Direct link for CELINE DION rant

[Bluebear]

http://dynamic.cnn.com/apps/tp/video/bestoftv/2005/09/03/lkl.celine.dion.cnn/video.ws.asx?NGUserID=aa54a11-29953-1125864908-3&adDEmas=deReg%3AR00%26deBand%3Ahi%26deDom%3A%3F%26deSic%3D0%26deCoun%3Ausa%26deDMA%3A803%26deZip%3A92501%26deGMT%3A-7

In case ANYBODY missed this. Merci, Celine.

[fooj]

1. Wasn't she absolutely genuine in her pain?

She isn't even American...you would have never known it!

peace.

[Bluebear]

2. That is what compassion looks like.

When she said, "Let them take a TV! They won't be getting far with it anyhow. Maybe they are so poor that they never touched anything like this in their lives. Let them touch it!" Oh my gosh. What a contrasting image to the typical rootin' tootin' American!

[fooj]

10. Ya know...I've seen that 3-4 times and each time I cry.

It's so real and filled with humanity...

Thanks for sharing it!

Peace.

[jrthin]

3. God, I hate Larry King.

He is sooooo insignificant.

[lady lib]

29. Yup, another irrelevant media whore.

Time to retire, Larry!

[Dem Agog]

4. wow...

i never much liked her till now...
my respect for her has leapt tremendously.

[i miss america]

30. Same here. I have an entirely new opinion of her from this moment forward

[RockaFowler]

5. Merci, Indeed

That made me cry

[fasttense]

6. I didn't see it. Thanks for posting. God bless them all. n/t

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. That's a much better file than the one Crooks & Liars has...

...and yes, C&L has to really compress video files due to high traffic, so their efforts are appreciated REGARDLESS of that.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/04.html#a4793

I posted the C&L link in another thread earlier today. What struck me is how she completely broke down, alternating between helplessness and rage and "WE MUST DO SOMETHING," and Larry king basically interrupted and said "So...you feel like SINGIN'?"

:grr:

[ronnykmarshall]

19. You can almost see in her face ....

"fuck you Larry" .... but Celine being a pro might feel that her singing is also a way for her to express her feelings as well.

I just fell back in love with La Dion.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. To the haters ..... FUCK YOU!!

Celine Dione, SHAME ON YOU!

How dare you say about the victims of Katrina "They are stealing because they are so poor they have never touched anything in their lives, like 20 pairs of jeans or TV sets."

Does she think before she talks or what?
John | Homepage | 09.05.05 - 6:22 pm | #

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I could understand her defending people taking food and some clothes to wear, but not people taking plasma tvs...
Allyson | Homepage | 09.05.05 - 6:30 pm | #

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[opihimoimoi]

8. Merci pour le Diva

Vive la France

Thank you for this heartwarming side of humanity

Bush: Farme le booosh

[Frederik]

14. Vive le Québec, you mean

;-)

[Dorian Gray]

47. It should actually be

I wonder if the French Canadian would appreciate the "Vive la France." Aren't they sort of competitive with one another? That's like saying "God Bless the Queen" in response to an American. :)

[rox63]

9. That was great

Thanks for posting it. It's wonderful to see REAL sincerity and compassion, as opposed to what * has been spouting across the airwaves. Merci beaucoup, Celine.

[JimmyJazz]

11. I always like it when I get to change my opinion of someone for the better

I always thought she came across as very self involved, but clearly, I was mistaken.

[spooky3]

24. I'm guilty of the same and happy to admit my error.

[ronnykmarshall]

33. I just want to hug her.

It's so easy to dish her. But I think that Celine has in many ways become "an american".

I'm part Canadian. My step-mom is from Alberta so I feel very much a Canadian too.

My family and friends in Canada love the US. They don't like THIS government, but they love America. My wonderful 92 year old grandmother (my step-grandmother) and I sat down this weekend and talked about this whole mess.

She's a big fan of Al Franken and I set her little AM radio so she can listen to him on her local Air America station. I'm trying to get her to become a Randi Rhodes fan as well.

I'm blessed. I'm bless by god that I have an extended family that have the history of coming from a communist country (my step-grandfather who I never met was from Hungary) that understand what it's really all about.

