Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever (1987 Live in Berlin)
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2011
- 1987 (Shirley performs one of her signature songs, from the James Bond Movie, Diamonds Are Forever. Shirley performs in Berlin celebrating the city's existence for 750 years)
ABOUT the song, Diamonds Are Forever:
Diamonds Are Forever is the soundtrack for the 7th James Bond film of the same name.
"Diamonds Are Forever", the title song, was the second Bond theme to be performed by Shirley Bassey, after Goldfinger in 1964. The song was also recorded in Italian by Shirley Bassey as "Una Cascata di Diamanti (Vivo Di Diamanti)", this version was only issued on 7-inch single in Italy and has not had a CD release.
Producer Harry Saltzman hated the song and it only made the film due to co-producer Albert Broccoli. One of Saltzman's major objections was to the innuendo in the lyrics.
The original soundtrack was once again composed by John Barry, his sixth time composing for a James Bond film. Music written by John Barry (Jonathan Barry Prendergrast) and lyrics by Don Black.
Diamonds Are Forever STATS:
recorded: September, 1971 U/A
released: November, 1971
soundtrack album: UK: 29216, US: UAS-5220
charted:
single UK: #38, January 15, 1972
single US: Pop charts: #57, January 29, 1972
Easy Listening charts: #14, January 1, 1972
album US: #74, January 8, 1972
Written as theme for the James Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever" 1971. Released on soundtrack LP: Jan 6th 1972, and on a soundtrack single: Jan 29th 1972. Another single with Pieces Of Dreams on the B-side had been released 1971. The single reached position number 38 in the UK single charts in 1972. In the US the single reached No. 57 on the charts, and the soundtrack LP reached No. 74. The soundtrack LP is available digitally remastered on CD. The song is available on many collections, live recordings, and videos. This was the second official recording of a James Bond theme for Shirley Bassey after Goldfinger. Moonraker followed 1979.
In Italy the film was called "Una Cascata Di Diamanti" and for the Italian soundtrack single Shirley Bassey had recorded the song with Italian lyrics: "Vivo Di Diamanti".
ABOUT the Movie - Diamonds Are Forever:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) is the seventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton. The story has Bond impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and soon uncovering a plot by his old nemesis Blofeld to use the diamonds and build a giant laser satellite that would be used to hold the world for ransom.
Diamonds Are Forever was a commercial success, but its humorous camp tone was met with mixed reviews from critics.
LYRICS:
Diamonds are forever
They are all I need to please me
They can stimulate and tease me
They won't leave in the night, I've no fear that they might desert me
Diamonds are forever
Hold one up and then caress it
Touch it, stroke it and undress it
I can see every part, nothing hides in the heart to hurt me
I don't need love
For what good will love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me
For when love's gone
They'll lustre on
Diamonds are forever
Sparkling round my little finger
Unlike men, the diamonds linger
Men are mere mortals who are not worth going to your grave for
I don't need love
For what good will love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me
For when love's gone
They'll lustre on
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever
Diamonds are forever, forever, forever
Forever and ever 
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I've listened to this song an unhealthy amount of times, I just love everything about this live 🤩 Anybody? 2022 🙃
Even back in 1971 I played this 'an unhealthy amount of times'. I had bought the soundtrack to "Diamonds Are Forever".
Yep, she's still the best!!!
Even in 2023!
2023 ❤
@@martyemmons3100 I think I know what you mean, I enjoyed "Goldfinger" far too many times in those days.
The early Bond songs are the best and this one is at the top of the list. Shirley nailed it.
She is literally one of the greatest singers and performers of all time. Love her!
You kind of look like Vesper, the destroyer of Bond. Get out of here 😋
That is THE MOST powerful voice...the conductor was looking sideways as if to say "Christ on a bike I need a bigger orchestra!!" Shirley you are a force of nature....such an immense and wonderous talent...we love you!!
Due respect,I did like your coment ...a lot👍🏻
I totally agree! Yes I'm in love with Shirley Bassey.
Por favor traducir de inglés,gracias.❤❤
❤ maior cantora do planeta terra ❤
@@itancesar-mo5rvThe Best ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Shirley Bassey has one of the most incredible, powerful and beautiful voices I have ever heard! ❤
Who else is captivated by this in 2020!!! Graceful vocals and perfect arrangement! Simply timeless! I can't understand how someone can dislike such a fine song.
Millions of us!👍
Why anyone has dislikes on music like this just shows rank ignorance!
the person who disliked it apparently did not sing four theme songs for james bond movies. She is the most prolific theme song performer in human history, and there wil be none who can match her...ever.
