Tom Jones is Welsh and he is a SIR...he's been knighted. He's also MY "SECRET boyfriend" for many decades. SO secret in fact that in mosf cases he only knows me as the defendant who is caught lurking by his windows that his wife of over 60 years keeps catching! LOL! Hey...don't anybody judge my undying passion folks. I AM nothing if not dedicated to the cause ok? Besides stalker is such a dirty word. 😅
I'm a straight old guy from the US - Tom Jones must be the greatest musical gift that Wales has given to humanity. I don't think anyone can match his power and feelings.
i was 15 when jones' first hit, it's not unusual, came out. enjoyed it immensely--as i did many of his songs. had a great voice. but there was an electronic modification-----his microphone. made a powerful song even more so.
@@brupic8968 All the microphone did was transmit Tom's voice. He honestly didn't even need amplification, it's so strong. But no tuning, no backing tracks, no tricks. Just pure talent.
@@danieldickson8591 it transmitted and if it didn't really make a difference he wouldn't have used it. i've seen many live acts...i heard tony bennett about 30 years ago. he said the venue had great acoustics and turned off his mike. nice but you could tell the difference. same with roy orbison. not denigrating jones, just fact.
I don't know which one of you two is more stupid. All Welsh men don't sing from the heart and Tom Jones isn't "the only white boy out of 10 billion who can sing." Racist much?
@Michael Weil Has a Welshman myself. do me a favour and look up Welsh male voice choirs which are common throughout Wales and then you will realise that all Welsh people do actually sing from their heart, Wales is known throughout the world as the land of song and poetry.
@Michael Weil It's well known throughout the UK that the Welsh have a love for singing and I say this as an Englishman.Watch the film Zulu and it promotes what is well known about Welsh people. They've always had lots of choirs,a lot to do with coal mining and the camaraderie they shared through very hard times. If you ever get to see a rugby game against Wales and England, you'll see their passion.
10 billion white boys ?, only 7,800,000,000 billion people on planet@Michael Weil half of them women . get yer facts right. and all white guys can sing like him we just cba
You just listened to the greatest male popular singer of all times. Soulful, powerful, emotional. His nickname is "the Voice" for a reason. Even Elvis thought he was the best. This is the first video I've seen of yours. You are quite beautiful.
Agree, TomJones is an incredible singer and performer. Took my wife to see him about ten years ago, he still has the best live voice ever heard, and yes, the women in the audience were still throwing their underwear at him on stage. Doubt anyone will match him in my lifetime. Great reaction btw.
Saw him at the MGM Grand a few years ago - he still KILLED - whipped his young band like sled dogs. Afterward we agreed he was STILL the most powerful singer of popular music, with Eddie Vedder in a distant second...
Fun fact this song was written for Sir Tom Jones by singer songwriter Lonnie Donegan and last year Donegan’s son appeared on the voice uk and performed this song with Sir Tom Jones.
Yes that's Tom Jones he appeared in the Prince of Bel-Air one of the most popular songs he has Out is it's not unusual to be loved by anyone or if not the most popular song
Elvis said that Toms voice was the best he’d ever heard. High praise from the King. No auto tune, no special effects, one take live, that’s the kind of singers I grew up with.
Yesterday was Tom's 80th birthday. He sang this song live. He hasn't lost a note, you should google it and watch! It's heartwarming to see him doing so well.
For myself I agree with you :) But judging from the responses on your comment (and on other reaction videos) I am starting to think that Elvis fans just spend all their time stalking Tom Jones reactions so they can obsessively fangirl (or boy) over THEIR favourite Elvis :D :D
Those singers from the 40's, 50's 60's and 70's had no auto tune to help them enhance their vocals...It was just pure talent, and Sir. Tome Jones is part of that great legacy. This was back in 1967 live onstage in front of a television audience. Just like Bobby Hatfield of the 'Righteous Brothers' when he sang the monster classic 'Unchained Melody' in 1965.
