Follow TV Tropes

Following

History YMMV / TomJones

Go To

OR

Added: 971

Changed: 562

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DesignatedVillain: Delilah. Yes, she (allegedly, see Alternative Character Interpretation) cheated on him, but that doesn't justify murder.

to:

* DesignatedVillain: Delilah. Yes, she (allegedly, see Alternative Character Interpretation) (allegedly) cheated on him, but that doesn't justify murder.



* ValuesDissonance: Some of the lyrics for "She's A Lady" are somewhat questionable nowadays, with Jones describing his ideal woman as [[StayInTheKitchen knowing her place]] and being [[TrophyWife something he can flaunt]], not to mention that [[FairForItsDay he feels it necessary to announce that he doesn't abuse her]]. Even the [[CoveredUp song's original writer]] Music/PaulAnka [[CreatorBacklash ended up disliking the lyrics]], and it goes without saying he re-wrote some of the lyrics for his version with Tom Jones on his ''Duets'' album.

to:

* ValuesDissonance: A couple of prominent examples:
** The narrator of "Delilah" flat-out murders his girlfriend for (allegedly) cheating on him. By the early 2000s, there were calls for the song to be dropped by Welsh rugby fans who enjoyed singing it at matches (alongside Christian hymns like "Cwm Rhondda" and "Calon Lân"). The Welsh Rugby Union officially dropped it from its half-time musical repertoire in 2015, although Tom Jones himself still sings it during live performances.
**
Some of the lyrics for "She's A Lady" are somewhat questionable nowadays, with Jones describing his ideal woman as [[StayInTheKitchen knowing her place]] and being [[TrophyWife something someone he can flaunt]], not to mention the fact that [[FairForItsDay he feels it necessary to announce that he doesn't abuse her]]. Even the [[CoveredUp song's original writer]] Music/PaulAnka [[CreatorBacklash ended up disliking the lyrics]], and it goes without saying he re-wrote some of the lyrics for his version with Tom Jones on his ''Duets'' album.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJqNFLzlz8c Rayman sings the whole of Sexbomb]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A video of [[VideoGame/{{Rayman}} Rayman and Globox]] singing the entirety of Jones' song Sexbomb became popular in 2023.[[/labelnote]]

to:

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJqNFLzlz8c Rayman sings the whole of Sexbomb]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A video of [[VideoGame/{{Rayman}} Rayman and Globox]] singing the entirety of Jones' song Sexbomb became popular in 2023. This was based off a leaked animation test for the unmade ''Rayman 4'' featuring the two singing a cover of the song by Max Raabe that suddenly became popular in 2021. It even got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExGVozGQ60 a multi-animator reanimated collab]] in 2024.[[/labelnote]]

Top