The legendary Shirley Bassey, mistress of James Bond theme songs such as "Goldfinger," "Moonraker," and "Diamonds Are Forever," turns 70 today — not that you’d be able to tell watching this 2006 Marks & Spencer holiday ad in which she covers Pink’s "Get the Party Started." Anyhow, because Bassey’s remix CD is a road-trip staple for me, and because I’ve learned that nothing brings a rowdy karaoke-bar crowd to a state of stunned silence like covering "Goldfinger" (don’t ask), I got inspired to give Ms. Bassey the gift of a b’day haiku. Won’t you write one, too?
vocal thunderball
name’s bassey. shirley bassey.
license to (still) thrill
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Dude, Shirley Bassey?
As haiku topic kinda
Assey. Just sayin’.
Shirley Bassey’s still got it goin on at 70, and those Bond movies wouldn’t be the same without her scorching vocals.
Bassey’s still sassy
A voice with the Midas touch
Ultimate Bond girl
Uhhh, does the new format not allow for proper haiku line placement. I worked so hard, and to see my work jumbled together is disappointing. ENCORE!
Dude, Shirley Bassey?
As haiku topic kinda
Assey. Just sayin’.
Somebody needs to fix this. I even tried double-spacing to no avail. This makes my third comment, which is a record for me…and all it took was some Shirley Bassey to get it out of me.
shirley’s ok but
it’s david bowie’s birthday
bowie trumps shirley
for the record, html paragraph tags don’t work for proper haiku spacing, either.
Shirley also had a minor hit in the early 90s with History Repeating. She sang with some unknown British band.
Happy Birthday, Shirley
Slezak honey, don’t know if you own or if you’ve seen the cover of her Greatest Hits CD (2001)- can’te tell how recent the picture is but she looks fabulous! Heres’s my haiku attempt:
Sing out Happy Day
To the fabulous Bond babe
Dame Shirley Bassey
I never,never never want to be in love with anyone but you! You Go Girl!Happy Birthday!
mike,
She did “History Repeating” with the propellerheads..
I used to play the heck out of that song at the club!
mario-
Happy Day Shirley ~~ Unforgettable stylings ~~ The grande dame so rocks!
Nice attmpet to create spacing, Karla, but this web retooling is still crap. No memory of posters, no html tags, no way to paragraph, font hard to read, and ads everywhere. Web designers get a C-. No one seems to be listening.
from a business perspective, the layout makes perfect sense but for the blogosphere.. utterly corporate and a complete turn-off. I think my days here are numbered, I will be gabbing elsewhere soon.
what a HOT picture of shirley. i like that kanye used her for “diamonds from sierra leone”, still as haunting as ever
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