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Shirley Bassey is fabulous. Her voice is unique and wonderful. Thankyou so much for this reaction ☺.
She can still sing like this, and she’s 84 but has never lost it. Brilliant song.
This tiny corner of the World in South Wales sending Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones into the World. Shirley is incredible, you are right, very classy.
This is what old people used to listen to when I was a kid and I'm really old. They used to sit around tables in "Social Clubs" drinking Cherry B, Babycham and Mackesons stout, dreaming of reaching the sophisticated heights celebrities like Shirley oozed from every pore. If you want a male version check out Burke Shelley from Budgie, the track "Parents" highlights his inner Shirley. From the same area of the same town as Shirley and when he wants to, sings just like her.
Shirley is now a Dame of Great Britain and that tells you what we think about our Shirley in the UK.
Oooooooh man. Listen to her, NO watch her sing gold finger! Oooh man. She brings down the house. At the oscars she blew the roof off!!!
Dame Shirley cut her final album in 2020....... it reached the Top 20 to give her Top 20 albums in seven consecutive decades. She's an institution in the UK !
Thats really awesome!
Is there a better female singer? In 1998 in a winery garden near Adelaide, South Australia, 4,000 people were baking one 42 degree Centigrade (108F) late afternoon waiting for Shirley; when she came out in a white dress in welcomed light rain, 4,000 people gasped, it was so loud, and she was just stunning...mouths dropped in awe..she must have been dripping from rain and but you wouldn't have known. Today's stars fade in her shadow.
Fabulous Shirley, the biggest selling UK female artist.
Well that was unexpected! Growing up in the UK in the seventies, Shirley Bassey was the epitome of light entertainment and a staple on the Saturday night variety shows that my parents watched. She had that unique way of waving her arms as she sang to express emotion too. But you're right, she could certainly sing! I guess it's hard to look at her music without a sense of irony because of that light entertainment tag, but it's a style akin to the legendary Burt Bacharach so definitely worth re-appraising.
She sang more Bond theme songs than any other artist, so I always expect those John Barry strings to break through at any moment - they certainly would have fitted perfectly on this track.
By the way it's pronounced Bass as in sea bass, rather than the plural of Bay, if that makes sense?
Shirley had a great sense of humour too - if you can find it, watch the video of her singing 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' on the Morecambe and Wise comedy show in the seventies. She manages to exude class and style even while Morecambe and Wise (playing hapless janitors) cause chaos all around her!
Yes. Weren't we lucky in the '70s with all that Shirl?😉
A guilty pleasure of my youth, she's a heck of a singer. If you don't know Tom Jones, he's another Welsh singer more than worthy of a listen.
Watching her perform is a real treat also.
Thank you for playing this. My Mum was a singer in the 70's and 80's and she has a voice like Shirley so sang a lot of her songs.
I remember as a child watching and listening as my Mum practiced her singing around the house.
This was one of my favourite songs. Shirley sings it with such ease - like butter - melting... such an amazing woman.
My Mum still sings, and like Shirley, her voice is still so strong even in her 80's.
Loved it. Her voice is so Brassy. Great reaction.
What fun to see you finding Dame Shirley, ( Bassey like sassy rather than base ee). She's had a phenomenal career having top 40 albums in 7 decades now and kept her voice throughout. Have a look at her at Glastonbury when she was 70 or just check out some more stuff that you find and that powerhouse of a voice will probably wow you. Oh yes, and she did a song with Yello, ( Swiss electronica band), called The Rhythm Divine which is worth a listen.
Best female singer of all time!! Always live with full orchestra!! No playback for Dame Shirley!!
Incredible voice. So beautiful. Fits perfectly to the Bond movies. And I really like the seventies orchestration. Time for a sunset cocktail..
Shirley is incredible. A voice in a thousand years. Her last name is pronounced sounding like ‘ass’ B ass ey. From my home town Cardiff in South Wales, from the infamous Tiger Bay. She is pure class, it was as you say a delight, oh you said Classy, that is how you say her last name Classy Bassey. Thank you so much for playing her music.
She amazing. Love her, grew up with her songs.
