Well all you young ones, this is how a ballad is done, genuine passion, power, feeling, and the world stops as he takes to the stage. Aint no boy band here. Great to hear Tom is still getting into the heart of his audiences. Thanks for the vid great to see your reaction. Cheers from the Scottish Highlands.
I’ve seen + heard him on “ THE VOICE UK”( on UA-cam) + he is still just as great. Most of the time, he sings impromptu without a mic. He still at 83 yrs old, doesn’t need the mic!
We can agree that a Welsh Singer sang the greatest version of this song first recorded by Ben E.King and the first single by Status Quo but was it, Sir Tom or Dame Shirley Bassey? :)
That's the hardest Snapping ever. Nothing like a nice murder ballad. Tom Jones is the man. It's obvious why he got along so well with Elvis. Thanks for sharing. Much love and respect from Baltimore as always.
Is there a Delilah you can be mad at?? Not anymore lol. The last verse of the song tells you that..."She stood there laughing. I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more." Yeah....he killed her.
Excellent analysis of this song. Jones' vocals were as near to perfection as it gets. The passion he packed into this song was remarkable and I think unparalleled.
There were also a few pair of panties alongside those keys . I ain't mad ! If I were there I would have wrapped my room key in my panties and threw them at him ! 😂
Imagine a young Tom Jones talent today? they'd be an superstar of modern times with nothing close through competition out there now because it was an golden era that was too spoiled in greatness!!! where has it gone ? 😎👌👀
Glad you're enjoying old school Tom jones. My mom had his LP records spinning on the player back in the 60s and 70s. If you haven't already, take a look at the song it's not unusual. By the way Tom Jones is still alive and kicking. He's one of the judges on the voice. Also he is welsh. Born in wales. As in near England, great britain.
Your reaction cracked me up here. 🤣🤣 It was genuine too. I loved it. Great reaction, keep it up. I see you did a lot of the Tom Jones songs, so I'll go watch them👍 Thanks Jayy!, 💝
Tom and Elvis were very good friends. They'd see each other's shows in Vegas. For an entertaining story (not a reaction, just on your own) you should look up Tom on Conan O'Brian where he talks about their "Bromance" and when Elvis sang to him in Tom's dressing room in Vegas whil he was in the shower. 😂😂
In the song Tom Dooley Tom Dula kills a woman over unrequited love named Laura Foster this Tom Jones song the woman is also murdered with a knife 🔪. Love hurts when not returned.
He was crying heartbroken in I'll Never Fall in Love Again, but wasn't gonna take cheating again, so Delilah paid the price. And that's how he ended up in prison in The Green Green Grass of Home
It is so amazing to the younger generation listening to Sir Tom Jone! The style of the arrangement was a Spanish Flamenco style! Since it seems that you like Tom Jone you should listen too to Engelbert Humperdinck who has the same style and had the same song writer! Please Release Me was one Engelbert Humperdinck first songs of many!
You can look at the song from a stalker perspective too which is way more interesting haha. He thinks she's his and when he sees her with another guy he goes nuts and kills her.
@@dougtaylor2803 If we go by that angle then he's conveniently outside her house knowing she's with a guy. How is that not stalking?? lol Did I hit a nerve?.
@@sannaolsson9106 You may have hit a brick wall, but you utterly failed in hitting a nerve. You are in over your head here Sanna (If that IS your real name). Stalking as a legal term requires that certain elements of the crime be established in order to substantiate such a charge. While the qualitative and quantitative nature of these elements may vary by jurisdiction, one element almost always necessary is habitual behaviour, or a pattern of behaviour. In as much as the lyrics offer no indication of a pattern of behaviour, that crucial element could not be established and therefore, a charge of stalking would, if competently defended, fail. The circumstances described actually coincide much more closely with what has been described as a "crime of passion" whereby one partner finds the other in "flagrante delicto" which roughly translates to "in the act". Therefore, THAT is how it is NOT stalking! QED. You may not like the law, but it is what it is to protect the innocent from baseless accusations. I would add parenthetically that you may want to consider the foundation on which you stand before deciding to adopt your snarky approach.
@@dougtaylor2803 But....you seem to have missundersttood my whole point??? I said the song COULD be seen from another angle, that they weren't together and he was just an obsessive about her, had been breeping outside her house, saw her with a guy and got jealous and killed her. I never said that this id def what the song is about. I said it COULD be seen in that way and if you see it that way, then it's stalking. I can't believe I had to explain this 😂
A Waltz. A dark, sinister Waltz. So many great songs of the 60's were dark. Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Excerpt from a Teenage Opera to name 2 more. But there were many. About death or people killing people.
