GEN X'ers REACT | Lara Fabian | I Will Always Love You

[@ericsicard910]

More information on Lara Fabian: Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Lisa Fischer, .... In my personal opinion, she is even the best. There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 8,000 attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register. So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence: • she speaks 2 languages natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total • she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for 200+ songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music with the composer. • she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none • she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens. A quick background on her and her career: She is belgian, her father is flemish, but also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( her grandfather is from Detroit). She was raised in sicilia first then in Belgium so she speaks both italian and french as native languages. She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory. She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today. She started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada. She had been living for years in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship. She just moved back to Italy a few months ago (temporarily?). She became very famous in Quebec and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music). In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US. This concert is legendary, packed with masterpieces (covered by many great vocalists later on). But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan. She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance. She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then. Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban (they are friends and he told she is a role model for him), Linda Eder, … With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there. Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her. She is Dimash's idol: I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep. He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara. Out of my mind I can list: ○ Adagio (She wrote it and is the original performer), ○ Mademoiselle Hyde (she wrote it and is the original performer), ○ Love of Tired Swans (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version) ○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know") She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love". And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva). Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida. Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara. Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it. Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration: ○ Floor Jansen (Adagio), ○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime), ○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie), ○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow), ○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace), ○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow), ○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow), ○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow), ○ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Adagio), ○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime), ○ Forestella (Je suis Malade), ○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow), ○ Gigi de Lana (Broken Vow) ○ Julie Anne san Jose (Adagio, Broken Vow), ○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know), ○ Il Divo (Adagio) ○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you), ○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow) ○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso), ○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie), ○ Amir (Je t’aime), ○ Vitas (Adagio), ○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio), ○ Jeck (Je T’Aime), ○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio), ○ Anna Eriksson (Je suis malade), ○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade), ○ Soprano Turetsky band (Adagio) ○ Majda Roumi (Adagio), ○ Harrison Craig (Broken Vow), ○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow), ○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you) ○ Sevara Nazarkhan (Je t’aime) ○ .... NB: Lara did cover Caruso , Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version. Today, Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature. In June 2022, she kicked off a WW tour and stunned her fans once again with 5 magical concerts in Canada. She completed the europe part in September/October and I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was again spectacular. On April, May, June 2023 she had again some wonderful concerts in Tbilissi, Georgia, then in Ouzbekhistan, Kazakhstan, Romania. She is about to release a new album and kick off another tour that will visit eastern europe in april 2024 (Czech Republic, Moldavia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkiye), then several locations in Canada in june 2024 and, after some rest and a few TV Shows, France in 2025. The first song of the new album (titled "Ta Peine" - Your Sorrow) was released late January 2024 and is a success in France. Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.

[@ericsicard910]

Lara has written 200+ songs in 4 languages, many have been covered by the greatests (from different generations: from Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban to Dimash, Diana Ankudinova, Cakra Khan, Floor Jansen, Gabriel Henrique, Morrissette Amon, …) She still has this magnificent resonant voice, still reaches comfortably the 5th octave, and is still delivering new gems. Late January, she released the first song of her upcoming 16th album. And it’s a success in France.

[@alexandermadrigal1540]

Linda reacción! Hermosa canción e interpretación increíble de Lara Fabián,es de las pocas que se atreven hacer covers de alto grado de dificultad!La mejor del mundo! Gracias!

[@ericsicard910]

Her parents were attending this concert and it was the day of their 30th wedding anniversary so she was looking at them a few times during this perf.

[@reneedevry4361]

I agree that this was a magnificient performance. I love how she added "Dolly" elements to the "Whitney" song structure. The best of both worlds in one lovely soul and voice.❤️ 🥰🥰Hugs from a Canadian Dear🇨🇦

[@ildefonsobenitez6624]

a fantastic cover of Lara

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Sounds amazing!

[@robertsirois8341]

She will be in London , special guest of HAUSER....Special Gala Concert at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London - 9th May 2024 ... Lara Fabian,Aida Garifullina You don't wanna miss that! Magical evening of classical music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a rare presence of Lara in London, last time was in 2010 tickets sales starts tomorrow

[@lusciniamagna7032]

Ciao ragazzi, ora dovrete reagire anche alla canzone dallo stesso concerto......YENTAL MEDLEY (live at centre Molson,Montreal 1997) ......fenomenale !!! Tanti saluti dall'italia.

[@MartinWeng]

Love Lara ❤️ Love from Denmark ❤️

[@NanouPeb-vy3ug]

Même concert Montréal 1997 "yentl medley" lara fabian ❤❤

[@davidscroggins7728]

More Lara please. Thank you

[@nakamori9124]

Lara Divine as always ❤ listen "Je suis malade" live by Lara Fabian. That's amazing, powerful and so emotional.

[@cansubulbul2984]

Lara is a diva. You should definitely listen to more of his songs. She is not just a singer like the others, she writes the songs, composes them and performs them for the audience on stage. It can't even be compared to others... for example kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKebiXmOgL2Fgqs or kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH-5g2OvgJ14mZo

[@ivark2264]

more

[@AlanMccarthy-ks3qg]

this is live remember, not a film sound track

[@powerblades]

The key is the same. The tone is different. Whitney’s tone is like she came out of the bar drunk. Lara’s tone is more angelic but still powerful.

[@lizatsurkan4323]

Boring monotonous Fabian does not even remotely hold a candle to The Voice

[@Akis2]

@@lizatsurkan4323 Warning. Warning.Troll Alert!!!

[@henkhessel3651]

Nice try, but no record. I like Lara but:Too much tralala and gymnastics here. Listen to simplicity and perfection of the then 17 year old Lucy Thomas (lucy thomas music on KZbin). You'll always love her for doing this song.

[@timothyblack3322]

Whitney Houston’s cover included most of this gymnastic as well. The inclusion of the guitar put her directly into her genre of “EuroPop Rock”. You might enjoy Dolly Parton version: I like the “PNC Bank” concert of Dolly’s. Lots of people are unaware she wrote the song & the two times Dolly released the song it became #1 on the Country Charts, before Whitney ever sang the song. Every anyone releases the song & every time it’s played on a radio station Dolly gets paid. In that concert Dolly speaks about Whitney in a loving manner.