There were Bassey albums around the house growing up. I had forgotten how great her voice is, but hearing it certainly transports me back in time. Thanks JP.
Good pick, JP! I love her voice - she used to show up on Ed Sullivan once in a while, a true diva!
There’s a much more recent song I think you’d enjoy. A couple guys who do club music got with her to do a really cool song - the Propellerheads “History Repeating”. It will really make you move!
Favorite Bond film? ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE followed by CASINO ROYALE and SKYFALL. Favorite James Bond theme song? YOU ONLY KIVE TWICE sung by Nancy Sinatra.
OHMSS was great, cracking story and great music. Let down by the unpopular George Lazenby (although I didn't mind him). Dame Diana Rigg as the only Bond wife, and Telly Savalas as Blofeld, what's not to like? It even has Joanna Lumley as a Bond girl. It's much better than some later Bond movies.
This woman is the Queen of vocal longevity
I love her! She is sooo good!
So many great Shirley B. songs. Goldfinger (of course) Diamonds Are Forever (also of course) If You Go Away are all great choices.
She is such a great singer. Such a powerful voice that can also sing very subtle.
Of course we know her of singing the title songs of two Bond movies: Goldfinger and Diamonds are forever.
Big spender
Oh boy...nothing like a song with shirley bassey vibrato!
Mmhmm!
I've always had a soft spot for Dame Shirley, she's much more famous in Britain (she is from Wales the land of song). The song was originally from 'Love Story' a famous film from 1970 with Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. Shirley guested on the Propellerheads single 'History Repeating' which has a great video too, I highly recommend it. Your reaction has warmed my heart JP!
What a find! I had forgotten her but now remember she was pretty big and love her voice. As Jeremy Blackmore says she has a Burt Bacharach feel. Reminds me of the legendary Dionne Warwick. Very '60s.
This is the ultimate love song- it really captures the intensity, risk and depth of being madly in love
What a lovely surprise to my ordinary day. This song is from the 1970 film of the same name. When I was a kid growing up in the 70s this type of dramatic orchestration of cover songs would play in the cinema before the film started. It brought back those happy memories and my favourite Bond film is Casino Royale. But Diamonds are forever is a cracking song !
Watch her live version of this song. Incredible
Thank You for this brilliant posting 😊🙏🏼 Dame Shirley Bassey ♾️ World Legend forever 😍♾️💎♾️🎶 Long Live Goddess DSB ❤️💕♾️🌈🌟💯
Shirley Bassey is a national treasure in Britain.
Please post More Dame Shirley Bassey ♾️🌟❤️ Love her, God Bless You For your amazing post 📯🏣💯🎶
I have just watched Shirley Bassey sing this song on Loveth Reaction.
Infinitamente maravilhosa Shirley amoooo
I used to be a Francis Lay fan. He composed a lot of very characteristic scores, often filled with a feeling of nostalgia and tenderness. Especially for romantic and soft-prOn movies like Bilitis and Emmanuelle II, and was a big part of why these movies became big hits.
Bassey rhymes with Classy! Wandering through your archive, this was a delight to find and one of the reasons I really like your channel because you’re not afraid to stick your toe in different waters. This is a classic song and Shirley Bassey has always been a class act. I see someone else mentioned her collaboration with Yello on the song The Rhythm Divine - definitely worth a listen.
Louis Armstrong was my favorite entertainer when I was a kid. He was on Johnny Carson one night and she was too. I swear she started to sing, and Louis just sort or accompanied her off the cuff. It had to be her. My brother bought this album. I loved it. I couldn’t get past the cover. It was as beautiful as her voice.
Sorry i missed this one , wow so glad you enjoyed it , her voice is pure molten gold . As a kid growing up my dad was a huge fan and also as a kid you don't appreciate the magnitude of such a talent . Its fathers day today and i was struggling a wee bit today as he passed many years ago . Its kinda weird i saw this today of All days remembering my dad and his love for Ms Bassey . Thank you , thank you so much for this , he was lucky enough to see her before he died and i was lucky enough to inherit all her albums he had collected over the years xx
I wasn't expecting this, haha! The most famous singer to come from my home city. :)
Shirley City?
