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C'est La Vie
https://www.youtube.com/ ^ | Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Posted on 07/20/2024 5:53:30 PM PDT by Beowulf9

"Works, Volume 1 was a double album with Keith Emerson the focus of the first side, Greg Lake the second, Carl Palmer the third, and the entire band sharing equally on Side 4. "C'est La Vie" was one of the songs Lake wrote for his side with help from lyricist Pete Sinfield, who was his bandmate in King Crimson. Telling the story of the song, Lake said: "I used to live in Paris for a while. A very beautiful city. I sometimes would go out walking in the streets there, and you'd often hear this instrument playing. I don't know what they call it, really, but it's one of these barrel organ things you wind up. It's the sort of sound, it's a bit like a Las Vegas casino. It kind of lives with you.

Anyway, I'd heard this barrel organ playing. And I walked on back home towards my apartment. I went past this cafe and I heard the voice of Edith Piaf, the famous French lady singer. And when I got back to the apartment I thought, I really would like to write a sort of French song with some French feeling. I don't really speak French, but I knew this phrase, 'c'est la vie,' that's life. And so I thought, That would make a good idea for a song.

So I wrote this song, "C'est la Vie," and we recorded it and put it onto Works Volume I. However, a couple of years later it was covered by a French singer called Johnny Hallyday. And he's a sort of French Elvis Presley. Anyway, he had a #1 hit with it in France, which as an Englishman, of course, gave me a great deal of pleasure."

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/emerson-lake-palmer/cest-la-vie

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KEYWORDS: emerson; emersonlakeandpalmer; emersonlakepalmer; johnnyhallyday; lakempalmer; rock
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So it's not about politics. I just don't want this song to go forgotten or unknown. Whenever they put up the best songs or the most beautiful songs from the 70s this is not there.

1977.

1 posted on 07/20/2024 5:53:30 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

I used to say “c’est la vie” to my young daughter, meaning “that’s life.”

One day I repeated it to her a couple of times for emphasis. She looked at me with a very annoyed face, and said loudly: “La vee!”


2 posted on 07/20/2024 6:03:44 PM PDT by TheConservator (To bar Trump from the presidency, libtards are happy to trash 235 years the rule of law)
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To: Beowulf9

Very talented musicians. Arrangements were always great. One of my favorites is “Hoedown.”


3 posted on 07/20/2024 6:07:03 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Beowulf9

Pete Sinfield’s solo album was in heavy rotation on my stereo back in 1974.

A much more innocent age for me as well as for the world, so it seems.


4 posted on 07/20/2024 6:07:10 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: Beowulf9

“ It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell
“C’est la vie”, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell”


5 posted on 07/20/2024 6:17:44 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991)
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To: Beowulf9

Great song, group and album!


6 posted on 07/20/2024 6:28:00 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Gary from Dayton

7 posted on 07/20/2024 6:35:17 PM PDT by xp38
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To: TheConservator

So cute!


8 posted on 07/20/2024 6:48:35 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Great 80s song by Robbie


9 posted on 07/20/2024 6:54:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Beowulf9

ELP got very little radio time, of course many of their tunes were way to long for that. This is one of my favorites and have sung it from time to time doing Karaoke and many people had never heard it before. Not much for christmas music but did like Father Christmas. Lucky Man did get some radio play but not much.


10 posted on 07/20/2024 7:02:30 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: P.O.E.

“A much more innocent age for me as well as for the world, so it seems.”

Vietnam war

Boston riots

Cold war

Khmer Rouge


11 posted on 07/20/2024 7:09:32 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Beowulf9

I have always loved this song, and love singing it to myself.


12 posted on 07/20/2024 7:12:08 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Gary from Dayton

Chuck Berry and Bob Seger versions are real toe-tappers.


13 posted on 07/20/2024 7:19:11 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: Beowulf9

I love the version by Emmylou Harrris.


14 posted on 07/20/2024 7:20:39 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: Beowulf9

Thanks for posting. I’m a big ELP fan and, IMO, this is one of the most beautiful songs of all time.

I don’t know why this gem doesn’t get the accolades it deserves.


15 posted on 07/20/2024 7:29:28 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Demonrats aren’t Americans.)
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

That’s exactly how I feel.

This song is incredible.


16 posted on 07/20/2024 7:35:01 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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I’m not really a ‘music guy’, but I love ELP, and especially “Works”. “Pirates” is my favorite piece, followed by “Fanfare for the Common Man”, but “C’est La Vie” a close third. Very haunting tune & voice by Greg Lake; great stuff.


17 posted on 07/20/2024 7:53:02 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Beowulf9

I had the pleasure of seeing ELP at Madison Square Garden in 1977 for the Works I tour with a full orchestra.


18 posted on 07/20/2024 7:58:50 PM PDT by bwest
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Oh that is really cool! So then they did C'est La Vie? Was it with a full orchestra?
19 posted on 07/20/2024 8:00:15 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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Oops. You said it was with a full orchestra.

duh. and I read it the first time.


20 posted on 07/20/2024 8:02:07 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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