ARTIST: Celine Dion
SONG: “Alone”
WEB DEBUT: Sept. 28, 2007
ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: Yes, it’s the Heart song, and Dion’s vocal performance is uncharacteristically restrained, with her first fist-to-the-chest moment not coming until right before the second chorus. This track–which will apparently be on Dion’s unofficial Halloween album, Taking Chances–was produced by ex-Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, who adds music-box piano, big, dramatic strings, and a slightly militaristic drumbeat to the proceedings, thus giving it a slightly more ominous feel than the versions of the song that you hear from the “rock” chicks on American Idol. (Celine will get you alone, you better believe it.)
WHERE TO FIND IT: The always entertaining–and sometimes useful–whatz-new. If you dare.
Celine Dion albums leak? Is there a demand for them? WTF?
“Fist-to-the-chest moment”
Maura: genius.
Now compare that version to Robert Forster’s.
Better than that Hot Topic goth chick on American Idol this year.
By the way, Ben Moody is a jerk off!
I’m starting to get a whiff that Dion’s handlers/label actually want to break her at pop radio again, which would be something they haven’t attempted since “That’s the Way It Is” and quite an uphill battle at this point in history.
Maybe she decided she gets one last shot at it before hitting 40 and getting relegated to the (very lucrative) Oprah-and-Vegas, Barbra-music circuit.
@dennisobell: There was a time when Celine wasn’t on the Oprah/Vegas circuit?