Shirley Bassey Fanatico

       Guys, have you ever wondered why the old songs are better than the songs we hear now, somehow? In my personal opinion, such is due to the fact that the singers in the past put more emotion and sensitivity in the songs they create. Thus  they are called classic - famous  then and still  famous  now.

       Late this afternoon after the last group who defended their thesis were done, i went to buy a birthday cake for  my niece who turned 4. After having dinner i drove home and found a package waiting for me  right after i have opened the front gate. The "not so smart" post man, who i guess is well versed already that i get packages few times a month, just left the package there or better said "threw in the package" while i was out. I said " threw in the package" for 2 reasons: one - my front gate is locked; and two- my front steel fence is high and he can't just jump over , lay the package on the paved alley to the main door  and then jump over to get out of my property, huh. weird ...Nevertheless, my closest suspicion was he just threw it in without even a bit of tact. I also have a japanese spitz who would roam around my lot and would bite into anything it would come across with. Good thing, he did not touch the package. A star for you stupidoo ( that is the name of my dog).

     The sight of the package made me wonder, who would have sent me such. I was talking to my husband few days earlier that the amazon ( the site we use to order stuff from) would be able to deliver the Cds he bought by March 25. To my surpise, i saw the Amazon logo on the box and hurriedly grabbed it to open. It were indeed the Shirley Bassey CDs.. How i love to listen to her songs. Yes, they are  oldie, as in certified old songs but as i have said they are full of emotion. The intensity of the voice and the weight of the message revealed in every song just leave me in total awe.  I am just as happy to have few of the best CDs she came up with.  I was young then when i started singing her songs, i would listen to battery operated radio and i would memorize the lyrics, until i get familair, then very familair after some time.

       Now i am singing, not as good as Shirley though, but emotionally and sincerely as if i am singing to the man i love  who is just in front of me. When i become a mother, i would sing these same old songs to my kids to tuck them to sleep.. i just wish they will have a good night afterwards..hahaha..."Diamonds are forever, forever, forever.."

      To Shirley, thanks for all the songs you made, songs you sang and song you gave meaning to. It has been my pleasure to be one of those who found comfort in your songs..