Shirley Bassey - The Girl From Tiger Bay (2009 Live at Electric Proms)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2010
- 2009 (The Manic Street Preaches wrote this song for veteran songstress, Dame Shirley Bassey, which was included on her 2009 CD. This clip is from her concert TV Special)
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 - เพลง
My mum was from Tiger Bay she knew Shirley Bassey,we found this song and had it played at mums funeral 😢
Madeleine: Thank you for your inspirational story about your mum and Dame Shirley Bassey!! Regards, Scot
Fantastic❤
As a Cardiff boy, born just up the Taff from Tiger Bay, I bloody love this. Shirley I love you. Keep flying that Welsh flag. I know you don't live there now, but, hiraeth, I don't either. Taff always.
Dame Shirley Bassey wonderful best performance as always. She’s the best unique number 1 female singer in history worldwide music. She’s the best. 💜🩷💙❤️🩵💚💐💐💐💐👏👏👏👏💚🩵❤️💙🩷💜🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
The girl from Tiger Bay always makes me cry. I just look at my own life, all the memory, all the scares.
+Andrew Lang totally agree life is not an easy road we all suffer just take one day at a time shame we can not wipe our hard drives keep only good bit's
I’ve had 3 life savers from the NHS I’m 54 now
Put lif from a window on buy the Jam make u stronger xx
Makes you bloody proud to be Welsh 🏴
I can’t watch this clip without being choked up by it.
The greatest female recording artist of all timeh The greatest female recording artist of all time ..,,,
Dame
Shirley Veronica Bassey
My mother met shirley bassey when she was going to london for her first audition.....look how far she has come from then . Brilliant lady
The only person in showbiz that I truly admire and respect as well as thinking she is amazingly talented, above all other singers, she had a very hard start to life and has had a difficult life but didn't waste her talent like so many others, a pure professional who went to the gym instead of doing drugs and looked after her voice, amazing,strong, lovely lady.
The Greatest Female singer of all time,the fabulous Dame Shirley Bassey
cindy hague
Nigel Thomas
Thanks
True words
....And still looking fabulous ...,. Still sounding great ... and as always...a woman of impeccable taste.
This song, “Girl from Tiger Bay”, always gets me choked up.
My thanks to the poster.
V
Beautiful Shirley! What a Lady 🌹🌹🌹!
This song is just absolutely beautiful brilliant
Who cannot love this woman❤
you can see how she obviously loves this song
its about her hometown ... so this song will be dear to shirley heart/ about her mum and family/friends xx
love her and wish her many years ahead to sing/ sadly she is retired know/ but she is 81 and as been a singer for 65 years... started singing when she was a girl at school....the teacher always said bassey your too loud go back until she found herself in the school hall....lol thats a true story from the dame herself..xx
This is just a wonderful song. Just perfect lyrics and such a brilliant performance. Really does bring a tear to the eye x
Bless her. Lives in Monte Carlo but so what, she's a legend and this song is a homage to her roots in the slums of cardiff. Girl has done good.
Amazing lady Tiger Bays own x
@@meganday2357 true dame shirley is a tiger bay GIRL 💯🎶❤
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Exactly, well done Shirley.
There's nothing we can say!!
Yes!
The Dame looks amazing for her age and I'm 12 years old.. born the year of Shirley bassey 70th birthday
Dame Shirley and Manic Street Preachers: perfection!!!!!!
I miss my MA she introduced me to this beautiful lady I love you Shirley Bassy 😘
Awe LOVELY .. bassey YOU mean 😉
A wonderful performance from a truly wonderful lady ❤❤
Go girl! Pure class.
Brilliant, what a great song.
I absolutely agree with you the song is fantastic the instrumental is bloody brilliant
Fantastic tune, Shirley Bassey - what a singer.
Dame Shirley Bassey touches our hearts with wonderful voice and songs!!!
Still returning to this in 2020. ♥️
Amazing song
i would listen to Dame Shirley sing a grocery list. i'm sure she could even make that sound great.
Roger Wolff we love our fine Dame x x x
You are so right - I would too!
A fantastic entertainer of the uk and the world
Fabulous amazing she is Amazing and James, and the manics just class, mis u Richy xxx
Love the song. Words say so so much. And DAME SHIRLEY ROCKS THIS OUT OF THE PARK. JOANN LAMONICA ONEONTA NEW YORK 13820
dame Shirley is the best
Great!
What a beautiful song , one of her best , the performance is a spectacular album ❤
There will never be another Dame Shirley Bassey truly amazing STAR
I love this song what an amazing performance by the great lady. She is simply wonderful
EXCELLENT. SO SMOOTH MELO SONG. ALWAYS DEAR SHIRLEY BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i love you Dame Shirley Bassey!!!
The great dame Shirley bassey been to see all her concerts in Manchester
Absolutely love this song. I live so far from where I grew up and I feel the same. I’ll forever be the girl from Chicago.
LOVE THIS SONG. DS. WAS NOT PLEASED WAITING FOR HIM TO”PLUG IN”HA HA. TOO FUNNY HOWEVER HE GOT A KISS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE. TOO FUNNY🥂🥂🌹🌹❤️👏1/25/2023. JO-ANN. LAMONICA. AMERICA.
