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  Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 5-Doyen Username: ladymystique Post Number: 236 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.222.243.111 |
I am a big fan of this phenominal woman! (Excuse the spelling) Could anyone give me any background on her? And I have her greatest hits CD as well as the Remix album featuring remixes done by Portishead and others...are there any more releases that I could get on CD? Also, is she still doing concerts? | ||
roger (roger) 3-Pundit Username: roger Post Number: 39 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.35.87.17 |
Hi there Lady Mystique. SHIRLEY BASSEY is a bit of a national institution here in the U.K. This link should provide you with some information. http://www.geocities.com/Holly wood/Boulevard/8612/shirley.ht ml Back in the seventies she appeared a couple of times on THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW on BBC T.V. where they used to insist on getting her name wrong and calling her "Birley Shassey" .. think about it! Roger | ||
FrankM (frankm) 1-Arriviste Username: frankm Post Number: 5 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.155.225.57 |
Look out for her version of Light My fire and I've just discovered she made a record which became a play on the Northern scene.I haven't heard it so can't say wether I recommend it. | ||
Reese (reese) 2-Debutant Username: reese Post Number: 20 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 207.244.66.178 |
I had heard of Shirley Bassey throughout the years, but I never really paid that much attention to her. That was until the late 80s when I saw her perform HEY JUDE on a Royal Variety show. That one performance turned me into a huge fan. Since then, I have collected every album and cd that I could find. Every so often, she'll put out a new cd, but usually its only released overseas. I end up finding them as imports. Some recent ones are SHIRLEY BASSEY SINGS THE MOVIES, THE BIRTHDAY CONCERT, and CAN I TOUCH YOU THERE. She still does concerts, although she doesn't hit the US all that often. However, she did play Boston back in 2000, and I was lucky enough to catch her show. One of the best performances I've ever seen. | ||
Flynny (anoraks_corner) 3-Pundit Username: anoraks_corner Post Number: 35 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 213.122.149.154 |
She did three NSoul tunes that I'm aware of, Frank...'Don't take the lovers from this world' and 'Give him your love' both you United Artists, and 'Clown town' on Decca (?) blank label test presses. My fave of the three is GHYL, which is a beat-balld that builds and builds, with a trade-mark long note from the lady near the end! (Also love her 'Mister kiss-kiss-bang-bang', which almost becmae a James Bond theme...but the powers that be decided to change the title of the movie to 'Thunderball' and some bloke called Jones from Wales got the gig!) | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 5-Doyen Username: ladymystique Post Number: 272 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.222.243.111 |
Thanks you all! I do have LIGHT MY FIRE. oh I will be looking for any imports out! I also like THIS IS MY LIFE, WHAT NOW MY LOVE, GOLD FINGER, MOONRAKER, and BIG SPENDER. | ||
mhc (mcrenshaw) 1-Arriviste Username: mcrenshaw Post Number: 3 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 204.210.140.23 |
I have an old issue of Downbeat magazine from 1968 that includes a Dionne Warwick "Blindfold Test". They play her a Shirley Bassey record and 15 seconds into it she says, "Well, you might as well take that off right now; I can't stand her.." So that's one person's opinion.. |
