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Shirley Bassey - The Girl From Tiger Bay (Graham Norton Show) (2009 Live)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ย. 2010
- 2009 (Shirley sings a Manic Street Preachers song? You Bet, and well done! The Manic Street Preachers wrote this song especially for Shirley, who was born in Tiger Bay Wales, and it's from her latest CD, titled 'Performance' recorded in 2009). This performance is from Shirley's appearance on the Graham Norton TV Show). Most vocalists in their 70's wouldn't attempt such a song, but veteran vocalist Bassey comes shining through with power & conviction, and even makes it look easy!)
Dame Shirley recorded and released this track on her 2009 CD titled, 'The Performance'
ABOUT this Song & ABOUT Tiger Bay:
"The Girl From Tiger Bay" was written by James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire of Welsh rock bank Manic Street Preachers who appeared with Dame Shirley in a November 2009 documentary screened by BBC television about a concept album written by invited songwriters about and for the diva.
Bradfield said that more than anything, Tiger Bay had a bit of a looming presence in their minds. They had tried to include the name in a song title many times before but it had always sounded crass; this time though they'd got it right.
The diva was impressed with the Bradfield/Wire collaboration, which is based on her early life, adding Tiger Bay was now gone as the area had been redeveloped, but it would live on in that song. Although Shirley Veronica Bassey has always been proud to associate her name with her place of birth, she spent most of her formative years in the nearby district which bears the unprepossessing Welsh name of Y Sblot, and which renders even worse in English, but "The Girl From Splott" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
Tiger Bay is an area of the Port of Cardiff; it takes its name from the strong currents of the River Severn. Like not a few seaports, it became famous - or notorious - for its migrant communities, hard drinking sailors on shore leave and everything that comes with it, in particular ladies of easy virtue as portrayed by Jacques Brel in his song about the Port of Amsterdam.
Although less glamorous than Amsterdam, Tiger Bay has, unsurprisingly, enriched (and at times polluted!) our literary heritage. Girl From Tiger Bay is the title of a 1950 pulp fiction book, while the 1959 crime thriller Tiger Bay incorporated some of the district's legendary elements, and featured the screen debut of a twelve year old Hayley Mills alongside her father John (later Sir John) Mills. It is not though Hayley Mills who is the girl from Tiger Bay but a slightly older entertainer. Shirley Bassey is unarguably Tiger Bay's most famous export, although by the time this song was written the girl in question was in her seventies and living in semi-retirement overlooking the Bay of Monte Carlo.
LYRICS:
Theres a crack in every pavement
Underneath there is a beach
It's been a long time longing
As history repeats
Yes, many times I've wondered
Why a part of me remains
In a place so full of beauty
That somehow never changed
I bought a ticket of a lifetime
Theres no denying who I am
Forever young I will be
The girl from Tiger Bay
I bought a ticket of a lifetime
Theres no denying who I am
Forever young I will stay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
Now, time has me believing
That there's nothing left to prove
I feel your love within me
And love can't be removed
There's a crack in every pavement
Underneath there is a beach
Its been a long time longing
As history repeats
I bought a ticket of a lifetime
There's no denying who I am
Forever Young I will stay
The girl from Tiger Bay
I bought a ticket of a lifetime
There's no denying who I am
Forever Young I will stay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
All the memories and the stars
They dance away into the stars
They dance away into the stars
I bought a ticket of a lifetime
There's no denying who I am
Forever Young I will stay
The girl from Tiger Bay
I bought a ticket of a lifetime
There's no denying who I am
Forever Young I will stay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
The girl from Tiger Bay
That lyric " i bought a ticket of a life time.theres no denying who I am " gets me everytime. The only woman who made me cry singing shirley bassey. She amazing
I remember seeing this on TV and thinking "Gods, I hope she didn't get old and is about to ruin a briliant past career."
Then Dame Shirley opened that wonderful instrument of hers and I was convinced that our Dame could still go on for quite some time.
NO AUTOTUNE, JUST PURE HEARTFELT TALENT!
This song is majestic and truly gorgeous. Kudos to Manic Street Preachers for giving DSB one of the best songs of her stored career.
