This lady was a DIVA that rose from poverty! She not only had a powerful voice that made it into the charts for many decades, she also possessed class, elegance and sex appeal. You did well with this, Royce! Bravo to you too!
What do you mean she not only HAD a powerful voice? Watch her 2022 BAFTA performance from just the other day. At 85, this lady puts many a young star to shame with her voice.
@@TheCornishCockney I give Live and Let Die the edge for the music, but Goldfinger I like better for the vocals and lyrics. Both are awesome songs though.
Shirley sang this at the 2013 Oscars during a salute to James Bond. She was 76 and brought down the house. It was literally phenomenal. By the way, Adele sang Skyfall too but she couldn’t touch Dame Shirley Bassey.
Nice to see our Shirley on a reaction. Beautiful Welsh girl from Tiger Bay in Cardiff. She also sang the theme tunes to two other Bond films 'Diamonds are Forever' and 'Moonraker'.
The ultimate in 1950s/60s-style nightclub glitz and decadence. Love the bit where she breaks character after the kissing-the-shoulder bit, and laughs with the audience at how ridiculously over-the-top the whole thing is.
Actually she sang four. The tune was Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It was originally intended for the Bond epic, THUNDERBALL. It’s was recorded but never released. Until the 30th anniversary James Bond 2cd compilation (1992). It’s also on Utube! Check it Out!!!!!!
Shirley is not great. She is beyond greatness, and she stands alone on her pedestal of superstars. She is majestic and amazing to watch and hear. There is nobody like her.
Shirley Bassey was a great theatrical singer with a powerful voice who exuded class and elegance. Sexy and as lovely as a person can be.A rare but immensely talented and very very personable singer. She was/is still popular and loved by most everyone.
Nice one. Not many have reacted to the legendary Shirley. People need to do more of her stuff. The Welsh they can bloody sing alright!! The rumour is that they all can sing to a fine level. Not to Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey all time great levels though. :D
Some years ago when it was announced that Dame Shirley bassey was to be one ofr the headline acts at Glastonbury the biggest music festival in this country, everone went 'WHAT'. The festivakl has been played by the biggest modern stars like Stomzey, Artic Monkeys, and countless huge current artists and bands. The audience 97% of whom weren't born when she was at her height were like putty in her hands and her set became the stuff of legand. She does a great version of Pinks 'Get This Party Strated'.
She sang this at the Oscars a few years ago, in her 70s and was magnificent.(The same year Adele sang her Oscar winning Bond theme song, but Shirley outclassed her.) George Clooney and other major stars reacted with open admiration.
Great reaction to a great performance! Shirley Bassey was one of the best if not the best Bond singers! I hadn't seen this live performance before. It was great! Loved that Shirley had fun with it! Thanks for this!
She was a queen, a grande dame of music, a true diva. For a real treat, watch her with a group called The Propellerheads in "History Repeating", a #1 hit in the UK.
Great Reaction and now WE ARE TALKING CLASS! Daughter of a Welsh Mother and African Seaman, she grew up in Tiger Bay (now Cardiff Bay ) in a very poor area but her talent shone through and she became a massive International star. She is 83 now and living in France. You MUST see Shirley sing a LIVE performance of "It's My Life" on TH-cam where she is the ultimate Diva :)
Used to sneek in the movies with my friends I was 13 and this movie came out in 1964 ! The Beatles had just landed at New York's Kennedy Airport and The Fab four invaded us! and many other groups from the UK. USA will never be the same! I have always Loved this song! What a voice! Brings back those innocent years ! Love your reaction!
The great Bassey! Fairly certain she was born Puerto Rican, brought to Tiger Bay as baby! Dominates the stage with ease! Terrific presence! She started the hands/fingers thing early!
Shirley was on absolute fire in this concert. She performs one song after another and every single one is exceptional. It’s a tour de force you’ll never forget. All of it or most of it is on YT.