Sometimes I am shocked when I hear things from my family that I would never think I would hear.

I'm not so "out there" as I tend to think.

[ignatius 2]

12. Wow,that was heart wrenching stuff. How can we not help the

people when we can send planes to kill and destroy in a matter of minutes was an excellent question. Do you suppose we will ever hear an answer?

[Autumn Colors]

13. One reason for her compassion is

that she grew up extremely poor in a very large family (I think she has something like 12 or 13 siblings). She knows what it's like to be poor.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

15. She's probably got a soft spot for New Orleans too,

being from Montreal. They are very different cities, but also kind of similar because of the French influence. Most anybody that's ever been to New Orleans gets a fondness for it.

[Dangerman]

16. Larry King is a dumbass and a coward!

'nuff said.

[ronnykmarshall]

17. Merci !

Oh my god. You can tell that when she get's upset, she has a hard time expressing herself in english.

I've always felt more passion from her when she sings in French.

Merci, Celine.

Bite me Larry King. Let the lady speak.

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Kick it and nominate it!

My sister in law lives in Vegas and we saw Celine together about a year ago. She saw she last night and said she was just wondeful.

She's a pro when it comes to her performances. She was probably on the edge of losing it last night.

Larry King is a dick. He should have just let her vent.

This was not an act. Celine grew up with a very large family and didn't have a lot.

People like to poke fun at her for being a diva and whatever, but that was pure emotion.

Viva Celine.

[sister_rosa_refried]

20. Beautiful, dear.

Just beautiful. God bless dear Celine for you showing us her heart.

I just adore her.

[Tallison]

22. If someone finds this clip in Quicktime format

please let me know!!! Thanks...

[spooky3]

23. This was stunning. She expressed how we all feel.

[ET Awful]

25. I've gained a whole new level of respect for her.

She's so right-on with her rant.

[unblock]

26. very nice rant. but i can NOT BELIEVE she sang after that!

no matter the choice of song/prayer, the was just an incredible forced transition from rant to song.

if larry king had any decency he would have let her rant more and not asked her to sing.

my respect for celine dion soared during the rant, but i would have had so much more respect for her if she had said, sorry larry, this is just not the time for song.


all that being said, VERY nice rant, thanks for posting!

[Spazito]

28. Singing is also a comfort to her, especially a song such as the

one she sang, she was still talking, only through her song at the end.

[ronnykmarshall]

32. I will defend her for singing

This was before she went on stage. She knows that what she does (singing) is how she expresses herself. I think had it not been before a concert, she would have not sang.

I love Celine for this. It's corny, but when I saw her perform, she's one of those rare singers that can touch your heart.

Larry King was an asshole. I think Celine went back into "singer" mode and her choice of songs was very sweet.

I just loved her saying "my check doesn't mean nothing, they need food and water".

Viva Quebec!!! Viva Celine.

[calimary]

44. So will I, but I WON'T defend that simpering schmuck larry king -

"how 'bout a number?" SHIT, larry. Just SHIT, larry. The woman's beside herself, and all you can think about is getting her to sing you a free song for your ratings.

ASSHOLE. No wonder you have shit all over your nose and spoo coming out of your mouth after having "interviewed" the older bushes. No wonder. What a useless piece of crap.

[tjdee]

56. She is a professional.

She said she has felt so badly, but she has to get out there and sing every night out of respect for those who come to hear her sing.

I think she knew he was going to ask her to sing--he did the same thing last night (?) with LeeAnn Rimes, who wasn't nearly as emotional as Celine was.

[IndyOp]

27. Beautiful - I can feel her emotion for the mothers & children --

now that she has her own little boy.

O8)

[ForrestGump]

31. Larry King is a scumdog

Long, long before I began to notice certain things going on within the US 'news' media, the very sight or sound of him brought me to the verge of Elvisizing my TV. He's just always grated on my otherwise fairly robust nerves, to an extreme beyond all rational explanation, and so it was with relief that I began to realize that he really is a vacuous, egocentric idiot worthy of nothing but contempt. I don't know how anyone can watch the creepy mofo.

"Well, that's all very nice, Celine, but how about a song?"