Love this song play it every weekend..❤
Dame Shirley THE TRUE AND ONLY AUTHENTIC NATIONAL TREASURE! Loved her work with late Les Dawson!
So proud to be Welsh 🏴🏴🏴
The Voice ,, I totally ❤ love 💘 u r everything ❤
Not just the Welsh Boyo, I'm English and Dame Shirley is THE singer! As Peter Kay would say...."What a voice!"
wales and scotland is part of england its on the map
@@levimacdonald5188Anyone tell you that you’re a tosser?
I am a new fan fan i heard when i was a teen goldfinger moonraker diiamons are forever and i would tell my friends of all the bond singers you were the best by far thats when i was 11 or 12 today iam 63 and i cant get enough the best looking dame ive have the privlege to lay my eyes on godspeed loveya mike m fl.
So gracious, so humble and so brilliant! xxxx
Fantastic song!!
The welsh must be so proud of there girl she the best
homer151 - Great Comment! Dame Shirley is a truly international star. To this day, she is the largest selling female artist from the entire United Kingdom, with over 130 Million records sold. Bassey was inducted into the Guiness Book of World Records back in 2000. Shirley is from an era, like Elvis, when people bought records the old fashion way. They had to take the time to go their local Record Store to make the purchase. Since both you and I are also Elvis fans, I'll share with you one other thing that may not be aware of. Elvis and Shirley share the same birth date, January 8th, with Shirley being younger by two years.
+Shirley Bassey Music and Vids yes I did she like good wine she gets better and better and better with age my late mother love her she too was called Shirley born 1937 DSB is older my mum would joke my mother would have been 78 in July godbless mum we will meet again sweetheart miss you mum X think about you everyday
Shirley Bassey Music and Vids there is a funny clip on TH-cam from a graham Norton interview on which dame Shirley talks about when she met Elvis. Don't know if it's still up....
We are very proud
we are evenMORE proud of james dean bradfield
Love Shirley Bassey she's a credit to all females. 💙 Thank you Shirley 🌹 🌹
Shirley bassey is the only preformer that can sing a song so far out of her tune and get away with it and end with an awsone finish. She truly is britains best ever female vocalist
Grande
What a voice this beautiful woman has. Very touching. It made me cry.❤❤
Simply the very best x
for all u bluebirds from the old kent rd Shirley is a treasure
I love this song. Wish I had born with her wonderful talent/voice.
What a beauty
Amo vc Shirley Bassey, tú és p/ sempre, viva a nossa Rainha!!!
beautiful song
F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S- !!!!
Happy Birthday for Jan 2017 Ms Bassey
Well its brilliant!
ATTENTION: Dame Shirley Bassey will be appearing at the 2013 Academy Awards Show In Hollywood on February 24th. She will perform for the 50th James Bond anniversary celebration! Wonderful News! Bassey is herself celebrating 60 (Diamond) years in Show Business, starting back in 1953.
How lucky for us that the Welsh NEVER forget their roots........
Shrilley was the only woman to sing this it's very good!
This song is just absolutely brilliant beautiful amazing
Me encanta, no me canso de verla y escucharla 💚
Claro que si.
Manic Street Preachers
A true legend x
With Bowie's Life on Mars, this version hits the spot every time!!!
Eccellente interpretazione !!! Bella canzone dinamica !!! Potenza la voce splendida Shirley baci ❤️👍
Superb.
Hermosa voz, vine aquí por un video en el cual está esta melodía de fondo. Maravillosa 🤩
Gracias #Piero, lo repito ...tus gustos musicales son sinónimo de calidad.
Fantasztikus,príma Isten áldott!
Such a beautiful song and beautiful woman in all senses!
love this
Cosmic song
Two Welsh living legends perform together - James Dean Bradfield closely followed by Shirl....
i love you shirey
Dejligt at se dig herude SvigerFar 😄👍
She will never be betered
never
Well, it's brilliant. She was born ther, she would know!
I born Waterloo she always be a treasure
That is truly truly an amazing song !!
Love!diva
My Queen ❤️
i've always heard that nobody does it like a dame. in the case of DAME SHIRLEY;
thats got to be the undisputed truth.
she has a voice that the angels are probably jealous of.
She really owns this song, what a voice what a dame what a privilege to watch
One off my favourite songs gavin in Hastings East sussex it was my mums as well.
One of Britain’s best
Glorious
SENSACIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bonita apresentação, bela canção e mostra a versatilidade da grande cantora. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Class
And she was from Tiger Bay!
No shit Sherlock
The Dame.
I hope it's true that bassey family still own most of Cardiff land xx
Tiger Bay now known as Cardiff Bay.
yes but why did the heck they change the NAME,, i no they did it up the docks etc but still should have kept the original NAME..
Wendy, tiger bay was the dock area of Cardiff sometime ago. It no longer exits.
it does but know renamed cardiff bay// but will always be tiger bay to DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY and many other from her generation who was born and lived there..
watching from Fiji 9.54pm
To E with love x
Wow Grëät
It was James wrote this tune
🎤🌈🎶💞💞💋🌈🌈 dsb 》
the girl from tiger bay
Looks like she could be Jodie Williams grand-mum. Look her up.
And D x
Да она же лажает через раз...