Fine woman , fine sound
@@helenscott8202 I think it's more of a mental defect than ignorance.
Puts the hairs in neck up listening to that. What a voice and vocal range
She knows how to capture a feeling with a song.
Happy 86th Birthday, Dame Shirley Bassey! ❤❤❤
I have no idea why I wanted to hear this song! ...
Maybe, because great songs keep coming back to your conscious? They certainly do to me. Older listeners have the luxury of recognizing great songs for so many more past decades than younger listeners.
shirley bassey is the DIAMOND
Always a great hit....
She has a great voice
and her voice seemingly lasts forever
Also the composers and arrangers of this great tune,all of them deserve reward
Yes
Seriously speaking now, I can't imagine how in the world I have missed out on listening to Shirley Bassey growing up as gay man. I heard the soundtrack from the movies, watched roommates impersonate her for a live benefit but the video of her performing absolutely blew me away because Shrirly Bassey in my opinion is more than an out standing performer she is a singer /educator .She teaches us as she sings. She communicates and services the song writers words in clear and precise way and so we get the intent or motive backing up her words all encased in love. I love that. Thank you.
She's best vocal of all along history, she is definitely a legend
Aretha Franklin and Shirley are 2 of the best
the time when people could sing.........
anyone can sing bond theme songs, but no one comes close to Shirley Bassey...
Of all modern singers, no one can sing like she does.
I just now discovered Shirley Bassey, wow.
That was my same reaction when I discovered this lady and her amazing VOICE during my high school years back in the 1970s.
What a find eh! she is literally a diamond in the dust :-))
Aminul Islam hey thanks
Yellow one second
Same here...didnt know this was the woman Kanye sampled for his song.
Those were great songs for great Bond films not the crap they do today.
😂😂😂
That’s my Nigerian sister right there 😍😍 Beauty, Grace And Talent ❤️ ❤️… Proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬 🇳🇬
Diamond Are Forever is awesome music by Shirley Bassey.
Total control over notes , mesmerizing 0.0
What a voice.
I don't believe other female singers can even come close to the volume power and vitality of Dame Shirley Bassey
Power = Whitney Houston. She’s mezzo soprano, whereas Shirley Bassey is alto.
🇵🇭 Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭. I am her fans from the start of the JAMES BOND MOVIE and she sang GOLD FINGER, that was in 1964. I was 14 years of age (elementary). Now I am 70 years old still with my SHARP AND KEEN HEARING.... GOD'S GRACE. THOSE WHO DISLIKE HER PERFORMANCE AND GOLDEN VOICE I GUESS ARE DEAF. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE BE SAFE WITH ALL YOUR LOVE ONES.
this is indeed a Diamond performance.
It's 2023 I am still captivated by this song since the first time I heard as a child at the drive in movies.
2023 for a revisit. Aware of her as long as I am alive - my father was a huge fan.
*This* *not* *song* *....*
*This* *is* *timeless* *masterpiece*
The world is less of a place with artists like her missing from it.
Love this woman!! ❤❤❤❤ I think she's from a different universe
I seriously can't get enough of "Diamonds Are Forever" powerfully sung by Shirley Bassey. Even at 12 years old I got enough money to buy this soundtrack from the movie way back in 1971!
Amazingly she was 50 years old in this performance.. incredible..!!
She is the best singer. No doubt.
She's really a truly Diamond!
If I were ever to play in an orchestra behind her I wouldn't be able to concentrate; I would be too distracted just listening and holding back tears.
An old term but very appropriate for Lady B: she is and will always be
"A diamond of the first water."
I am still listening this master 007 piece !
My dad recommended this song to me and now I appreciate his music taste.
Im here because fritzie of the clash sung it .. its so very very captivating song :)
Wow, 2021 and I'm still being captivated by this remarkable diva! !
Same!
Me too😊
Good God, she was incredible, and probably still is!
Yes, still is! lol
2024 listeners check in!!!
Dame Shirley would have to live for at least two hundred years, all this vocal power, all grace and drama in the performance should not end!
Greetings from Brazil.
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
🤝 🇫🇷
Love Dame Shirley Bassey, the power and timbre of her voice, just stunning.
Dame Shirley Bassey is among my favorite singers. When she sings, she really sells the song. She delivers a powerful performance! After all these years, she's still beautiful.
Her voice is so damned unique. No equal.
Yeah! She's forever!
I adore this song and MS. Bassey's rendition of it. Nobody sings it like her. It's her own.
Listening to this in 2024.
Same here
holy fuck what a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a true classic. Everyone who hears it immediately know it's Shirley Bassey.
