Comments on: Rumor or Reality? Tom Jones, ?uestlove and A Word (Again) On Critic Robert Christgau http://tomjonesinternational.com/2008/06/15/rumor-or-reality-tom-jones-uestlove-and-a-word-again-on-critic-robert-christgau/ Tom Jones Fansite Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Marisa http://tomjonesinternational.com/2008/06/15/rumor-or-reality-tom-jones-uestlove-and-a-word-again-on-critic-robert-christgau/#comment-5787 Marisa Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:59:43 +0000 http://tomjonesinternational.com/?p=1896#comment-5787 <p>Looking forward to a smash hit with ?uestlove ...maybe a remix of the TJ version of Al Green's "So tired of being alone"</p> Looking forward to a smash hit with ?uestlove …maybe a remix of the TJ version of Al Green’s “So tired of being alone”

]]> By: Dre http://tomjonesinternational.com/2008/06/15/rumor-or-reality-tom-jones-uestlove-and-a-word-again-on-critic-robert-christgau/#comment-5785 Dre Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:58:03 +0000 http://tomjonesinternational.com/?p=1896#comment-5785 <p>Fresh and new sounds, that’s what is needed for the new cd, like Mousse T and his <em>Sexbomb</em>! Way to go!</p> Fresh and new sounds, that’s what is needed for the new cd, like Mousse T and his Sexbomb! Way to go!

]]> By: Moderator http://tomjonesinternational.com/2008/06/15/rumor-or-reality-tom-jones-uestlove-and-a-word-again-on-critic-robert-christgau/#comment-5779 Moderator Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:25:19 +0000 http://tomjonesinternational.com/?p=1896#comment-5779 <p><em>Marisa:</em> We found two mentions in <em>Esquire:</em> The first is in a story about the last days of the Clinton presidency when the President got into a limo. "The man is singing as he falls into the back of his limo, a Tom Jones number first popularized by George Jessel in the late 1920s: One bright and shiny light, That taught me wrong from right, I found in my mother's eyes.</p> <p>"He croons the lyrics, smiling, sweetly drawing out the i's and o's. With his hands, he beats a soft rhythm on his knee. There's something a little vulnerable in his singing, though in the safety of his black capsule, he's just being himself, a bit showy and contagious. He's in a high mood; after being in a crowd of people, he usually is. But there's something more today. Beyond the window, in the middle of a back-to-school afternoon, they've lined the route here in Princeton, New Jersey, waiting for him to lift a hand in their direction. And he does"</p> <p>The other is in a review of the new Neil Diamond CD: It begins, "Tom Jones did it. So did Johnny Cash. Now it's Neil Diamond's turn for a second (or is it third?) coming."</p> <p>That's all we could find. Just ask and we shall look.</p> Marisa: We found two mentions in Esquire: The first is in a story about the last days of the Clinton presidency when the President got into a limo. “The man is singing as he falls into the back of his limo, a Tom Jones number first popularized by George Jessel in the late 1920s: One bright and shiny light, That taught me wrong from right, I found in my mother’s eyes.

“He croons the lyrics, smiling, sweetly drawing out the i’s and o’s. With his hands, he beats a soft rhythm on his knee. There’s something a little vulnerable in his singing, though in the safety of his black capsule, he’s just being himself, a bit showy and contagious. He’s in a high mood; after being in a crowd of people, he usually is. But there’s something more today. Beyond the window, in the middle of a back-to-school afternoon, they’ve lined the route here in Princeton, New Jersey, waiting for him to lift a hand in their direction. And he does”

The other is in a review of the new Neil Diamond CD: It begins, “Tom Jones did it. So did Johnny Cash. Now it’s Neil Diamond’s turn for a second (or is it third?) coming.”

That’s all we could find. Just ask and we shall look.

]]> By: Marisa http://tomjonesinternational.com/2008/06/15/rumor-or-reality-tom-jones-uestlove-and-a-word-again-on-critic-robert-christgau/#comment-5778 Marisa Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:47:39 +0000 http://tomjonesinternational.com/?p=1896#comment-5778 <p>Impressive credentials! Speaking of <em>Esquire</em> magazine...did they every do an article on our Knight?</p> Impressive credentials! Speaking of Esquire magazine…did they every do an article on our Knight?

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