Shirley Bassey - Yesterday When I Was Young (1976 Live in Melbourne - Song 9)

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  • 1976 - Just received from friends in Europe this much clearer (Video & Sound) footage of Shirley Bassey's wonderful 1976 Melbourne Australia Concert. This clip: Shirley Bassey performs one of her favorites from over the years, 'Yesterday When I Was Young'. This song has been recorded by many artists over the years, but Shirley has been extremely faithful to this wonderful song. She has regularly included it in her Concert Line-Item for 5 Decades, and counting.
    ABOUT this song:
    It was subsequently released in English as "Yesterday, When I Was Young", in Italian as "Ieri Si", in Danish as "Hvor tiden går", in Japanese 帰り来ぬ青春, and in Spanish as "Ayer Aún". It is considered one of Aznavour's greatest hits.
    The English-language lyrics, written by Herbert Kretzmer, tell of a man reflecting on his life. He recounts how he had wasted his youth on self-centered pursuits, and that, now that he is older, he will not be able to do all that he had planned; this implies that he may be close to his impending death. Charles Aznavour performed this song with Patrick Bruel in a live performance. This version can be heard on Aznavour's 40 chansons d'or album.
    In the United States, the best-known version was recorded by country music performer Roy Clark. His version became his biggest hit up to that time on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at No. 9 in August 1969, and indeed, it became his only top 40 pop hit, peaking at No. 19. The song has been performed and recorded by many international stars, such as, Shirley Bassey, Bing Crosby, Dusty Springfield, Mel Torme, Lena Horne, Andy Williams, Jimmy Durante, Bobby Bare, Al Martino, The Peanuts, Glen Campbell, Julio Iglesias, Eddy Mitchell, Dean Reed Johnny Mathis, Marc Almond, Patricia Kaas, Nora Aunor, etc., and an uptempo version by Blossom Dearie. According to Billboard, more than 90 versions of the song were recorded before 1972
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  • @mostarguyuk
    @mostarguyuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Shirley lived around the corner from me. I was perhaps 7 or 8 when she came to the house to ask my dad if she could borrow some tea and sugar, such was Tiger Bay life back then

    • @roywilmot9306
      @roywilmot9306 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Our Shirl as we say in South Wales

    • @endtimespost9956
      @endtimespost9956 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Thank you kindly for sharing this little great story of yours!
      Christian

    • @manuelmedina5875
      @manuelmedina5875 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Gracias por compartir esta bella historia de esta gran mujer..💕

    • @soochyeong
      @soochyeong 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So qqqqqq😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @saracampos656
      @saracampos656 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @robinperronjones5024
    @robinperronjones5024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    If you want to understand what a true top professional entertainer is with a personality and talent which gives longevity of stardom and popularity,, Shirley Bassey is the epitome of that.

  • @jencarrasco7023
    @jencarrasco7023 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    2023 and I am learning about the genius of this beautiful legend Shirley Bassey. I am an aspiring singer and today there is no singer around like Shirley Bassey and Whitney Houston. Incomparable.

    • @user-cf7st8hz8n
      @user-cf7st8hz8n 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That is so true. What aa voice eith such emotion. Absolutely incomparable

    • @annemariebeelen358
      @annemariebeelen358 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤

    • @averilleX
      @averilleX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Good luck with your singing.

    • @seattlestunna
      @seattlestunna 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good luck 🎉🎉

    • @weberjoseribeiro
      @weberjoseribeiro 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi. Do you know Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Dalva de Oliveira, Carmem Miranda, Tetê Espíndola? They are brasilian' singers. The best.

  • @alfonsoalfonso5254
    @alfonsoalfonso5254 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Now 72 years, the song means much more “ yesterday when I was young .“

  • @russellgrenning1317
    @russellgrenning1317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    Oh dear Shirley, I was young when I attended this concert and threw streamers in 1976...now I am 70 and can really reflect upon and understand this profound lyric so beautifully delivered.

    • @marysalvi242
      @marysalvi242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Russell Grenning 💖

    • @clairepenhallurick4462
      @clairepenhallurick4462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That’s lovely Russell! Yes it’s true how amazing her artistry is, and for us “oldies”, who were once young, we will always remember her yesterday.

    • @russellgrenning1317
      @russellgrenning1317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@clairepenhallurick4462So very true Claire. And listening to the fabulous Shirley allows us to be "young" again!

    • @paulgeoffrey725
      @paulgeoffrey725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Russell Grenning I tuned the grand piano for both shows and got to stay and watch. Great concerts.

