Musically I think Celine's version is VERY similar to the original version. Steinman has even used the same sound effects I believe.
I definitely think the original is by far the best. I think Celine's shouting is just terrible and spoils the song. She seems to have been doing that since the mid nineties. I still don't believe Meat saying that it was written for him originally, I doubt that this is true. Also I don't think it works as a duet that well.
To me the lyrics are so obviously about a woman missing a lost love. Although Celine's video isn't terrible (heavily influenced by AFL though) I always imagined the Pandora's Box story to be about a group of youths trying to get out of a damned city and I was imagining IACBTMN (video/film whatever) to include a scene where the girl is on the back of a motorbike and the guy and girl fly away from the city (during the guitar solo at the crescendo bit). This particular video posted here is awful imo.
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