But Seriously, Tommy (or is it Johnny?)

So, Tom Jones – bit of a transformation that isn’t it?

In case you haven’t heard it yet, Tom Jones has released a new album entitled Praise and Blame. On the album he has recorded a few old Dylan tracks with a rather ‘different’ style. So I’d like to know why the Welsh Wizard has suddenly turned himself into some sort of serious, dark-figured, god-fearing gospel singing angel of the dark side.

For years Tom Jones has been the darling of the showbiz circuit singing cover version duet after duet with people like (fellow Welshmen and women) The Steroephonics and Cerys Matthews from Catatonia. A ‘safe’ bet I suppose you could say that would without doubt guaranteed a top ten position in the album and single charts. If he’s not been doing that he’s probably been performing at a royal variety performance or some other shit TV appearance with Ant and Dick or that cockney Spiv Jonathan Woss!

Now, don’t get me wrong here chaps, I kind of like Tom’s new ‘style’, but it has to be said here – I think he’s been listening to too many Johnny Cash songs

So, why the sudden change? Maybe years of women (including my elder sister) throwing their Rigoberts at him, constant requests for “The Green Green Grass” and shit jokes about his most famed hit record have finally tipped him over the edge!

This man has finally been turned from pantomime horse into a true, gritty hard-faced bastard from the valleys and flashed his big welsh middle finger to the conformist world of show-biz (a very familiar stance adopted by a certain Johnny Cash wouldn’t you say?)

But, good on the Welsh Wizard for his new adoption of sound as this kind of metamorphosis is very rare to say the least

Then again, it’s not unusual ye know?

Apologies

Mol