# I pit Celine Dion **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102 "2004-10-31T02:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/21 "2004-10-31T14:49:04Z")
> [@detop](#): > > What the hell are you complaining about ? She invaded the US market about ten years ago, no ? Up here, she’s been around for over 20 :eek: . Anyway, it’s your own fault if you’re stuck with her. Nobody forced you to buy her records 😛 . Bottom-feeders like her and her Svengali-like husband always go where the food supply is most abundant. 😃 Have a heart, man. Celine wasn’t “given” to us, she was inflicted upon us. I have never had the urge to purchase one of her albums, but I know all of her songs because they’re EVERYWHERE. If I have to hear “My Heart Will Go On” in any language, I will barf. Robin ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/22 "2004-10-31T15:25:33Z")
> [@](#): > > The really sad thing is that she has such an awesome voice. Much like Mariah Carey. Such incredible talent, wasted. I agree that she is technically good, and she has a particularly impressive dynamic range. However, to me, her voice just isn’t a very pleasant thing to listen to. When she gets hold of a high note, I just want to drive nails into my skull. I fully agree on Mariah Carey–her MTV Unplugged appearance early in her career showed off some excellent vocal mojo that deserved better than the horrific dance-pop it was later applied to. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/23 "2004-11-01T02:55:58Z")
I haven’t heard her new single yet. In fact, I didn’t even know she had one. One of the many many blessings one can receive if they give up commercial radio. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/24 "2004-11-01T03:06:21Z")
I don’t pit Celine so much as the people who keep her in business. “You have the power to end this!” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/25 "2004-11-01T03:15:13Z")
Did someone revive this thread from 1996? Did a thread from the old AOL board pop up here somehow? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/26 "2004-11-01T16:53:46Z")
Er… I only started it a few days. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/27 "2004-11-01T16:55:01Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Er… I only started it a few days. 😕 Ago. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/28 "2004-11-01T17:31:48Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Unfortunately, you will always be more well-known as the land that gave us her, Tom Green, Mike Meyers, Alanis Morissette, and William Shatner, amongst others. > > You should be happy we haven’t invaded; we’ve done so for less. Hey, William Shatner is The Man, and I don’t even like Star Trek. Listen to his new album, _Has-Been_, and THEN tell me he sucks. Also, Moxy Fruvous is Canadian, and they are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/29 "2004-11-01T17:32:01Z")
Yeah, it was kind of a joke on the subject not being very topical. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/30 "2004-11-01T17:53:04Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Hey, William Shatner is The Man, and I don’t even like Star Trek. Listen to his new album, _Has-Been_, and THEN tell me he sucks. > . Brother, I am with you! Grammy material here. And oh yeah, Celine Dion sucks. (promised myself I’d stop hijacking threads.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/31 "2004-11-01T17:56:59Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Yeah, it was kind of a joke on the subject not being very topical. I heard her new single and hated it, much like her other songs. How isn’t this topical? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/32 "2004-11-01T18:03:20Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > However, if Kythereia hears Celine Dion’s new single ONE MORE FREAKING TIME, she is going to lose her mind! Meh , Its been a while since I listened to anything of hers ,and one is willing to be that it was the Xmas song she recorded. But take heart , it was a Faustian bargain that was made , Celine was given unto us , while Mitsou was consigned to the depths of Quebecdom. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/33 "2004-11-01T18:36:00Z")
I say we drop her over in Afghanistan to take care of the situation there. “Neeeeearrrrrr…Farrrrrr…Wherever YOUUUUUU ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRe” “Achmed I can’t take this…” “Lets shoot her…” _Blam blam blam!_ " Myyyyyyy Heart will go onnnnn and onnnnnn" “Dammit…we missed” “She’s too skinny!” " My brain…it is spasming…I must end the pain!" :;;_BLAM_ "Me too!"_Blam_ ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/34 "2004-11-01T19:37:51Z")
_shudder_ I too have given up commercial radio but that isn’t enough. I am satisfied that most Canadians despise the woman, but that is not enough either ! I fear your Afghanistan plan won’t work - she is popular all over the world. Example 1: in Brazil, I was taunted by the constant repetition of the Celine Dion Christmas Album, played loudly, and nonstop, by my neighbour, for the entire month of October. (It likely continued into November but I had fled to another part of Brazil by then. Then, I was safe, except for the inescapable Shania. Example 2: in England, I was meeting my new brother-in-law (African) for the first time. You’ll never guess what tape was in his car tape deck. And no, he wasn’t doing it as a make-the-Canadian-feel-at-home effort, either. He’s really a big fan. There are many, many more … ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/35 "2004-11-01T19:46:37Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I heard her new single and hated it, much like her other songs. How isn’t this topical? Well, the fact that Celine Dion sucks has been pretty well documented for a while now… It was kind of a throwaway joke I made, no need to analyze so deeply or take it as an insult. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/36 "2004-11-01T23:54:09Z")
It’s amazing that little old us, with our 30 million people, could make Celine Dion a worldwide superstar all by ourselves… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/37 "2004-11-02T00:00:22Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Hey, don’t the Barenaked Ladies make up for Celine, though? No. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/38 "2004-11-02T00:10:48Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > No. Take it back, \*take it back \*, **take it back**!! ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/39 "2004-11-02T02:08:03Z")
Hey, the Arrogant Worms more than make up for Celine! I think I got a crush on Celine Dion the way she beats her chest when she sings a love song there’s something about her, makes me want to feed her and i’d love to be mister celine dion She’ll sing a song in english, then she’ll sing en français both the songs will suck, but i love her anyway she’s full of emotion, i’m full of devotion for Celine, and i’ll be hers some day Chorus: oh Celine Dion, you soft rock my world won’t you please be my Celine I’d do anything if you’d be my girl oh be my girl Celine ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102/40 "2004-11-02T02:23:44Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Well, the fact that Celine Dion sucks has been pretty well documented for a while now… > > It was kind of a throwaway joke I made, no need to analyze so deeply or take it as an insult. Who said I was insulted? No ill will, mate. 😉 The Barenaked Ladies and The Arrogant Worms make up for _anything_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-celine-dion/272102.md?page=3)