amazing.

None other than Céline Dion decided to start “Rolling in the Deep” this past weekend as part of her Las Vegas show, as first reported by Gawker.

I’m shocked this cover took so long to happen. The two women’s vocals are so similar, and many of Adele’s tracks would feel right at home on Let’s Talk About Love or Falling Into You. I especially love the darker tone Dion adds to the chorus.

Just when I thought that after over a year on the charts I’m finally moving on from “Rolling in the Deep,” I’m back in. I’m getting chills. I want to dance. I want to cry. It’s all too much — in the best possible way.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/06/12/celin ... eep-adele/

Celine Dion Covers Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep': Who Sang It Better? (Audio)
The French-Canadian diva performs the British songstress' hit at her concert in Las Vegas.
9:02 AM PDT 6/12/2012 by Erin Carlson

Celine Dion returned to the Las Vegas stage with a triumphant tribute to another diva with a full set of pipes.

Resuming her Sin City residency, Dion -- she of "My Heart Will Go On," and other soaring ballads -- covered Adele's ubiquitous hit "Rolling in the Deep" over the weekend, and she's probably the only artist who could successfully pull it off.

"I love Adele so much, she's amazing," cooed Dion to the crowd, which cheered back in approval.

Her version of the song is a near-perfect match for Adele's sultry and powerful original, but with a touch more Dion-esque drama. (You can imagine the Grammy winner pounding her chest, "My Heart Will Go On"-style, in an emotional display of stage theatrics.)

Which begs the question: who sang it best? Listen to Dion's interpretation, and leave your comments below.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earsho ... eep-336299

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Céline Dion Covers Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep,’ Kills It, Of Course
Rich Juzwiak

Céline Dion started a new leg of her latest Las Vegas residency show last weekend and her setlist included a cover of Adele's ubiquitous "Rolling in the Deep," which you can hear above.

What I love about this is how well someone who is widely considered to be the antithesis of cool can slide back in and completely own something as culturally approved as the contemporary standard that is "Rolling in the Deep." Adele, with her objectively pristine voice and ability to move units like no one else (in its 67th week on the Billboard 200, 21 sits at No. 2 with a bullet), has helped loosen up the stigma on adult contemporary music that arose toward the end of the '90s. She's a natural descendant of the likes of Céline, but now Adele's the one opening doors. If this goes viral (and it's looking like it will), it'll become Céline's most widely heard performance in at least a decade.

I value Céline Dion mostly as a persona, but vocally the woman is beastly. This is a nice reminder.

Her cult is also really fascinating — I'll never stop recommending Carl Wilson's Céline Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste. It's not just a sharp assessment of the polarizing effect of this woman and her mostly milquetoast music, but it's also an overall ingenious exploration of popular taste versus critical consensus. The contradictions are sometimes astounding.

http://gawker.com/5917745/cline-dion-co ... -of-course

Also on Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/#/news/celine- ... ost_recent

by **Wayne** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:43 am

This one performance is going viral, its incredible!

This video for e.g. has a quarter of a million views: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VbYzYeV ... r_embedded

by **wave** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:45 am

She's jumping on Adele's bandwagon.

by **Wayne** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:56 am

wave wrote:She's jumping on Adele's bandwagon.

If she'd performed it on some big TV show, then yeah - this is just a Vegas performance that is going viral.

I just thought this would be something for her fans to enjoy - though if you were to go by the mood on her forum, you'd get the impression that her fans dislike it - not the general public! Love it.

by **Brad** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:30 pm

Adele loves a bit of Céline. I remember someone at Radio 1 giving her a canvas with Céline's face on it (from the Taking Chances cover) a few year back when they found out :lol:

Celine swearing is like hearing a primary school teacher swearing. So unexpected.

by **GoodBoyGoneBad** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:38 pm

Rolling In The Deep is performed instead of the MJ tribute, right?

Is this the only alteration of the show?

by **Wayne** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:47 pm

Nope there's some more changes

can't post them at the moment as I'm on my phone - but shall post them when I get home

by **JSparksFan** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:08 pm

Her "Rolling In The Deep" cover is phenomenal!

by **Wayne** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:49 pm

I just died and gone to heaven...apparently, Walter Afanasieff is part of the production team!

She's also working with the same guy that produced the music on A New Day Has Come!

by **imlookedat81** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:31 am

I'm so excited about this album! I think I'll enjoy it more than Taking Chances.

She is going to perform the new song with Ne-Yo one night in August, maybe it'll be the first single..

by **spiritboy** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:05 am

Wow, RITD cover is much better than i expected. I hope for a live performance with Adele, that would be great.

by **imlookedat81** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:27 am

A radio station in USA is playing Celine's version of rolling in the deep

by **Wayne** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:33 am

imlookedat81 wrote:A radio station in USA is playing Celine's version of rolling in the deep

Amazing! Its been a long time since I've seen so much positive press about Celine singing a song [Taking Chances was received very well, but I think you'd have to go back as far as 2002 and A New Day Has Come].

You know you've made it when Celine covers your song - David Foster's words.

I am so excited for this era - she has a run of 36 Vegas shows before a month off, I hope she exhausts herself by promoting these new records all over the world! 8-)

by **kewlmekk2000** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:53 pm

imlookedat81 wrote:A radio station in USA is playing Celine's version of rolling in the deep

Really?? The same bad recording version?? wow! lol

by **exfactor003** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:26 am

04wayne wrote:This video for e.g. has a quarter of a million views: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VbYzYeV ... r_embedded

now it has 838,517.

by **frisbee** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:32 am

The resonance on 'Aaaall' is god-like

Everything else is a bit nasally but imo this was a bit better than Adele's - and that's because I tend to lean away from Adele big, rough voice.

This will easily cross 10m views. Hullo, this is Celine Dion and diva fans love to flock to such kinds of videos. :lol: