French-Canadian singer Celine Dion possesses a voice that is ethereal and crisp as much as it is moving and powerful. Distinctive in its power and charm, the French-Canadian songstress wields a voice that not only transcends time and genre, but her voice, in all its rich, chill-inducing glory, has also helped her etched her presence among the great voices of our era, making her a legend in her own rights. Critic or fan, avid listener or peripheral observer, Celine Dion’s knack for expressing profound emotions through her ethereal yet powerful sound cannot be overlooked. Born on March 30, 1968, in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, Celine Marie Claudette Dion is the youngest of 14 children to Adhemar and Therese Tanguay Dion. The Dion’s lived a humble …show more content…
She has consistently put out chart topping hits since her debut and have gone on to win 5 Grammys and 7 AMA for her work. Having sold 200 million albums, Dion’s longevity comes from her voice retaining its pristine charm through the years and the fact that her hits and style is still desired in the music industry. Not to mention, soundtrack songs such as “My Heart Will Go On” From Titanic and Beauty and the Beast’s titular song “Beauty and the Beast” have made her a household name. For my second performance, I’ve chosen to sing “Just Walk Away” (1995). It is a bonus track from Celine Dion’s third studio album, The Colour of my Love (1993), and the unofficial seventh single from the album. Celine admitted once before a performance that “love is the perfect thing to sing about because of the emotion it brings.” The final song from the The Colour of My Love album may have been subtly referencing how she’d fallen in love with her manager Rene Angelil. Although not as well-known as her other hits, “Just Walk Away” still highlights Dion’s stylistic flair as it features her clean runs and climactic vocal belts. Celine has also admitted that songwriters love to send her love songs to sing, so perhaps the songwriter of “Just Walk Away” Albert Hammond simply believed Celine was the best to capture the complexities in this love …show more content…
The song displays a somberness that is achieved through smooth legato phrasing and minor key changes. She’s delicate at first and climactically gets stronger and louder. The chorus is a mixture of powerful chest voice and refrained mixed voice. Her vocal runs are tasteful and spread apart and she artistically ends one line with a breathy sound that shows the vulnerability of the character she portrays within this song. The song is laden with a lot of emotion which Celine skillfully shows through her powerhouse vocals. A close reading of the lyrics reveals the tragic narrative in the song. “Just Walk Away” seems to follow a woman forced to say goodbye to her true love. The conflict intensifies when she admits that this man, whom she loves deeply, offers her a love she’s never felt before. This love though profound is also a forbidden love, one she must dutifully walk away from and forget. It isn’t made clear why this love is forbidden, but from the vulnerability and desperation in Dion’s voice, we can infer that this love was a love not approved by an outside party. I did not choose this song for its lyrics as I do not relate to the lyrics. I do find the narrative in this song enticing. It’s like a compelling Hollywood film. I chose this song because I grew up listening to Celine Dion, and have always been drawn to her voice, vocal technique,
Barbara Shreisand and Celine Dion, which are two of the most popular singers of all time, decided to join forces back in 1997 to sing one of the most beautiful duets of all time. They sang a song called "Tell Him." They showed the world how talented they were by singing that song.
One of the most interesting aspects of She's Come Undone is the fact that it is written by a man but is told from a female's point of view. Because of his gender, it is impossible that Lamb could have experienced many of the hardships that Dolores must deal with in his novel. However, Lamb writes with a certain understanding of Dolores and her pain. In She's Come Undone, Lamb addresses issues often avoided by male authors, including female friendships and abortion. His convincing female voice has been critically acclaimed.
Thanks to Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, the world has come to know a talented artist by the name of Nelly Furtado. You'd never gone to have any difficulties reminding her, as her goddess-like face is all that you need to remember. But when that mouth opens to sing songs, then it's a whole new level to like her even more than you expect. Her musical inclination is not just about singing by playing an impressive set of instruments on the likes of keyboard and piano, guitar, ukulele and even trombone.
... artistic renderings of the enthusiastic songs of her time. More than anything, it is this love of performing that won her the hearts of millions throughout the world.