"Baisez-vous, tete-de-merde..."

[MADem]

42. Larry King is an old, bland man

He always glosses things over, it is how he gets his "gets." You will never get more out of him, because he does not have it in him. People who will not do a tough interview will do him, because he coddles. He will NEVER ask the brutal questions, he always couches everything in bland, inoffensive words so that everyone from Clinton to Poppy to Newt will appear on his show, knowing that he will skirt around the issues but not go for the throat, and will not humiliate his guests or get their blood pressure up. Even when there is no justification, he will always postulate both sides of an issue, but again, in a BLAND way.

He has a huge international audience, mainly because for years he was the only, or one of the few, English language interview shows one could get abroad. Also, his slow style of questioning is understandable if English is a second language.

He is getting past his sell-by date...

[spooky3]

34. kicking--everyone should see this

[MelissaB]

35. Thank you! I hadn't seen this. n/t

[complain jane]

36. Oh my God! I just watched this!

Thanks for sharing this link! God bless her!

On edit: I just watched the rest of this. Did he just ask her to sing?!?

[Bluebear]

39. Yes, after all that.

And trying to interrupt her rant. "Now sing a little song for us!" :crazy:

[VLC98]

37. Not a fan of her music, but what a lovely lady.

As for Larry King, aside from being a complete dick, he is really crap at interviewing people. I don't think I've ever seen him interview someone without constantly interrupting. He asks questions but doesn't appear to want to hear the answer. It's all about him.

[Laurab]

38. I never cared much for Celine before

I just changed my mind. What a genuine, human, COMPASSIONATE person.

[Berry Cool]

40. I have to say (and I'm sheepish about it now)

that I turned the channel when I saw she was coming on because I thought it was going to be the usual celebrity melodrama and I can take or leave Celine. But when I heard about what she said...well, I'm glad to have had a chance to hear it. It was real and it came from her heart. It was not just another celebrity cryfest.

I won't have the heart to be criticizing her again.

[Tigress DEM]

41. Wow. She's so beautiful inside and out.

What a heartfelt gift and I love her outrage too.

Still, with Larry King not addressing her issue he basically asked her to shut up and sing.

[McCamy Taylor]

43. The love she showed was worth more than the $1,000,000 check.

[Rose Siding]

45. She shoulda told him 'I'm not your monkey', but I'm glad she didn't

'Help us find a place where we'll be safe' :(

Bless her heart

[ronnykmarshall]

46. She did great.

[Fleshdancer]

48. tears of anger

I cry just like that when I get this angry. Needless to say, I've been crying a lot these days.

[kick-ass-bob]

49. Wow.

She almost exploded when she was talking about how her check doesn't mean anything right now and how they need water.

That was one of the most powerful interviews/rants I have ever seen.

[comsymp]

50. That was powerful.

Wow.

Just wow.

[MN ChimpH8R]

51. Wow

I certainly have a lot more respect for Celine Dion after hearing that. Honest compassion, so unlike our Dear Leaders. You go, Celine!

[ronnykmarshall]

52. A lot of people have said that.

No Diva rant here. She told it like it is.

[cascadiance]

53. How soon before Vegas treats her like Linda Ronstadt?

Oh wait, I think she makes more money for them than Linda. I guess they'll put up with her "rants"...

[Bluebear]

54. Vegas didn't treat Ronstadt like that

Vegas is a pretty diverse place. It was the freeper half of the audience that went apeshit on Linda.

[cascadiance]

55. But she was booted out of that one casino...

I know it was motivated by some freepers in the audience, but also the freeper management chose to boot her for her stating/singing her views. I'm just wondering if this same casino (if they had Dion performing instead of Ronstadt) would have done the same thing with Dion expressing her opinions. My guess is that greed might have held them back! Which in a way is a GOOD thing! That means as more mainstream artists start speaking out, it will be that much harder for these freeper outfits to squelch artists from speaking their mind on how this administration has been doing business.

I know Celine's been given a lot of crap for other things. But, damn, I'm proud that she had the guts to come out the way she did. I hope she stays the course instead of selling out the way Mick Jagger and company did when the "money pressure" tried to push down "Sweet Neocon" out of the public eye.