Just my tuppence worth here.
Celine fails to sing from within when singing in English. There is too too
much production going on and her voice is flattened, put simply the English
output is formulaic. In French however it is another experience entirely.
French speaking Canada has produced many many great singers and interpreters
of song. Also When seeing Celine live, and i don't mind admitting I've seen
her four times! She certainly has soul. In particular when she gets those
pipes round Jaques brel, Plamondon and Jean Jaques goldman, she positively
shimmers and those goose bumps respond like its party time. I don't feel my
opinions are biased because, though i possess all of her output thus far in
my Cd collection, I rarely listen to the english stuff. Even with a song like
Vole (fly) which she sang in both english and french you can hear the
difference, fly is not felt...Vole is and the arrangements are exactly the
same. Finally when she sang Calling you from baghdad Cafe it was astounding,
the pleading in her voice was heart breaking and I don't mind admitting I
shed a tear, well more than that i fell apart, ripped of my clothes, lit my
lighter, and ran up to the stage naked shouting Celine I love you.