    • @russellgrenning1317
      @russellgrenning1317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@paulgeoffrey725 You were very fortunate!

  • @josephbrownjr.2046
    @josephbrownjr.2046 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    They just don’t do this anymore. You can feel every word in that song. It’s like watching a play. Wonderful! 😊

    • @manuelmedina5875
      @manuelmedina5875 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Que bella actuación de esta gran artista, ella canta con el corazón, se entrega por completo, ella vive la música, es fascinante está señora 💕

    • @alfonsohuete3278
      @alfonsohuete3278 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@manuelmedina5875😊😢😅

  • @ojshilinski8358
    @ojshilinski8358 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I'm 89 and I look for Dame Shirley Bassey singing how I feel - she never disappoints me...
    Thank you, TH-cam!

  • @destinyschild.9103
    @destinyschild.9103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Who's still watching this historical event in 2022? Let us gather here 👏 👏 👏. Watching from where?

  • @PrinceAlbert9
    @PrinceAlbert9 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    She makes you feel what she is feeling as she sings the story of someone whose life has passed them by and is now alone. It's very moving.

  • @skillsunlimitedbyprescyg.t7503
    @skillsunlimitedbyprescyg.t7503 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Beautifullllll! Love this song. M 69 yrs.old and I can feel it deepest in my heart. M emotional. Thank you Shirley Bassey! Perfect performance...Music is my lifeeee, too...

    • @leonzelechowski8828
      @leonzelechowski8828 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice Nice the Best Charles AZNAVOUR !! HIER ENCORE ! ! CHANSON FRANÇAISE MAGNIFIQUE ❤❤ CHANTEUSE !!

  • @AT-zn7gi
    @AT-zn7gi ปีที่แล้ว +14

    juli 2023
    Nu ben ik 58 jaar en kijk ik terug op mijn leven.
    Goede momenten, gelukkige tijden, bedrogen en belogen en ik vertrouwde de verkeerde mensen.
    Jammer dat ik zo naïef was. Maar geen bitterheid... kijk vooruit, kijk nooit achterom
    geweldig en gevoelig nummer van een geweldige artiest... ook zij had geen gemakkelijk leven.

  • @weerachak7761
    @weerachak7761 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I watched her in my youth. Now I am approaching 77. The song & lyrics are so profound. Loved it.

  • @Adogsmate4267
    @Adogsmate4267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The whole world will never see this stunning class and beauty ever again. The true gold finger, covered with diamonds for ever.

  • @hakimhakim4216
    @hakimhakim4216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Listening to this song brings me joy and heartache both at the same time. Who can relate ?

    • @Ballyroan14
      @Ballyroan14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hakim Hakim I can ! My lovely wife of nearly 60 years died in February. All of Shirley’s songs are bitter sweet to me. 💔

    • @hakimhakim4216
      @hakimhakim4216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Ballyroan14 i am so sorry to hear of your lost i am sure you must have loved her so much so Graham, do we still listen or should we stop listening?

    • @Ballyroan14
      @Ballyroan14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hakim Hakim thank you for your kind words. I will keep listening as the happy memories outweigh the sadness.

    • @hakimhakim4216
      @hakimhakim4216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Ballyroan14 and so shall i 😊

    • @reynaldobancod231
      @reynaldobancod231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Joy that reminds me of yesterday, but heartache is more heavier, indeed I mis those younger days of ours, I THANK GOD FOR THOSE DAYS.

  • @TheCarltucci
    @TheCarltucci 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    “The waste and emptiness beyond,” time to pay for yesterday…so profound. Nobody does it better than Shirley Baassey!

    • @mariagallo6660
      @mariagallo6660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautifully Done captures your heart ...........!

    • @addagombar2227
      @addagombar2227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      BRAVO the best

  • @georgieboy1958
    @georgieboy1958 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’m in my 60s and in poor health so this song brings tears to my eyes

    • @gmpm9639
      @gmpm9639 ปีที่แล้ว

      try soursop and other natural foods

    • @MongCute168
      @MongCute168 ปีที่แล้ว

      How's your health, sorry I can't help but ask
      I wish you all good

    • @georgieboy1958
      @georgieboy1958 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MongCute168 it’s pretty bad it seems the drs don’t actually know what’s wrong with me thanks for asking

  • @lutherhermosa7406
    @lutherhermosa7406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    She's not just singing, shes telling a story with so much emotion. The one and the only

    • @davidaryanto3034
      @davidaryanto3034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Indeed....

    • @leebeeniu3285
      @leebeeniu3285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Indeed....