@@-davidolivares Cardiff, use Google :p
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Why, when it’s literally easier here. ;)
Shirley....has always been my guilty pleasure. I've seen her in concert many times. You should now look at her Glastonbury concert and let's face it Glastonbury is a ROCK concert. She did a song with a group called the propellerheads. Called History repeating. Brings shirley bang up to date.
Beautiful.
Shirley Bassey is a treasure. Even though she doesn't like the song, I especially love her singing on "Moonraker", the James Bond film from 1979.
She's a powerful and emotional singer. You MUST hear her interpretation of "Alone Again (Naturally)". It's night and day better than the original. Please do a reaction to it :-)
Bassey rhymes with classy😉
Shirley Bassey used to have a TV show in the mid 70s in the UK. I was a wee kid at the time but found her fascinating as she was a very animated, powerful singer with flaying arms and sharp sudden movements. Her face would animate and augment each songs delivery. She was quite hypnotic; even to an 8 year old kid watching on the TV. Also, as you noticed in your review, the musicianship, and particularly the rhythm section on her early 70s albums, was immaculate, and often times (for want of a better word)... groovy.
So I guess I've always had a soft spot for Shirley Bassey, and particularly this early 70s period.
Also, if you get a chance, Justin, there's a comedic Shirley Bassey appearance in a 70s UK comedy show called The Morecambe And Wise Show. It's very funny.
My hometown girl! love a bit of Shirl
What a beautiful song, beautiful voice and beautiful reaction video. This is easily one of the most touching and powerful movie songs ever written, and if u haven't seen the movie which title song this is, "Love Story", u definately should. This song is Right there with "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" which is also from a movie that carries the same name. I really think u would appreciate Nana Mouskouri's version of it. I highly recommend u to see both movies as they are beautiful pearls of cinematic history with amazingly beautiful theme songs.
The best in the biz!
Love her voice
Classy, amazing control, and like a good coffee... Made with espresso.
Great reaction Justin. You would enjoy listening to some more of her songs. Another singer from that era and across the pond is Cilla Black. She was a big friend of The Beatles in the "Cavern" days. "You're My World" is a good one to start with.
Great reaction, JP - she got you, and you got her. Very good.
My old dad always called her “Burly Chassis” 😄, a great spoonerism.
Mmm doesn’t look burly in that photo, though.
A great, powerful, emotive, classic voice, the Dame of Tiger Bay. Fabulous love song, too.
She injects emotion and smoothness. Her belts always flow so well. I love her live versions of this song even better
This definitely added something to my day. It's nice to see you doing music like this and the Carpenters.
i love Shirley. unique. no-one else like her. you should see her live. she's great to watch. she's a real performer, not just singer. the performances of 'This Is My Life', and 'The Greatest Performance Of My Life' are both great
This means -- beside more from Dame Shirley -- you need to find Petula Clarke. You should take a ride with her and go Downtown.
Dame Shirley Bassey (check pronunciation of surname) is a vocal force of nature. Great choice.
Fantastic phrasing and expression.
Hi Justin, now you know why Shirley was chosen to sing 3 James Bond themes (Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, and Moonraker) no other female singer at the time had a more stunning and powerful voice than her. 😁
Johnny Harris! Take a listen to the title track of his 1973 album “All To Bring You Morning”. It’s fantastic and features Jon Anderson, Steve Howe and Alan White!
Much more depth of feeling than the 1971 Andy Williams version.
I like all of Shirley Bassey's 007 theme songs - "Goldfinger", of course, and "Moonraker" is really good, too.
Andy Williams?!?!?! Please, Anything he sang was so sanitized they could have used it on a motel toilet seat. ;)
@@maruad7577 I don't agree, but that was a truly wonderful put down; ten points to that poster!!! ;-)
@@jamiegagnon6390 Thank you for appreciating the spirit in which it was said. I used to watch Andy Williams show every week as a kid.
