Rach2 and Celine Dion

[Nana_Ama]

Have you ever noticed how some parts of Celine Dion's "All By Myself" and the second movement of the second Rachmaninoff concerto sound bery similar?
 

[Tash]

yeah i pointed that out ages ago talk about ripping it off!

[Nana_Ama]

yeah i pointed that out ages ago talk about ripping it off!

delayed reaction whoops sorry Tash
I don't like the song as much now that I realized the connection.  That's really interesting though are there any other songs you can think of that are based on classical compositions.  (I'm sure there are a lot but it hasn't hit me yet)

[Tash]

eg vitamin c's graduation song= pachabel's canon in d
the one galonia mentioned in the what are you listening to right now thread
another one i have no idea what it's called or who it's by but it reminds me of previn's vineyard sonata 3rd movement

[willfarnaby]

Rachmaninoff, what Rachmaninoff ?   
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Regarding Celine Dion... [pinches nostils together between thumb and forefinger]

Eric Carmen's 1976 hit "All By Myself"... among the most-played songs in U.S. pop history...

...Dion covered "All By Myself" on her 1996 album, Falling Into You [yech], which has sold more than 26 million copies worldwide [hello, P.T. Barnum].

"I'd like to think my staying power is a testimonial to damn good songwriting," says Carmen, "My goal has always been to write really, really good songs." [nudge, nudge, wink, wink]