    • @truthtriumphant
      @truthtriumphant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That’s what all the great singers do imho!!!👏💕

    • @jessicamaglunob2104
      @jessicamaglunob2104 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love Shirley Bassey. I love this song; so poignantly beautiful!

  • @sandyo1063
    @sandyo1063 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How we all wasted our youth. If we only knew then what we know now. So much pain we could have spared ourselves. So many regrets we would have never experienced. So many disappointments we could have saved ourselves from.
    I guess life will only be perfect in eternity.

    • @leomata4166
      @leomata4166 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      going 60....i enjoy his music....great...

  • @unamcgurry6875
    @unamcgurry6875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    My dad thought she was the greatest singer he had ever heard. Beautiful voice and beautiful woman. Thank you Shirley. 🙏❤️ Matt Munro sung it too. Loved his voice too. X

    • @fredbloggs6080
      @fredbloggs6080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's a Topic upload of a very good upbeat version (after the first verse) by Edie Gourmet also on TH-cam.

    • @unamcgurry6875
      @unamcgurry6875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fredbloggs6080 thanks I will take a look. What a song? It came back into my feed. Take care stranger . These times will make us stronger

    • @danielleradicanin7280
      @danielleradicanin7280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So did Charles Aznevour. All three singers give this song a special significance that the Boomer generation can now relate to.

    • @fredbloggs6080
      @fredbloggs6080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@danielleradicanin7280 Maybe even a few centenarians from the Greatest Generation.

    • @philiskirk57
      @philiskirk57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Your dad was right

  • @amatimeama1023
    @amatimeama1023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    I'm just 39, I wasnt born when song like this were made. I just find myself in tears listening to this song. There is something about this song I cant explain either in writing or words. Oh Gosh bless her

    • @tienhuynh-dinh3832
      @tienhuynh-dinh3832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You are wise beyond your years... avoid some of the mistakes in this song!

    • @tammymintz8724
      @tammymintz8724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i grew up with this one,,,,nice it still has this affect ....

    • @SwtTrisha8
      @SwtTrisha8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @amatime ama
      I remember this song sung by Roy Clark in my younger days and it brought tears back then, but now that I look back with so many years gone and over it really exposes what “Yesterday”
      really says within my heart. So much truth in this song, but the version that is sung here is breath taking! What a beautiful woman ... such a magnificent voice and performance.
      God bless her

    • @victorrugo1131
      @victorrugo1131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@SwtTrisha8 This song is actually a French song written by Charles Aznavour in 1964. The French lyrics are about life and youth gone by, about mistakes and regrets. It's really great. Shirley Bassey's version is great too. She's one of the best.

    • @SwtTrisha8
      @SwtTrisha8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      victor hugo
      @victor hugo
      Thank you for the information - it is quite a beautiful song and a song most anyone could relate to as the years so quickly pass by.
      I’d love to hear the original version - once again. Thank you!

  • @hilariovelasquez8226
    @hilariovelasquez8226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I don't know why I suddenly cried watching her? Either I was overwhelmed by her talent or I remembered when I was young too. One of the great singers ever lived.

    • @christinegavino8492
      @christinegavino8492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sir, pls listen Ms Gigi de Lana her version of this song... promise you will fall to her voice and performance..thanx

    • @cyrilstamaria5303
      @cyrilstamaria5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She is still alive 85 and going strong

    • @nedelyncastillo553
      @nedelyncastillo553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You may consider listen to gigi de lana to compare but shirley sung it as amazing as gigi's

  • @136760mas1
    @136760mas1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Every time I hear this song by Shirley Bassey, I cry my eyes out. My body is riddled with goosebumps

    • @fredbloggs6080
      @fredbloggs6080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Have you heard her version of Stevie Wonder's *All in Love Is Fair* --excellent.

    • @user-yx4vj6qz6p
      @user-yx4vj6qz6p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, Shirley does , alright, still.

    • @garythompson9452
      @garythompson9452 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For the first time, I looked up the lyrics. I get why you cry your eyes out. Wow, I can really relate to this song now. It's a song of regret and a reminder that we have limited time. As far as the past goes, we did the best we could from the mindset we had back then. So, here's to Tomorrow.

    • @alvaroq2024
      @alvaroq2024 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@garythompson9452 Many of us have had a good mindset from when we were in our teens. And still in our thirties our mindset never change. On to the forties our mindset remains the same. Nothing has changed except the fact that we’re getting old, and our mindset is still intact!
      I don’t believe in regrets because then how isn’t not fair that our decisions could’ve changed people’s mindset? We will never know.

