Celine Dion Parody Squelched

The bitch can't take a joke. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike her?

    Canadian pop diva Celine Dion doesn't like mockery, or maybe it's her husband and manager Rene Angelil.

    Angelil sent a notice of claim to a popular Montreal-based radio station, demanding it stop playing a parody of Dion's song "I'm Alive," in which the singer is called, among other things, "annoying."

    The radio station claims it was only trying to be funny, but Angelil didn't laugh at the joke.

    "They took off her voice and invented vulgar lyrics. It's unacceptable," he told reporters on Thursday, stressing that copyright law prevented such unauthorized use of a recording.

    The Dion parody was withdrawn on Thursday.

Yes, "annoying" is such a "vulgar" word. You would think after selling 100 million records that perhaps they wouldn't be quite so insecure.

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  • 1 - Tim Hall

    Sep 13, 2002 at 12:20 pm

    I wonder what Celene Dion would make of this?

  • 2 - rangi rodrigo

    Sep 13, 2003 at 1:47 am

    I personally love Celene's songs and I'm mad about the song I'm alive cus it really makes me alive.

  • 3 - Pam

    Sep 05, 2005 at 12:38 pm

    Speaking of Celine ... did anyone catch her outrageous nonsense on Larry King Live? I tell you, I will not support anything the b*(ch is associated with now. I bet that if a band of roving thugs knocked on her door and asked her if they could "touch her bigscreen TV", she would not let them in. I was born and raised in New Orleans and I was more than a little upset at her innuendos and comments. She sounded totally uneducated and dumb on Larry King Live. She even LOOKED dumb flailing her arms and crying. Sorry, but in my book her stock went down to the dumper. I am outraged about so much associated with the Katrina support, so I won't go off on a tangent here.

  • 4 - Lily

    Sep 11, 2006 at 11:24 am

    I can't even look at her she is so annoying. Comes across as uneducated, etc.....that's because She is uneducated. And what's with the rubbing herself, puckering her lips and stareing up at the ceiling. Anyone see the Simpson's episode where Homer, Apu and Grandpa go up to Canada to get cheaper prescription drugs. A sign at the border says "WELCOME TO CANADA. NOW CELINE DION FREE" BAAAAAAA

  • 5 - Jennie

    Sep 16, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    I'm still wondering what the big joke is about Celine Dion. I love her voice and the music she sings. Is it something other than being annoying, or her speech, or her hand movements, or the fact that she doesn't want the public "to touch her big-screen TV"? I didn't hear her comments on Katrina - what was it she said? The fact that she may be undereducated does not take away from the fact that the woman can sing, and I really think that's all she wants to do is sing and entertain. Any comments or answers to my questions would be appreciate. Thanks.

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