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Tom Jones: Guess He Does Dress To Suit His Mood — He Was Red Hot Thursday Night!
Friday, May 16th, 2008Thursday at the MGM was — like Tom’s jacket — hot.
The man had the audience in the palm of his hand and they loved him. We were sitting with some people from Wales. Margaret told us her husband David was “really” the fan. By the end of the evening it would have been difficult to distinguish fan from not-a-fan in that couple.
To our left was Keith, a California guy who hadn’t seen Tom before. By the end of the show he was hooked. He just smiled throughout the evening.
In fact that might be a description of the entire audience — long-standing to fairly new to TJ virgins. It was (to bring back a phrase or two from a few years ago) a complete love-in.
We preferred — as did SusannePDX in an earlier comment — the white jacket to the red. But that has nothing to do with how Tom looks in white vs. how he looks in red.
It is about the play of the intense colored lights. Under them, the white stays white. The red turns all sorts of different shades in the red family, from the true red when he first comes out, to orange, to paler red…
…On the other hand, it is Tom Jones and he does look great. And we loved the black slacks. They look terrific whether he’s standing, moving or, simply (and maybe best) sitting on a stool and singing.
Of course, he sounded great, too. After he sang I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (which he has noted would be a good epitaph for him because “I never will, will I?”) he said softly, chuckling, “I sang that when I was 24….and then when I was 44….” as he let the thought trail off to laughter from the audience.
Several people commented on the band. The guy next to us couldn’t get over the interplay between Tom and Herman. “They’re really having fun up there, aren’t they?” he asked.
Yes, we’d bet they were, everyone else on the state was and the audience was, too. And that’s what it’s all about — the great music, the great voice and audience basking in the presence of today’s greatest voice and his assemblage of amazing musicians and singers.
We are truly blessed to have them in our lives. And we hope each of you has the chance to see the red jacket and the white jacket and decide for yourselves which is the favorite.
We ran this photo in an uncharacteristically large size because we just like it. Hope you do, too.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:49 am
I think I prefer the white jacket, but he looks fantastic in the red one as well. Hot! Hot! Hot!.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Both jackets look great. It reminds me of the early 90’s when he would wear different colored suits and change things up. The 80’s and 90’s was that time when you never knew what he would hit you with in terms of colors and set list. It was always exciting to try and guess which current hit on the radio he would tackle. Now it’s time to change the shirt and pants a little and set list a little more and things would be more like they used to be. (not that things are terrible now)
May 16th, 2008 at 6:19 am
I love both jackets. He looks GREAT in whatever he’s wearing! Maybe he’ll try a blue one? And, yes, he always looks great sitting on the stool!
May 16th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Don’t tell anyone, but we hear there are other colors in the clothes closet. But Vince is right — the element of surprise makes it loads of fun. Hope it keeps up. ‘
May 16th, 2008 at 7:41 am
That is one of the things that I just love about TJ, he is always dressed impeccably. His suits are tailored beautifully and he isn’t afraid to wear a beautiful fabric in a bold colour or different thread pattern. Not many men dress like this anymore, it is so fabulous. Hey, would we expect any less from our man? ; )) The only thing better than TJ in a suit would be TJ out of the suit LOL
May 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am
“Everybody’s crazy about a sharp-dressed man” !!!!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Thanks for the large size photo
- TOM in red - breathtaking and I fell off my chair with Anna, hahahaha
May 19th, 2008 at 7:48 am
First chance in a few days to comment on new jackets. I like the new look. As I said, he wore this in the 90’s always looked incredible, as he does now. He always had you guessing what he might wear one night to the next
May 26th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Oh, I was there that Thursday night too. I was next to the stage, but would have liked to be a little further back, I think the acoustics would have been better. I like the red jacket,but I like the white jacket too. My two friends are not big fans as me, but they were in awe of how great his voice and HE is and they enjoyed the show. His voice was outstanding!