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new "retro" album (Tom Jones-R)

willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_en_mu/music_tom_jones" target="_blank"1Tom Jones releasing first new album in 15 years/a1 b,121b,121sounds like it could be hit or miss, but has potential to be great. b,121b,121i remember in the waxpoetics article on the new al green album that questlove produced, they asked who he would want to work with next and he said tom jones. sounds like he missed his chance.
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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    It's about time he got back to doing straightahead soul music again. No bandwagon-jumping country songs, no "What's New Pussycat," none of that Vegas supperclub schmaltz. A couple of months ago in another thread, Soul On Ice disagreed with me, saying that Tom had never left the R&B behind. But still, with all due respect to SOI, you had to plow through way too many "Delilahs" to get to something with guts. So, I'd like to hear this when it comes out...b,121b,121
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 Soul On Ice disagreed with me, saying that Tom had never left the R&B behind.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I agree.b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1
  • 45toLife45toLife 37 Posts
    Speaking of Tom Jones does anyone know off the top of their head what album "Sex Bomb" is on? One of my jones Fav's. As long as it's funky like The Tom Jones Fever Zone on Parrot I'm in.
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Speaking of Tom Jones does anyone know off the top of their head what album "Sex Bomb" is on? One of my jones Fav's. As long as it's funky like The Tom Jones Fever Zone on Parrot I'm in. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121reloaded: greatest hits. euroman loves it like a pig loves corn.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121 Soul On Ice disagreed with me, saying that Tom had never left the R&B behind.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I agree.b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sscg.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121BUT...for every ONE attempted R&B song, there's like TWENTY inferior pop tunes like THIS:b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1b,121b,121The chicks in the leather outfits are some kind of alrite, though.
  • 45toLife45toLife 37 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Speaking of Tom Jones does anyone know off the top of their head what album "Sex Bomb" is on? One of my jones Fav's. As long as it's funky like The Tom Jones Fever Zone on Parrot I'm in. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121reloaded: greatest hits. euroman loves it like a pig loves corn. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Damn no vinyl release. Should of known. Good lookin out though.
  • milliondollarsmilliondollars 568 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121euroman loves it like a pig loves corn. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121you can't be serious!b,121tom jones is just some img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/weaksauce.gif" alt="" 21 over here.b,121only overaged women listen to that ish.b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21
  • kicks79kicks79 1,338 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121euroman loves it like a pig loves corn. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121you can't be serious!b,121tom jones is just some img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/weaksauce.gif" alt="" 21 over here.b,121only overaged women listen to that ish.b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cos3ve.gif" alt="" 21 b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121Whatever dudeb,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headz.gif" alt="" 21
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    I'm jumping in before I have to listen to this album to say that this line:b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121The disc was produced by British production duo Future Cat, who have cut tracks for Lily Allen, Kate Nash and othersb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Along with this line:b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Bono and the Edge of U2 guest on the song "Sugar Daddyb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Have already convinced me that this album will be dull, derivative, and more than a little soul destroying.
  • Diamante_DDiamante_D 215 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I'm jumping in before I have to listen to this album to say that this line:b,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121The disc was produced by British production duo Future Cat, who have cut tracks for Lily Allen, Kate Nash and othersb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Along with this line:b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Bono and the Edge of U2 guest on the song "Sugar Daddyb,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Have already convinced me that this album will be dull, derivative, and more than a little soul destroying. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Seriously, we'll have to add TJ to the list of terrible Brit artists that they love over the pond. See also: Phil Collins
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121euroman loves it like a pig loves corn.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121add TJ to the list of terrible Brit artists that they love over the pond.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Make up your mind people. Who loves him more: "euroman" or "ameriman"?b,121You are confusing me. Thee mud cannot be slung in both directions.b,121A continent must step up and take responsibility for TJ's success.