    • @garythompson9452
      @garythompson9452 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alvaroq2024 Thanks for your comment. From my perspective, throughout my life, my mindset has changed through experiences. When I look back at certain events I know I would react differently now. That's how I deal with my many regrets of the past. Of course, we have the added ingredient of not knowing what would have happened if we had taken a different pathway. There is an old film called Sliding doors which demonstrates this point perfectly.

  • @boyvetus3209
    @boyvetus3209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm 74 now and I can't control my emotion while watching Shirley sung's this song and something quite remembering
    those days me and my dearest wife who fallen sleep 3 yrs ago

  • @Jahlive69
    @Jahlive69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We don’t have entertainers like this anymore - real star quality. 👌🏼

    • @lettiegrant9447
      @lettiegrant9447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So true. No comparison today.👍

  • @fafaizi
    @fafaizi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Trying to catch up with the great legend whom I missed all these years fulfilling the usual life obligations. What a great artist she is.

  • @Panggor46
    @Panggor46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Who's here watching in 2020.
    This song wet my eyes.

  • @john-lz9bc
    @john-lz9bc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Was, is and always will be, an absolute class act

  • @tonymazi6783
    @tonymazi6783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Only Shirley can transform a song into herself and then deliver it like no one else

  • @ireneperez3586
    @ireneperez3586 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    INow , 2 days before my Birthday Day I'll be 73 on April 5....
    I recalled all my DREAMS
    One which is my First Love is Music 🎶....
    This song made me in tears recalling Moments... Music makes me inspired so much
    Every time ..Those dreams was just a dream... I've my way through by just joining
    in Glee Club & other related groups...
    Choral Group like City Choir...Church
    Up to this Moment i could hardly do away with it. Just put me in Tears.. I could have done
    It. May be it's God's will.
    Thanks 🙏🎉😊

  • @fefenis2574
    @fefenis2574 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Year 2022 and this song still lingers on ❤ One fabulous song for a fantabulous singer/artist.

  • @akonenonoyne6280
    @akonenonoyne6280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    As a senior, this piece is one of my old unforgettable song!

    • @audreyharalambos2592
      @audreyharalambos2592 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i too am a senior being 66 but i have loved this woman from being a child listening to her records on the radiogram, my parents loved music especially" our shirley "as they called her just one question, " where did all those years go so quickly "?????

    • @Johnnycdrums
      @Johnnycdrums ปีที่แล้ว

      I love this version too, it's great.
      However, the Roy Clark version is the one that moves me deeply.

  • @karlbeilstein8774
    @karlbeilstein8774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Lots of performers have done this song, but few seem to have actually lived it. She presents it as if it were her story. Marvelous!!!

    • @jackiemarriott9928
      @jackiemarriott9928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes She Does
      Shirley Is One Of The Greatest Singers that has Walked this Earth 🌎 But Might I Suggest to you to listen to The Great Wille Nelson Also Singing this Song on TH-cam Tears Every Time I listen to this Both for the Joy And Sadness It Brings Me
      A Story Well Told In Music
      From someone in there Twilight years
      Mr Nelson is 88 Years young x

    • @imeldafe1803
      @imeldafe1803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes a story told in a song. The reality of life ..yesterday when we are Young

    • @mhelenaperpetuo
      @mhelenaperpetuo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👈👉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @davidpeters253
      @davidpeters253 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imeldafe1803 0””¡l

    • @davidpeters253
      @davidpeters253 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackiemarriott9928 ppppo

  • @tolits43
    @tolits43 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    How can you not be crying with this song and her performance. While watching this, as if you’re in the verge of going to separation of soul and body, flashing back all your life’s memories.

  • @alanmunoz8961
    @alanmunoz8961 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m turning 62 in a few minutes and came upon this song of one of my favorite artists and lucky to have watched her live some years ago.

  • @brendathenen220
    @brendathenen220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I listen to this song everyday while I’m walking during the COVID. I cry to myself thinking about my husband who passed away in March . One of our
    Favorite songs . Brenda Oct.6,2020

    • @nelsonthibeau4480
      @nelsonthibeau4480 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Much heartfelt condolences to you and your family 😞this is very melancholic..an important emotion

    • @samuelgontz2091
      @samuelgontz2091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      condolences..

  • @johanmeijer1341
    @johanmeijer1341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    One of the greatest singers of all time. Nobody sings the songs like Shirley Bassey

    • @lynnlayones3421
      @lynnlayones3421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lísten to Gigi de lana interpretatíon

  • @philipgibbs4838
    @philipgibbs4838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One of the world's greatest female performers EVER. Thanks Dad for introducing me to the wonderful music if Shirley Bassey....I'm about to turn 60 and have been listening to her since I was 12. Simply wonderful.

