This song was going through my head non stop for months. I finally went to a doctor. He said it was Tom Jones Syndrome. I asked if it was rare. He said "It's not unusual."
Few male singers in history have had more bras and panties thrown at them on stage during a live performance by adoring female fans in the audience. Tom Jones was part of the "British Invasion" of the 1960s. This song and "It's Not Unusual" were his first two hits in America (1965). He is still going strong today as one of the judges on the UK's version of "The Voice," and can still knock it out of the park with his voice. Check out these songs by Tom: "She's A Lady," "Help Yourself," "Delilah," "Green Green Grass of Home," and the one most of the reaction channels have done, "I'll Never Fall In Love Again."
Back in the day, the term pussycat was used as a term of endearment, there was no sexual connotation to it. This was the theme song for a screwball comedy movie directed by Woody Allen and staring Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress. Written by Burt Bacharach
@@glassontherocks -- Given how tacky and classless most performers are nowadays, I would assume the only people who would be throwing their own underwear out on stage would be the performers themselves.
John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube. But sold to people in around 1953
This was the theme song for a movie called What's New Pussycat, about a guy with so many girls he can't remember their names and calls them all "Pussycat". I think it is as much about the body part as the girl. Tom Jones was and still is one of those people who get panties thrown to them on stage. You saw the crowd reaction?
Tom Jones was THE "crooner" of the 60's and early 70's. Not a rocker, but definitely a pop star who had many, many female fans. What's impressive is in the "rock/soul" era, he had several hit songs that made it on Top 40 radio and are still played today on oldies radio. Although they couldn't by more dissimilar, he was friends with John Lennon.
Maybe a lot of Tom Jones' early hits were pop tunes and both gentle and power ballads, but don't label Tom a "crooner." He can and has done all kind of genres, including pop, R&B, rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, reggae, rap, gospel. funk, dance, trance, movie theme songs like "...Pussycat" and the title song to the James Bond movie "Thunderball," and more. He loves all kinds of music. Tom has so much soul and passion and swag, plus superb control over that incredible, powerful voice of his. And he has rocked with some of the best... Jerry Lee Lewis, Dusty Springfield, Little Richard, Janis Joplin, CSN&Y, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett.. and others. You should hear him with Aussie favorite son John Farnham doing AC/DC's "It's A Long Way To The Top [If You Want To Rock And Roll]. Absolute Fire! No matter if Tom is singing alone or singing with someone else, he brings it! He still does at age 82. His latest album (released last year) hit No.1 on the UK album charts, and a cover he did from the album, Bob Dylan's "One More Cup Of Coffee," was a hot single here. You should listen to some of the impromptu singing Tom has done on The Voice UK. where he is a long time judge and popular coach.
@@fmtalks1386 Tom is no old-timer crooner. He's not a crooner at all (not like Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, and others). He's a belter who knows how and when to best project or modulate his voice, with or without a microphone or latest sound system, in studio, or on stage indoors or outside, whatever size the venue, or level of ambient sound.
I got to see him in the late 70’s. Great view from presidential mezzanine. A real showman. Women running down the isles and throwing their panties on stage to him. He brought the house down when he held up a hug e pair that had been thrown up there. lol
My mom loved Tom Jones! My dad took mom to see Tom back in the days of old glamorous Las Vegas, and she was hooked for life. Check out his cover of Prince’s song Kiss.
Yet another song written by the duo of Burt Bacharach and Hal David - they wrote so many hit songs from this era. I believe this was in an Austin Powers movie too....
Gotta love that 1960's innuendo! Reminds me of a scene in The Yellow Submarine where a police officer stops to try to pet a cat and says something like, "Here Pussycat, here puss; puss, puss, pussy." Then there is the femme fatale from the James Bond movie Goldfinger, who had the delicious name Pussy Galore. Man, it's funny what people could get away with before PC culture came along and spoiled the fun for everyone. Or at least for the men.
My mom & grandmother went to see Tom Jones with front row seats back in the early 70s. He kissed their hands & tried in my mom's floppy hippie hat. Consumate showman. Still out there doing concerts & gigs too!
most TV shows began broadcasting in color in fall of 1965. This performance was from 1969 I believe when Tom Jones had his own series from 1969 to 1971. The song was a hit and used in a movie that was Woody Allen's first screenplay in 1965. Back in those days they used a lot of double entendre. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué. To children he's singing about a cat. To adults he's singing a love song to a woman and/or he's singing about a girl's hoo ha.
I don't know if this song is really about a "girl's hoo ha"....it was written by Burt Bacharach and he really had no history of sexual innuendos in his lyrics......interesting perspective, though!