  • Diamante_DDiamante_D 215 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121euroman loves it like a pig loves corn.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121add TJ to the list of terrible Brit artists that they love over the pond.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Make up your mind people. Who loves him more: "euroman" or "ameriman"?b,121You are confusing me. Thee mud cannot be slung in both directions.b,121A continent must step up and take responsibility for TJ's success. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Ok, to qualify my statement, TJ seems to get a lot of love from Amerimans who appear to have a clue about music to some degree, whereas the type of Euroman who listens to reload-era TJ would be of the ilk that would down a bottle of lambrini before dousing themselves in Davidoff and going out to a city centre meat-market, to make sure they were too drunk to remember fingering/getting fingered by some low-IQ chancer. In short, it's bad 40 something hen-party music. And TJ's voice has all the subtlety of an explosive and unpleasant bout of diarrhea.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121euroman loves it like a pig loves corn.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121add TJ to the list of terrible Brit artists that they love over the pond.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Make up your mind people. Who loves him more: "euroman" or "ameriman"?b,121You are confusing me. Thee mud cannot be slung in both directions.b,121A continent must step up and take responsibility for TJ's success. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Ok, to qualify my statement, TJ seems to get a lot of love from Amerimans who appear to have a clue about music to some degree, whereas the type of Euroman who listens to reload-era TJ would be of the ilk that would down a bottle of lambrini before dousing themselves in Davidoff and going out to a city centre meat-market, to make sure they were too drunk to remember fingering/getting fingered by some low-IQ chancer. In short, it's bad 40 something hen-party music. And TJ's voice has all the subtlety of an explosive and unpleasant bout of diarrhea. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Ah man I wish I could just take this whole reply and put it in my location. Beautiful.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    I am presently unfam with any credible (ie pre-Sex Bomb) Jones product, apart from the "Delilah" era hits, which are cornier than James Jamerson's feet ( img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headz.gif" alt="" 21 )b,121b,121Years back I saw some clip of TJ in the early 70s on a TV show where he was wearing too-tight clobber, perm, medallion etc. and doing some clown karate moves inbetween verses. In my mind, The word "FAIL" faded in over this montage of bufoonery and has such prevented me from checking anything.b,121b,121Good luck to the burly taff-done-good, but surely no-one outside of a meat market with a vaguely piscean whiff would ever ride?
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Speaking of Tom Jones does anyone know off the top of their head what album "Sex Bomb" is on? One of my jones Fav's. As long as it's funky like The Tom Jones Fever Zone on Parrot I'm in. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Waitaminute. Are you for real?
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121reloaded: greatest hits. euroman loves it like a pig loves corn. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121LOLb,121b,121late middle aged 'oldest swinger in town' dudes on some 1.55 am touch on divorcees night maybe.b,121b,121"You pump up the tires Tom, I'll ride the bike"b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headz.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121But let's not front, Tom was cooking in the 6Tsb,121Anyone who can't ride for 'Its Not Unusual' or 'Hard to Handle' can spin.
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    anyone hear TJs album with Wyclef? the long anticipated follow-up to Reloaded.b,121b,121I ride for 'Green Green Grass of Home'.
  • Rich45sRich45s 327 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121 Soul On Ice disagreed with me, saying that Tom had never left the R&B behind.b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121BUT...for every ONE attempted R&B song, there's like TWENTY inferior pop tunes like THIS:b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1b,121b,121The chicks in the leather outfits are some kind of alrite, though. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Thunderballs a fantastic song for what it is. Thats one shitty video though.b,121b,121Looking Out My Window opened me up to stuff I wouldn't have listened to as a arrogant, knew it all youngster. b,121b,121I find it hard to believe that people can really, actively dislike TJ. One of the few 'mainstream' singer icons to actually have a hell of a lot of credibility still. Made a lot of shite lately though
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121I am presently unfam with any credible (ie pre-Sex Bomb) Jones product, apart from the "Delilah" era hits, which are cornier than James Jamerson's feet ( img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headz.gif" alt="" 21 )b,121b,121Years back I saw some clip of TJ in the early 70s on a TV show where he was wearing too-tight clobber, perm, medallion etc. and doing some clown karate moves inbetween verses. In my mind, The word "FAIL" faded in over this montage of bufoonery and has such prevented me from checking anything.b,121b,121Good luck to the burly taff-done-good, but surely no-one outside of a meat market with a vaguely piscean whiff would ever ride? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I love it when you write all Brit-like.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Anyone who can't ride for 'Its Not Unusual' or 'Hard to Handle' can spin. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121That reminds me of a joke. Man goes into doctor's:b,121b,121Man: "Doc, I have developed an overwhelming desire to open my shirt to the waist, wear too-tight pants, and sing loudly in a welsh accent."b,121b,121Doc: "Hmmm... I think you might have Tom Jones disease."b,121b,121Man: "Tom Jones disease? I've never heard of that. Is it common?"b,121b,121Doc: ...
