| re: Celine Dion | |
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BULLWHIP 03:05 pm UTC 04/10/09 |
| In reply to: | Celine Dion - steven_stuart 02:54 pm UTC 04/10/09 |
| Celine Dion is considered by most of Canada outside of Quebec as a bit of a joke. She has a great voice but there is no substance in the artist. I think that when she married her manager who started out with her as a teenager, and proceeded to get involved with a cleaning lady in Las Vegas, that pretty much destroyed her standing with much of her homeland. Why Jim got involved with her is puzzling. I think most of it was because at one point, Phil Spectre was going to be involved and I think Jim would do anything to work with his idol. Wouldn't anyone? > I notice that quite a few people on the board are being > negative about Celine Dion. It must be because she covered > IACBTMN. I can think of no other reason for her to be > criticised in this forum. > > When I was being critical of Steve Steinman, saying that > it was unjust for him to get away with exploiting Jim's > music and name without giving Jim a penny, Pudding very > wisely said that anything bringing Jim's music to a wider > audience is just. > > I think Pudding was correct. Even if I don't like Steve > Steinman and Bat Out Of Hell The Symphony, he is at least > drawing people's attention to Jim's music. > > The same is true for Celine Dion. She had a massive hit > with IACBTMN. She drew attention to Jim's music amongst a > crowd who probably didn't know much about all the great > Steinman classics. > > When Celine played a big concert in London, London's The > Evening Standard reviewed the gig (and The Standard is > London's most important show biz paper). > > The music critic said that most of Celine's songs were > boring and written by hacks (I think one the hacks > mentioned was Dianne Warren). But he said that the concert > came to life when she sang IACBTMN "by the genius Jim > Steinman". > > If Celine had not covered the song, the music critic > wouldn't have been able to tell his readers that Jim is a > genius. Also, the song itself would probably not be nearly > as famous as it is now. As Pudding wisely said, anything > that brings Jim's music to a wider audience is just. > > People often wonder if Jim will be working with Meat or > Bonnie again. I guess because they are the two performers > who really knew how to interpret and phrase Jim's > wonderful melodies and lyrics. > > But it would do Jim no harm to have another hit with > Celine. I don't think she would do WPOMBHTM because it's > not really suitable for her. But surely there must be > another Jim song that would suit her. Anything for a gold > record. | |
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