Chely Wright "C'est La Vie"

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It went for adds on October 4.

[George Tropicana]

Chely Wright vs. Shania Twain "C'est La Vie"! :o I vote Shania.

[Free2Bme]

C'est La Vie (you never can tell)
Chely Wright vs. Emmylou Harris
I vote Emmylou

Shania's C'est La Vie is an entirely different song aka "Dancing Queen"

mineable1004 said:

Chely Wright vs. Shania Twain "C'est La Vie"! :o I vote Shania.

[musicbuff78]

CHELY hands down

[Uncle Lumpy]

I aint even heard Shanias.......ill still go Chely on a blind vote though......any day of the week.......

[drock89]

This is a cover, however...a good song too.

[Zazie]

How many people on this board know Emmylou's version? She's one of my 5 favorite singers, so she gets my vote -- I don't know the Shania song -- and Chely doesn't sound right on this one. She sounded very strong on The River, but not here, and I don't think she adds a lot to the song. It's a wonderful song, though, and always good to hear on the radio no matter who sings it.

[Jim King]

Of course it was originally recorded by its writer, composer, and arranger...the one and only Chuck Berry, whose version will never be surpassed.

~ Jim

[Zazie]

jimking said:

Of course it was originally recorded by its writer, composer, and arranger...the one and only Chuck Berry, whose version will never be surpassed.

~ Jim

I was confining my comments to country radio songs, not overlooking Berry; but it's always a good thing to credit the writer and original singer, so thanks for the addition. Whether his version will never be surpassed depends on how much you like Chuck Berry. But I know I tend to get attached to the first version of a song I hear, unless another one comes along that surpasses it by a good margin.

[someguy]

I like this, but I'm not familiar with any other versions. It's going for adds again on October 31st.

[Perp]

Chely's version isn't bad.  I like the original version better, but she did a good job.  Some of you not that familiar with the song may still remember the original was featured on the great "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack.

[kevin59]

this song has been covered many times actually below is the ones i know of

1. Chuck Berry (Original)
2. John Prine
3. Loggins & Messina
4. New Riders Of The Purple Sage
5. EmmyLou Harris
6. Willie and The Poor Boys
7. Status Quo
8. Trini Triggs
9. Aaron Neville

[Zazie]

Is that the same Status Quo that sang Pictures of Matchstick Men about a hundred years ago? They covered C'est La Vie?

It goes to show you never can tell.

[spunkyspider]

I don't care for CHely Wright. I believe the story in the Tennessean about her coaxing selected fan club members to lie about a relative in the military to promote BOMSUV was true.

[musicbuff78]

She didn't do it ya dork....her fan club prez did!!!! Get it right.

[Zazie]

Nixon didn't do the Watergate burglaries himself either. But he knew all about it.

[spunkyspider]

If you'd read the article you would clearly see that she did know. She orchestrated things through her FC pres. and vice-pres.

Will not argue this point. To each his own opinion. However, I am not a dork >:(

steelo said:

She didn't do it ya dork....her fan club prez did!!!!  Get it right.

[Zazie]

I did read the article a long time ago, and it does look clear to me. But everybody is entitled to his own interpretation.

I predict the next comment on this thread will have the phrase "move on" in it.

[musicbuff78]

I read the article and her response to what happened LONG ago. Why is it just being brought up now again anyway?

[Zazie]

I just read an article about Galileo, the Church, and the earth revolving around the sun. If that can be brought up again, why can't Chely's dealings? Galileo was a lot longer ago.

Any confirmation out there about the Status Quo for me?