    • @ivanastekic7222
      @ivanastekic7222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The same, now my dad is gone... memories...being older now I know more.

    • @amelitayamamoto7373
      @amelitayamamoto7373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reminds me of my dad and mama.RIP TO THEM.BUT WHENEVER I HEAR MATT MONRO AND SHIREY BASSEY SONGS ,CANT HELP MY TEARS FALLING.EVERY LYRICS STILL REMEMBER ,NOW I AM 59.

    • @felipebalud8800
      @felipebalud8800 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ri

  • @robersound6586
    @robersound6586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My throat tightened, tears welled up in my eyes, listening to Shirley in that song. I love this woman

  • @paulgoldberg8345
    @paulgoldberg8345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What beautiful memories, I was in the audience that magnificent night.👏🙋‍♀️💖

    • @lettiegrant9447
      @lettiegrant9447 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wOW !

    • @gillesbueno1153
      @gillesbueno1153 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ….any idea where I could find a Time Machine please ?!…🥺

  • @Cyclone-Enoch
    @Cyclone-Enoch 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes Shirley, what a dame, what a voice, like a storm at sea comes at you from every direction❤

  • @hansabdullah3596
    @hansabdullah3596 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My tears follow this song,with a lot of history and memory...

  • @bodhimom1
    @bodhimom1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Every man who meets her must fall instantly in love!

    • @bodhimom1
      @bodhimom1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a (straight) woman and include me! I first saw her on tv in London in 1970 and was blown away by this amazing woman.

  • @dy6682
    @dy6682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Where did the years go??? It seems like only yesterday, I was 16! Growing old but healthy and well. This song does bring back memories, thank you Shirley.

    • @sherwinstart
      @sherwinstart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORY'S For me as well - WONDERFULL MEMORY'S !

    • @senior1110
      @senior1110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You are blessed.I am 80 and recovering from hip surgery. I was healthy 4 months ago and hope to regain most of health in another 2-3 months.

  • @stephenroym.9730
    @stephenroym.9730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    You can literally feel the emotion that she puts into the song absolutely amazing!!!

    • @lucymoore9008
      @lucymoore9008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How are you doing today my name is Lucy

  • @avids517
    @avids517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    No words can describe how wonderful her voice and how she delivers the song. My idol, Dame Shirley Bassey. God bless.

  • @nickjoseph1043
    @nickjoseph1043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    God has given the power to only one girl to sing this melody with such pride.

  • @johnneves9580
    @johnneves9580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Shirley's voice is in a class all by itself beautiful, just like her.

  • @emmanueln8415
    @emmanueln8415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Damn, she just sang my whole life in a single song!

  • @christopherpurvey-jr9rg
    @christopherpurvey-jr9rg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    When she performs I can’t take my eyes off her she is mesmerising

  • @lydiabalizet3838
    @lydiabalizet3838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Have loved Shirley Bassey always! This song though, is my very favorite one! Thank you Shirley!

    • @josefiinamaala5144
      @josefiinamaala5144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh my God i love her the way she sang every song it pierce my heart

  • @bluediamond4662
    @bluediamond4662 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i think there truly was a lot of pain behind that beautiful face and extraordinarily talented voice!!! 😢💜

  • @colincarroll5953
    @colincarroll5953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yesterday when I was young and now the tomorrows are running low such is the speed of life. The lyrics are a humbling lesson that time just ain't on your side.

  • @susieyu244
    @susieyu244 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really admire her she is a good singer,it's just singing naturally without an effort, compare like the singers of today.

  • @gerryvanderzeypen1214
    @gerryvanderzeypen1214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    OH OH ....can't that girl sing that song and I'm' still here listening in 2019 at 75..

    • @ChrystianeSouza
      @ChrystianeSouza 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maravilhosa! 👏👏👏👏❤

  • @veronicamadia9085
    @veronicamadia9085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm only on my 50' but everytime I have time I see to it that I will watch how she rendered this song amazing

  • @bgueberdenteich5206
    @bgueberdenteich5206 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This brings me to tears , I was young many yesterdays ago, what a fitting rendition this is and Miss Bassey sings it unlike anybody else ! What a powerful voice . I loved her ever since I heard her in GOLFINGER! thanks!

  • @SensaiMan
    @SensaiMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    A Star wars born when Shirley was born, and her talent has continued to shine ever since.

    • @angychilena
      @angychilena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Q estupenda voz tantos años q no la OIA. Gracias a quien la subió y a you tube.