Hi Justin.Beloved Shirley 💙🌷.I LOVED HER MUCH MUCH MORE IN MY LATE TEEN AGE YEARS IN "THE RHYTHM DIVINE "FROM YELLO IN 1987. PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG.THE MUSIC AND HER VOICE IS FROM ELSEWHERE....THE SONG THAT YOU PLAYED TODAY IS A MUST IN SOMEONE'S LIFE.GOOD NIGHT FROM ATHENS GREECE. 🌷🥂
Love it!
Not a big James Bond fan myself, but I always liked the Lotus Esprit car (the one that looks like a spaceship, but turns into a submarine) from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. I had a Matchbox version and a slightly bigger toy car version as a kid, and just thought it was so cool looking. I still have a Matchbox version of it today.
Hey have you been getting into my fathers record collection? What's next ? Johnny Mathis,Sinatra,Al Hirt? But for my generation this song brings up the movie it went to, 'Love Story' The O. G. of all tearjerkers! Keep digging for chestnuts Mr. chipmunk- Peace.
Queue 30 minutes searching for Shirley Bassey singing Smoke gets in your eyes from the 1971 Morecombe and Wise Christmas Show!
(seems to be blocked... which is a pity its hilarious)
I never expected this. I don't like James Bond, I don't like this song, or the film it comes from, but I do have a sneaking regard for Shirley Bassey. She's unusually restrained on this. I think to be fully appreciated she has to be seen as well as heard for the visual drama she brings to her performances. Others have mentioned her performance as Glastonbury, definitely worth a look, as is History Repeating with Propellerheads. Also her appearance with Morecambe and Wise shows that while appearing the epitome of a diva, she isn't without a sense of humour.
If you liked this listen to her version of Light My Fire...it's fantastic :)
I love this era. Burt Bacharach, Herb Alpert, Tom Jones. It's all very Groovy in an Austin Powers kind of way.
Yeah baby!
1968 - NANCY AND LEE
She did a cracking cover of Pinks Get The Party Started. Another from the day that you might like is Cilla Black, Alfie (from the movie of the same name).
She's a legendary, international entertainer, with a career spanning decades. You could at least try to pronounce her name right JP :) The 'Bass' part sounds, not like the guitar, it's like the fish, then sound the 'E', and you've got it.
Re Bond, my fave 'Live and let Die'. Roger Moore's the top Bond for me. The tongue in cheek, humour makes them, imho.
Haha, I'll remember for next time :D
I have not thought about Shirley Bassey in forever. TBH I only know her music from the 3 James Bond films that she sung on. I remember her from my youth but not someone whose career I followed. It was a beautiful track, wonderfully orchestrated. Now if I start seeing Shirley Bassey reactions on other YT channels we’ll know the algorithm is working and who to blame, won’t we? 😁
Haha I suppose so!
Favorite Bond film: Her Majesty’s Secret Service with Bill Lazenby.
I can respect that. It was closest to the novels imo.
IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!! I'm sorry Justin....But i have been requesting this Legend Shirley Bassey for thirteen months because she was a HUGE INFLUENCE in music performer today ...like Beyonce and Adele and many many other women performers....Watching sing and perform just puts chills down my spine.....she definitely influence Kate Bush and when you Shirley performs you see it.......Every reactor on You Tube have reacted to all other legendary women in music history except her.......and have been IGMORING my request so I am soooooooooo glad that finally......FINALLY....she is going to get a reaction......also react to her performance "This is my life" Live performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1973...Best performance EVER!!!!! Thank you my friend...Thank You!!!! And I know you will Fall in love with her!!!!!
Great reaction of yours ..... your silent reaction
You should check her track “This is my life!” It is pronounced Bas-sey.
Everyone who know Dame Bassey, knows she is classy, you have not heard anything yes, please listen to This my life!
I thought you might like her. We used to have Shirley Bassey over and over again on the 8 track, going on holiday to the coast. Mom was a big fan. (Mom hated the Beatles, because they didn't "sing properly", too. :-) - "It's just shouting." ) Anyway, it was always fantastic. (Whenever we started fighting or trying to see if we could hang out of the windows like Spiderman, etc, it would be time to Sing again, unless it was time to listen to one of the tapes again.)