Such a great song. My grandma use to babysit me when my mom and dad would go to Las Vegas to see Tom Jones in concert. She would return on cloud nine. Best memories of my mom is when I hear Tom sing. Thanks for posting.
Tom Jones had a TV show way back when. All I remember is that all the wives let their hubbies go to the bar and put us kids to bed. I'm not even exaggerating. It was an actual event on our street! Lol
This guy had tons of hits, too many to list. '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s! He's jazzy, soulful, pop. Unusual baritone voice, smooth dance moves, charisma, good looks. "She's a Lady" , :Delilah", etc are the the next one yall should check out! Mr Jones was quite the ladie's man, too. Rumor has it that he's "blessed" down there in the special department according to the groupies. lol! This video I'm guessing late '60s, early '70s. Also, color TV came out during the '60s , they cost more for the people back then, so most still had black/white TVs.
1969... from his TV show called "This Is Tom Jones" where in this clip he comes out to sing a couple songs to the studio audience. The show was produced and aired in both the U.S. and Britain from 1969 through 1971.
Tom Jones had a TV show for a while and one of the perks of having your own show for Tom was getting to sing duets with your musical guests. Do a UA-cam search sometime for "Tom Jones and..." and you will be pleasantly surprised.
"What's new pussy cat" was a 1965 movie and the phrase become a common "beatnik" saying in popular culture. So was often used by Austin Powers in the Mike Myers movie.
Wikipedia easy lookup: although I heard this constantly on the radio when it was new in August/September of 1965....What's New Pussycat? is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress. The Oscar-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) is sung by Tom Jones. The film poster was painted by Frank Frazetta, and the animated title sequence was directed by Richard Williams. The expression "what's new pussycat?" arose in the beatnik generation [mid -late 1950's to early 60's] and is a general query aimed by men at women. In the film, Michael (O'Toole) calls all women "Pussycat" to avoid having to remember their names.
Tom Jones was knighted by the Queen of England, so his official title is Sir Tom Jones. Still belting them out at 82, there are 3 must-see live performances from his TV show: Treat Her Right, a duo with Janis Joplin- Raise Your Hand, and with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Long Time Gone.
This was the theme to a hilarious Peter Sellers movie from that 1960s. Tom was - and even at 80 still is - a sex symbol of the first order. He was billed as the Welsh Elvis, and though their styles were completely different Presley and Jones became great friends. Try his song "It's Not Unusual". There's also a fantastic video of Tom and Janis Joplin singing a duet - there's enough energy in that video to power California for a month.
This video censored showing him from the waist down because I've seen other videos of him singing this song and when he sings "makeup your pussycat nose, eyes or lips" and he's gyrates his hips which is why you hear the women in the audience screaming. I was a little kid when he had this tv show and I remember my mom's friend loved to watch it so I got to see it a few time when we visited her. This video looks like from that same tv show he had and it was about early 1970s.
This was the title song from a screwball comedy film in the 1960s with the brilliant Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole and a host of beauties such as Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress - the very first Bond girl!
My mother had this song on a record called the best of '66. She would play the album for me to get me to go to sleep at night. Oh, FYI, first color TV broadcast was in 1929 I believe in NYC.
@@davidgriffin9412Still some doubts over "commercial". In 1929 electricity was hardly standard in private houses. Most people didn't had access to a camera.
The wild snaps that seem familiar? Carlton on Fresh Prince. Tom Jones was his idol, and he did his dance steps, probably even sang this song. This song seems creepy by today's standards, but in the late 60s, women were pretty little things to be petted and pampered, and were expected to make themselves "pretty" for their men.
My family finally could afford a color tv set in 1973. A MASH episode was the first thing I watched on it. Otoh, my grandma had a color set since 1967 or 8. During summer vacations, I used to watch Bonanza and Match Game on it.
And of note... Tom's show came on opposite broadcasts of the original Star Trek. Imagine who won some of the fights over which channel the men and ladies in the household were going to watch!
The song was actually the title theme of a very bad 1960s movie called,"What's new Pussycat?". It was written by Burt Bacharach who was huge during the 60s. He wrote hits for Dionne Warwick among others.
I KNEW I wasn't imagining I saw that movie .. in the theater, I was about 3 - saw all the 60's movies as they came out .. from Elvis to James Bond, from 1965 to 1969, starting at age 3. (on a military base in Japan, going to the theater nearly every night was the substitute for television). I'm the only person I know my age who saw all those films when they came out. Oddly I remember this as a Barbara Streisand film .. but it's because I'm mashing this up with Hello Dolly in my memory of it. I never confused James Bond and Matt Helm though.