@@bigmac51290 yes....those golden belting chords have aged a bit but my god that man can still sing well enough to put most of today's singers to absolute shame
Written by Lonnie Donegan for Tom Jones. Also sung by Elvis Presley in 1976. Tom and Elvis were very good friends, each influencing each other. Love this song.
Tom is an epic singer one of the very greatest ever. Tom and Elvis were best mates. Imagine them two walking into a bar, carnage would occur. In the manner of the majority of ladies present fainting! lol
@Seamus Lannon Depends who's account you read. Which is usually how these things play out. I'm not only talking about Tom and Elvis's account. Elvis obviously isn't here anymore to say his views.
I grew up on Tom Jones and l swear my Mom pretty much idolized him . I have seen him perform live . What a showman with pure talent . Great reaction and now you can join the millions and millions of women that he has touched with out ever laying a finger on them !
Sir Tom Jones is still with us - rather reduced to a talent judge these days - but the pride of Wales, the proud celtic west of Britain that may still be unfortunately ignored in the grander scheme of British politics. The man himself is transcendent.
The truth is this. It's well document that he had a string of affairs while being married for 40 years and allowed himself to be paraded by his masters as a single man! Yes, he had a great voice, but he is not a great man or a nice guy! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3267126/Lonely-world-wife-Tom-Jones-humiliated-star-cruelly-said-s-lost-spark-rare-poignant-insight-marriage.html But worship your false god all you want, if naievity and ignorance is your goal!!
Tom Jones gave men a voice in the 1960's and 70's...He knew how we felt during Love and break-ups. Men tend to lock away their feelings and brush it off like its nothing. but deep down We feel broken. Thank you Tom Jones for being our voices.
Tom Jones was Elvis's favourite singer and he would turn up at Tom's concerts in Las Vegas every night to sing with him or just to listen. Basically Tom has sung with everyone you could think of and always held his own which isn't bad for a bricklayers labourer from South Wales. The man who wrote this song was called Lonnie Donegan and a couple of years ago his son went of the TV show "The Voice" where Tom is a judge and they end up singing this song together and believe me if this version broke you that one will leave you in total turmoil.
@Seamus Lannon why are you so angry, did Tom Jones steal your lunch money or something. All I said is that Elvis loved his voice, which is a well documented fact. I never said he was better singer. I think you should really talk to someone about your anger issues oh and there is definitely no need for profanity.
That's the mark of true talent when they can tell the story so well that you buy into the emotion, and you feel it through the words and the tones of there voice, amazing singer.
Tom Jones is Welsh, part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Wales is the land of coalmines, and they are famous for their singing. Listen to a Welsh male voice choir. Brian, the Netherlands.
Thanks for the recommendation Brian.... I live in the Rhondda Vallys, true Welshman and I drive down through Treforest (Tom Jones’s birth place) on my way to work, I’ve had family members who sing in the Treorchy Male Voice Choir, probably the most famous choir in the world.
Tom Jones is a great singer, so strong in voice but still easy to interpret joy or sorrow in the songs he sings. I remember this great song from before...
He can still sing this and all of his other songs and sounds exactly the same. Additionally, he is now SIR Tom Jones... Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on March 29, 2006.
@@EClark-nu5nr You guys are deaf. He absolutely CANNOT sing like this anymore. He's still amazing but it's impossible to have that kind of power he did in his prime. Imo, the greatest male popular singer ever!
@@abc456f Well, I admit my hearing may have grown worse over the years, but doesn't affect the fact that to me he sounds the same as when I heard him as a kid in the 60s. My brother used to have his records and I would listen to them.
