Shirley Bassey - The Living Tree / Big Spender (Duet with Dame Edna) (2007 Live) скачать в хорошем качестве

Shirley Bassey - The Living Tree / Big Spender (Duet with Dame Edna) (2007 Live)

2007 (Dame Shirley Bassey appears on the Dame Edna Everage (Treatment) Show and performs an abridged version of one of her latest hits, 'The Living Tree' and then she follows with a Duet with Edna on 'Big Spender' - In 2007 when Shirley appeared on this show she just turned 70 yo, but you'd never know it as her vocals are still powerful and flawless. I don't know of anyone else this age who would ever attempt 'The Living Tree' but Shirley still makes it look easy. Dame Edna Everage has a fun way of putting down guests, and is always a bunch of laughs! ABOUT the song, 'The Living Tree' "The Living Tree" was written by Catherine Feeney and Nikki Lamborn from Never The Bride, who recorded the song for their 2002 album Surprise. It was a Top 40 hit for Dame Shirley Bassey in 2007. Nikki Lamborn and Catherine Feeney personally requested Bassey to record the song; they had left a copy of their recording at her gym in Monaco with a note saying they knew it was a song for her. LYRICS: Let me breathe 'Cause I'm drowning in your shadow Let me leave Respect me, do not follow me Believe I can make my own tomorrow Let me breathe Does it make You feel good 'cause you own me? Does it take Your puppet strings to hold me? How I ache As you're trying to control me Let me breathe [Refrain] Let me dance 'Til my shoes cry Let me laugh Let me be Let me dance Let me choose my life Let me climb the living tree Picture this When you wake up in the morning And I kiss Your sorry ass goodbye What would I miss? There's nothing I can think of As I leave [Refrain] [Guitar solo] [Refrain] Let me climb...... The living tree ABOUT the song, Big Spender: "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess "girls"; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the film. It is "set to the beat of a striptease" as the girls "taunt" the customers. A hit version of the song by Shirley Bassey reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967. This version featured in the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and in the 2005 film Nynne. The song has become one of Bassey's signature songs. She has performed the song numerous times, most notably for the 80th birthday of Prince Philip. She also sang it at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival. The song was also featured on Shirley's recent, 'Get The Party Started' CD. LYRICS - Big Spender: The minute you walked in the joint I could see you were a man of distinction, a real big spender Good looking, so refined Say, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind? So let me get right to the point I don't pop my cork for every man I see Hey big spender! Spend a little time with me Wouldn't you like to have fun, fun, fun? How's about a few laughs, laughs? I could show you a good time Let me show you a good time The minute you walked in the joint I could see you were a man of distinction, a real big spender Good looking, so refined Say, wouldn't you like to know what's going on in my mind? So let me get right to the point I don't pop my cork for every man I see Hey big spender! Hey big spender! Hey big spender! Spend a little time with me Yes