1972 (Talk Of The Town Concert)
ABOUT the song, Excuse Me:
The song, Excuse Me, is included on Shirley's 1971 EMI LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Something Else'.
In keeping with the title, Shirley Bassey's follow-up to her 1970 hit LP Something does indeed present a bit of a change of direction. In fact, it's a step back to her MOR dates of the mid-'60s; the album includes no recent rock standards, and the arrangements focus on full-orchestra symphonic pop with fewer nods to the contemporary scene. Though it didn't chart quite as high as its predecessor, it did make the Top Ten while her version of &"(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" hit the Top 40 in Britain. Most of the album is given over to large scale, dramatic pop songs -- &"It's Impossible," &"Bridge Over Troubled Water," &"Until It's Time to Go" -- best treated by a full-throated vocalist like Bassey. It's not quite as raucous or adventurous as Something, but it must've been an easier album to digest for Bassey fans from way back. John Bush, All Music Guide
LYRICS:
Excuse me..
But would you repeat that phrase
I could have sworn I heard you say
You don't care no more
Excuse me
But I can't believe my ears
You mean after all these years
You just don't care no more
You can't mean it
Please look at me and say
That we're really through
Oh I see it
Now you look at me that way
Suddenly I know it's true
Excuse me
I can't seem to find the door
And my feet don't find the floor
For my legs are numb and weak
And my throat 's too dry to speak
But my heart wants so to scream
For this nightmare's not a dream
You don't care no more
You don't care no more
You just don't
Care no more
ABOUT The Song, Shirley:
This song was recorded and released on Shirley's LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - I've Got A Song For You.' I've Got a Song for You is a 1966 album by Shirley Bassey. Bassey had left EMI's Columbia Label, and this was her first album for United Artists, a label she would remain with for approximately 14 years.
This album and the following release And We Were Lovers were produced by Bassey's former husband, Kenneth Hume. (Their marriage had ended in divorce in 1965, but he continued to act as her manager, and for these two albums, her producer.) The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #26, but only remained on the chart for one week, and failed to chart in the US, despite her having received outstanding reviews for live engagements in New York and Las Vegas that same year, and the fact that the album was recorded in New York.
It was an inauspicious start for her at UA, as none of her albums would chart either in the UK or the US until 1970 (save one EMI/Columbia album issued after she left for United Artists, most likely previously recorded material, and one compilation album). In that year, 1970, Bassey would begin to produce more contemporary pop-oriented albums, but here in 1966, despite scoring her biggest hit with Goldfinger a year or so earlier, she was still firmly in the traditional pop genre.
LYRICS:
Shirley doesn't feel too happy
Shirley doesn't feel to gay
Something has been worrying Shirley
For many a lonely day
Shirley wakes up to early
Future looking so dim'
Cause someone doesn't love Shirley
The way that she loves him
Shirley wakes up to early
Future looking so dim
'Cause someone doesn't love Shirley
The way that she loves him
