Shirley Bassey - Yesterday When I Was Young (1976 Live in Melbourne - Song 9)
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2015
- 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 - Розваги
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.
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
Our Shirl as we say in South Wales
Thank you kindly for sharing this little great story of yours!
Christian
Gracias por compartir esta bella historia de esta gran mujer..💕
So qqqqqq😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
❤❤❤❤❤❤
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.
That is so true. What aa voice eith such emotion. Absolutely incomparable
❤❤
Good luck with your singing.
Good luck 🎉🎉
Hi. Do you know Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Dalva de Oliveira, Carmem Miranda, Tetê Espíndola? They are brasilian' singers. The best.
They just don’t do this anymore. You can feel every word in that song. It’s like watching a play. Wonderful! 😊
Que bella actuación de esta gran artista, ella canta con el corazón, se entrega por completo, ella vive la música, es fascinante está señora 💕
@@manuelmedina5875😊😢😅
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...
Nice Nice the Best Charles AZNAVOUR !! HIER ENCORE ! ! CHANSON FRANÇAISE MAGNIFIQUE ❤❤ CHANTEUSE !!
The whole world will never see this stunning class and beauty ever again. The true gold finger, covered with diamonds for ever.
"whole" world✌️
@@rightclick1967 Cheers
Now 72 years, the song means much more “ yesterday when I was young .“
I watched her in my youth. Now I am approaching 77. The song & lyrics are so profound. Loved it.
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.
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 🙏🎉😊
My girl Gigi De Lena brought me here. Such a wonderful piece. 2021 July
I love Gigi
I'm 89 and I look for Dame Shirley Bassey singing how I feel - she never disappoints me...
Thank you, UA-cam!
Who's still watching this historical event in 2022? Let us gather here 👏 👏 👏. Watching from where?
Dr. Fred Hudson. Me in Portsmouth 🇬🇧
Me in bandung Indonesia..
@@melanieclarke1352 de
Hawaii here!!
It's me. Rome,Italy 2020.
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.
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.
Russell Grenning 💖
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.
@@clairepenhallurick4462So very true Claire. And listening to the fabulous Shirley allows us to be "young" again!
Russell Grenning I tuned the grand piano for both shows and got to stay and watch. Great concerts.
@@paulgeoffrey725 You were very fortunate!
Was, is and always will be, an absolute class act
We don’t have entertainers like this anymore - real star quality. 👌🏼
So true. No comparison today.👍
My favorite singer of all time.
How are you doing today my name is Bryan
I’m in my 60s and in poor health so this song brings tears to my eyes
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How's your health, sorry I can't help but ask
I wish you all good
@@MongCute168 it’s pretty bad it seems the drs don’t actually know what’s wrong with me thanks for asking
Every man who meets her must fall instantly in love!
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.
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
There's a Topic upload of a very good upbeat version (after the first verse) by Edie Gourmet also on UA-cam.
@@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
So did Charles Aznevour. All three singers give this song a special significance that the Boomer generation can now relate to.
@@danielleradicanin7280 Maybe even a few centenarians from the Greatest Generation.
Your dad was right
Listening to this song brings me joy and heartache both at the same time. Who can relate ?
Hakim Hakim I can ! My lovely wife of nearly 60 years died in February. All of Shirley’s songs are bitter sweet to me. 💔
@@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?
Hakim Hakim thank you for your kind words. I will keep listening as the happy memories outweigh the sadness.
@@Ballyroan14 and so shall i 😊
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.
Only Shirley can transform a song into herself and then deliver it like no one else
Absolutely.
“The waste and emptiness beyond,” time to pay for yesterday…so profound. Nobody does it better than Shirley Baassey!
Beautifully Done captures your heart ...........!
BRAVO the best
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
She's not just singing, shes telling a story with so much emotion. The one and the only
Indeed....
Indeed....
That’s what all the great singers do imho!!!👏💕
I love Shirley Bassey. I love this song; so poignantly beautiful!
Grand STANDARD DE LA chanson ❤ MERCI CHARLES AZNAVOUR TRÈS BELLE INTERPRÉTATION BRAVO ❤❤
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
You are wise beyond your years... avoid some of the mistakes in this song!
i grew up with this one,,,,nice it still has this affect ....
@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
@@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.
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!
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.
Sir, pls listen Ms Gigi de Lana her version of this song... promise you will fall to her voice and performance..thanx
She is still alive 85 and going strong
You may consider listen to gigi de lana to compare but shirley sung it as amazing as gigi's
One of greatest singers Ever
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
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.
Who's here watching in 2020.
This song wet my eyes.
As a senior, this piece is one of my old unforgettable song!
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 "?????
I love this version too, it's great.
However, the Roy Clark version is the one that moves me deeply.
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.
I love her, i love her, i love her, i love her,i love her, i love her, i love her, i love her ,i love her
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.
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
Much heartfelt condolences to you and your family 😞this is very melancholic..an important emotion
condolences..
DAME SHIRLEY is simple BEYOND!!!!!!! PERIOD!
Thank you so much shirley i feel i like cry to your song. I love you from the bottom of my heart.
What beautiful memories, I was in the audience that magnificent night.👏🙋♀️💖
wOW !
….any idea where I could find a Time Machine please ?!…🥺
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.
The same, now my dad is gone... memories...being older now I know more.
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.
Ri
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
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.