From a time when music as music and not just noise
Great
I Agree
ok boomer
@@parklifedd fucking moron response
You mean like classical music?
There is no one on earth can beat the way this song is sung.
Unbelievable Shirley what a voice AND apperance. Memorable James Bond song.
The ultimate "belter"- no one sings it and nails it like Shirley
The only thing I get unhappy about with Shirley Bassey is when she stops singing, and I crash back down from heaven to earth.
The amazing and incomparable Dame Bassey.
What an incredible and unbelievable voice she’s got! She’s a rare talent.
The one and only please make her 18 again
Can't stop listening Shirley bassey songs She's so gorgeous
If we, the ones who Receive this song: cry...
What then of the one who delivers?
The sheer cadence drawn from
the unknowable region of talennt!
This is one of those songs best listened to if you don't pay too much attention to the words. Because when I do, I feel unbelievably, profoundly sad for the woman in this song.
True. We know it I'd from a movie. Others may not.
In end of 2021 iam still here.... For watching a life legend shirley bassey
Ohhh, Shirley...... Knock it out of the park girl !!! So awesome. Just listen to the lyrics.
This is a timeless classic----and Shirley absolutely OWNS this song! Nobody and I mean nobody can sing this like she does----with such emotion and soul.
Very Possibly the best female vocalist in history.
She is indeed the diamond. Shirley Bassey sounded like she is the queen in the music scene.
Wow..what incredible vocal power and expression! Her voice is so rich and deep and melodic..
Big Band music, Singers like Shirley Bassey were the reasons Bond films were a smash hit. I always went to a Bond film to see the opening.. such beauty and sound Thank you.
Young n raw. Beautiful sound. ❤️
Her father was Black _(Nigerian),_ and her mother was English. She's a stunning-looking woman with a powerful voice. I know her parents were so proud of her and all her Talents & accomplishments.
I thought Welsh.
@@deanobeano8975you thought right 👍
Happy birthday Shirley, you are still beautiful, all your songs are great to listen to. You are the best singer in my world thank,s you for all the good songs hope life treats you well ..
MAGNIFICENT...
This song will never get old 🙏🏽 Legend .
....Shivers down my spine!! WHAT A VOICE!!!
Master class from the beautiful Shirley...xxx
2024 anyone? ❤
Love you DSB!
Even if you decided to swap verses 🤣
She’s fan-fuc****tastic!
What a voice and what a performer!
Dame Bassey, You are more than a legend. Your talent, beauty and class are unique. Your birthday should be a world holiday. Your voice is a gift from God. Thank you for so many spectacular performances. God bless you!!
A diamond has never lied to me either Shirley!
The words of this song are just tight. She sings the Truth.
She sings like a Greek Goddess! I almost cried. 😍
This is in fact a deeply sad song... but sung with so much panache and POWER
Dame Shirley, one of the greatest voice of all time.
Good old times... greetings from Brazil!
Who else is captivated by shirley Bassey 2022
2024 🎉
AWESOME SINGER AND SHIRLEY IS ALSO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes she did. That's why she got the standing ovation.
One of the classic Bond themes that Shirley nails...I can listen to this forever and never tire of it...oh for this type of music with todays films...
Such a gorgeous voice and the song is just magnificent! Brings back so many wonderful memories ❤️.
So incredible her face her voice.she carries herself like a precious star shining in the distant sky.❤🎶
Incredible Voice & Incredible Performer. I've been lucky enough to see her many times Live. AWESOME!!
WOW talk about sending shivers down my spine
This is to sing, people!! You have to "act" what you sing! So glad to find this Diva! Lucky people from her era!
Now THATS performance art
Her voice is insane!
Shierly Basse is Diva World Class!
It's 2015 and I hope she's still here singing for us. Where have I been all these years?!!
Cano Manuel Gonzaga - Cano, yes, Dame Shirley is still singing. In fact, I put together a combo of her 1961 (1st) and 2014 (latest) Royal Variety Performance. Also, see Shirley's 2011 version of Goldfinger that she performed during an awards show. Both are under, 'Shirley Bassey Music & Vids'. Regards, Scot
Shirley Bassey Music and Vids Thanks. I'll take the pleasure watching the video.
Shirley Bassey, timeless!
Unbelievable singer,unbelievable beauty
Diamonds 💎 are Still Forever This is the greatest singer and Entertainer Shirley Bassey the Shassy of the greatest Bassey and she was the greatest singer ever of this so beautiful and brilliant well that's what I Think and I hope to be the great man who Told you how great She is That's Shirley Bassey of Wales. The Greatest.
A diamond to die for...