This was the themesong to a movie of the same name around 1965ish. Tom sang that title song. There was an expression back in the day that evolved from the hippie movement. Guys when running into a woman they knew or meeting a new woman would ask What's New Pussycat. Lots of stars in the movie and a more stars singing the songs used in it.
This song was the title song from a film by the same name starring: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress. It was a screwball comedy and quite fun. The expression "what's new pussycat?" arose in the beatnik generation (50's) and is a general query aimed by men at women. In the film, Michael (O'Toole) calls all women "Pussycat" to avoid having to remember their names.
It's from the movie of the same name. Starring Barbara Streisand and (I think) Ryan O'Neil. The two biggest stars of the seventies. Check out Streisand in "Funny Girl" with Omar Sheriff, another biggest star of the seventies, and check out Ryan O'Neil in "Love Story", another biggest movie of the seventies, with Ali McGraw. The seventies were not just about music, it was also an awesome decade for movies.
An incredibly charismatic singer is Tom Jones. He controls the whole stage. He’s not randomly swinging his arm. If you notice, it’s to the beat of the orchestra. Ladies man! It’s well know that women throw their underwear on stage when he performs. A girl told me they buy the undies new and offer them to their icon as they worship him!
From a film with Peter O'Toole , who plays a playboy who all the girls love. Great Movie. And he wasn't snapping he was counting beats . One Two Three a waltz
There is a Woody Allen movie "What's New Pussycat?" starring Peter Sellers and Peter O'Toole that uses this as theme song. Movie is a hilarious 60's comedy with all the stereotypical items included.
He used to have a show on Sunday nights, my great grandmother loved him! When he came on, everyone had to be quiet. She's a Lady and It's not Unusual are his best.
It's well known, that when Tom Jones did his shows in Vegas, Many women would throw their panties, Hotel room keys, and other assorted items up on stage while he was performing. That dude was getting layed every night. Women loved this guy.
This was the theme song to a comedy film. If you can find a longer version of this clip, you will see the female fans reaction to him. He sees a pair of twins in the audience & makes their day.
As much as I heard Tom Jones songs growing up in the 70's, I can't hear this or It's Not Unusual without thinking of John Mulaney now. You should look up his comedy story of this song, it's hilarious.
What's New Pussycat? is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress. The Oscar-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) is sung by Tom Jones. The film poster was painted by Frank Frazetta, and the animated title sequence was directed by Richard Williams. Wikipedia.
Love you both. You are bringing some great songs for everyoneone to hear. You know there is a "but" on the horizon. Make yourselves different from everyone else. Play the song which becomes 1st reaction. Check reaction of listeners/viewers. Re: What's New Pussycat? Just listened to it. From a movie of same name. Starring Peter O'TOOLE, Peter Sellers. Screenplay by Woody Allen. The Doors! Arguably the most non-linear band of the '60's. No bass player. Ray Manzarek played keyboards. Had an electronic device that he played left-handed for bass effect. Dunmore, drummer, was jazz trained. Krieger guitarist was trained in flamenco, ergo, he could play lead and rhythm simultaneously. What a band!!! Keep up the good work.
So, in the 60's, it was popular for the "cool guys" to use that phrase when talking to a "chick" .. "What's new Pussycat?" .... It was real "groovy" LoL! ... and no, he's not referrencing a particular part of the female anatomy 🤣..... Also, there was a movie in the 60's starring Peter Sellers (a very funny man) called "What's New Pussycat?" where the cool guy (Peter O'Toole) uses this phrase.... Seller's plays his pschoanalyst who has woman problems at the same time he's working on O'Toole, who has woman problems of his own......It's a typical chaotic mess that was extremely popular during that time period. The movie was made in 1965.
The legendary Bert Bacharach approached Tom to sing this song for the score of the 1965 Woody Allen movie by the same name. Tom wasn't very enamored with the song, but Burt urged him to just have fun with it, and it turned out a smash hit for Tom.
When I was a kid hearing this song, some of the innuendo was lost on me. I didn't detect that he was building up to the "lips" part of the face, which is the one that also has a counterpart elsewhere. Before Tom Jones, it would have been considered too risque, except in private quarters. One of the very first novels was called "Tom Jones: Adventures of a Foundling" or something like that. He too was a gad about town; a womanizer, bed-swerver, Casanova, Don Juan, lothario, lounge lizard, ex-president.
That frantic arm motion is meant -- in spite of the fact that there is a bandleader conducting -- to be ABSOLUTELY sure the band is in sync with his tempo.
