What About Sir Tom Jones?

Anonymous said...
Julio Iglesias DOES put on an amazing show! I saw him the first time in 1984 from a hillside in Cleveland, Ohio's Blossom Music Center and it got so cold people were lighting fires in trash cans--but nobody left! I've managed to get to about 50 of his shows, since then....

Lynda------------------------

OK, I'll grant Lynda that Julio Iglesias probably does put on a good show. She's seen him in concert 50 times.

But...if Julio Iglesias puts on "an amazing show," then what's left to describe Englebert Humperdinck in concert?

And, knowing already that there's super-fan out there who'll say Englebert Humperdinck's amazing...what's then left to describe a Sir Tom Jones in concert?

Granted, there are only so many adjectives to go around...but, the adjective that means he's The Man...sort of has to be reserved for Sir Tom Jones.

I dig Tom Jones. His voice is as good today as it was 40 years ago when he was 30 years old. He can still grind it and, boy, do the ladies love Sir Tom! He's No. 1.

Unless, I guess, Neil Diamond suddenly winds up in the mix. I saw his show in 1978 in Seattle, Wash. He rocked, therefore he still rocks. (If I allow for diminished talent due to the passage of time, I have to allow that I'm aging less than gracefully myself.)

So...you got enough money for one concert ticket...Julio Iglesias, Englebert Humperdinck, Neil Diamond and Sir Tom Jones are all in town...who do you pay to see?