Posted on 05/24/2015 12:46:00 PM PDT by Perdogg
Dame Shirley Bassey lives a solitary, almost mysterious life of luxurious semi-exile, earned over six decades of stardom, and sweetened by a rare ability to speak out when it matters. Last week, Shirley’s attention was caught by the phenomenon of female singers wearing revealing outfits at galas and premieres. The Dame did not approve
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
A real treat.
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Nicely done. Love the original, too!
those photos say a lot. In those days that was very risqué.
(Warning: Foul language and disturbing imagery.)
I wonder if any of our news reporters over here have referred to her as “African-American” which would of course make no sense. Do they use the term “African-European” in the United Kingdom?
“Janis Joplin wouldn’t be caught dead at any award show these days in some of the “attire” worn by “stars”.”
Because Janis Joplin was too busy drinking booze and sleeping around to actually get sober, glam up, and walk a red carpet.
Even on her better days:
“I have to get undressed after the show, my clothes are ruined, my heels are run through, my underwear is ripped, my body’s stained from my clothes, my hair’s stringy, I got a headache and I got to go home and I’m lonely, and my clothes are all fucked up, my shoes have come apart, and I’m pleading with my road manager to please give me a ride home, please, please just so I can take these fuckin’ clothes off, and that ain’t no star, man, that’s just a person.” http://www.janisjoplin.net/news/26/48/Janis-In-Retrospect/
As Melissa Ethridge said about Janis Joplin at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
“Yes, Janis Joplin was a junkie, yes, she was an alcoholic, yes, she was promiscuous - men, women, she made no excuse for it. In 1967, Janis Joplin was strange and freakish, but I think today she would be pretty hip.” https://rockhall.com/inductees/janis-joplin/transcript/melissa-etheridge-on-janis/#sthash.2fHVsSDU.dpuf
OK, To be fair he MIGHT have got away with Cyrus twerking by calling it body spazms after decapitation but thats it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDAoSDsAS4&list=RDnfDAoSDsAS4&spfreload=10#t=3
Shirley Bassey - I Who Have Nothing (1979 Show #4)
“Here she is circa 1987”
No, it’s from the 1980s.
You can tell for the following reasons:
1) the lighting
2) the costumes
3) the set design
4) the haircuts on the male dancers
5) SHE’S SINGING A SONG ( A View to a Kill) from the 1980s!
The combination of statism and mixed economy promotes the increasing mindlessness of the masses, which leads to the increasing debased mass tastes in art, music, entertainment,and literature.
I agree. That’s why I wrote circa 1987.
Don’t forget the synthesizer and the fog.
LOL
Crazy Die Antwoord.
I’m required to ping Shibumi any time they’re mentioned.
[he finks I’m freaky and he likes me a lot]
;D
They recently had their first child.
And made some weird movie.
Dare we suggest the ‘executioner’ pull a Miley “head” outta the basket, instead?
Now *that* would be scary.
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