    • @RobWilliams888
      @RobWilliams888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Amanda Burke Welsh from Tiger Bay.xxx

    • @mjffj8272
      @mjffj8272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolument d'accord avec vous !

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A Star Trek too.

    • @SensaiMan
      @SensaiMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesmcinnis208 Thanks James 😊

  • @tanisha4549
    @tanisha4549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Yesterday when I was young
    the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue.
    I teased at life as if it were a foolish g ame,
    the way the evening breeze may tease a candle fl ame.
    The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
    I always built alas on weak and shifting sand.
    I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the day
    and only now I see how the years ran away.
    Yesterday when I was young
    so many drinking songs were waiting to be sung,
    so many wayward pleasures lay in store for me
    and so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
    I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,
    I never stopped to think what life was all about
    and every conversation I can now recall
    concerned itself with me and nothing else at all.
    Yesterday the moon was blue
    and every crazy day brought something new to do.
    I used my magic age as if it were a wand
    and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
    The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
    and every flame I lit too quickly quickly died.
    The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
    and only I am left on stage to end the play.
    There are so many songs in me that won't be sung,
    I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
    The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young.

    • @zbigniewbrzezinski8869
      @zbigniewbrzezinski8869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much for the lyrics.

    • @tanisha4549
      @tanisha4549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zbigniewbrzezinski8869 you're welcome 😊

    • @sshowgirl933
      @sshowgirl933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tanisha4549 thank you tanisha for the lyrics

    • @elvistsakane121
      @elvistsakane121 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the lyrics 👍

    • @michaelgaynor6866
      @michaelgaynor6866 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your Lyrics just brought tears to my eyes here in Philadelphia, Pa. I was born in January 1956 😢🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @RPW2012
    @RPW2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I can’t stop crying...as an entertainer who remembers yesterday’s applause....

  • @wahardjo
    @wahardjo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This song is so beautiful. Thank you Shirley. So Emotional with magnificent vocal power and perfection.

  • @phylcox4768
    @phylcox4768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There will never be another Shirley, I have listened to her lovely songs from 1961, such a dynamic personality and what talent.xx

  • @jeckbalaquiao4119
    @jeckbalaquiao4119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's always joy and sadness remembering the days of my youth...

  • @Maggie_n_Mitch23
    @Maggie_n_Mitch23 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Left school in 72 so this song coz of my parents is in my mind locked forever a moment in time 🥰

  • @peterwang237
    @peterwang237 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was in my twenties when i first heard her singing on the top chart. I appreciate her singing and whenever she sings i would tune in. Now i am in my seventies what a reminiscences

  • @humminbird6990
    @humminbird6990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Who is watching on this 2020 of August still in lockdown. Yesterday was so sweet to remember. Not like now that we have to wear a mask and shield. But tomorrow will come with the Vaccine and the yesterday will be the one that you don't want to remember.

  • @LGranthamsHeir
    @LGranthamsHeir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Reflecting when I first heard this song around 1996 when I was 19 yrs old to today in 2021. 25 years went by like it was yesterday. Starting to understand the song's meaning much better now, esp. with everything thats happened over the past year. Guess I'd better start taking care of all the wishes I have on my bucket list now over the next 25-30 years so I won't have the extreme regret like what the narrator experienced here.

  • @cresenteayo3638
    @cresenteayo3638 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song sung by Shirley and she herself are my parents favorites when I was a kid. Father sang this when arrived home from interisland voyages as a seaman. We three of us only gathered twice every month. Now my parents could not sang this music for they both are gone and no longer had yesterday, and me no longer young. This music penetrates my being for among the most sung by both as music loving parents.

    • @ronnienestor
      @ronnienestor ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh what a memory.. sad

  • @johntuddenham9148
    @johntuddenham9148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw you in Portsmouth with Nelson Riddle, I think. In the 1970's.......sensational, of course
    I'm now coming up 82 and you've filled my life with your amazing talent..God bless you, Shirley!!!

  • @user-mr1xs8me9s
    @user-mr1xs8me9s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am 46. I was 2, when Shirley Bassey performed this wonderful song in Melbourne.
    Such an emotional performance. That's a really thought-provoking song. Thank you so much for this fantastic performance.

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My parents had only just met, but I worship DSB as any true welshperson should!