Jones has stated in interviews that when the single was first released he was booked on The Ed Sullivan Show, a huge coup at the time. Before they would let him sing the song however he had to change the lyric in the 2nd verse about the new man leaving the Delilah's home because it implied he spent the entire night there. According to Jones he questioned why it upset the censors that the cheating male spends the entire night at Deliliah's when it's OK for the original boyfriend to wait outside all night stalking Delilah, who clearly is portrayed as engaging some sort of sexual activity aka "flickering shadows of love on her blind", not too mention the whole stabbing her to death part, and basically got little answer except the other male character couldn't spend the entire night. Crazy as that sounds, in order to get a prime spot on the show Jones changed that random line to something llke "At break of day as the night went away I was waiting", which eliminated the other man from his overnight visit but still implies the stalking aspect.
Just a song. He and his real wife were together about 50 years. She put up with his infidelities all that time. But: with a voice and talent like that, you would expect ladies everywhere to come on to him.....
I love how it's upbeat Matador/Circus music about shanking a mean, cheating bitch. The balls it takes to decide to take two completely different moods and combine them like that.
I always felt that "I'll never fall in love", and "Delilah" were about the same girl. He stabbed her inthe end. Elvis admired Tom, so that says it all about his voice.
If you listen to the lyrics, this gives of some *dark* connotations of matricide and suicide. Aside from the hate and evil, Tom Jones's pipes are fucking unbeatable! Back in the day, the late, GREAT Frank Sinatra met the young Tom from Wales, and Ole Blue Eyes told him he had an immense range.. but that it would never last. Frank was wrong about that one.
I grew up with mum and dad every Saturday morning listing to him
Well all you young ones, this is how a ballad is done, genuine passion, power, feeling, and the world stops as he takes to the stage. Aint no boy band here. Great to hear Tom is still getting into the heart of his audiences. Thanks for the vid great to see your reaction. Cheers from the Scottish Highlands.
Sir TomJones is a singing legend with a string of hits. One of the greatest voices of all time. Hard to believe he’s 80 years old now.
He sure is
And his voice is just as good today!
And still sounds the same today....damn!! Sing it to me Sir Tom..😍🇦🇺
Saw him last year...Still sounds GREAT!
Name a better singer!? At 80?!
I'll never fall in love has always been my favourite and she's a lady 💗💗💗 Tom Jones 😍
My favorite song from Mr. Jones. My momma made us listen to him on our family road trips. Good memories.
See how strong and projecting by how far away he has to be away from the mic. He’s so good at the cry in his voice too.
Yes!
I’ve seen + heard him on “ THE VOICE UK”( on UA-cam) + he is still just as great. Most of the time, he sings impromptu without a mic. He still at 83 yrs old, doesn’t need the mic!
THE JAYY SHOW,
You’re reaction is just priceless. The song is a story of a crime of passion.
Manchester, England.
His range is off the charts
Young lady, I love your reactions. They are so real & honest. Keep it up.
I think he killed Delilah. “I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more”😳
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then he crys WHY? WHY? WHYYYY DELILAH! i can picture him on his knees over the dead body🤢😆crazy storytelling in music, like a modern opera.
Perhaps the most upbeat mainstream song about murdering a woman (so far) ^^
Before I understand english I enjoyed the song so much back in the early seventies. But after the joy just slipped away.
Lag Swag funny
Sir Tom sang with many of the greats in the music industry when he had his own tv show. Yes, I am old enough to have remembered him then.
Great reaction sweet sister, I loved the reaction. Tom Jones such power and class.
And because of Delilah he had to return to the "Green, green grass of home"...
Oh, god! You share the same head canon as I did. He was singing that song as he is getting executed for killing Delilah.
@@salmanedy @george haha, I hadn't seen it like that way!! That's so funny! 😆
Forget every other Tom Jones songs, you MUST listen to “I Who Have Nothing” by him. You’ll never be the same.
joseph speruta , yes !
We can agree that a Welsh Singer sang the greatest version of this song first recorded by Ben E.King and the first single by Status Quo but was it, Sir Tom or Dame Shirley Bassey? :)
That's the hardest Snapping ever. Nothing like a nice murder ballad. Tom Jones is the man. It's obvious why he got along so well with Elvis. Thanks for sharing. Much love and respect from Baltimore as always.
Is there a Delilah you can be mad at?? Not anymore lol. The last verse of the song tells you that..."She stood there laughing. I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more." Yeah....he killed her.
80 years old and could still out sing most of the electro
crap bein produced today.
At 80 yrs old & a voice that's still the same. This man is still awesome looking.
Yo tom the man, what a singer, in a league of his own
LOL!! Your response to this was priceless! Love seeing you enjoy the music of my generation. Love you 😂😂😂
Love, love Sir Tom Jones. He is gorgeous today too.
Tom Jones is full of soul even in his 80s ..
Loved Tom! I was a young girl then, but the voice was it!
I love the expression in her eyes as the song progressed.
