Minnie Ripperton added it in her cover version with Jose Feliciano, though. Ay!
34. "Light My Fire" by Minnie Ripperton feat. Jose Feliciano:Well then fill me with desireLight my fire
― marc h. (marc h.), Sunday, 6 August 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Sunday, 6 August 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
The Pixies, Dig for Fire
― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Sunday, 6 August 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Yello, "More". They also had a near miss with "Desiyah! For the unknown love! I'm burning!"
― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 6 August 2006 23:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Monday, 7 August 2006 00:26 (seventeen years ago) link
This path tonightWhere will it lead me?Crumbling rock and stones on fireThis path tonightYou better believe itI'm stumbling to my heart's desireOn this path tonight
Graham Nash, 'This Path Tonight'
― ToMo, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
Once I was your hearts desireNow I am the ape hunkered by the fire
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 'Supernaturally'
― ToMo, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:04 (seven years ago) link
28. "Love In Flames" by Be Bop Deluxe
I love you with a fever, I love you like a FYE-ya everything is burning with the flames of my diz-EYE-ya
― soref, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
27. Bill Nelson "Flaming Desire"
Love turns to lust, ice into fireOpen your heart to my flaming desire
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
26. Judas Priest - A Touch of Evil
Aroused with diz-EYE-yaYou put me in a tranceA vision of FYE-ya I never had a chance
...
Arousing me nowWith a sense of diz-EYE-yaPossessing my soulUntil my body's on FYE-ya
― jmm, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 04:21 (seven years ago) link
25. Pete Townshend - Flame
Flame, you set me on FYE-yaNothing can take me any HYE-yaI'm fueled on emotion and full of diz-EYE-ya
― new noise, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 04:53 (seven years ago) link
24. Ozzy Osbourne - Desire (from No More Tears)
It's the same old diz-EYE-yaNothing has changed, nothing's the sameBurning like FYE-yaDon't you ever take my name in vain, oh yeah
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:06 (seven years ago) link
23. Electric Boys - Mary in the Mystery World (from Groovus Maximus)
Mary in the mystery worldShe sets my soul on fireMary's such a mystery girlAnd no one takes me higherMary is my desire
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:10 (seven years ago) link
McAuley-Schenker Group - Anytime (from Save Yourself)
Can't stop this fire, lost control over my desireIt burns for you like it always used to do
Pronounced more like FYE/Dez-EYE in this case
Good god there was a lot of this couplet in hard rock/glam; I'm stopping myself here.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:19 (seven years ago) link
oops that was 22, natch
U2 did songs called "Fire" and "Desire". One of them does the rhyme, the other does not.
"Fire" "'Fire' was not a very good song. I always had this faith that we could make it up as we went along, but sometimes we couldn't, and that was a case in point. When you are in a place like Nassau, you don't really want to go in and work. You realize why all these great groups make crap records when they go to record there - who wants to go to the Bahamas and sit in a studio?" - Bono, U2
Whereas "Desire", does.
Then again, they also did "The Unforgettable Fire", which doesn't mention Fire or Desire, let alone rhyme them. Maybe they forgot?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
21. Modern Talking You're My Heart, You're My Soul
First single of their cliche-ridden career, opening line:
Deep in my heart there's a fire, a burning heartDeep in my heart there's desire for a start
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
20. kevin ayers - rheinhardt & geraldine
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
19. Journey - "Only The Young"
Only the young can sayThey're here to fly awaySharing the same diz-EYE-yaBurning like wildFYE-ya
(Actually it's more like desaaaaah / wildfaaaaah but whatever)
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
Drake might've been reading this thread - he did Fire & Desire last year but the rhyme only features in the title, not in the actual lyrics.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
18. Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
Play my position in the game of life standing firmOn foreign land jump the gun out the frying pan into the fireTransform into the Ghost RiderA six-pack and A Streetcar Named Desire
― jmm, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:48 (seven years ago) link
lol nice piece by Marc Spitz on this http://www.salon.com/2015/08/15/this_is_the_laziest_rhyme_in_all_of_songwriting_history_and_great_artists_use_it_all_the_time/
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
Hey there! I've been keeping a list of fire/desire songs for a while now. I made a Spotify playlist with the stuff I found, plus songs from this forum - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GI37lxNyGHPrFgGsf26dD?si=HRtXCGGNQ8W2WzJF8pPnpA
It seems like it's been a while since folks have posted here... but hopefully someone will enjoy this!
― twomorenights, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 12:03 (four years ago) link