    • @user-mr1xs8me9s
      @user-mr1xs8me9s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SevCaswell I'm not Welsh but anyway I worship DSB too

  • @teddybazz5009
    @teddybazz5009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Always loved Shirley,
    This song brings back so many happy memories for my childhood what a magnificent voice,

  • @louiseb9234
    @louiseb9234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh...nice to know, she’s still alive, age 84. Every time I see old videos i feel sad that some are not longer here with us, makes me sad. 🥲

  • @rosalindatabegue9538
    @rosalindatabegue9538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much shirley i feel i like cry to your song. I love you from the bottom of my heart.

  • @pamelapayne5285
    @pamelapayne5285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a woman so much expression on her face when she sings what a voice beautiful

  • @amorhernandez585
    @amorhernandez585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    No one sing it that way, so emotional,love it.

    • @christinegavino8492
      @christinegavino8492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please listen the version of ms Gigi de Lana..you will amaze her wonderdul version of this song..promise!

  • @bruceatnip986
    @bruceatnip986 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Poignant. Beautiful. I get it.

  • @leonzelechowski8828
    @leonzelechowski8828 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Grand STANDARD DE LA chanson ❤ MERCI CHARLES AZNAVOUR TRÈS BELLE INTERPRÉTATION BRAVO ❤❤

  • @paulgeoffrey725
    @paulgeoffrey725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just watching again after a long time. I was there at Festival Hall both nights as I had to tune the grand piano for both shows and stayed on to watch the performance. She was brilliant!

  • @sylviazippor1910
    @sylviazippor1910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Her voice travels straight to one'heart. Beautiful!

  • @donaldmartin4980
    @donaldmartin4980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was nineteen when this performance happened…..little did I know my life would be this song.

  • @rudyhardy5670
    @rudyhardy5670 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Prachtig schitterend zelfs toen ik 16 jaar was vond ik deze vrouw fenomenaal ben nu 62 en luister nog altijd naar haar, en als ik rijk was probeerde ik een afspraak met haar te maken maar das keep on dreaming jammer genoeg

  • @terrenceragin5555
    @terrenceragin5555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ladies and gentlemen this is day in Shirley Bassey. A real Dame and Living Legend Diva

  • @sarahlascar9756
    @sarahlascar9756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    What a beautiful and real song. In our young years we never think about getting old, and how one mistake in life, can cost so many wonderful years to disappear and seem as if they never happened. Never trust anyone again for your future, it's up to each one, women especially to carve a unique road alone, and strong both economically and emotionally. Finding the right soul mate can still be a dream and maybe a reality, when we allow ourselves to be open to some ethical individuals who live up to their words, won't steal, lie, and especially damage their partners, the ones, they promised to care for before friends, family a community, and share life. Only our children are a fragment of a passed life, non existent today, because American society damages families and their reliability on each other, is viewed as weak. How horrible the advancement of a false narrative disseminated to young adults that have ruined the lives of both millennials and Gen Z that have been given the best money could have offered, and in return, have become heartless American spoiled brats. They behave in an egocentric narcissist mannerism like this current President, who is heartless. The baby boomers somehow were able to excel and make the necessary changes to build a better society over the last fifty years, somehow, this too is being eroded, with young adults being deaf, and working towards their own selfish rewards rather than society's urgent needs. When we allow ourselves to unplug, and think about the week and the challenges ahead, we look towards European life styles that are still family oriented with strong bonds, something lost in American translation.

    • @Sjb2077
      @Sjb2077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      With you all the way. But you know, our principles and morals are as vitally important today as they were in those years immediately after the war. Climate change is creeping up on these younger generations and life will become a harsh reality and then they will come to learn the value of trust, honesty and selflessness in others. I shall never, to my dying day, allow any young wippersnapper to dictate to me what values are important and those that are not. It is those very values that saw us triumph in the face of evil, costing millions of lives and yet we prevailed. No , no amount of protest marches can defy the realities of life. To undermine those values benefits no one ultimately.

    • @enriquegascon8133
      @enriquegascon8133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Sjb2077 When one takes G-D out of the marketplace, that vacuum has been opened to nonsense like "climate change," "perceived racism," "green energy," "anti-life," "sexual deviation," "self hate," and other Leftist "isms." Take G-D out, then then evil is free to roam. Think hard. The MSM, Big Tech, pop/sports personalities, corrupt politicos and their allies, currently disseminate propaganda NOT Truth! They're NOT "progressive" but "Regressive." Choose the Right path.

  • @balrajpradhan9881
    @balrajpradhan9881 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OH, WHAT AN EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL VOICE SHE HAVE. WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO EXPLAINED. 🎶 🎵.

  • @peterjongsma2779
    @peterjongsma2779 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shirley Bassey and Tina Turner make me feel 12 years old again.
    And my Father was a Tailor.
    And He would love to dress both of Them.
    Youth Forever.

