Shirley Bassey's Yesterday When I Was Young

[lasoledade]

Yesterday,,,when i was young..

the taste of life was sweet...

And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond....

[maryhadalittlelamb25]

I LOVE THIS!...BUT FOR ME...I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL YOUNG...I MEAN TO AN OLDER MAN...I CAN STILL LOOK GOOD ON HIS ARM...AND FOR YOUNGER MEN...THEY LOOK AT ME AS EXPERIENCED AND EXCITING..... :D

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG....THAT WAS IN THE PAST....AND I HAD A BALL OR TWO...HEHE... :D

[46Genes]

I'm only 22 and this song makes me feel like i've already lived most of my life. Amazing lyrics

[andopack]

中学生の時にＴＶやラジオで聞いて感動しました

歌詞の意味は分かりませんが　歌に込められた思いは感じます

今は」もう中年　過去を振り返る頻度もふえましたね

[andopack]

@andopack同感！

[andopack]

@andopack

同感です！

[Vincent777Legion1]

the theme to many a life ..... this is some real magic.x

[barrby4]

Dusty Springfield sings it best of all - simply brilliant - words slightly different.............but brilliant!

[naufalajoy89]

good lyrics. this is superb :)

[Vebinz]

This if my favorite version.

Aznavour's version is nice, but it lacks the feeling that Bassey shows here.

He sings it almost with a quaint sense of amusement over the past, while Bassey's version has more pain of regrets.

Maybe it's a song that require's a woman's touch to bring it alive, I don't know?

Thanks for posting!

[stelios70s]

and now i am left alone on stage to end the play

[Amalypense]

Chanson du maitre Aznavour, voici à nouveau une version émouvante, prenante de ce chef d'oeuvre dont les paroles résonnent en chacun de nous, hier encore c'est si vite arrivé.

Bravo Shirley Bassey.

[MrRenaissance]

Made this clip on my 4th year high school. Was only sixteen then. I'm on my second year college now. Brings back memories. :)

[thealexadiaz]

@MrRenaissance How wonderful that Youtube is serving as an archive of your life. Beautiful, really!

[enzocerusico]

Shirley Bassey is a terrific singer and performer but this rendition of Charles Aznavour's great song is really disappointing. Even Roy Clark sells the lyrics better.

[Rosannasfriend]

@enzocerusico she does it more convincingly live. Shirley is someone you should pretty much ALWAYS see live, imo.

[Rosannasfriend]

@enzocerusico although I don't know what the problem is here, she sounds to me like she's crying on the chorus. Very good emotional interpretation, imo.

[cool8267]

I think that it is the best song what I have known. There is love, life, blood, tears, heart, pain. And excellent music, the voice of Shirley, ALL!!!

Someday when I was laying in my poll, I will want to hear the song. Peter

[uli21121]

I´m in struggle with myself whenever I hear this song:

wo´s version is better - the original of Charles Aznavour oder Shirley? I really don´t know - but I like both of them.

A really great song - song by both of them.

[Webins]

The words are beyond amazing, but her singing, and the genuine emotions on her voice, are what carries it up to heaven.

So unforgettably beautiful and sad.

An anthem for all of us for whom passing time is real and tangible.

Thanks for posting!

[Starelen]

fantastic performance. kudos to such a great voice.

[mcgevp]

love it!

[tattuan2]

I really miss 'yesterday'.

[escravoes]

I prefer me

[sociedad76]

This song by Shirley has actually made me cry

it's so powerfol, Shirley what a woman!!!

Love you Shirley...

[timurhan]

many thanks for the post... a great song

[claudinwhittle]

When I was 15 I used to go around singing this song and my Dad would find it funny, he said I had started missing the past too soon. At the time I didn´t quite get his meaning, 39 years later I´m still singing it and loving it - Thank you so much for posting it.

[TheSuStu]

I know exactly what you mean! I sang this song, over, and over again, parading around my house. I get it now, at the age of 46. I still love this song!