I can't remember my favourite James Bond movie. It would have to be with Sean Connery. If you want to watch a great Sean Connery movie (also featuring Michael Caine) look for *The Man Who Would Be King* . It's a Rudyard Kipling story about two British Army deserters/ desperados, who head to Afghanistan in search of a treasure, and end up ... in a bit of trouble ... I don't want to give too much of the plot away.
She's so good. Great voice. My favourite James Bond is like to asking what my favourite Yes or Genesis song is. I like so many for various reasons.
Thank you JustJP! I won't go on about the pronounciation of Bassey as a few already pointed that out ;) I don't really watch Bond films but one that I still like is 'The Living Daylights' because of it shows Timothy Dalton as a more a human, mature, romantic and vulnerable Bond with a bit more patos than the others AND it has the last score by the one and only John Barry.
I enjoy Shirley and was delighted to see her pop up here. Don't know if it's reaction-worthy, but she had a great late-90s hit with the Propellorheads, History Repeating, that I always loved.
As you see wow you can search but it is what it is!
Every time I heard Shirley Bassey I think--"Brian, the babe they called Brian." (Yes, I know it's not here, but it's a dead ringer.)
1968 - NANCY AND LEE... SOME VELVET MORNING, SUMMER WINE, SUNDOWN, LADYBIRD.
What a voice! You should check out her guest vocals on The Rhythm Divine by Yello.
You’ll love to react to these live performances by Shirley: “Never, Never, Never; “For All We Know; “With One Look;” and her cover for The Doors’ classic: “Light My Fire.”
Just google and they pop up on You Tube.
I did it again. Typed up my comment then changed screens before posting it.
Legendary, smooth, powerful, sweet and just the tiniest bit of edge. A beautiful woman with an amazing voice. I always think of Goldfinger when I think of her.
I had read all the Bond books by the time I was 12 but I only watched seven of the movies. The Casino Royale remake captured the brutality of the books best with From Russia With Love covering the sense of adventure in a relatively realistic manner. The Moore movies left me cold and the less said about Niven's movie the better.
You have to check out a live cut, Goldfinger, Big Spender, Diamonds are Forever...
Mmmmm, Mmmmmm! That’s good! 👍
You should react to her singing With These Hands - live…it’s so damn good
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Sean Connery was Bond for me, Goldfinger - with Shirley Bassey on her first Bond theme song - Honour Blackman as Pussy Galore (didn't Austin Powers have fun with that name), and that Aston Martin with all the gadgets, fantastic. The theme tune to Live and let die, was brilliant, but the movie not so much. The Daniel Craig era movies would be my next favourite era, Casino Royale is great, and not as silly as the Woody Allen, David Niven, Peter Sellers jaunt from 1967, although that does have a great soundtrack.
Classy Bassey - Burley Chassis. Mmm!
A nice song from a very corny movie. Don't bother watching "Love Story", it's sappy and cliched. I think "From Russia With Love" is my favorite Bond movie. I grew up watching them and it was just assumed that you would go out to see the new one as soon as it was released. The best theme Bond theme song was from "Live and Let Die", also a very good Bond movie.
Dynamic stuff
Mate… do yourself a favour. Take 2 hours out of your day and pick any Bassey songs to fill that time . Pour some JD on ice sip and enjoy.
These artist come along once in a lifetime ( remember that). Don’t take that voice for granted… it’s special.
You should definitely listen to her guesting with Yello on "The Rhythm Divine" - my favourite.
Empress of Wales
I'm gonna recommend Dionne Warwick. "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" is a favorite.
Also Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" is good from this period...
As some have already said, those of us of a certain age view performers like this as cheesy light entertainment and - whisper it softly - ‘a bit too Vegas’. But in the 90’s there was a new appreciation of artists like Bassey, Jack Jones, Sinatra, Scott Walker, Brel and in particular the skilled and lush orchestrations that came along with them. Class is class! If you want to hear a fine example of how this type of music inspired modern music of the 90’s seek out Simon Warner’s album.
Thought it superb. Where do begin…