I had the honor of seeing Sir Tom Jones live about a year ago. At 82 (at the time), he was still flawless. All the power, all the grace, not a note out of place. This song brought the place down. His band was incredible too, one of the best concerts I've ever seen. What I really enjoyed was watching all the older people dancing in the aisles... they likely did the same when they were younger, and there was joy on every face. What a night! The reason he's holding the mic far away is because of the power of his voice. Singers of his caliber know when to move the mic farther away and when to bring it closer.
Tom Jones is a Welsh singer who has one of the smoothest powerful voices around. And he was a showman too, in fact he was a big heart-throb with the ladies. He has so many hits such as "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat?", "Green, Green Grass of Home", "She's a Lady" etc. He covers a lot of genres. He is still performing & is a coach on "The Voice" UK version. He also had a variety show from 69 - 71 & had some of the biggest music stars at the time.
This is an original, not written by Tom Jones (I don't think he wrote any of his own songs). The writer also wrote the 'theme' song for my hometown football team, Leeds United, called Marching On Together. Written in the 70s and the crowd still sing it today.
Well caught, Bisscute. Sir Tom Jones had a very powerful voice. I heard once that recording studios were warned not to place the microphones too close to him. When they did, Sir Tom would blow the microphones with the sheer power of his voice. 🤯
Same here. But we didn't watch it cuz dad was jealous!! HAHA Mom loved herself some Tom Jones. If somehow they had met and he said, let's go darling - I prob wouldn't see her again. Thanks Tom for not taking my mom. 🤣🤣
This was a big big hit for Tom Jones, one of the best known songs from his catalogue and a song now played at and sang by Stoke City football fans at their home matches
I want to say back in the 70's on down most if not all were "live" performances straight off the studios sound console no editing just as it was done on stage. The 80's on down all is controlled with enhancing the vocals. I worked in audio sound staging and one can do magic on the console control systems.
Yes!!! Excellent choice for the reaction Miss Bisscute Sir. Tom Jones is one of the best voices in history, valid to this day at 82 years old, he is one of my father's favorites and last month he gave a concert in my country and seeing him live is incredible. He has not lost his voice. For future reactions I suggest to you his songs: It's non usual, She's a lady and Sexbomb. you will love them Biss.😊👍
Truthfully, I only recently subscribed because of your reaction to Hatfield's 'Unchained Melody'. You were enthralled by his performance, and you genuinely reacted honestly to it. Your appreciation of Jones is evident. We old folks of the '60s and '70s really aren't too much out of it as young people tend to think. Thanks for your videos.
Hi, thank you for your passion for the music. Just wondering if you have ever come across Colin Hay. He was the front man for a band called Men at work in Australia. One of the best songs in my humble opinion was Overkill, wow what a voice he has but if you choose to listen to the song, then on RU-vid he is performing it with a choir it’s Colin Hay choir choir choir So with your comments about Sir Tom, he can still perform with the power and passion that he always has, but Colin will impress you ❤
Nice to see you back Bisscute and looking and sounding refreshed. My advice is slow down a little and don't over commit to doing so much almost every day online so that you don't burn out or get discouraged by overly critical trolls. Take some holidays away from your puter, even for just a few days to enjoy the real world. LOL A lot of people who hear Tom sing this song think that he must have been trained in Opera. But If I remember correctly he was a labourer who just loved to sing and is self taught. Just natural talent and abilities and I would say a gift from God. Even Pavoratti had trouble keeping up to him in their duet of Delilah. There are two songs that I highly doubt will ever be matched by any other singer in a live performance with no voice enhancements. This one and Unchained Melody by Bobby Hatfield on the Andy Williams show.
I highly recommend Tom Jones’ Thunderball they used for the James Bond movie of the same name. As the story he goes, he nearly passed out hitting the final note!
What a great reaction to Tom Jones, he was a close friend of Elvis and when Elvis was playing the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas and Tom was playing The Flamingo Hotel down the strip, they would always try to get together in Elvis's suite because Elvis couldn't go out being a major superstar, if you would like to see more of Tom Jones performing live in hi prime from the 1970's try "Tom Jones Hits Of Medley 1978 Warner Theater, Washington 4/14", this is classic Tom Jones moving the hip, the critic called him "The Tom Cat" when he came to town here in Milwaukee. ❤
Loved this reaction Biss, Early this year they tried to ban this song in UK because of the line with the word slave and the fact that the song describes stalking but thankfully it didnt happen, i love this song though.
