Edited by Mharkin, 13 February 2012 - 03:50 PM.
Tom Jones sings Thunderball to Introduce the BAFTA'S
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Posted 12 February 2012 - 09:10 PM
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Posted 12 February 2012 - 09:13 PM
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Posted 12 February 2012 - 10:48 PM
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 12:42 AM
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 04:07 PM
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 04:56 PM
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 06:53 PM
I´d love to see the video on the official page... Actually, both videos: Bond´s and Jone´s...
#9
Posted 13 February 2012 - 07:13 PM
Great voice, but terrible arrangement.
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Posted 13 February 2012 - 10:19 PM
AWESOME!
One of my top five fave Bond songs!
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 12:04 AM
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 12:15 AM
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 12:51 AM
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 11:38 AM
anyway i haven't seen him perform since
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 03:23 PM
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:29 PM
I have heard that Tom Jones had fainted when doing the song originally, or while singing the last and extremely high note. I know Weird Al parodied it, but still, is there any truth to this story?
I think Tom Jones has confirmed this directly, but I don't have a source. There are a number of websites that state it as fact and I believe it was mentioned in one of the Thunderball documentaries on the DVD.
Keep in mind that Tom Jones held the note for a LOOOOOONG time in the take used for the final version on the film's soundtrack, so it's not that far-fetched at all.
Also, I must agree that the arrangement at the BAFTAs wasn't great. I thought some of the instrumentation sounded like the audience laughing, but maybe that was just because I listened to it at a low volume... *shrug*
Edited by larrythefatcat, 14 February 2012 - 05:31 PM.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:35 PM
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Posted 15 February 2012 - 07:02 PM
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Posted 15 February 2012 - 08:32 PM
I love how Connery-Bond of 1962 raises an ironic eybrow at his past selfs choice of swimming trunks in 2006 (when he was a lot beefier) (see: 1.44-1.46)
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Posted 15 February 2012 - 11:22 PM
That was Shirley Bassey with the end of GoldfingerI have heard that Tom Jones had fainted when doing the song originally, or while singing the last and extremely high note. I know Weird Al parodied it, but still, is there any truth to this story?
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Posted 15 February 2012 - 11:26 PM
That was Shirley Bassey with the end of Goldfinger
I have heard that Tom Jones had fainted when doing the song originally, or while singing the last and extremely high note. I know Weird Al parodied it, but still, is there any truth to this story?
Nope. Wrong way round.
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 09:15 PM
#23
Posted 26 February 2012 - 10:35 PM
It would be nice if they did some sort of similar tribute at the Oscars tonight. I doubt they will, but Bond has meant just as much to Hollywood as he did to England.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 04:17 PM
I´m pretty sure that Shirley Bassey said by herself that she had to hold the tune so long at the end of the song Goldfinger that she fainted when it was finished. Never heard that story from Tom Jones....
That was Shirley Bassey with the end of Goldfinger
I have heard that Tom Jones had fainted when doing the song originally, or while singing the last and extremely high note. I know Weird Al parodied it, but still, is there any truth to this story?
Nope. Wrong way round.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 05:44 PM
I´m pretty sure that Shirley Bassey said by herself that she had to hold the tune so long at the end of the song Goldfinger that she fainted when it was finished. Never heard that story from Tom Jones....
That was Shirley Bassey with the end of Goldfinger
I have heard that Tom Jones had fainted when doing the song originally, or while singing the last and extremely high note. I know Weird Al parodied it, but still, is there any truth to this story?
Nope. Wrong way round.
I'm pretty sure they both did, (or at least it was reported they both did). Bassey is on the Bond DVD documentary from either GF or the music of James Bond saying 'I nearly passed out'. I've read numerous sources over the years that Jones did too and I think the story originated from Don Black. It's certainly upheld in 'John Barry, a life in music' by Leonard, Walker and Bramley.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:09 PM
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 11:04 PM
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 11:35 PM
That was Shirley Bassey with the end of Goldfinger
I have heard that Tom Jones had fainted when doing the song originally, or while singing the last and extremely high note. I know Weird Al parodied it, but still, is there any truth to this story?
Nope. Wrong way round.
Goldfinger with the end of Shirley Bassey?
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Posted 12 March 2012 - 02:20 PM