I have been request this Diva Shirley Bassey for a whole year to almost every reactor and none....NONE have even consider watching her perform or react to her......She is one of the great Ladies of the 60's and 70's along with Judy Garland....Nancy Wilson......and Billie Holiday.......and Finally you girl finally get to see where today's performers get that energy and glamour from.......Enjoy!!!! Aso...check out her song (live) "This is my Life," by Shirley Bassey. It's Fire and really shows off the power of women!!!!
Dame Shirley was really selling it! I remember watching her perform this song on the Ed Sullivan Show eons ago. Besides that voice, my favorite part is those horns! Pure nostalgia and pure gold!
Shirley has a very distinctive voice, so powerful and skillful. Always makes me think of Bond moives: Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. You should check out Shirley singing with the Propellerheads on History Repeating from 1998. I remember when it came out, a great song.
Turned on to jazz by my father at an early age, my mother couldn't understand my infatuation with Shirley Bassey, it's as if she thought Shirley might take me away somehow. Unfortunately, she never came looking for me.
Shirley Bassey is a Welsh legend, she has said in an interview that 8n a recording studio she actually passed out on occasions when hitting the high notes.
Oh, SB great singer, powerful voice, she's got what it takes for Bond's songs. There's a beautiful presentation she did in Germany, lots of song, it's in TH-cam, so enjoyable. Mrs. SB one of my best.
Just have to say about Shirley, she doesn’t have the James Bond vibe. This song has Miss Shirley’s vibe. She is absolutely amazing singing anything she wants to make her own.
I just in unclicked “like” and clicked it on again just to give you another thumbs up. Love this performance AND your reaction. Drag queens used to do Shirley Bassey all the time. Yes, I’m old enough to remember that and too old to kiss my own shoulder.
Do yourself a favour and look up Dame Shirley singing Goldfinger in 2011 when she was 77 just unbelievable. Her and Sir Tom Jones are legendary Welsh singers
It's great to see two beautiful women with a little of that James Bond swagger!! Well done Shirley! Well done Rogue! Beautiful performance by Ms. Bassey!! Another Bond track you may want to look up is "Live and Let Die" by Sir Paul McCartney!! Cheers to you, Rogue!!
Shirls theatrical style, complimented her voice, as a little kid when she came on the tv if we weren't all there me Mum would call out, 'Shirley's on', or me Dad would shout 'Berley Shassey's' on...😂
Great review of a fabulous singer and performer! When I was a student my then girlfriend and I actually saw her in concert around 1978 and loved the show. Like Sir Tom Jones, Dame Shirley Bassey was and is a fantastic live artist.
Probably my favorite Connery James bond movie. I'm a giant James bond fan. Plus I just love the way this song sounds as a whole. Just changes the whole atmosphere around you. I like how you notices the whole Welsh thing too. Didn't think many other people had ever noticed that lol I got one for you that is not extremely similar, but it comes to mind when listening to this song. A song that truly gets way too overlooked. Bang bang by Nancy Sinatra. The guitar is super simple, but just totally perfect.
There is another live version from the "Brit awards" I believe that shows more recent one and she is just as magnificent and sassy. Worth your time to look for it. I'm gonna look now.
I swear, never seen Dame Shirley perform live but every time I watch a video of her I'm drawn completely in and you can't tell me I'm not sitting in the concert hall lol. She's fantastic. I never get tired of listening to or watching her. Great reaction. I see you've reacted to a good number of African artists from around the continent. Please react to Sun-EL Musician's "Akanamali." You'll only want to hear more if you start there.
WOW...That was awesome, I was a kid when this came out in 64...It's amazing seeing it done live...Shirley is a treasure...Still alive at 84...The greatest Welsh singer; Tom Jones of course...Now THAT would be a duet...
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This lady was a DIVA that rose from poverty! She not only had a powerful voice that made it into the charts for many decades, she also possessed class, elegance and sex appeal. You did well with this, Royce! Bravo to you too!
I think you mean is.
@@gtaylor331 Well done. ; )
What do you mean she not only HAD a powerful voice? Watch her 2022 BAFTA performance from just the other day. At 85, this lady puts many a young star to shame with her voice.