Played this tune at my mum's funeral she loved Dame Shirley and so do I, an we Tiger Bay girls for real
What a fitting postscript for the career of someone who is without a doubt one of the most phenomenal performers the World has ever seen.
You really wont hear this again, Bassey is the Best.
She just is.........
Never forget your roots no matter who you are
the voice is deeper and richer and her backup is really with her. what an artist!
What a lovely song, sung by the best.
Shirley Bassey A True Legend !
Never forget the talent who are performing with her that evening.
Makes you bloody proud to be Welsh 🏴
We love Llandudno four and a half hour drive from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Wow Dame Shirley Bassey your the Best.Thank you for your music still listening in 2022.❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤
I just love this lady.
Love the way JDB wants to break out..... not a massive Manics fan but he is one of the most underated guitarists/songwriters going....
Haha
The Dame stays beautifull and Queen to me,Greetings from sunny South Africa,Stephan x
Love how she starts quite quietly and looks a little bit frail and by 1 minute in she's blasting it as well as she ever did :D
The lady has class.
I absolutely love this song. So professionally sung and performed in her unimitable way. Brilliant! :)
Fabulous Song Shirley gives it her all as she always does no one can match her!
Love that actor playing a Flamenco guitarist behind her.
lol that's David Arnold who produced the album!
6/2/2020. LOVE. THIS. SONG👑👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹. JO -ANN. LAMONICA. ONEONTA. NEW. YORK
MY FAVORITE. OF THE MOST RECENT DSB SONGS❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✈️🛩🌗🌗🌗. JOANN. LAMONICA. ONEONTA. NEW. YORK
She is so amazing. I love this so much! Nice to see again. Thanks Scot!
Thank F^ for Dame Shirley, or we would have gone mammeries up, many years ago.
Amazing! She has no peer!
Simply brilliant!
Its buetful because its true,
Amo, amo. amo!!! The Best!!! No carro, em casa... Sempre ouço Dame Shirley Bassey. Faz o meu dia ficar sempre maravilhoso. Ela é linda, talentosa... Um exemplo de MULHER!!! Minha admiração eterna...
Wau....!!!! Es la mejor.....canta hermoso....es linda....inteligente....graciosa....sh's the best....!!!!
Minha Rainha Shirley Bassey é p/sempre, canta muito é demais!!!
brilliant rendition of the song best song on the performance 2009 . she's come a long way in her career and long may she continue in to her 100s . I love you dame Shirley veronica bassey but you will never now it xx the girl from tiger bay
She's wonderful and been around since i was a child and out of all her fantastic songs this has to be my favorite
5 ***** DSB we love you XXXXX
world class
Just lovely!!
Good song. Well sang
It's an amazing song, of course, but it can only be delivered this fabulously, live, by the one and only Shirley Bassey (like it has been on multiple occasions).
Wonderful arrangement, brilliant performance from all musicians, thank you for sharing!
(Liked the extensive notes and background too, well done!)
Such a great song.
Another one of Shirley great song where she grew up gavin Hastings East sussex
it is David Arnold who produced `THE PERFORMANCE` for the incomparable dame. Dame Shirley is celebrating 60 years in 2013 as a professional singer, staring with an appearance in HAMBURG
So beautiful
Mito lenda viva nao tem igual adoro
JDB ❤
Happy birthday damè Shirley xX
Love this song gavin in hastings
yeah I though that was odd....then again, I'm sure he didn't mind. She's one of those performers you'd just be happy to share the stage with...
Beautiful
Amada!!!!
@pbeardmore - It sure looks like him, doesn't it. If it's not him, then Mr Arnold has an identical twin. Shirley did perform together with many of the songwriters of her 2009 CD, as many of them are also excellent/talented musicians.
The bear strapped to the guitar 00:42 😂
Is that David Arnold on acoustic guitar?
YES
Somebody please tell me when she's touring northern England.
Great performance though.
Well that all went a bit - James Bond
From Kaaaaaaaaaaardif
Can't believe Graham didn't introduce James Dean Bradfield. That's really disrespectful.
It's dame shirley bassey who's the performer guest ..no one can top her sorry mate
@@levimacdonald5188 well the Manics wrote it
the guy on the banjo in the back should calm down and stop trying to steal shirleys thunder.