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LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live Audio CD

A fair review of the LeAnn Rimes "How Do I Live" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all LeAnn Rimes reviews here, or go back to the LeAnn Rimes tabs.

LeAnn Rimes Band: LeAnn Rimes
Title: How Do I Live
Rating:
Release Date: 1997-05-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: How Do I Live? [Film Mix] 2: How Do I Live? [Extended Mix][Edit]

How Do I Leave???
Okay. . of course it is up to personal taste. . but Trisha Yearwood's version of this song is the definitive version.

Rimes can't even seem to pronounce the title properly, it sounds alot like she is singing "How Do I LEAVE" Instead of "LIVE" She has a very unpleasant melody in her voice, and I actually don't mind some of her other work, but not for this song.

I was so surprised to hear that this version actually outsold Trisha's. . becasue by word of mouth and radio play All I ever heard was Trisha's. . not to mention of couse it was put to the blockbuster Con Air.


Best Love Song for a first kiss or date
While on a Disney Vacation i'd play this song constantly every day because it's sooo beautiful and has meaningful lyrics and every time I Play it i'll always remember my first kiss and my first date and this song will always have a special meaning to me and my boyfriend,
Thank you Leann for such a wonderful song. Whenever I Hear Leann Rimes sing How Do I Live it reminds me of my first kiss with my boyfriend and the lyrics I could easily relate to and cherish with.


How Do I Review...
I'll be the first to admit I'm biased. . but only partially. It has nothing to do with this song alone, or Trisha Yearwood vs. LeAnn Rimes. It has more to do with my opinion of both women's talents. I have never been much of a fan of Trisha Yearwood's work, with the exception of one or two songs. I was not a big fan of "Blue" when it first came out, either. I'm still not much on that song, but I have grown to appreciate more of LeAnn's other work.

On to the song. I have to agree with the other reviewer who stated that he felt that the reason the producers of Con Air chose the Trisha Yearwood version is for the marketability and name recognition of Ms. Yearwood. She happened to be the bigger name at the time, although when it comes to country artists, that's not saying much, as Con Air was an action movie, and not many action films have crossover appeal. The true crossover appeal in country music is in "country rock" artists such as Elvis, Travis Tritt, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes (duh!), Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others. True country (as in honky-tonk, bluegrass, etc. ) just doesn't have the same crossover appeal.

Back to the song. I have listened to both versions extensively, and can't fathom where people think Ms. Rimes' version is "hollow", "without feeling", etc. It comes across quite clear to me the emotion in the song as expressed by LeAnn Rimes. Trisha Yearwood may be a more established face/name in the music scene, but it is her work that is the more hollow version of this tune. Personally, I think most of Trisha Yearwood's work is on the tuneless side, as Ms. Yearwood seems to me to only have one pitch, and not a whole lot of range.

I rarely rate anything 5 stars, so four is as good as it gets for me. The debat will of course rage on, but I felt like putting in my own 2 cents for what it is worth.


the best version
obviously both singers came out winners: Yearwood had the biggest hit of her career with it and won a Grammy while Rimes sold 3,000,000 copies of it and it held the #1 spot on AC chart for 12 weeks and the #1 spot on the Country Single Sales chart for half a year. i don't know why there are so many complaints about the two versions of this song. . . and not only that, Rimes version was on the Hot 100 Pop chart 69 weeks, making it one of the longest charting singles in music history. . . so tell me why there is so much complaining? Rimes should be the one who should get our sympathy because she was told by the Con-Air people that they wanted her to sing this song. . . but someone else learned that Yearwood had also recorded the song so they listened to both. the producers of the movie picked Yearwood's version. . . NOT because it was better. . . but because Yearwood had more of a name than Rimes did at the time and the producers felt Yearwood could help sell the movie. remember, this was mid 1997, barely a year after Rimes made her debut and so the producers under-estimated what Rimes COULD HAVE done for the film had they gone with her version all along. This single was also re-mixed into a dance version and yes, THAT version also hit #1. . . on the Dance Singles chart, that is!.


Gave Me Chills
It is far better than the Trisha Yearwood version (and I like Trisha Yearwood). I could do without the alternate mixes of "How Do I Live", but the film version of the song is worth the purchase. This song showcases the best female voice in country music, if not the entire music industry.


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