Comments on: More On That Other Fight In Las Vegas: Tom Jones vs. The Welsh Anthem

By: marje

marje — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:08:12 +0000

I thought Tom Jones was brilliant singing at the fight, he can sing anything. Wish Tom would come to Britain more. I go to see him every time he plays in Glasgow and he just gets better and better. He has a wonderful voice, both singing and speaking.I hope he goes on for ever and ever.

By: Joe Murray

Joe Murray — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:48:51 +0000

My favorite part of the article: "Tom is such a legend Stateside he could get away with singing What’s New Pussycat? in Serbo-Croat."

That gave me a little insight on the trans-Atlantic view of Sir Tom. I know many of us on "this side of the pond" complain that the media, record companies, and promoters limit Sir Tom's full capability to tackle the U.S. market time and time again. Thus it is the UK that gets the Reload release and we in the States get Reloaded.

But I was just pleased that the British press recognized the true level of Tom's fame in this country. Maybe the U.S. press will wake up to that fact!

By: Moderator

Moderator — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:41:51 +0000

Thank you, Pam. Well said.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:49:49 +0000

The U.K. and Wales bash him for everything from how he looks to how he sings and everything else. He has said he doesn’t really speak Welsh, so I think that should be accounted for if he made a few mistakes. He was in rare vocal form and sounded great. Shouldn’t he be commended for tackling what sounded like a difficult anthem and representing Wales as he usually does? He doesn’t really talk about how great America is, even though most of his fans are in this country and he has lived here most of his life. We support and love him anyway.

By: Gill

Gill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:09:16 +0000

I’ll tell all the teachers I know that there is a new item on the curriculum called, “Tom’s Law.” It should make some interesting conversations.

By: Moderator

Moderator — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:50:17 +0000

As we said above, we mostly posted this because we wanted to use that title on the post. We thought Tom looked and sounded great. But, then again, we don’t know the song and, in truth, when he is singing, it’s The Voice we listen to, not the specific words. That’s why, we believe, the audience is often slow on the uptake when it comes to reacting to “that” part of Git Me Some.

And, yes, singers have assaulted the US anthem more times than we can count. Just check youtube.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:55:01 +0000

You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. PETTY, very PETTY and, not to make many mad but I have heard our national anthem destroyed by more so-called artists than I care to count.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:23:18 +0000

Thanks for the morning laugh! I suppose if someone really messed up my anthem I would wonder why they sang it at all. On the other hand I am Canadian and our national anthem is sung in both official languages, English and French. I’m sure I wouldn’t want them to ask me to sing the anthem in French. Actually it is kind of sad that their national anthem isn’t taught in school. It never ceases to amaze me how the media today grabs ahold of something and doesn’t let it go until the next supposed Breaking News! I’m pretty sure there are more important things going on in the world. Thanks for sharing the article. It is funny.