[Starelen]

great song, thx for the lyrics too

[mahroussaidm]

much better than any other time or any else

[fhardyb]

My word, this is a great version, too. By one of the finest female vocalists of all time. SB is right up there with Timi Yuro.

But, of all the comments on this site, there's no mention whatsoever of the greatest of all versions of this song -- that by Roy Clark!!

[Galiah13]

Yes, and by Aznavour. In any case this song sounds much better by a man, not by a women.

[timbooktu1]

Nora Aunor's version is beautiful too !

[KinkYBQY13]

much better than aznavours i am afraid

[TimAZ9]

Shirley has a helluva voice. She really belts this song out.

I think she is the greatest female singer around.

[PattyODoors]

As a Brit, Shirley is fantastic, but as someone has already said here, Charles Aznavours English version is the one for me

[Mairivera1024]

this song never dies, and so the memory of the singer- shirley bassey,what more can i say!! tnx renaissance.more power.

[jij55555]

Thank u ! Amazing!Reminds me of my mother...

[Raoulug]

andy williams adds more soul to this song

[KayJuli]

I can´t thank you enough for putting the lyrics here. I used to hear this song years ago as a teenager (I think) and now that I´m 57 the words really mean something. How quickly the years have flown by - really I was young only yesterday.

[jij55555]

it used to be my mother's song....now its mine

[sys271162]

thanks.....beatiful song

[purpledots27]

a very beautiful,touching song and the voice is superb..

[Sting0NL]

great voice...

[yottingchang]

was so moved!

[faisaj]

me too..

[FFDBNKSR]

Touching song, superbly performed by Shirley Bassey. It's a pity that they don't write lyrics like this anymore.

[Shih7]

Yesterday, When I Was Young

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 game,

The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame

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 day,

And only now, I see, how the years ran away

[Shih7]

Yesterday, when I was young,

So many happy songs were waiting to be sung,

So many wild 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

[Shih7]

III

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 worst, and the 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

[Shih7]

IV

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

(Start reading/singing the lyrics from the bottom/first comment)

[GHEEPHUA]

Shih7 , I meant to give you thumbs up but accidently hit the wrong icon. Terribly sorry! Thank you so much for posting the lyrics!

[barbidoll89]

v.nice

[finitolamusica]

Happy birthday today, to Shirley and I :cheers:

[aplewood]

thirteenth comment

[547396554]

beautiful absolutly beautiful....

[Dominate151]

Sure you like it but thats not my taste ;P

[SevgiDurmaz]

Excellent song:)

[jasjas2006]

Touchee' I am the worlds biggest Shirley Bassey fan, met her, told her I loved her and gave her 3 telephone numbers and a dozen roses, she kissed me, I kissed her and haevn't been the same since.

[cajunsushi]

Yes, she sang the song for Goldfinger. The perfect singer for a classic...

[ahussami]

My respect Shirley. You are really the best and you are singing the most beautiful song ever written.

[mohhnd]

the best song ever performed by a singer

[boksburgboy]

tenth comment

[felixhuesca]

Tiene un gran parecido con la cancion " How i love you " de Engelbert Humperdinck. alguie sabe si hubo algun plagio o algo

[1689300]

Oye y que me dices de la de Sandro de America, por Este Palpitar?

[xmurli]

Is this the James Bond singer?

[irfan1965]

it reminds me the time when i was youg as well

[gewri]

great song  in here...

[eatsee]

not bad, this is the first version of this song I have heard when I was young, then I heard glen campell, and then few months ago it was charles Aznavour's englisgh version, which touched me more deeply....

[MrRenaissance]

Thanks, eatzee . . . I thought you'd type 'fourth comment' when I checked in . . .

[bubukaka5]

@eatsee not bad lol , tell that to Aznavour and he will laugh in your face.....

[Norohcylop]

third comment

[diravidan]

second comment

[obnubilate]

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