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Anyone who can't ride for 'Its Not Unusual' or 'Hard to Handle' can spin. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121That reminds me of a joke. Man goes into doctor's:b,121b,121Man: "Doc, I have developed an overwhelming desire to open my shirt to the waist, wear too-tight pants, and sing loudly in a welsh accent."b,121b,121Doc: "Hmmm... I think you might have Tom Jones disease."b,121b,121Man: "Tom Jones disease? I've never heard of that. Is it common?"b,121b,121Doc: ... b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121It's like Tarby never retired.....LOL though.b,121b,121Talking of It's Not Unusual, gets regular airtime in my car; I told my boy that it is one of Sir Jimmy Page's earliest recorded solos. After much open mouthed gawping and sheepish grins, he says: 'Dad, it's a rubbish solo, isn't it?'b,121b,121b,121Yes son, it is.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    Didn't the Shadows do some of the solos in the musical scenes for "Thunderbirds"? Or am I getting Brains confused with Hank Marvin?b,121b,121img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/thunderbirds/images/520_brains.jpg"1b,121b,121img src="http://www.citymusic.dk/Hank Marvin/Hank Marvin Burns 1967.jpg"1
  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Speaking of Tom Jones does anyone know off the top of their head what album "Sex Bomb" is on? One of my jones Fav's. As long as it's funky like The Tom Jones Fever Zone on Parrot I'm in. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121reloaded: greatest hits. euroman loves it like a pig loves corn. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Damn no vinyl release. Should of known. Good lookin out though. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121Waitaminute. Are you for real?
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    I know they were in the Thunderbirds Are Go movie at least thanks to spending an achievement free Saturday afternoon watching it one day.b,121b,121On an unrelated topic, I remember way back in the day when I was first discovering the joys of hip hop a friend of mine excitedly informing me that the bongo break we were hearing on so many records was played by Sir Cliff himself. Many hours were spent debating this until a trip to a charity shop and a purchase of The Shadows proved him wrong once and for all.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Didn't the Shadows do some of the solos in the musical scenes for "Thunderbirds"? Or am I getting Brains confused with Hank Marvin?b,121b,121img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/thunderbirds/images/520_brains.jpg"1b,121b,121img src="http://www.citymusic.dk/Hank Marvin/Hank Marvin Burns 1967.jpg"1 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121That's puppet Hank on the right...b,121b,121 img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/Edfray/SAJBpKdGfkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/6S-nKFQsQTk/s288/Shadows.jpg"1
  • 45toLife45toLife 37 Posts
    Damn right I am serious. I am not backing Tom's entire playlist just a few sick tracks. Sex Bomb is raw and so is that Fever Zone record amongst some others. I am most likely not going to be diggin the new release especially with some U2 love. Not my thing. Not to mention the guy was pulling ho's by the dozens before my moms was in diapers. He get's respect in my book.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Damn right I am serious. I am not backing Tom's entire playlist just a few sick tracks. Sex Bomb is raw and so is that Fever Zone record amongst some others. I am most likely not going to be diggin the new release especially with some U2 love. Not my thing. Not to mention the guy was pulling ho's by the dozens before my moms was in diapers. He get's respect in my book. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I'm sorry to hear that your mum wears diapers.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Damn right I am serious. I am not backing Tom's entire playlist just a few sick tracks. Sex Bomb is raw and so is that Fever Zone record amongst some others. I am most likely not going to be diggin the new release especially with some U2 love. Not my thing. Not to mention the guy was pulling ho's by the dozens before my moms was in diapers. He get's respect in my book. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121OK, Tom Jones can sing and he's got a handful of good tunes hiding in the Vegas chaff. b,121b,121But "Sex Bomb" - [i]raw/i1?
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    This is my feeling about Tom Jones on the head of a pin:b,121b,121/font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121 Tom Jones can sing and he's got a handful of good tunes hiding in the Vegas chaff. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121That's the gospel truth, right there. Keep that shit in perspective, okay? He had his moments as a would-be soul singer, but he is still a lounge lizard. 75% of the time, his recordings are on some kind of swinging singles/supperclub/Love, American Style steez. Tom is cool in his way, but he's no Roy Head.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    I like Tom....he is still doin it...b,121b,121Here is a pic of Tom after a bazillion drinks and some pills when he did an impromptu show after the band in the bar invited him up on stage a1few weeks ago...dude still parties!b,121(I dont know who the hipster douchebag is in the photo with him)b,121tom is FUUUUUUUCCCCKED UP! check out the srpay on tan that has been sweated off...b,121img src="http://a456.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/82/l_aed457e3b71447fd0d21fd23e7950c07.jpg"1
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