You probably heard the song in a cat food commercial. The song is about women and pick up game. If a man chases too hard after a girl he likes she will run away. (Because he comes off as needy) But if he gives her a little bit of attention and then ignores her when she runs away and he resist the urge to chase she will come back for more attention just like a cat. Just give her a little room. 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
This might sound familiar to you Brad if you've ever come across Wyclef Jean's "Pussycat", released back in 2002 and samples "What's New Pussycat?" along with featuring Tom on the song as well. It apparently only charted in Australia, but I'm not from there and the music video played frequently enough around my neck of the woods for me to know about it lol.
This was 1960s. In those days, there were a lot of diminutive terms used for women, who were still perceived as second-class citizens in many ways. "Pussycats," "babes," "skirts," "dolls," "little girls," "birds" (in England). Tom Jones was a huge sex symbol and women used to toss their panties on stage at his concerts. Oh, and most families started getting color TVs in about the mid-to-late-1960s. I was about 10-11 years old when we got our first one, and we bought it with money my mom won in a supermarket giveaway were you got a scratch-off ticket with each purchase; she won $500 on one! Lots of people still had B&W TVs well into the '70s; they'd pass down their older ones to their kids when they got color ones. Back then, people had their TVs fixed when they broke, and there were TV repair shops all over. These days, you're expected to just toss one and buy another. We have become a very wasteful society.
This song was going through my head non stop for months. I finally went to a doctor. He said it was Tom Jones Syndrome. I asked if it was rare. He said "It's not unusual."
Hahaha 😹😂
The 24 people so far who have liked this comment (LOL) are totally giving away our age
Good one.
That sounds like an old Tommy Copper gag,
Aha ha ha, just like that.
😂😂
Few male singers in history have had more bras and panties thrown at them on stage during a live performance by adoring female fans in the audience. Tom Jones was part of the "British Invasion" of the 1960s. This song and "It's Not Unusual" were his first two hits in America (1965). He is still going strong today as one of the judges on the UK's version of "The Voice," and can still knock it out of the park with his voice. Check out these songs by Tom: "She's A Lady," "Help Yourself," "Delilah," "Green Green Grass of Home," and the one most of the reaction channels have done, "I'll Never Fall In Love Again."
Can you imagine who or what would be throwing their lingerie on the stage these days?
Also plenty of motel room keys
The man could open his own lingerie store with all of the panties and bras tossed at him over the decades!🤣🤣😂😂👍👍💖💖😘😘
Back in the day, the term pussycat was used as a term of endearment, there was no sexual connotation to it. This was the theme song for a screwball comedy movie directed by Woody Allen and staring Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress. Written by Burt Bacharach
@@glassontherocks -- Given how tacky and classless most performers are nowadays, I would assume the only people who would be throwing their own underwear out on stage would be the performers themselves.
John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.
But sold to people in around 1953
growing up, everyones mother loved Tom Jones
First time I heard this song was in That 70's Show
This was the theme song for a movie called What's New Pussycat, about a guy with so many girls he can't remember their names and calls them all "Pussycat". I think it is as much about the body part as the girl. Tom Jones was and still is one of those people who get panties thrown to them on stage. You saw the crowd reaction?
Tom Jones was THE "crooner" of the 60's and early 70's. Not a rocker, but definitely a pop star who had many, many female fans. What's impressive is in the "rock/soul" era, he had several hit songs that made it on Top 40 radio and are still played today on oldies radio. Although they couldn't by more dissimilar, he was friends with John Lennon.
Maybe a lot of Tom Jones' early hits were pop tunes and both gentle and power ballads, but don't label Tom a "crooner." He can and has done all kind of genres, including pop, R&B, rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, reggae, rap, gospel. funk, dance, trance, movie theme songs like "...Pussycat" and the title song to the James Bond movie "Thunderball," and more.
He loves all kinds of music. Tom has so much soul and passion and swag, plus superb control over that incredible, powerful voice of his. And he has rocked with some of the best... Jerry Lee Lewis, Dusty Springfield, Little Richard, Janis Joplin, CSN&Y, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett.. and others. You should hear him with Aussie favorite son John Farnham doing AC/DC's "It's A Long Way To The Top [If You Want To Rock And Roll]. Absolute Fire!
No matter if Tom is singing alone or singing with someone else, he brings it! He still does at age 82. His latest album (released last year) hit No.1 on the UK album charts, and a cover he did from the album, Bob Dylan's "One More Cup Of Coffee," was a hot single here.