She still is a Diva
No one could sing that song like Shirley Bassey… absolutely love her!
Moonraker is the other song she did amazingly well too. What a voice!
I can't live (if living is without you) from this concert makes me need to take a walk after listening to it. Always on 11. More is more.
@@erichernandez3846 Ken lee?
check this cover....she is amazing! th-cam.com/video/3LrzKmoOBbg/w-d-xo.html
@@robertthomas7580 Shirley Bassey also sang Diamonds Are Forever........
Probably the most iconic James Bond song. Great reaction.
Great yes,but for me,Live and Let Die is top.
@@TheCornishCockney I give Live and Let Die the edge for the music, but Goldfinger I like better for the vocals and lyrics. Both are awesome songs though.
Agree with “Goldfinger” being the most iconic Bond title song, but I also enjoy Nancy Sinatra’s “You only Live Twice”.
You hit it right when you said CLASS!
Nobody does it better by carly Simon, for me.
Shirley sang this at the 2013 Oscars during a salute to James Bond. She was 76 and brought down the house. It was literally phenomenal. By the way, Adele sang Skyfall too but she couldn’t touch Dame Shirley Bassey.
It was an astounding performance by DSB.
skyfall`s theme was terrible along with the execution. Dame Shirley knocked it out of the park.
Dnt compare Shirley to Adele😩😩…Shirley is everything
But Adele also wrote Skyfall. Dame Shirley sang last year at age 85 & was brilliant. Hit those notes with ease.
Nice to see our Shirley on a reaction. Beautiful Welsh girl from Tiger Bay in Cardiff. She also sang the theme tunes to two other Bond films 'Diamonds are Forever' and 'Moonraker'.
Like I said.....Shirley Bassey...the queen of the divas......
I remember her when I was young. Crushing HARD!
Shirley has got a voice that could split wood!
A great talent and a classy lady.
I've never heard a funnier, or more perfect, description of her voice. She freakin' KILLED this song!
There's only one Shirley Bassey, she has some fabulous songs, massive star 🌟
Theres an early clip of her with Anthony Newley and she blows him off the stage.
She sang the most Bond songs.
Shirley bassey / Tom Jones both great singers both from Wales ...must be something in the water X 😁
It's all the mountains we have to traverse giving us lungs of steel :)
Someone should tell the Welsh football team.
Don't forget Sir Harry
Secombe
Even when you lot talk,it sounds like you're singing.
It's the fiery Welsh spirit is what it is.
Dame Shirley just needed herself on stage. She's always the complete package!
The ultimate in 1950s/60s-style nightclub glitz and decadence. Love the bit where she breaks character after the kissing-the-shoulder bit, and laughs with the audience at how ridiculously over-the-top the whole thing is.
Dame Shirley Bassey sang 3 bond songs,Goldfinger was a great movie you should watch it!
Yes, she did! Those were my James Bond movie days.
Actually she sang four. The tune was Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It was originally intended for the Bond epic, THUNDERBALL. It’s was recorded but never released. Until the 30th anniversary James Bond 2cd compilation (1992). It’s also on Utube! Check it Out!!!!!!
@@deacondavis5098 I never knew that! We’ll have to check it out.
Shirley is not great. She is beyond greatness, and she stands alone on her pedestal of superstars. She is majestic and amazing to watch and hear. There is nobody like her.
Shirley Bassey was a great theatrical singer with a powerful voice who exuded class and elegance. Sexy and as lovely as a person can be.A rare but immensely talented and very very personable singer. She was/is still popular and loved by most everyone.
Nice one. Not many have reacted to the legendary Shirley. People need to do more of her stuff.
The Welsh they can bloody sing alright!! The rumour is that they all can sing to a fine level.
Not to Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey all time great levels though. :D
You're probably right Mark, but it went a bit awry with Cerys Matthews!! Lol
@@Topgooner01 They do say. There's always exceptions to any "rule". Lol
@@markbanner6473 Agree
Don’t forget Bryn Terfel!