I think your assessment of Tom's voice and the microphone is essentially correct. Watch Elvis live and you will see very similar technique being used. The technology at the time couldn't automatically adapt to more powerful singers meaning they had to hold it further away to avoid distortion and damage to the equipment (when opera singers are performing in an environment where microphones are used they are often on floor stands well out of arm's reach because they are used to projecting their voice to an entire auditorium/theatre - see Pavarotti). In that era weaker singers would be 'found out' because they had no choice but to have the mic much closer to their mouth. Tech has since moved on a lot so the internals can cope and adjust without the artist having to hold it further away.
His voice is definitely very powerful. For the song he did together with The Cardigans, I believe they originally wanted to record them singing together, like at the same time, but Tom's voice was just so much more powerful than that of the lead singer of The Cardigans that it didnt work: if they set the levels to match Tom's voice, you basically couldnt hear the female singer, and if they set the levels to her voice, Tom's voice just blew out everything. So they had to record it separately so that they could set the levels appropriate for each of their voices.
Steve Page, of the Barenaked Ladies, was the only singer on that entire album who could keep up with Jones. The others just didn't have powerful voices.
My first concert at 10 in 1972. The ladies were losing their minds!! Like being at a Beatles performance. Throwing their bloomers on the stage...I was baffled!!
"Doctor, Doctor, I think I'm turning into Tom Jones!" "Not another one!" "So is it common, doctor?" "It's not unusual." (Joke by courtesy of Tommy Cooper!).
I grew up hearing Tom Jones music. My older brothers often bought 45rpm records or LP. Listening to music on my dad's new stereo console as we took turns using it. Good choice.
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Yeah, Tom Jones. What's there to say about Tom Jones, other than he's Tom Jones. He's a Welsh singer that was a late stage crooner. Meaning that he came out in the 60s as the culture was changing, but he was still doing more of an older fashion crooner thing as it was basically dying out and being replaced by Rock N Roll, loved by the ladies, he had a few popular hits that are pretty beloved, and he's basically just stuck to still redoing the same thing ever since. Was kind of part of the nostalgic acts that used to play Las Vegas, kind of thing. Still around too, and not in bad shape for his age. I mean, he's Tom Jones! Kind of iconic, but also kind of a novelty. Some other of his most famous songs are "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat", and "She's A Lady".
Tom is also a great blues singer, which is the very basis of all modern music. You will actually have to look long and hard to find a better singer than Tom Jones! Trying to categorize him as a "crooner" is not at all accurate. If you only look at his late 60s and early 70s material alone he is just a basically colossal singer. You may not like him but take a step back and objectively analyze his voice and stage persona. He is as good as anyone. Period. And I am not a big fan, but greatness is greatness. 🤔👍
@@ToddSauve fair enough. Ha. I wasn't trying to insult you or Tom. I was giving a quick snap shot of my limited knowledge of Tom Jones as I've experienced in culture in general, to someone that knows little to nothing about him, but right on! Good for you and Tom! I wish you both only the best!
@@richiecabral3602 No insult taken Richie. I just could not agree with binning him in the crooner category. That was more of the Bing Crosby sorts from the 1940s and 50s. I'll bet Tom could still fill the concert halls in Vegas today. He is just that good at what he does. 👀😯😉
Tom Jones was on the radio and TV _all the time_ from the late 1960s through the early 1970s. "Delilah" was one of his biggest hits. He is also incredibly strong! I saw him tear a 3 inch phone book in half with his bare hands on TV! But how many people even know who the real Delilah was in 2024? 🤔🤷♂😯
Yes he was pulling the microphone away because of the power of his voice. Or doing so could cause distortion and simply be too loud for the listener. A 70’s microphone would not be as advanced as a current one and was a common technique for people that like to really belt out a song.
Thank you. Please listen to his cover of Prince's "Kiss" with the group Art of Noise and to his "Sexbomb". Both are more recent hits of his, yet despite having more modern production his voice sings through. His live performance of "Sexbomb" on "The Helene Fischer Show" is easily accessible and stunning.
The Tragic Truth by Five Finger Death Punch speaks to the internal struggle of the protagonist and the consequences of their own actions. The lyrics depict a person trapped in their own self-destructive patterns, seeking solace in alcohol and running away from the person they have become. The song confronts the idea of personal accountability and the realization that no one else is responsible for the choices they have made.
