Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire / I Am What I Am (Royal Variety 2000) (2000 Live)
2000 (The sexy vocal powerhouse veteran,
Dame Shirley Bassey, dressed to the 9's delivers a stunning
Royal Variety Performance!)
Shirley Bassey recorded and released this song on her
1970 album titled, 'Shirley Bassey -
Something'. This LP, which includes '
Light My Fire, went to #5 in the UK Charts, #23 in the
Netherlands, and #29 in the
USA.
Light My Fire
Remix is a single released by Shirley Bassey in
1999. This is a remix of the vocal recorded in 1970 for the album Something, which is also included on this release. The single was issued by
Blue Note,
EMI Music France in two formats a
12" single and a
CD single.
ABOUT the song, 'Light My Fire':
"Light My Fire" is a song originally performed by
The Doors which was recorded in
August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the
Doors' debut album.
Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the
Cash Box Top 100. It re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in
1968 following the success of
Jose Feliciano's version of the song, peaking at number 87. The song was largely written by
Robby Krieger, and credited to the entire band. The single was certified gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America in 1967, representing sales of one million units.
"Light My Fire" also achieved modest success in
Australia, where it peaked at #22 on the
ARIA chart. The single originally reached #49 in the UK in 1967, but experienced belated success in that country in
1991 when a re-issue peaked at #7. The re-issue occurred on the back of revived interest in the band following
Oliver Stone's film biopic "The Doors". The song is #35 on
Rolling Stone's list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All
Time.
LYRICS - Light My Fire:
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Boy, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love becomes a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose A
nd our love becomes a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Come on baby, light my fire
ABOUT
I Am What I Am, The song:
"I Am What I Am" is a song originally featured on the
Tony Award-winning
Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles (1983--1987). The song is found on the finale number of the play's first act, and performed by the character of
Albin Mougeotte, first played by
George Hearn. The song was composed in
1983 by
Jerry Herman, an openly gay man.
The song has since been covered by the likes of Dame Shirley Bassey,
Marti Webb,
Joannie Taylor,
Carol Jiani,
Amanda Lear,
Hannah Jones,
Soraya Arnelas,
Ken Page, Gerard-Rene-Gordon,
Doug Shneider,
Teatro,
Linda Eder,
John Barrowman,
Amateur Transplants,
Karen Mulder and
Anthony Warlow.
I Am What I Am was the only studio album recorded by Shirley Bassey for the Towerbell
Records label, several other tracks were also recorded at this label and issued as
singles only. The recording sessions took place at
Olympic Studios,
Barnes, London, in July and
August 1984.
Following the success of the previous album
All by Myself this album peaked at number 25 in the
UK album chart and reached
Gold status.[
1][2] This release was the first digitally recorded album made by Shirley Bassey and was issued on vinyl, cassette and CD.
Consisting of mainly re-recordings from Shirley Bassey's back catalogue and two new songs, this album was recorded 'live' with
The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Carl Davies. The album also reunited Shirley Bassey with
Norman Newell, who had served successfully as her producer throughout the
1960s.
LYRICS - I Am What I Am:
I am what I am
I am my own special creation
So come take a look
Give me the hook or the ovation
It's my world
That I want to have a little pride in
My world
And it's not a place I have to hide in
Life's not worth a damn
Till you can say
I am what I am
I am what I am
I don't want praise I don't want pity
I bang my own drum
Some think it's noise I think it's pretty
And so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle
Why not try to see things from a different angle
Your life is a sham
Till you can shout out
I am what I am
I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the aces sometimes the deuces
It's one life and there's no return and no deposit
One life so it's time to open up your closet
Life's not worth a damn till you can shout out
I am what I am