Welcome to the real world of singing.. were they sing with all their heart and talent from the feet up... , real voice ,, pure choice
Absolutely iconic! One of those songs that people connect with a film immediately.
Shirley Bassey is a legend. Her cover of "Something" by the Beatles is another fantastic hit
For All We Know cover but you must see her live performance of "It's My Life!"....:)
When i was a kid around 11 my friends and i sat outside Cardiff Castel and listened to her. It was amazing.
Some years ago when it was announced that Dame Shirley bassey was to be one ofr the headline acts at Glastonbury the biggest music festival in this country, everone went 'WHAT'. The festivakl has been played by the biggest modern stars like Stomzey, Artic Monkeys, and countless huge current artists and bands. The audience 97% of whom weren't born when she was at her height were like putty in her hands and her set became the stuff of legand. She does a great version of Pinks 'Get This Party Strated'.
World Legend Queen greatest Goddess 💕💕 DSB ♾️♾️💎💎💎♾️ Long Live ♾️💎☺️🎶💎🌎👍🙏❤️❤️🙏🏼
Diamanté wellies 😂 brilliant
She sang this at the Oscars a few years ago, in her 70s and was magnificent.(The same year Adele sang her Oscar winning Bond theme song, but Shirley outclassed her.) George Clooney and other major stars reacted with open admiration.
Without a doubt, a true Diva before we knew what a Diva was.
Born 13 miles from Tom Jones, 3 years earlier. There's something in the water in South Wales.
Luckily, miles away from Severn Trent then, LOL.
@@sidscrote7570😂😂
Dame Shirley ...... a British icon and legend, Still with us !
Great reaction to a great performance! Shirley Bassey was one of the best if not the best Bond singers! I hadn't seen this live performance before. It was great! Loved that Shirley had fun with it! Thanks for this!
The very reason the bond theme is highly coveted!!
What a find/treasure.
Love this!! ❤👏🏽
I have watched this performance so many times. She is incredible.
Fantastic singer and performer. Her voice was insanely powerful and she had full control over it. Stage presence 👍🏼
Guess who played guitar on this original recording? Jimmy Page of Zeppelin did! He was a session musician in England before forming Led Zeppelin!!
My two favourite female singers of all time, Karen Carpenter and Dame Shirley Bassey....Class coursing through their veins, and vocal chords!!
She was a queen, a grande dame of music, a true diva. For a real treat, watch her with a group called The Propellerheads in "History Repeating", a #1 hit in the UK.
Absolutely love Shirley Bassey, she is such a talented performer, real fun and passion and that voice is her's alone, wow !!!
Great Reaction and now WE ARE TALKING CLASS!
Daughter of a Welsh Mother and African Seaman, she grew up in Tiger Bay (now Cardiff Bay ) in a very poor area but her talent shone through and she became a massive International star. She is 83 now and living in France.
You MUST see Shirley sing a LIVE performance of "It's My Life" on TH-cam where she is the ultimate Diva :)
Requested This is my life as well, a great choice!
Used to sneek in the movies with my friends I was 13 and this movie came out in 1964 ! The Beatles had just landed at New York's Kennedy Airport and The Fab four invaded us! and many other groups from the UK. USA will never be the same! I have always Loved this song! What a voice! Brings back those innocent years ! Love your reaction!
Movie hopping was the best hobby as a child 😂 Thanks for watching Jeff 😊
Diamonds are Forever!!! Forever!!! Forever!!!
YESSSS!!!!
The great Bassey! Fairly certain she was born Puerto Rican, brought to Tiger Bay as baby! Dominates the stage with ease! Terrific presence! She started the hands/fingers thing early!
I saw the documentary about her life, and it says she is half English, half Nigerian.
@@deborahbryan3639 All woman🏴
Dame Shirley is one of the greatest singers of all time !! no auto tune just pure talent :-) amazing lady
Shirley was on absolute fire in this concert. She performs one song after another and every single one is exceptional. It’s a tour de force you’ll never forget. All of it or most of it is on YT.
