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Celine is back
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The diva gets herself a makeover.
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HARDLY 11 months after the release of A New Day Has Come, Celine Dion is back with yet another full-length album — One Heart. The first single, "I Drove All Night", Celine's rendering of a Roy Orbison retro number, is gaining popularity along the TV channels. The black-and-white video features Celine energetically rendering that classic created by the man who shot to fame with his title track for the Pretty Woman soundtrack.
If you have been hearing Celine's songs of late, you would agree that these days her tracks tend to be up-tempo compared to the likes of "My Heart Will Go On" and "Power Of Love". Though this hasn't hampered her popularity in any way, a few hardcore fans of her "syrupy" songs have started cribbing about the changes in her music. Listen to any of her pre-"My Heart Will Go On" songs, and you would never believe that she would ever sing anything as jumpy as "I'm Alive" or "Love Is All We Need" from her latest album. But then, the syrupy fare has not disappeared as yet — "Faith", "Have You Ever Been In Love" and the rest are typical Celine.
"Love is All We Need" speaks of "underestimated love" and "the power of one" while the title track is one of those feel-good songs that bring a smile to your face for which the lyrics go "Love lights your way through the night". "I Drove All Night" is fast and features some impressive orchestration, and Celine's powerful vocals give new life to the original track. A 2003 version of "Sorry For Love" from the last album is included along with a few more to complete a 14 track album and each track seems to project a different facet of Celine's vocal range and energy. Now, that's what you call experience.
It all began in a small Canadian town called Charlemagne where a girl of five sang with her siblings and soon recorded her demo tape. She went on to win a gold medal at the Yamaha World Song Festival in Tokyo. She gained international recognition with a song for the award-winning Disney hit, Beauty And The Beast. There was no stopping Celine as she cruised along with albums like Falling Into You and Let's Talk About Love, which featured the household favourite, "My Heart Will Go On". With the compilation of her greatest hits, A New Day Has Come was released last year; and now with "One Heart", her musical maturity and strength of lyrics are right on top. Way to go, Celine.
A. VISHNU
vishnua@hotmail.com
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