Excellent analysis of this song. Jones' vocals were as near to perfection as it gets. The passion he packed into this song was remarkable and I think unparalleled.
Best reaction to ANY song ever!
The thing about great singers is they take you on a journey with them.
Yes, I was born in 1961 and the music was GREAT!
Luckyyyy
I was born in 1962 and love his music also
No youngsters, please Sue, 1961 indeed :)
No youngsters, please Jean, 1962 indeed :)
A song that will bring a tear to your eye is "Green Green Grass Of Home" by Tom Jones.
Is that right 👀
@@THEJAYYSHOW Green Green Grass of Home. 🤠✌
Its just a song, but it was crazy that he's singing a song that took her out at the end "Wow"!!!
Even as a kid when I saw him on Tv, I loved the Spanish gypsy and Bolero flair. He was so freakin cool. There is no alteration with him just power.
"Yes, Yes, Yes" LOL.....love that! Its OK, there were a lot of Delilahs out there, going to concerts and throwing their hotel keys at Sir Tom!
There were also a few pair of panties alongside those keys . I ain't mad ! If I were there I would have wrapped my room key in my panties and threw them at him ! 😂
HE KILLED THE B.....!
What a fucking good voice.
Imagine a young Tom Jones talent today? they'd be an superstar of modern times with nothing close through competition out there now because it was an golden era that was too spoiled in greatness!!! where has it gone ? 😎👌👀
best/funniest reaction i've seen so far
Glad you're enjoying old school Tom jones. My mom had his LP records spinning on the player back in the 60s and 70s. If you haven't already, take a look at the song it's not unusual. By the way Tom Jones is still alive and kicking. He's one of the judges on the voice. Also he is welsh. Born in wales. As in near England, great britain.
crime of passion
Yes JAYY he's a bad ass
Your reaction cracked me up here. 🤣🤣 It was genuine too. I loved it.
Great reaction, keep it up. I see you did a lot of the Tom Jones songs, so I'll go watch them👍
Thanks Jayy!, 💝
I saw THE FLICKERING SHADOWS OF LOVE ON HER BLIND.
Toms got some good pipes.
Yes yes
Try his song “It’s Not Unusual” and do the Carlton dance from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Hilarious
Tom and Elvis were very good friends. They'd see each other's shows in Vegas.
For an entertaining story (not a reaction, just on your own) you should look up Tom on Conan O'Brian where he talks about their "Bromance" and when Elvis sang to him in Tom's dressing room in Vegas whil he was in the shower. 😂😂
you know he killed delilah. stabbed her. the police are coming to break down the door. lol
In the song Tom Dooley Tom Dula kills a woman over unrequited love named Laura Foster this Tom Jones song the woman is also murdered with a knife 🔪. Love hurts when not returned.
Green, green grass of home neatly fits the consequences of Delilah and is also sang by the great man
You need to listen to his song - I who have nothing
Hugs from Poland
Love your real. Love your reactions. 🎶👍
He was crying heartbroken in I'll Never Fall in Love Again, but wasn't gonna take cheating again, so Delilah paid the price. And that's how he ended up in prison in The Green Green Grass of Home
See how far away he had to hold the mike so as to not overpower it as well.
He killed her in the song, not in real life.
Tom was or is great he still with us,great reaction.
Delilah is just a character in a song but he killed her! did you notice that in the song? “I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more!”
You are a national treasure. Love watching your reactions.
It is so amazing to the younger generation listening to Sir Tom Jone! The style of the arrangement was a Spanish Flamenco style! Since it seems that you like Tom Jone you should listen too to Engelbert Humperdinck who has the same style and had the same song writer! Please Release Me was one Engelbert Humperdinck first songs of many!
'Sir Tom singing 'A boy from nowhere' is another beautiful song you may want to react to. Very emotional.
You can look at the song from a stalker perspective too which is way more interesting haha. He thinks she's his and when he sees her with another guy he goes nuts and kills her.
Stalker? Not remotely close to a genuine stalking situation but it is a term vastly misunderstood and misused.
@@dougtaylor2803 If we go by that angle then he's conveniently outside her house knowing she's with a guy. How is that not stalking?? lol
Did I hit a nerve?.
@@sannaolsson9106 You may have hit a brick wall, but you utterly failed in hitting a nerve. You are in over your head here Sanna (If that IS your real name). Stalking as a legal term requires that certain elements of the crime be established in order to substantiate such a charge. While the qualitative and quantitative nature of these elements may vary by jurisdiction, one element almost always necessary is habitual behaviour, or a pattern of behaviour. In as much as the lyrics offer no indication of a pattern of behaviour, that crucial element could not be established and therefore, a charge of stalking would, if competently defended, fail. The circumstances described actually coincide much more closely with what has been described as a "crime of passion" whereby one partner finds the other in "flagrante delicto" which roughly translates to "in the act". Therefore, THAT is how it is NOT stalking! QED. You may not like the law, but it is what it is to protect the innocent from baseless accusations. I would add parenthetically that you may want to consider the foundation on which you stand before deciding to adopt your snarky approach.