  • @juliahopkins1961
    @juliahopkins1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Seen Shirley at the perth entertainment centre when I was 9 holy Moses 50 yrs ego my mum was a fan

  • @MZVSLadzhaiLene21
    @MZVSLadzhaiLene21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favorite singer of all time.

    • @bryancooker175
      @bryancooker175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How are you doing today my name is Bryan

  • @gabrielalexanderkhoury73
    @gabrielalexanderkhoury73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some can sing but do not have a voice. Some have a voice but cannot sing. Shirley, bless her, has a voice and can sing - with passion and conviction. She shakes me emotionally to my very core.

  • @jmikhael5200
    @jmikhael5200 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yesterday, when I was young
    The taste of life was sweet like rain upon my tongue
    I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
    The way an evening breeze would tease a candle flame
    The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
    I always built to last on weak and shifting sand
    I lived by night and shunned, the naked light of day
    And only now, I see how the years have run away
    Yesterday, when I was young
    There were so many songs that waited to be sung
    So many wild pleasures that lay in store for me
    And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
    I ran so fast that time, and youth at last ran out
    And I never stopped to think what life was all about
    And every conversation that I can recall
    Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all
    Yesterday, the moon was blue
    And every crazy day brought something new to do
    And I used my magic age as if it were a wand
    I never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
    The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
    And every flame I lit, so quickly, quickly died
    The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
    And only I am left on stage to end the play
    Yesterday, when I was young
    There were so many songs that waited to be sung
    So many wild pleasures that lay in store for me
    And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
    There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
    'Cause I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
    And the time has come for me to pay for yesterday
    When I was young

  • @michealcostalles6002
    @michealcostalles6002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    she's one of those singer that can really sing Live

    • @bojack40
      @bojack40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Micheal Costalles best live singer ever. Rarely truly captured on disc.

    • @helenabesa1622
      @helenabesa1622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      An original singer she knows how to command her voice for a certain song god blessed her with a gilden voice

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of one?

  • @raimbaultraimbault4368
    @raimbaultraimbault4368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    cinq ans auparavant je l'ai rencontré à New York et ce moment restera à jamais gravé dans ma mémoire !!!

  • @patrickrwhite8354
    @patrickrwhite8354 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this Girls Talent as it is so refreshing to listen to her wonderful voice and she has a classy style. BRAVO!

  • @dawnanderson9645
    @dawnanderson9645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I love this song, she does a great job with it! The words give me chills! She is so dramatic. Love it!

    • @dannyhuffman
      @dannyhuffman ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Dawn hope you're okay?

  • @mikaelb7735
    @mikaelb7735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The one and only!!! Never has, never will be a voice like hers.

  • @eddieelian6696
    @eddieelian6696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Early 70’S female singers are too far unique ang amazing performers as of today ...they are GREATone of this is SHIRLEY BASSEY her unique style is very much deference ... one of the GREATEST of all time.

  • @angeec.3312
    @angeec.3312 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such a beautiful voice; one of a kind. She also has a vibrant personality.. lovely lady.

  • @ScottPothan
    @ScottPothan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dame Burley Chassis - no one will ever emulate her. Saw her show at the Hilton in Sydney a thousand years ago. Breathtaking performer.

    • @julieevans9659
      @julieevans9659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Her name is Shirley bassey

    • @ScottPothan
      @ScottPothan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Julie Evans Doh !

    • @julieevans9659
      @julieevans9659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ScottPothan learn to spell dummy and double doh to you asshole

  • @normagrant1881
    @normagrant1881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This unmistakable gifted voice - talent will never ever be duplicated. Not to mention her style. Just like her exceptional voice, her wardrobe is also unmatched. The most perfect artist that one could never be tired of listening to. I saw her in N.Y.C a few years ago - an amazing experience. Love you Shirley and God bless.

  • @castrojank5653
    @castrojank5653 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh what a voice...very meaningful a true singer...of beautiful voice..

  • @romulopanta1971
    @romulopanta1971 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    During this time I was 16 years old and I'm now 63 years old...memories...

  • @robertgirardBobydbSounD
    @robertgirardBobydbSounD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Charles Aznavour aura laissé quelques classiques qui resteront dans le cœur des Hommes et Femmes de toutes langues (.....)

    • @c.danjou7343
      @c.danjou7343 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Et que dire aussi de sa chanson ¨Non...je n'ai rien oublié ¨, relatant l'inaccessible amour de sa vie qui réapparaît alors que l'avenir est désormais loin derrière.