1.The Doors - Light My Fire - The Doors
"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, nearly a year after its recording. Then, a year later, 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.
Girls In Hawaii’s second full-length album, Plan Your Escape was released in February 2008 in Europe. It was recorded in old houses in the forests of Ardennes by producer Jean Lamoot (who has worked with French artists such as Noir Désir and Alain Bashung). The album, more complex and eclectic than the previous, contains twelve songs, among them, the first single which is called “This Farm Will End Up In Fire”; by far the best song on Plan Your Escape and it sets expectation levels very high for the remainder of the album. Ethereal keyboard atmospheres, a stripped-down guitar sound and a simple garage rock beat provide hook upon hook.
Motherland, the third solo release from Natalie Merchant, greets the listener with Merchant's most daring song to date — the Middle Eastern-tinged "This House Is On Fire". In one fell swoop, she dispels her image as an AAA-format crooner when a swirling maelstrom of oud, violin, viola, and alto flute collides with echo-laden vocals over an intoxicatingly hypnotic rhythm. Through the song, she beckons her audience to join her on a journey of reflection on America and its place in the world. "I've been sitting here for the longest time reading all the warning and the danger signs," she sings only to add, "I don't have the gift of prophesy...." Or does she? Two days after the recording for Motherland was completed, the dreadful attack on America took place.
"Sleep Now In The Fire" is the fifth track from the 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles by the band Rage Against the Machine. It was released as a single in 2000. The song contains lyrics about greed, such as the conquest of Native Americans and U.S. slavery in the 1800s as well as criticism of actions taken by the US government in wartime, including the bombing of Hiroshima and the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. Guitarist Tom Morello's solo is also notable as he simply uses feedback from the amp, along with using his whammy bar to adjust the pitch of the feedback. By flicking his toggle switch on and off, he is able to create the high-pitched solo. At the end of the song, there is some sound from a Korean radio station that Morello picked up on his amp.
"Fire Woman" was the first single released from The Cult’s fourth studio album, Sonic Temple and was subsequently featured on all of The Cult's compilation/ greatest hits albums; as well as being a steady fixture of the band's live performances. It continued the band's hard rock sound that was introduced on their previous album, Electric. The song grabs you and pulls you in from the start with pure, loud, straight-ahead rock.
“Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head” is the 13th song on the Gorillaz' second album, Demon Days, which is narrated by Dennis Hopper. It is more of a story with music playing than a song. Either way, it is an entertaining tale of greedy invaders mining a once peaceful island.
“Firestarter” was the first single from The Prodigy’s third album, The Fat of the Land and their tenth single. It was also the group's first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, staying on top for three weeks. It was The Prodigy's first big national and international hit, also reaching number one in Finland and Norway. It features Flint's punky vocals which showcased him as the group's frontman. The title and lyrics were subject of controversy in the UK because of their violent nature. The music video further boosted these controversies.
On her CD, Me and Armini, Torinni draws from a refreshing hodgepodge of influences, mixing ska and bossa nova with folk, trip-hop and psych-rock for a sometimes scorching, sometimes heartbreaking collection of songs. In the opener, "Fireheads," Torrini does her best Beth Orton, with a simple guitar groove and muted rhythms backing her sultry but innocent voice.
"Fireworks" was released as a stand-alone single in between the Banshees albums Juju and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse. The song marked a change in direction for Siouxsie and the Banshees, as the band began to record more elaborate, lush, and musically complex songs ("Fireworks" opens with an orchestral string section). A Kiss in the Dreamhouse is widely considered to be the beginning of Siouxsie and the Banshees' "experimental" period and this single helped to set the stage for that album.
Despite its sexual overtones, “Fire” had an innocuous origin, stemming from a cold New Year's Eve in Folkestone, England after a gig. Noel Redding, bass player for The Jimi Hendrix Experience invited Jimi and his girlfriend Cathy to be guests at his mother's house. Jimi asked Mrs. Redding if he could stand next to her fireplace to warm himself. She agreed, but her Great Dane was in the way, hence the line, "Aw, move over, Rover, and let Jimi take over..."
Franz Ferdinand re-recorded certain guitar lines and vocals and remixed "This Fire" especially for release as a single. In an early interview, drummer Paul Thomson dreamed that future success might see their name become more famous for the band, than for the Archduke whose assassination set the wheels of World War I in motion. After two successful albums and a string of hit singles, that dream is not as spurious as it once seemed: many young people around the world know the band, but not the history behind the name. Franz Ferdinand - the band - are the bane of history teachers worldwide.
Regarding this song, Natalie said it's about being attracted to things that are bad for you and that when you have something negative it's good to imagine that you throw it into fire. “Beauty On The Fire” is one of the strongest songs from White Lilies Island and a song that allows Natalie to show her incredible voice.
This song has its origins in Argentina: "El Choclo" (Spanish: meaning "the ear of corn" more accurately "The Corn Cob") is a popular song written by Ángel Villoldo, an Argentine musician. Allegedly written in honor of and taking its title from the nickname of the proprietor of a nightclub, who was known as El Choclo. In English, the song was renamed "Kiss Of Fire". It has remained one of the most popular tangos in Argentina.
The collaboration of studio whiz Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons, Dummy was made at the same time as a short film noir called "To Kill a Dead Man," and the same approach--gloomy, tormented, and wildly melodramatic--permeates the album. “It’s A Fire” was released on the US pressings of Dummy. It has dark flashes of old soul and film music, dehumanized electronic bleeps, Gibbons emoting like she’s consumed by shame, and a bass-and-beat pulse derived from the slow bump and grind of the Bristol scene that spawned Barrow’s old collaborators, Massive Attack.
This is a cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire". Social Distortion’s self-titled album fared better than both Mommy's Little Monster and Prison Bound, and is often credited as Social Distortion's best known work, with sales continuing twenty-one years after its release. It is also sometimes cited as among the best rock albums of 1990—the album is said to "split the difference between rockabilly and Ramones-style punk".
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