I have been request this Diva Shirley Bassey for a whole year to almost every reactor and none....NONE have even consider watching her perform or react to her......She is one of the great Ladies of the 60's and 70's along with Judy Garland....Nancy Wilson......and Billie Holiday.......and Finally you girl finally get to see where today's performers get that energy and glamour from.......Enjoy!!!! Aso...check out her song (live) "This is my Life," by Shirley Bassey. It's Fire and really shows off the power of women!!!!
Dame Shirley was really selling it! I remember watching her perform this song on the Ed Sullivan Show eons ago. Besides that voice, my favorite part is those horns! Pure nostalgia and pure gold!
This is how you sing this here song. Such an iconic time in music.
Wow...what a voice and presence! Listen to that orchestra, also...no fake synth/organ creating that sound. That is the real thing.
She also sang diamonds are forever and moonraker 3 bond films
Still rocking her/this song 40+ years later!
She's our star in Wales xx
Shirley Bassy is one of my favorite singers.
Respect, it's Shirley Bassey a lady with a great voice!
Shirley has a very distinctive voice, so powerful and skillful. Always makes me think of Bond moives: Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. You should check out Shirley singing with the Propellerheads on History Repeating from 1998. I remember when it came out, a great song.
she is a goddess for sure. Like Tom Jones she had her own tv show my parents used to love.
Turned on to jazz by my father at an early age, my mother couldn't understand my infatuation with Shirley Bassey, it's as if she thought Shirley might take me away somehow.
Unfortunately, she never came looking for me.
Shirley Bassey is a Welsh legend, she has said in an interview that 8n a recording studio she actually passed out on occasions when hitting the high notes.
My goodness! That voice!
I love most of the James Bond’s songs, but this one is my favorite!
Shirley was a force to be reckoned with. A true legend up there wirth aretha franklin
Great choice, the next one is a definite “This is my Life”!! Love this woman!!
Shirley is a true diva!
You should check out her song "Diamonds Are Forever", which Kanye West sampled years later!
Whooo! Oh yes Shirley! Thanks! Class and Soul indeed!
Damn it man. I really really enjoyed watching your reaction to this song
My dad took me to see the Bond movies as a little kid and I found Shirley strangely interesting.
Shirley Bassey is an icon please do more of her x
Great classic stuff 👌👏👍
Shirley Bassey is the ONLY person to do more than one Bond theme song and she did three! But this ISN'T the best version.
Absolute rubbish.....I've sung them all in the shower. Amazing acoustics.
@@glenn20081965 Aye Glenn give us your live video - ermm or maybe not.
@@suzannejane1035 I would want to steal the limelight from the lovely Shirley Bassey.
Thats "Our Shirl !" loved your reaction !! X
Oh, SB great singer, powerful voice, she's got what it takes for Bond's songs. There's a beautiful presentation she did in Germany, lots of song, it's in TH-cam, so enjoyable. Mrs. SB one of my best.
Iconic voice. She is magnificent!
Just have to say about Shirley, she doesn’t have the James Bond vibe. This song has Miss Shirley’s vibe. She is absolutely amazing singing anything she wants to make her own.
Shirley Bassey is a very exciting performer. She did other themes too Diamonds are Forever, Moonnraker, The Liquidator.
Classic, iconic!! Those growling trumpets!
I just in unclicked “like” and clicked it on again just to give you another thumbs up. Love this performance AND your reaction. Drag queens used to do Shirley Bassey all the time. Yes, I’m old enough to remember that and too old to kiss my own shoulder.
You need to hear her sing Diamonds Are Forever, another Bond theme song
Do yourself a favour and look up Dame Shirley singing Goldfinger in 2011 when she was 77 just unbelievable. Her and Sir Tom Jones are legendary Welsh singers
She is in her 80s now and still has the same voice ...she did another bond theme tune diamonds are forever....a one off
I saw her on the Graham Norton show. I think it was in the last couple of years or so but was still very sharp very witty and funny.