Born February 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York as Carole Klein, she was playing the piano by the age of four. While still in high school she was in her first band, the Co-Sines. Carole was a huge fan of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller (the duo who penned hits for Elvis Presley, the Coasters and Ben E. King), she became a regular at DJ Alan Freed's local Rock 'N' Roll shows. She met songwriters Paul Simon and Neil Sedaka as well as Gerry Goffin, whom she later forged a writing partnership with, while attending Queens College.
Over and over again critics write about Nina Simone’s power and charisma throughout the Civil Rights Movement. She sang the words of an entire movement, “All I want is equality/ for my sister, my brother, my people, and me./ Yes, you lied to me all these years”(Simone Mississippi). She sang out for her entire race, and with a “smoky- toned” voice, when four young girls were killed in a church bombing (Lewis). She sang “Will my country fall, stand or fall?/ Is it too late for us all?/ And did Martin Luther King just die in vain? (Simone Why?) after the death of MLK. Nina Simone… a singer with many different voices, a singer who denies categorization, a woman who is genre-less to prove a point.
The video for “Your Song” opens as the camera pans over a chandelier lit with candles. A young Elton John is seen sitting behind a black piano as he play...
In his essay “The Power of One Voice,” award-winning columnist Tony Norman wrote, “Never underestimate the power of one voice. One voice is all it takes to speak truth to power…One voice spoke the world into being. One voice shatters mountains with a whisper.” Although Norman speaks to the power of one voice, not every voice is considered equal. A voice does have power, but specific voices are heralded over others. In The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, black woman Mary Prince’s story is only heard and voiced through the actual author, Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society Thomas Pringle. Similarly, the main character Celie, a young, uneducated, black girl in rural Georgia, has her voice oppressed for much of Alice Walker’s novel,
Demi Lovato is a famous singer, songwriter, and actor born in 1992 in New Mexico. Although she was on “Barney & Friends” as a child, most people know her from her years as an actress and an occasional singer on disney channel. She co-starred in the famous movie series “Camp Rock” and also in the television series “Sonny with a Chance.” After these acting positions, Lovato began a career in singing. She has released many albums and has had many hit songs such as “Heart Attack” and “Cool for the Summer.” In 2012 and 2013, Lovato was a judge on “The X Factor” (Wikipedia). Singing is a huge part of Lovato’s life, and she pours her heart and should into her lyrics.
The man feels abandoned in a corner and he drinks for the sadness he feels. While drinking, he tells himself I do not understand why you left me, if I know she loved me, so if you ever regret your decision he will be waiting for you. Basically, the man feels broken emotionally because the women he loved, left him for no reason. This song to me is not a dancing song, however the song is more about remembering your ex-wife, ex-girlfriend or ex husband and ex-boyfriend. For me personally, this song reminds me of drinking, the title literally means bitter shots of liquor. The way the song shares the hurt the man feels by the women that left him. I could almost picture a man sitting at a bar drinking to his ex saying, “I’m drinking because of you, you caused this”. I could picture that scene in my head because I have seen my friends in Mexico and my cousins in Mexico do
This story is told through the use of many different techniques of writing, including, one of the most emotionally gripping, personification. The use of a line such as “When she was just a girl she expected the world but it flew away from her reach” (lines 1-2) gives the listener a childlike view on the situation, which, allows the listener to relate to and, subsequently, connect themselves to the song’s protagonist. Personification is also used in other
What exactly does Christina Aguilera try to convey? According to her words along with personal interviews of the true meaning of this stanza in her song, Beautiful, Christina Aguilera approaches the reader and listener with her profound emotions. She perceives that through immense pressure and criticism, she is still "beautiful."
This song reassures us that in a world so vast and separated, people can be brought together by love and faith. Similarly, "Dreaming of You" expresses that life can be an unexpected fairytale in which our dreams can and do come true. It paints a picture of a female/male night after night dreaming about the person she/he loves; longing, waiting for the courage to express that love.... ... middle of paper ... ... Listeners reap from this conclusion the sense of hope needed to live out their lives.