@@dougtaylor2803 But....you seem to have missundersttood my whole point??? I said the song COULD be seen from another angle, that they weren't together and he was just an obsessive about her, had been breeping outside her house, saw her with a guy and got jealous and killed her. I never said that this id def what the song is about. I said it COULD be seen in that way and if you see it that way, then it's stalking. I can't believe I had to explain this 😂
The song is about the biblical story of Samson and Delilah
Just a song dear, just great song.
A Waltz.
A dark, sinister Waltz.
So many great songs of the 60's were dark. Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Excerpt from a Teenage Opera to name 2 more. But there were many. About death or people killing people.
Metaphor for Samson and Delilah. Delilah betrayed and cut Sampson hair and he lost his strength.
The BeeGees " Too Much Heaven"
Hottest song ever recorded Donna Summer love to love you 1976
Never has a song about betrayal and murder suicide sounded so amazing lol
I'll come find Delilah 😂 Fiddle sticks xx ya'll make me laugh. Respect.
Reaction was priceless, I love it.
great tune
Try reacting to his song I Who Have Nothing - the live version from his TV show is the best version in my opinion.
The Green Green Grass of home is another great song from him
My 6 month old niece is named Delilah. Her brother is called Zephyr.
A couple of later songs he has done is The Boy from Nowhere and 24 Hours , which I think are Tom Jones at his Best !
There is so much for you to enjoy.....we boomers left you a massive amount of music...
Your heart is in the right place babe.
Tom Jones Is The Best 💯
Delilah is only between your ears where he sang her into being.
Jones has stated in interviews that when the single was first released he was booked on The Ed Sullivan Show, a huge coup at the time. Before they would let him sing the song however he had to change the lyric in the 2nd verse about the new man leaving the Delilah's home because it implied he spent the entire night there. According to Jones he questioned why it upset the censors that the cheating male spends the entire night at Deliliah's when it's OK for the original boyfriend to wait outside all night stalking Delilah, who clearly is portrayed as engaging some sort of sexual activity aka "flickering shadows of love on her blind", not too mention the whole stabbing her to death part, and basically got little answer except the other male character couldn't spend the entire night. Crazy as that sounds, in order to get a prime spot on the show Jones changed that random line to something llke "At break of day as the night went away I was waiting", which eliminated the other man from his overnight visit but still implies the stalking aspect.
You must check out The Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s version of Delilah.
Nice I love your reactions
Thank you so much
Just a song. He and his real wife were together about 50 years. She put up with his infidelities all that time. But: with a voice and talent like that, you would expect ladies everywhere to come on to him.....
If you want to see him now you should watch him on the voice UK
Tom and his Wife were Teenagers when they got married, the record industry kept it a Secret from the public.
I love how it's upbeat Matador/Circus music about shanking a mean, cheating bitch. The balls it takes to decide to take two completely different moods and combine them like that.
Makes me proud to be Welsh
Tom "The voice" Jones.
True welsh legend
Him and alan clarke of the hollies best singers of the 60s for me hands down
If you liked him dancing around watch Tom Jones - Treat Her Right - This is Tom Jones TV Show
I always felt that "I'll never fall in love", and "Delilah" were about the same girl. He stabbed her inthe end. Elvis admired Tom, so that says it all about his voice.
Please look up Engelbert Humperdinck. He is a crooner who was popular at the same time as Tom here. His silky smooth voice will make you MELT.
Oh Jayy I found Elvis and Tom singing Never fall in love. Sent it to you on messenger.
"Thunderball"James Bond Theme!
His first song was What’s New Pussycat... from the movie... listen to it you will like it!
They used to say he had the perfect smile.
If you listen to the lyrics, this gives of some *dark* connotations of matricide and suicide. Aside from the hate and evil, Tom Jones's pipes are fucking unbeatable!
Back in the day, the late, GREAT Frank Sinatra met the young Tom from Wales, and Ole Blue Eyes told him he had an immense range.. but that it would never last. Frank was wrong about that one.
The song is about the biblical story of Samson and Delilah ....
Ol' Tom just keeps picking those bad cheating women, maybe he needs to make better choices,lol
He didn’t see me in time
The song is about the biblical story of Samson and Delilah
Lol, he married his childhood sweetheart
There's Delilah's all around the world.
LOL.. I love your reaction faces ^_^ ... you did great baby... and well SIR Tom.. is a thing.. he is still stealing ladies with footage from 1965 >.>
it was a story...but it was a good one...
My Late Dad once told me this song was done back in the 1920's and Tom did a copy of it how true that I don't know