The Sean Connery era of Bond. Yep Shirley was getting it done
My mum loved her , sang her songs too she loved her sassiness
It's great to see two beautiful women with a little of that James Bond swagger!! Well done Shirley! Well done Rogue! Beautiful performance by Ms. Bassey!! Another Bond track you may want to look up is "Live and Let Die" by Sir Paul McCartney!! Cheers to you, Rogue!!
Your reaction was also superb! I forgot how good she was. It's been years
I really appreciate this. This lady lady is legendary. I'm a new subscriber. Thanks
U.S.A. has Diana Ross, Wales has Dame Shirley Bassey.
Whoa, I been dipping in out with you, but you just got with this!!!
Hes a man with the Midas touch....... Only Shirley could sing it in that way.... 🎶🎶🎶Hope you are having a good day RR
She's still doing it :)
Yes! I’ve been waiting for someone to react to this. Thank you! 🥰
Our Shirl learned her sass growing up in the tough streets of what’s known as tiger bay (Cardiff dock land) and is the original music diva
Shirls theatrical style, complimented her voice, as a little kid when she came on the tv if we weren't all there me Mum would call out, 'Shirley's on', or me Dad would shout 'Berley Shassey's' on...😂
She started cracking up when she kissed herself. I love it
The fantastic Shirley Bassey
Diamonds are forever is another great track 🎶😁
Great review of a fabulous singer and performer! When I was a student my then girlfriend and I actually saw her in concert around 1978 and loved the show. Like Sir Tom Jones, Dame Shirley Bassey was and is a fantastic live artist.
Probably my favorite Connery James bond movie. I'm a giant James bond fan. Plus I just love the way this song sounds as a whole. Just changes the whole atmosphere around you. I like how you notices the whole Welsh thing too. Didn't think many other people had ever noticed that lol I got one for you that is not extremely similar, but it comes to mind when listening to this song. A song that truly gets way too overlooked. Bang bang by Nancy Sinatra. The guitar is super simple, but just totally perfect.
Simple song but it hits a nerve!
Thank you for the reaction video. To think that incredibly powerful voice in her 5' 3" self. Always love hearing her sing.
There is another live version from the "Brit awards" I believe that shows more recent one and she is just as magnificent and sassy. Worth your time to look for it. I'm gonna look now.
She also did another bond song ( diamonds are forever)
And another one called Moonraker, 1979. Shirley Bassey did 3 James Bond theme songs! Nobody else ever achieved that honor.
@@deborahbryan3639 oh yes moonraker I forgot about that Deborah.
Good!!, I discovered this channel . Nice girls who react. I love this channel . Shirley is one of my favorites for many years
Bassey is power, presence and pizazz. She doesn't ask for your attention, she demands it. Great reaction.
In my opinion, “Goldfinger” was the best ever Bond movie.
Still is, it hasn´t vanished? ; )
Diva! Grabs your attention and holds you to see what's next. Great powerful voice🎶😊
Wow ... it seems like it was 1,000's of years ago, when this number was popular ..... time is such an an enigma ...
She is still happily with us
I swear, never seen Dame Shirley perform live but every time I watch a video of her I'm drawn completely in and you can't tell me I'm not sitting in the concert hall lol. She's fantastic. I never get tired of listening to or watching her. Great reaction. I see you've reacted to a good number of African artists from around the continent. Please react to Sun-EL Musician's "Akanamali." You'll only want to hear more if you start there.
Goldfinger and or Live and Let Die r my favorite Bond Themes. Shirley was so good she sang other Bond themes. Great voice. :)
WOW...That was awesome, I was a kid when this came out in 64...It's amazing seeing it done live...Shirley is a treasure...Still alive at 84...The greatest Welsh singer; Tom Jones of course...Now THAT would be a duet...
Oh yeah! I’m 10 years old at the drive-in, Beaumont, Tx. Thanks for the memory.