Yes Shirley, what a dame, what a voice, like a storm at sea comes at you from every direction❤
Every time I hear this song by Shirley Bassey, I cry my eyes out. My body is riddled with goosebumps
Have you heard her version of Stevie Wonder's *All in Love Is Fair* --excellent.
Yes, Shirley does , alright, still.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
That was the time when songs & music were classy
You are the best singer history has ever known
My throat tightened, tears welled up in my eyes, listening to Shirley in that song. I love this woman
3 dog night
Have loved Shirley Bassey always! This song though, is my very favorite one! Thank you Shirley!
oh my God i love her the way she sang every song it pierce my heart
unforgettable song,,,
Left school in 72 so this song coz of my parents is in my mind locked forever a moment in time 🥰
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.
One of the greatest singers of all time. Nobody sings the songs like Shirley Bassey
Lísten to Gigi de lana interpretatíon
My tears follow this song,with a lot of history and memory...
During this time I was 16 years old and I'm now 63 years old...memories...
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.
My parents had only just met, but I worship DSB as any true welshperson should!
@@SevCaswell I'm not Welsh but anyway I worship DSB too
cinq ans auparavant je l'ai rencontré à New York et ce moment restera à jamais gravé dans ma mémoire !!!
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.
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!!!
No one sing it that way, so emotional,love it.
Please listen the version of ms Gigi de Lana..you will amaze her wonderdul version of this song..promise!
There's always joy and sadness remembering the days of my youth...
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.
Oh what a memory.. sad
Ben 71 jaar heb nog n jaar op deze aarde en ik kijk terug op n stormachtig leven met jeugd trauma''s, geniet van de resterende tijd, muziek is en blijft mijn grote passie, ik blijf positief en leef bij de dag, geen sores alleen opgewektheid en beetje genieten .
Year 2022 and this song still lingers on ❤ One fabulous song for a fantabulous singer/artist.
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.
going 60....i enjoy his music....great...
i think there truly was a lot of pain behind that beautiful face and extraordinarily talented voice!!! 😢💜
Шедевр!!!!!И я когда то была молодая... все ложиться на мою душу... все мною прочувствовано.. и я была когда то молодая....
You can literally feel the emotion that she puts into the song absolutely amazing!!!
How are you doing today my name is Lucy
Oh what a voice...very meaningful a true singer...of beautiful voice..
Shirley Bassey, Mariah Carey, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston, Mando Stamatopoulou and Mireille Mathieu are the world's greatest female vocalists.
But when it comes to PERFORMING L I V E, only Shirley is the one.
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!!!
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 UA-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
Yes a story told in a song. The reality of life ..yesterday when we are Young
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@@jackiemarriott9928 ppppo
I really admire her she is a good singer,it's just singing naturally without an effort, compare like the singers of today.
Just,love,this Dame,xxxx😍😍😍😍 Keith&Molly,France 🤠🐕🥂🥂🥂
Oiih'..This is very Big Song, i love that. Great and wondeful this woman song..oiiih😭❤❤❤❤👋🌅🍃🌹🍃🕊🕊🕊🕊🍃🌹👋. Thank you very much. 🍃🌹🍃
No words can describe how wonderful her voice and how she delivers the song. My idol, Dame Shirley Bassey. God bless.
There will never be another Shirley, I have listened to her lovely songs from 1961, such a dynamic personality and what talent.xx
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magnifique!!
OMG, I just remember my high school teacher , before she start teaching , she would always sing one of Shirley Bassey song. Mrs. Erni has always inspired us to be a better person and sing as though nobody listens. Greetings from the Philippines. Class of ‘77.
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!
This song is so beautiful. Thank you Shirley. So Emotional with magnificent vocal power and perfection.
Her voice travels straight to one'heart. Beautiful!
So true.👍
صوت جبار شكراً جزيلا ❤️💐🇲🇦👍Great voice, thank you very much
a totally unique artiste ... from a heavy rock fan at that xx beautiful Dame Shirley ... Wales greatest export x
OH OH ....can't that girl sing that song and I'm' still here listening in 2019 at 75..
Maravilhosa! 👏👏👏👏❤
Damn, she just sang my whole life in a single song!
Oh man real tears when u listen to her ...amen
I was nineteen when this performance happened…..little did I know my life would be this song.
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.
I BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORY'S For me as well - WONDERFULL MEMORY'S !
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.
When she performs I can’t take my eyes off her she is mesmerising
What a beautiful voice and I expect she's a beautiful person.
She from my youth no one can sing like Shirley
God has given the power to only one girl to sing this melody with such pride.
I can’t stop crying...as an entertainer who remembers yesterday’s applause....
Amazing singer with empathetic body language. I love the way you make feel.
Best performer ever.thanks for sharing.
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.
Thank you very much for the lyrics.
@@zbigniewbrzezinski8869 you're welcome 😊
@@tanisha4549 thank you tanisha for the lyrics
Thank you for the lyrics 👍
Your Lyrics just brought tears to my eyes here in Philadelphia, Pa. I was born in January 1956 😢🙏🙏🙏🙏
What a woman so much expression on her face when she sings what a voice beautiful
And finished with a little twist 😁
Yeah yr words right
I am listening to Shirley now what a beautiful woman with such a powerful voice , this is my life; I'm 61 now and adored her when i was a youngster. Keith the Welsh man
One of my favorites
Shirley's voice is in a class all by itself beautiful, just like her.