You should listen to some of the impromptu singing Tom has done on The Voice UK. where he is a long time judge and popular coach.
I thought THE crooner was Tiny Tim.
THE crooner from the mid-60s to 70s. Early 60s it was still Johnny Mathis.
@@fmtalks1386 Tom is no old-timer crooner. He's not a crooner at all (not like Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, and others). He's a belter who knows how and when to best project or modulate his voice, with or without a microphone or latest sound system, in studio, or on stage indoors or outside, whatever size the venue, or level of ambient sound.
Tom Jones was the woman's dream. I had a neighbor that would fly to Las Vegas just to see Tom Jones it was her heart throb❤️😂
I got to see him in the late 70’s. Great view from presidential mezzanine. A real showman. Women running down the isles and throwing their panties on stage to him. He brought the house down when he held up a hug e pair that had been thrown up there. lol
This was my first concert at 5 yrs. old. LoL
I went with my mom grandmother & 2 aunts. LoL 😂
Good times!! 1970
His theme song for the Bond film 'Thunderball' is fantastic. Highlights the power of his voice.
Even made me old Granny go weak at the knees, Tom and Engelbert Humperdink. Blue Spanish eyes is a good song though.
I think this was from his TV show. It ran from 1969-1971...
My mom loved Tom Jones!
My dad took mom to see Tom back in the days of old glamorous Las Vegas, and she was hooked for life. Check out his cover of Prince’s song Kiss.
My sister's were in love with Tom. This song is from 1965, but this performance is from his show around 69-70.
Yet another song written by the duo of Burt Bacharach and Hal David - they wrote so many hit songs from this era. I believe this was in an Austin Powers movie too....
Brad & Lex, you'll love Tom's "She's A Lady", "Treat Her Right" and "Delilah" !!!
Tom was also one of elvis's fave singers and was also good buddies with elvis in tbe 60s and where Austin powers also got some of his mojo from
Gotta love that 1960's innuendo! Reminds me of a scene in The Yellow Submarine where a police officer stops to try to pet a cat and says something like, "Here Pussycat, here puss; puss, puss, pussy." Then there is the femme fatale from the James Bond movie Goldfinger, who had the delicious name Pussy Galore. Man, it's funny what people could get away with before PC culture came along and spoiled the fun for everyone. Or at least for the men.
My mom & grandmother went to see Tom Jones with front row seats back in the early 70s. He kissed their hands & tried in my mom's floppy hippie hat. Consumate showman. Still out there doing concerts & gigs too!
His voice is a force of nature. Legend.
most TV shows began broadcasting in color in fall of 1965. This performance was from 1969 I believe when Tom Jones had his own series from 1969 to 1971. The song was a hit and used in a movie that was Woody Allen's first screenplay in 1965. Back in those days they used a lot of double entendre. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué. To children he's singing about a cat. To adults he's singing a love song to a woman and/or he's singing about a girl's hoo ha.
I don't know if this song is really about a "girl's hoo ha"....it was written by Burt Bacharach and he really had no history of sexual innuendos in his lyrics......interesting perspective, though!
Woody took the film title from a greeting that Warren Beatty was apparently using at the time when he met women.
Such a great song. My grandma use to babysit me when my mom and dad would go to Las Vegas to see Tom Jones in concert. She would return on cloud nine. Best memories of my mom is when I hear Tom sing. Thanks for posting.
Tom Jones had a TV show way back when. All I remember is that all the wives let their hubbies go to the bar and put us kids to bed. I'm not even exaggerating. It was an actual event on our street! Lol
This song was the theme for the 60's Woody Allen movie, "What's New Pussycat"
This guy had tons of hits, too many to list. '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s! He's jazzy, soulful, pop. Unusual baritone voice, smooth dance moves, charisma, good looks. "She's a Lady" , :Delilah", etc are the the next one yall should check out! Mr Jones was quite the ladie's man, too. Rumor has it that he's "blessed" down there in the special department according to the groupies. lol!
This video I'm guessing late '60s, early '70s. Also, color TV came out during the '60s , they cost more for the people back then, so most still had black/white TVs.
1969... from his TV show called "This Is Tom Jones" where in this clip he comes out to sing a couple songs to the studio audience. The show was produced and aired in both the U.S. and Britain from 1969 through 1971.
Tom Jones had a TV show for a while and one of the perks of having your own show for Tom was getting to sing duets with your musical guests. Do a UA-cam search sometime for "Tom Jones and..." and you will be pleasantly surprised.
Tom was one of the best live performers of all time. The guy could light up a crowd like no one else.
Still can!
The guy has a voice singers today can only dream of...did you not notice?