@@EClark-nu5nr I didn't mean literally deaf but to say he sounds EXACTLY the same is ludicrous. I have many cd's of his and have watched many performances on RU-vid, and I've seen him sing on "the Voice." His current singing ability is nowhere near what it was. He still had it in his fifties and even sixties, but when he got into his seventies, the decline was clearly obvious. It's not a knock on the man, I consider him the greatest male popular singer ever. But just like he can't dance like he did, neither can he sing. Let's be real, please. It happens to all of them. Paul McCartney, Elton John...they can't hit the high notes anymore and they tend to speak alot of the lyrics to get around the fact that their voices are showing their age. I love Tom Jones and always will. But I'm not so blinded by my admiration of his talent that I refuse to admit the obvious, he DOES NOT sound exactly the same.
@@abc456f With all due respect and civility meant to you, 1) we're talking about a recording here. So it's ENTIRELY plausible that he sounds today as he did 20 or thirty years ago. Depending, of course, on when the recording was first played. 2) You're taking this entirely way too literally. It's physically IMPOSSIBLE to sound EXACTLY as you did even five minutes ago let alone 20 or 30 years, and you're talking about memories, not exactly a science. So all I'm saying that in my mind he sounds exactly as he did when I was a kid. Fair enough?
My grandmother was in love with this man. She bought every album and watched his every TV appearance. My grandfather used to ask her, jokingly, hey, remember me? Your Husband!!!
Its great to see you get emotional rediscovering these singers, Tom Jones is an incredible singer and can you imagine if you went to see him in Vegas in 1970, he was working on one side of the road, whilst Elvis was working on the opposite side, they became great friends.
Thank you Empress for playing this song by Sir Tom Jones. I am do happy you have found him and his amazing voice. He is 80 years old now and his voice is Still amazing. He is a judge on The Voice UK so you can check him out on the BBC.
This dude went down in history as being one of the first singers women threw panties on the stage at him when he sang to wipe off his seat. Started with one woman, then turned into a thing more would do.
Not bad for a 1967 song compared to song nowadays. I cant think of another singer that can test the hands of time that Sir Tom Jones has. In this age of technology that enhances would be singers to seem like they can sing, Tom Jones doesn't need it. He sounds and still sings the same as he did then. And by the way, he's 80+ and can still bring the house down!
I'm a straight man, and yet this song almost makes me soggy! It certainly makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. What a voice, what a man. Good old Sir Tom. And he can still do it now aged 80.
Ha ha...this man used to be my neighbour..he was friends with my father many years back. . He used to sing in the local pub at the bottom of the street in our tiny Welsh town.... Then one day. ..he became famous...lol The rest is history
Tom Jones' voice is up there with the great voices to come out of Motown, Atlantic and Stax/Volt. he has power, presence and emotion, all in equal measure.
Thank you for your beautiful comments on Tom Jones’, “I’ll never fall in love again!” Great comments and reaction, too! You are such a gorgeous woman and I LOVE your accent! Please keep up the Great work!❤️
Yes ma'am sir Tom Jones you'll never hear a week note from him. He is truly one of the all time greatest artist in the history of music. Great reaction video keep them coming 👍
Tom Jones NEVER gave a half-hearted performance. This is another great one; a song I actually had never heard before. It IS beautifully sad. You should listen to his song "Delilah." There are two versions on RU-vid. The original, in the 1960's, and the one he did at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. It's a live performance and even 40 years later, his voice is as powerful as it ever was. An amazing man.
A singer that makes me cry like this is crazy. I listened to him back in the 60s he's always been amazing. He will be missed now that he has passed. So sad such a loss. Listen to him singing it in 2020, still amazing.
@Seamus Lannon Seamus, you clearly know nothing. Tom and Elvis were best friends and Tom is famous for women throwing their underwear on stage. Google is your friend, get some education with it.
@Seamus Lannon settle down buddy, i didn't mean to trigger you that heavily and hurt your feelings, I thought about Elvis while I was commenting The operative word was 'SUNG' though when it comes to Elvis he didnt need to sing, they were queued up to lose their panties Pull your head in mate, no need to get so aggressive
