He loves gold so much
A few weeks ago, I mentioned a song's resemblance to Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger, the title track to the James Bond movie. I would like to clarify that statement. I've never liked Goldfinger — the song — one bit. Perhaps appropriate for an Adam-West-as-Batman seduction scene, the lyrics and style give bombast a worse name. "Songs of Shirley Bassey" has lengthy details about the song's creation. The lyrics are at the bottom of that page, where they belong.
The title song to Diamonds Are Forever is much better use of Bassey's talents. The title song to Moonraker, not so much.
May 14th, 2010 at 7:43 PM
[...] night, they led Sting, Elton John, Debbie Harry, and Bond vocal legend Shirley Bassey in singing Don't Stop Believin'. And there's [...]