"What's new pussy cat" was a 1965 movie and the phrase become a common "beatnik" saying in popular culture. So was often used by Austin Powers in the Mike Myers movie.
Wikipedia easy lookup: although I heard this constantly on the radio when it was new in August/September of 1965....What's New Pussycat? is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress.
The Oscar-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) is sung by Tom Jones. The film poster was painted by Frank Frazetta, and the animated title sequence was directed by Richard Williams.
The expression "what's new pussycat?" arose in the beatnik generation [mid -late 1950's to early 60's] and is a general query aimed by men at women. In the film, Michael (O'Toole) calls all women "Pussycat" to avoid having to remember their names.
Tom Jones was knighted by the Queen of England, so his official title is Sir Tom Jones. Still belting them out at 82, there are 3 must-see live performances from his TV show: Treat Her Right, a duo with Janis Joplin- Raise Your Hand, and with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Long Time Gone.
@p!nned by- Brad & Lex• Love watching y'all, you brighten my day!
This was the theme to a hilarious Peter Sellers movie from that 1960s. Tom was - and even at 80 still is - a sex symbol of the first order. He was billed as the Welsh Elvis, and though their styles were completely different Presley and Jones became great friends. Try his song "It's Not Unusual". There's also a fantastic video of Tom and Janis Joplin singing a duet - there's enough energy in that video to power California for a month.
Tom Jones is always asking questions. People need answers Tom! People need answers!
My mom (God rest her soul) loved Tom Jones.
Yeah the women went crazy over Tom. He's still performing at 82 years old!!
My guess it that woman are still throwing pieces of clothes at him.
@@rgjerde53 probably lol
I thought he died in Mars Attacks.
This is the theme song to the 1965 film of the same name, staring Peter Sellers and Peter O'Toole. A very enjoyable 60s comedy romp
This video censored showing him from the waist down because I've seen other videos of him singing this song and when he sings "makeup your pussycat nose, eyes or lips" and he's gyrates his hips which is why you hear the women in the audience screaming. I was a little kid when he had this tv show and I remember my mom's friend loved to watch it so I got to see it a few time when we visited her. This video looks like from that same tv show he had and it was about early 1970s.
This was the title song from a screwball comedy film in the 1960s with the brilliant Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole and a host of beauties such as Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress - the very first Bond girl!
My mother had this song on a record called the best of '66. She would play the album for me to get me to go to sleep at night. Oh, FYI, first color TV broadcast was in 1929 I believe in NYC.
1954! But black and white TV receivers was still rare 1960.
@@erikahlander3489 Sorry, I got it confused with the first commercial TV broadcast which was July 2, 1928.
@@davidgriffin9412Still some doubts over "commercial". In 1929 electricity was hardly standard in private houses. Most people didn't had access to a camera.
@@erikahlander3489 According to Wikipedia the first regularly scheduled television service in the US began on July 2, 1928.
@@erikahlander3489 In 1929, 68% of Americans had electricity.
It wasn’t uncommon back in the day for guys to call a girl “pussycat” or “kitten”. Because cats were the epitome of cuteness!
The wild snaps that seem familiar? Carlton on Fresh Prince. Tom Jones was his idol, and he did his dance steps, probably even sang this song. This song seems creepy by today's standards, but in the late 60s, women were pretty little things to be petted and pampered, and were expected to make themselves "pretty" for their men.
Love this man...his vocals are amazing. I loved watching the Tom Jones Variety hour when I was a kid.
Color TV's were introduced to consumers in 1954.
My family finally could afford a color tv set in 1973. A MASH episode was the first thing I watched on it. Otoh, my grandma had a color set since 1967 or 8. During summer vacations, I used to watch Bonanza and Match Game on it.
And of note... Tom's show came on opposite broadcasts of the original Star Trek. Imagine who won some of the fights over which channel the men and ladies in the household were going to watch!
The song was actually the title theme of a very bad 1960s movie called,"What's new Pussycat?". It was written by Burt Bacharach who was huge during the 60s. He wrote hits for Dionne Warwick among others.
☺️ Hey, I love that movie!
Oh come it's not that bad...it's a very 60s film (it's better than the 1967 Casino Royale!🎩
Perhaps I was a bit harsh. It did have Peter Sellers in it
I KNEW I wasn't imagining I saw that movie .. in the theater, I was about 3 - saw all the 60's movies as they came out .. from Elvis to James Bond, from 1965 to 1969, starting at age 3. (on a military base in Japan, going to the theater nearly every night was the substitute for television). I'm the only person I know my age who saw all those films when they came out.
