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Tom Jones To Be On Jools Holland’s Show Tuesday, October 14; And We Have A Question
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Please don’t forget the October Question of the Month (below)!
And be sure to check out the video from Good Morning America (also below)
Moderators’ Note/Question: Why are they saying this is Tom’s “songwriting debut?” Didn’t he allegedly write Baptism By Fire and some other stuff from his Jools Holland collaboration? And didn’t he allegedly write songs with Wyclef Jean for Mr. Jones? And, also, didn’t he allegedly co-write Looking Out My Window and
We understand that cred seems to demand singers perform their own music these days, but this is silly. All any writer or journalist has to do is look on albums and CDs to see that Tom’s been credited with writing years before this CD’s release. With that voice — that amazing, like-no-other voice — is writing so important? It’s nice he’s writing for this CD, but it’s not new. Why risk credibility, and diminishing any accomplishment, by saying it is? And we don’t think Tom deserves any of the potential backlash from this, either.
The BBC press office announces:
Later Live … With Jools Holland Ep 5/9
Tuesday 14 October /10.00-10.30pm BBC TWO /www.bbc.co.uk/later
Snow Patrol, Tom Jones and Eliza Carthy are among Jools Holland’s guests on this week’s edition of Later Live. Snow Patrol, who make a welcome return to the Later studio, perform a song or two from their new album, A Hundred Million Suns, the follow-up to the million-selling Eyes Open.
The legendary Tom Jones, who is about to release his new album, 24 Hours, which features his songwriting debut, is also in the studio to perform a number from it.
Eliza Carthy, meanwhile, performs songs from her recent acclaimed album, Dreams Of Breathing Underwater.
Further acts due to appear tonight will be confirmed closer to transmission.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
That is great news I will be glued to the TV. Tom and Jools always seem to enjoy working together. In fact they make it look so easy it doesn’t seem like work.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I HAVE DIRECT TV WHAT CHANEL WILL IT BE ON FOR DIRECT TV PEOPLE & WHAT TIME?
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Oh wow! How I would love to be in the audience!
Duh, that’s 11pm here, and I don’t have cable. I doubt my parents will want to stay up just for that. But I will ask my dad to record it for sure! Thanks a lot for the info!
I agree it’s very strange they wouldn’t acknowledge the songs that Tom wrote with Jools.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Thanks for the info that’s great news.
I think people just don’t associate Tom with song writing and as you say he has been involved to some degree in song writing before. However on a sour note the UK CD of Reload credits only Tom with the writing credits of Looking Out My Window!!!!!! Poor Gordon, I didn’t think you lost writing credit when you died!!!!
October 4th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Tom and Jools, allways fun!, and great.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:10 am
hello again david from california what chanel number is it on direct tv what chanel?thank you..sir.tom jones good luck to you