Shirley Bassey - I Am What I Am (1996 TV Special)
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- REMASTERED CLIP - 1996 (An Audience With Shirley TV Special)
ABOUT this 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, Gloria Gaynor, 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. 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 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
SHIRLEY BASSEY AS ALWAYS BEEN MY GREATEST INSPIRATION
Nice to see all those faces of my youth in the audience , sadly many gone, but not forgotten.
My goodness what a voice and what a lady
Was für ein starkes Lied - was für eine starke Frau!
Absolut
Have see her 4 times in Concert.A true stage Star performer. Thank you Shirley Bassey.🤗🙏
Yes, she is the best. An original that will NEVER be seen/heard again! Glad I was around to see her in concert❤❤❤❤
Great voice ❤
She has a powerful voice and sings very impressively .Reminds me of Judy Garland. Great singer
Absolutley great voice thanks
Allways loved her
Your songs were great. Your voice was brilliant. Your beauty was stunning.
😂😂🎉🎉 She really has a Power 💪🏽💪🏽, My God, She sings others at the wall, I saw Her live in the 80 tis in 🇩🇪
She is unique!
Not comparing .....but Shirley and Barbra Striesand are the two greatest female voices ever
Amazing i wish you have kep all of these lovely dresses sometime its worth it to open a museum with all your amazing looks!!!!
Oh Shirley, I loved what you am. You were the best.
THE BIGGEST VOICE!!!!
Grandiosa!
Great!👏👏👏👏👏
A star ⭐️ star 💫
A voz feminina mais potente que já ouvi!
Beyonce doesn’t even begin to compare to DSB vocal talent and performance. Beyonce is beautiful but to me very average singer- no famous female singers of today seem to have a rich tone- probably too much reliance on autotune. I’ve never understood why she isn’t ever mentioned when they mention “great “ singers like Streisand and Celine Dion. None of my friends know of DSB! However she’s received more international honours than all of them. CBE, DBE 1999) Legion D’honneur ( highest honour in France and now the very prestigious Companion of Honour (2024) at age 87. ) Pure beauty, charisma and phenomenal performer.
Hi Katie: I tend to agree with you on the international honors DSB has received. With that said, many of the ranking sites are USA centric. Oh, they include singers from other countries, but even these singers have a ranking simply because of the number of hits they had in the USA. Shirley is a global phenom, but fewer of her hits were in the USA. But, what really counts, regardless of the country, are the total number of units (records) sold in both singles and albums. In 2000, Dame Shirley was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the largest selling female artist from the United Kingdom. Also in 2001, she surpassed Elvis Presley's amazing record for the number of weeks his hits charted in the United Kingdom. (Over 300 Weeks) I also found this one site that appears to be a little more honest than so many other ranking sites. Shirley is listed at #10 of the 30 greatest singers of all time. I personally believe that she should be ranked higher than some of the others in the Top 10. Regards, Scot (USA) www.smoothradio.com/news/music/best-female-singers-of-all-time/
Beyoncé 😂 not even Barbara Streisand 😂 while we are being honest and comparing talent and insults
Bassey is way better than Streisand and a whole lot of others
❤❤😂 EN MI E'POCA DE CORUÑA EN LA ESCUELA DE RIAZOR,DESCUBRI' A ALBANO CARRISI Y A MI AMADA SHIRLEY.
SHIRLEY R.I.P. SE' QUE' LO PASASTE MUY MAL EN UNA E'POCA MUY COMPLICADA,PERO CO'MO TU CANCIO'N GRANDE GRANDE QUE' TANTO ME DISLOCA..GRANDE FUISTE ENTRE LAS GRANDE...TENGO DISCOS TUYOS DESDE 1970.❤❤❤.
What a singer typical welsh singers todays singer do not come to scratch and that includes taylor swift
❤❤❤❤❤her
Love her VOICE (not the song) and performance
Grandeur
Shirley has a big gay following.
She also has a big hetero male following. She is the definition of a worldwide DIVA. But, in her case, it comes out in her amazing top-tier performances and vocals...
She does, because she can relate to them. She has experienced being married to a gay man, and realises the complexities of that. I do really think that this has given her an extra dimension, she sings with true feeling and experience.
꧁• 𝑺𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒅𝙖 •꧂
A brilliant song till pride adopted it, then they ruined it for everyone.