Oddly I remember this as a Barbara Streisand film .. but it's because I'm mashing this up with Hello Dolly in my memory of it. I never confused James Bond and Matt Helm though.
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This was the themesong to a movie of the same name around 1965ish. Tom sang that title song. There was an expression back in the day that evolved from the hippie movement. Guys when running into a woman they knew or meeting a new woman would ask What's New Pussycat. Lots of stars in the movie and a more stars singing the songs used in it.
This song was the title song from a film by the same name starring: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress. It was a screwball comedy and quite fun. The expression "what's new pussycat?" arose in the beatnik generation (50's) and is a general query aimed by men at women. In the film, Michael (O'Toole) calls all women "Pussycat" to avoid having to remember their names.
This is a song they love to use in movies and commercials. It pops up quite a bit so I'm sure you have heard bits of it before.
Brad: at first I thought he was singing about a real cat…Brad, make no mistake a pussycat is a real cat in every sense of the word.
Now you should watch the film; What's New Pussycat.!! Hilarious fun!!!
Theme for the 1965 movie "WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT" staring Woody Allen and Peter Sellers.Sellers. He also sang the theme for James Bond " THUNDERBOLT "
Minor correction: The James Bond film was called "Thunderball."
I know , this was a spellcheck error. I didn't catch it. So be blessed and thank you. 🖖🏾
@@victorcowboywest UA-cam Autocheck haunts us all. That and the plagues of the tiny keyboard and tiny edit window on smartphones.
It's from the movie of the same name. Starring Barbara Streisand and (I think) Ryan O'Neil. The two biggest stars of the seventies. Check out Streisand in "Funny Girl" with Omar Sheriff, another biggest star of the seventies, and check out Ryan O'Neil in "Love Story", another biggest movie of the seventies, with Ali McGraw. The seventies were not just about music, it was also an awesome decade for movies.
An incredibly charismatic singer is Tom Jones. He controls the whole stage. He’s not
randomly swinging his arm. If you notice, it’s to the beat of the orchestra. Ladies man!
It’s well know that women throw their underwear on stage when he performs. A girl
told me they buy the undies new and offer them to their icon as they worship him!
I literally bumped into Tom outside a hotel in Glasgow a few years ago, he's a big guy like his bodyguard who was not pleased with me!
lol. Thats funny yet sad.
Written by the great Burt Bacharach. Apparently, that was Warren Beatty's pickup line. Think it won an Academy Award for BB.
From a film with Peter O'Toole , who plays a playboy who all the girls love. Great Movie. And he wasn't snapping he was counting beats . One Two Three a waltz
I’m a a 59 year old Black woman who has been in love with Tom Jones since I was 5 years old. He’s in his 80s and can still “sang”.
There is a Woody Allen movie "What's New Pussycat?" starring Peter Sellers and Peter O'Toole that uses this as theme song. Movie is a hilarious 60's comedy with all the stereotypical items included.
He used to have a show on Sunday nights, my great grandmother loved him! When he came on, everyone had to be quiet. She's a Lady and It's not Unusual are his best.
This song was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, two of the best composer/songwriters of all time.
This was written by Bacharach and David for the film of the same name. It was apparently Warren Beatty's chat up line.
He usually had some very suggestive hip movements when he performed this. This was his tv show that ran from 69-71.
It's well known, that when Tom Jones did his shows in Vegas, Many women would throw their panties, Hotel room keys, and other assorted items up on stage while he was performing. That dude was getting layed every night. Women loved this guy.
John Mulaney plays "what's new pussycat?" 21 times on a diner jukebox
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This was the theme song to a comedy film. If you can find a longer version of this clip, you will see the female fans reaction to him. He sees a pair of twins in the audience & makes their day.
This song is from the sound track of the movie What's New Pussycat.
As much as I heard Tom Jones songs growing up in the 70's, I can't hear this or It's Not Unusual without thinking of John Mulaney now. You should look up his comedy story of this song, it's hilarious.
"She's A Lady" is a another great Tom Jones song you should do an episode on.
Allegedly, back in the swingin' 60's actor Warren Beatty used to greet chix, like Julie Christie in Hollywood with "What's new, pussycat?"
This song was the theme song to the film in the 60s titled "What's new pussycat" starring the actor Peter Sellers
He also sang the James Bond theme song Thunderball
What's New Pussycat? is a 1965 screwball comedy film directed by Clive Donner, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen in his acting debut, along with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress.
The Oscar-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) is sung by Tom Jones. The film poster was painted by Frank Frazetta, and the animated title sequence was directed by Richard Williams. Wikipedia.
