One of the songs on the album, which evokes the death of his granddaughter Karine, deeply excites the artist when he interprets her.
Celine Dion Photo: Archive
Céline Dion’s appearances have become rare and are even more noticeable. The fans of the Canadian singer reviewed their idol on Wednesday, September 3, in a documentary broadcast on M6.
The film was made to celebrate 30 years since the release of the album that made Céline Dion the star that the French audience knows: d’Eux. Written by no less the famous Jean-Jacques Goldman, this album is still the best-selling francophone disc, writes linternautte.
The twelve songs, all in French, left an indescribable memory in Céline Dion’s memory, but one of them was deeply excited. However, this song was to never see the light of day. Jean-Jacques Goldman waited until the end of the album to propose the artist’s song, out of respect and modesty to the subject that Céline Dion knew is in her soul. This track is the last one on the album, volleyball.
“It flies, fly, my love, because ours is too hard. Because nothing eases you, it flies on your last journey.”
These lyrics are dedicated to the granddaughter of Céline Dion, Karine, the daughter of one of the older sisters of the singer, Liette Dion. The young woman died of cystic fibrosis in 1993. She was only 16, and Céline Dion was 25. The death of her granddaughter deeply affected the international star, so much that she became the godfather of the Canadian Fibrosis Foundation (another name for cystic fibrosis) in August 1993, just three months after the tragedy.
Céline Dion also became the patron of Chu Sainte-Justine from Montreal, where Karine had been admitted before his death. A role he holds today. Although the singer is very rarely expressed on this topic, she has confidered about this difficult time in her life on November 15, 2020, in a call to donations for the benefit of the hospital.
“” Very early in my life, before having children, I understood how important it can be to invest in pediatrics for the future and hope. Almost 30 years ago, my granddaughter Karine, cared for here in Sainte-Justine, died at the age of 16 after a long fight with cystic fibrosis. The teams here continue to put the man on a foot of equality with excellence”She wrote.
An exciting and improvised interpretation of the vole piece
When, in 1995, Jean-Jacques Goldman sang the song Vole in front of the singer-after asking if he could do this, risking to disturb her-everything became obvious. The author of the play then asked Céline Dion to play instinct volleyball, without preparing, in the recording studio. “I wanted to sing it like that, without judging it and then throwing it or keeping it. But I wanted it to be like that, with that emotion”, Jean-Jacques Goldman tells in archive images used in the documentary viewed in premiere by BFMTV.
Canadian could not retain his tears while playing the text, recalls Roland Romanlli, the arrangement present during the registration and witness in the documentary. “We started to record directly and after a minute and 30 seconds, a minute and 40 seconds, she stopped crying. “
After a break and a second attempt, interrupted by emotion, Céline Dion manages to finish the song and offers an emotional musical sequence. “I could finally regain my breath. I listened and it was perfect. (…) It is the peak of what I could live next to her,” Roland Romanelli remembers.
