NPR: Clinton Dumps Celine Dion Song at Campaign Events

Clinton Dumps Celine Dion Song at Campaign Events

It's a parting of the ways that can only be rivaled by the split up of Lewis and Martin, Abbot and Costello, and "Benifer" ... OK, maybe it's not quite that dramatic, but reports indicate that Sen. Hillary Clinton team has decided to drop Celine Dion's song, "You and I."

Clinton had selected the song after thousands of suggestions were submitted to her website. It was used to set the stage as she entered a campaign event. "I can hear your voice calling out to me, Brighter than the sun and darker than the night, I can see your love shining like a light," a recording of the Canadian singer would croon.

But ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports that the "shining" seems to be over. Big Head Todd and the Monsters are in and their "Blue Sky" appear to be the Clinton campaign's new musical selection. (I'm not so sure if it's a good idea for a politician to be associated with anything involving the phrase 'big head.")

So all that hoopla about people sending suggestions and the funny YouTube videos showing the songs submitted... all for nothing?

No word from Celine Dion feels about being replaced. No doubt she's too upset to talk about it right now.

5:54 AM ET | 12- 6-2007 | permalink

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I am saddened that NPR is becoming like all the other new stations, churing up this sort of gossipy non-news. Surely our country faces challenges at election time more important than this. I liked you better when you were a serious news station.

Sent by ML Chorney | 12:29 PM ET | 12-06-2007

I agree, I really don't care if a song is dropped, its not like i'm gonna go kill myself since she isn't going to play the song.

Sent by Louie | 2:18 PM ET | 12-06-2007

Thanks for a bit of the lighter side of the news. Things often get entirely too grim these days

Sent by Doug Taylor | 2:36 PM ET | 12-06-2007

Nope, it's not over for Celine. I hear Hillary has decided to pick one of the 25 tunes from author Tom Reynold's book. And Celine is still in the running at number 20 on the list.

fred call

What do Pink Floyd, Bette Midler and Metallica have in common? They've all written horribly depressing tunes,
according to Tom Reynolds, author of I Hate Myself and Want to Die. He offers his top 25 miserable tracks:

20. All By Myself Celine Dion (1996)
The Canadian superstar's bombastic cover of Eric Carmen's 1970s hit about loneliness is the audio equivalent of the fire-bombing of Dresden.

Celine's vocal histrionics surpass the blood-soaked psychic fury which slaughters the prom-goers in the
movie Carrie.

Had Ms Dion been around during D-Day, the Allies could have dropped her off at Omaha Beach with a PA system and have her sing All By Myself until the
German infantry bayoneted themselves.

Sent by fred call | 5:09 PM ET | 12-06-2007

Sure, there are other, more important issues to talk about, but this does fall in the realm of the history of Presidential Campaigns. It was an interesting tidbit of pop-culutre. (which will one day be history )

Sent by Debbie | 5:21 PM ET | 01-29-2008

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