He's directing the band with his snaps and dance moves. Elvis also did that.
This tune was used for a cat food commercial.
This was the Theme song from the movie
“What’s New Pussycat” 1965.
Written by Woody Allen.
A Comedy.
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It's a very 60's song and the structure is difficult. The had snapping is him keeping time.
Tom Jones and Janis Joplin together is a must see.
CSNY
Can't listen to this without thinking about John mulaney.
Love you both. You are bringing some great songs for everyoneone to hear. You know there is a "but" on the horizon. Make yourselves different from everyone else. Play the song which becomes 1st reaction. Check reaction of listeners/viewers. Re: What's New Pussycat? Just listened to it. From a movie of same name. Starring Peter O'TOOLE, Peter Sellers. Screenplay by Woody Allen. The Doors! Arguably the most non-linear band of the '60's. No bass player. Ray Manzarek played keyboards. Had an electronic device that he played left-handed for bass effect. Dunmore, drummer, was jazz trained. Krieger guitarist was trained in flamenco, ergo, he could play lead and rhythm simultaneously. What a band!!! Keep up the good work.
60s, guys!
I used to sing variations of this to my cats.
So, in the 60's, it was popular for the "cool guys" to use that phrase when talking to a "chick" .. "What's new Pussycat?" .... It was real "groovy" LoL! ... and no, he's not referrencing a particular part of the female anatomy 🤣..... Also, there was a movie in the 60's starring Peter Sellers (a very funny man) called "What's New Pussycat?" where the cool guy (Peter O'Toole) uses this phrase.... Seller's plays his pschoanalyst who has woman problems at the same time he's working on O'Toole, who has woman problems of his own......It's a typical chaotic mess that was extremely popular during that time period. The movie was made in 1965.
The legendary Bert Bacharach approached Tom to sing this song for the score of the 1965 Woody Allen movie by the same name. Tom wasn't very enamored with the song, but Burt urged him to just have fun with it, and it turned out a smash hit for Tom.
Love Tom Jones What A Voice ! I am a Fan
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Other Tom Jones hits from my 60s childhood included Delilah and The Green, Green Grass of Home. He also appears in Mars Attacks! (as himself)
When I was a kid hearing this song, some of the innuendo was lost on me. I didn't detect that he was building up to the "lips" part of the face, which is the one that also has a counterpart elsewhere. Before Tom Jones, it would have been considered too risque, except in private quarters.
One of the very first novels was called "Tom Jones: Adventures of a Foundling" or something like that. He too was a gad about town; a womanizer, bed-swerver, Casanova, Don Juan, lothario, lounge lizard, ex-president.
That frantic arm motion is meant -- in spite of the fact that there is a bandleader conducting -- to be ABSOLUTELY sure the band is in sync with his tempo.
I rank Tom Jones vocals right up there with Elvis. He had many top ten hits in the sixties.
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Absolutely
Tom admitted he didn't care for this song at first, but then went for it and sang it perfectly. :)
Yes Deliah!
I really enjoy your reactions , glad you enjoyed it .
You probably heard the song in a cat food commercial. The song is about women and pick up game. If a man chases too hard after a girl he likes she will run away. (Because he comes off as needy) But if he gives her a little bit of attention and then ignores her when she runs away and he resist the urge to chase she will come back for more attention just like a cat. Just give her a little room. 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
This was the theme song to the Woody Allen movie of the same name. The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
This might sound familiar to you Brad if you've ever come across Wyclef Jean's "Pussycat", released back in 2002 and samples "What's New Pussycat?" along with featuring Tom on the song as well. It apparently only charted in Australia, but I'm not from there and the music video played frequently enough around my neck of the woods for me to know about it lol.
This was 1960s. In those days, there were a lot of diminutive terms used for women, who were still perceived as second-class citizens in many ways. "Pussycats," "babes," "skirts," "dolls," "little girls," "birds" (in England). Tom Jones was a huge sex symbol and women used to toss their panties on stage at his concerts.
Oh, and most families started getting color TVs in about the mid-to-late-1960s. I was about 10-11 years old when we got our first one, and we bought it with money my mom won in a supermarket giveaway were you got a scratch-off ticket with each purchase; she won $500 on one! Lots of people still had B&W TVs well into the '70s; they'd pass down their older ones to their kids when they got color ones. Back then, people had their TVs fixed when they broke, and there were TV repair shops all over. These days, you're expected to just toss one and buy another. We have become a very wasteful society.
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My mom said he was such a sex symbol- the ladies would swoon haha!
He has a few live performances like this that are fun to watch.