First of all, I was happy to give the local library something to talk about because they made a point to tell me that nobody else has CDs brought in on inter-library loan anymore.
This week it's the number-one selling soundtrack to Titanic, with its dreamy soundscape bolstered by My Heart Will Go On, while that super-sized ode to tragic romance is also featured on Celine Dion's Juno Album of the Year winner Let's Talk About Love.
Titanic first: it's a fine score, and features James Horner performing his signature borrowing from James Horner. The song, or "that song", or the song (however you want to refer to My Heart Will Go On), has one of my favourite behind-the-music stories. The tale goes that the studio and Horner wanted a song for the end credits while Cameron wanted nothing to do with it, and Celine wanted nothing to do with another movie song having done a couple in prior years.
Horner managed to talk his way into Dion's studio and got her to record a demo. While I've had an up-and-down time listening to her albums in this project, her voice is an undeniable force, and more proof in the pudding is that she recorded the demo and that was it. That demo was what made it into the movie soundtrack.
That's pretty cool.
However, her album Let's Talk About Love: not cool. As pleasantly surprised as I was to enjoy Falling Into You, I fell back to earth while listening to this one. As always, it's vocally impressive, but this one really doubles down on the schmaltz with duets featuring Barbra Streisand and, worst of all, Luciano Pavarotti, which is possibly the death-knell for a pop artist (U2 barely survived, but Bryan Adams didn't).
Honestly, I don't even have a pleasant surprise to promote. Be the Man (On This Night), maybe? But that's really only because I'm forcing myself to pick one. So, Celine, we end our journey here; see you sometime for Deadpool 2 and the Paris Olympics.
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