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Topic: Rach2 and Celine Dion  (Read 1628 times)

Offline Nana_Ama

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Rach2 and Celine Dion
on: April 17, 2005, 09:04:58 PM
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?
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Re: Rach2 and Celine Dion
Reply #1 on: April 18, 2005, 12:24:34 AM
yeah i pointed that out ages ago talk about ripping it off!
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Re: Rach2 and Celine Dion
Reply #2 on: April 18, 2005, 01:41:56 AM
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) :)
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Re: Rach2 and Celine Dion
Reply #3 on: April 18, 2005, 06:39:30 AM
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
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Re: Rach2 and Celine Dion
Reply #4 on: April 18, 2005, 08:16:54 AM
Rachmaninoff, what Rachmaninoff ?   :-X
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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]
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