"i'm an ordinary guy"
May. 15th, 2020 09:39 amI do not actually know much about Tom Jones; my exposure is mostly limited to "Magic Moments" from the Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas soundtrack.
However. I went searching for EMF's "Unbelievable" (a dance hit from 1990) on Youtube yesterday, and turned up Tom Jones performing it with the band. Which is pretty great. (The thirty seconds of intro banter are adorable as well. Jones has a cute Welsh accent, and the two guys from the band are just so clearly overawed to be talking to him.)
That led me to the discovery that back in 1999 he did an album of covers, with a bunch of other bands who were not the original artists. From the track list I either don't know of or don't care for most of the songs, but I figured I'd check out the first one: Burning Down the House with the Cardigans.
It's... really good.
Again, I know the Cardigans solely from "Lovefool" from the Romeo+Juliet soundtrack. I never really thought of the singer as having a distinctive voice but when she joins in midway through the first verse, "Dear I fear we're facing a problem" just slides right into my brain.
So that was neat.
However. I went searching for EMF's "Unbelievable" (a dance hit from 1990) on Youtube yesterday, and turned up Tom Jones performing it with the band. Which is pretty great. (The thirty seconds of intro banter are adorable as well. Jones has a cute Welsh accent, and the two guys from the band are just so clearly overawed to be talking to him.)
That led me to the discovery that back in 1999 he did an album of covers, with a bunch of other bands who were not the original artists. From the track list I either don't know of or don't care for most of the songs, but I figured I'd check out the first one: Burning Down the House with the Cardigans.
It's... really good.
Again, I know the Cardigans solely from "Lovefool" from the Romeo+Juliet soundtrack. I never really thought of the singer as having a distinctive voice but when she joins in midway through the first verse, "Dear I fear we're facing a problem" just slides right into my brain.
So that was neat.