Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

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feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:04:08 GMT

"I love this girl, she's the best in the world" sounds right to us, but in Japanese it might be " The girl that I feel the most love for is the best one that the world can offer my personal love."

And forget awkwardness or strangeness, if that's what the lyrics of your favorite song are like, you're either a gradeschool student or a flippin' retard.

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:50:42 GMT

I don't know of anyone at this board who would say that anime music is their favorite music, although there have been people like that in the past. But as for game music, most people who tell me that game music is their favorite "genre" specifically cite that it's because they prefer music without lyrics. There was even a recent Q&A where someone said that. I would guess that less than 1% of game music has lyrics anyway.

I don't know much about awkwardness...

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (lighthouseboy) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:49:57 GMT

Wasn't Xenogears released only 3 months after Titanic? I'm sure they had the songs written by then and it was just a stylistic coincidence.

But I do see what your saying.

On another but similar note.........I'm not a huge anime-video game music fan,.........well not as much as some people here who say it's their favorite genre of music. I just don't get when people say that their favorite song is some anime song or video game song ( a song...

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:52:17 GMT

You're right about the Kenny G thing. I probably thought of him when I first heard that song, but forgot about it since.

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:04:01 GMT

I think the best way to describe "I am the Wind" is like a direct cross between Christina Aguilera and Kenny G.

I think basically everyone who has been on American Idol is trying to be Whitney Houston. (Based on commericals -- I don't watch the show)

Man, it's one thing for the women to be trying to sing like that...but what the hell is up with MEN trying to sing like that??? I don't think there is a single professional male...

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feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:59:59 GMT

I would have guessed My Heart Will Go On. I was really surprised to see that SotN came out before Titanic.

It's not Whitney Houston. My mother used to be a fan of hers (she might still be, but now I don't have to listen to it), and her trademark is oversinging everything. I think basically everyone who has been on American Idol is trying to be Whitney Houston. (Based on commericals -- I don't watch the show)

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Kairobi King) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:58:34 GMT

Well, is there someone who's just like Mariah Carey but without the high-pitched notes? I'm drawing a blank because I don't usually listen to that type of music. Probably some other female R&B artist, like Whitney Houston.

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feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:55:35 GMT

I don't know much about Mariah Carey, so maybe this should be taken with a grain of salt, but my understanding was that her "trademark" was to be able to sing really high, piercing notes, like from a tea kettle. There's none of that in I Am the Wind.

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feeds@yuku.com (Kairobi King) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:50:31 GMT

Well, Celine Dion was around and popular before Titanic. Although now that I think about it, I don't think "I am the Wind" is imitating Celine Dion as much as (maybe) Mariah Carey.

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feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:57:10 GMT

Hmmm, oddly, Symphony of the Night was released about a half a year before Titanic.

FF8 came out on 9-9-99, along with the Dreamcast, while Titanic came out in '97.

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feeds@yuku.com (da dick) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:15:22 GMT

i imagine the song in the opera scene in FFVI would sound quite horrible by my indie standards if someone made a real song out of it.
yes, i think the composers were very much blown by titanic. i think FF8 was made around the same time titanic came out. damn local radio stations were playing that f%ckin' celion dion song song every 15 minutes. madness... madness...

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feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:06:20 GMT

That reminded me, Final Fantasy 9 also had a bad vocal ending song.

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feeds@yuku.com (SWEETBEEjr) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:59:25 GMT

Eyes on Me might not be good but the FF pop songs just got worse from there.

The one from FFXII was really bad.

I Am The Wind is crap too, but at least is was an isolated incident. Konami even took it out of the more recent releases of SOTN.

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:39:39 GMT

Well, it's okay in midi format, I'll give it that. I doubt "I am the Wind" would be. But with the lyrics...guh...

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Kairobi King) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:48:16 GMT

Eyes on Me isn't as bad as I am the Wind, imo. At least it's more appropriate. Final Fantasy 8 is a love story, SOTN is not.

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feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:26:32 GMT

I couldn't remember the song, so I looked it up on Youtube. I never did beat the final boss, so that explains it.
Here's the video of the song, anyway:

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:03:31 GMT

Yeah, but come on. "Eyes on Me" is embarrassing.

And if there was anything good about "My Heart Will Go On", it came from James Horner.

Re: Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (honestgamer) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:32:40 GMT

Well, "My Heart Will Go On" was a beautiful song capable of pulling at the heart strings like few others, so I'd imagine the desire to emulate it figured pretty strongly in the thought process when the game composers went to work.

Why did Playstation games have Celine Dion envy?

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:42:23 GMT

I just heard "Eyes on Me" from Final Fantasy 8 today for the first time (well, I heard a midi of it before, but it seemed okay in midi format without any lyrics). But when I heard it with the lyrics...

Oh man...it's basically a Celine Dion wannabe-song and is as embarrassing as "I am the Wind", which is also a Celine Dion-ish song.

"Small of Two Pieces" from Xenogears is also Celine Dion-ish, except that the lyrics at least had some...