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, Shirleys attention was caught by the phenomenon of female singers wearing revealing outfits at galas and premieres. The Dame did not approve
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Classy lady.
Janis Joplin wouldn’t be caught dead at any award show these days in some of the “attire” worn by “stars”. ;-}
Dame Shirley is right.
Classy Freddie Blassie calls 'em all a bunch of Pencil-necked Geeks
Um...I'm seeing a LOT of uncovered skin here, Shirley!
Classy singer from a far classier era than ours. This quote is rather sad:
Leaving Tiger Bay was the worst thing I ever did, she has said. Ive found happiness in my work, but not in my private life. I had to take from my private life to make my public life successful. I had to make a lot of sacrifices. I was happy in Cardiff. I had a great time. Every Thursday there was a factory club; darts, dancing. I was happy until success entered my life, and then it was all downhill. Success spoilt me. It took away my happiness. My success became a barrier with my family. They couldnt relate to me, and I couldnt relate to them.
A FAVE! :)
Come on, this is tame.
She doesn’t consider herself black, just Welsh Gaelic.
No one in those photos is garbed in raw meat, at least. :)
I know. ;)
“She struggled nevertheless to form relationships. Not just with men, but with anybody. Her first husband, Kenneth Hume, who she married in 1967, turned out to be gay and died of a drug overdose aged 40.”
“Her second, to hotelier Sergio Novak, ended in acrimonious divorce after 13 years. Her second daughter, Samantha supposedly fathered by actor Peter Finch committed suicide. Tales of her temper and contrariness abound. She says she can count her friends on the fingers of one hand.”
Something else you may like;
Llorando - Mulholland Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrC3Bf-CvHU
Had Alice used Beiber, Cyrus, Lohan and the Jersey idiots in his old stage show/in that era, he would have been taken aside by his record company and told to tone it BACK to the guiltiness so as not to bring the wrath of America down on all of them.
LOL
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