Some people can just sing

[jawnbc]

Lara Fabian is one of them. Shame she's not recorded anything in English of similar quality. The video has the word in French, for those who might be able to follow along.

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Originally from Belgium (in fact, from Flanders, the Dutch speaking part, though Lara grew up speaking Italian at home), Lara Fabian first made an impact as a teenager. The same year Céline won the Eurovision for Switzerland, Lara finished a respectable 4th singing «Croire» for Luxembourg. Shortly thereafter she moved to Canada, where her career really took off.

Today she remains a popular singer throughout la francophonie. And unlike Céline she writes songs as well. Here's another clip, this time a duet with another Canadian, Isabelle Boulay: «il y a»

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Kind puts most reality TV "singers" to shame, non?

Comments

[bullchef.livejournal.com]

Not That i'm a huge fan or anything like that, but i know a man who is.. and she's done 2 English Language Albums.. and No i couldn't name them.. i know one of them has a kinda sudo disco track on it called "I Will Love Again".. you'll have to do a full search on youtube.. and there is always her version of Adagio in both English & Italian..

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

Wow, I LOVE that first song -- I've enjoyed a few of Lara's songs in English, but none of them have quite that spark that the song you posted has ...

[jawnbc]

It was the song that finally got her noticed outside Canada.

One bit of trivia: the programme on which she's performing, «La fureur» is part of a new development in francophone global culture: TV shows exported from Québec to France. It's a super-fun show where 2 panels of celebritys (males «les gars» and females «les filles») have to guess song titles based on clues from the host. Then they play the song with the lyrics at the bottom of the page.

Excellent for beefing up those language skills!