Back in those days, singers like Tom Jones weren't really heavily involved in the musical process. They were the singing talent, and famous song writers created the lyrics and music for them to perform. I doubt if Tom Jones ever wrote a song himself. That of course, does not detract from his amazing singing talent.
Oh yes Tom has written several songs the first one was I Tell The Sea (1965) Looking Out My Window (1968) and in later years several songs for the 24 Hours album (2008) Mr Jones (2002) Spirit In The Room album 2012 and more
@@michaeladler8716 That's not very many songs, though. The man was born in 1940. That's just the way they did it back then. There were singers gifted with singing talent, and there were song writers who were music theory and lyrical experts. The writers wrote the songs for the singers to sing.
Not a songwriter. So what. The group of songwriter, peddlers for decades were there for him. To bring up a sneeze moment of gathering with others to write a song went nowhere fast. Great performer great singer.
1. You’re right. That song was originally by him. He has a real good voice and lots of fans. Some of which even flung their underwear at him. No lie. The only problem I have wit him though is all his songs had ghostwriters. If you don’t know what a ghostwriter is, that’s someone who writes a song for an artist witout that artist writing anything down in the song at all. Not a cowriter. There’s a big ass difference a ghostwriter and a cowriter. Unlike a ghostwriter, a cowriter, however, only writes some of the song whereas the artist of that song also does some of the writing as well. That was not how it went for Tom Jones or even Anne Murray though either, come to think of it. The reason why I, personally, have a problem wit whenever someone has a ghostwriter is cuz when an artist only has someone else write their music for them, it always seems like that artist is 0% sincere bout anything. It’s like the artist doesn’t truly feel, let alone mean anything he or she says in his or her song, you know? Although, I do see a possibility of a scenario where an artist speaks wit ghostwriters bout some personal moments that the artist had and those ghostwriters just plan on how to write down those moments perfectly. Idk. I know it’s a song and it gained a lot of fame and fortune but it always leaves me wondering shit, you know? 2. First time I ever heard that song was in 2016 and I only heard it, I think less than 10 times. 3. First song I ever heard by Tom Jones was actually What’s New, Pussycat? Second song was She’s A Lady. Both were either 2005 or 2006. 4. I heard that this song was sung by Homer Simpson in the shower after he got to leave church early.
I really like that you bring the classics to your channel, in those years there was no "neither trap nor cardboard", as they say colloquially, either you sang well or you could do something else, there were only those who were really worth it. In Spain, voices like Nino Bravo or Camilo Sesto stood out, and one of the most important voices in Spanish was that of the great Vicente Fernández, who died less than two years ago, one of the greatest idols of Mexico. I leave you a link to a video of him (the quality of it is not very good, but the quality of his voice... I hope to see your reaction). A big hug, here is the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0peANtDLVdI.html (by the way, the song is short and the lyrics, if you know some Spanish, easy to understand)
Try another song by Sir Tom, "She's a Lady", came out in 1971, I think. Tom Jones was really popular back then. His live performances (which I never saw) were supposed to be really great, for his biggest fans. Women throwing their underwear at him, landing on the stage, made the news. I do know that. Never saw that, either, thankfully! But then, I only heard him on the radio, or saw him on a variety show on TV. Great reaction to a great song...thanks so much, and God bless you!
When i was just a small kid we went on holiday by car to Portugal. We had Tom Jones on cassette tape blasting true the speakers during the vacation. Together with Tina Turner, BZN, Vaya Con Dios, Genesis and a few others. When hearing this song, i see flashes from this holiday true my mind.. Happy times.. Thanks for sharing.
He is a legendary singer, as his good friend Dame Shirley Bassey, another "powerhouse" singer. You can check the James Bond song "Thunderball" from him, it was recorded in one take!
If you are looking for another song and artist that performed on the Ed Sullivan show, may I recommend Vanilla Fudge doing a cover of You Keep Me Hanging On. Worth the listen.
You should take a look at him singing this at Glastonbury about ten years ago think he was about 70. The crowd all forced a laugh at "She stood there laughing" and sing along.
how much power did tom jones have in his voice back in the day how far away from the mic and he still sounds so loud and clear even with the technology of the 60's and 70's.... amazing voice he has.
I didn't think I would see Tom again after this song came out. I was expecting cops to come on stage by the end of the song. Calm down, TJ. Gotta give your lawyers something to work with, bro.
The movie, "Romance and Cigarettes", sees Christopher Walken singing and dancing to this iconic Tom Jones song. Delilah was not a very nice lady....LOL.
