Tom Jones - Thunderball Theme (cre8gent)

[VulcanSugar]

Sex pun

[Kareemakl]

so he strikes.. like thunderball!

[TimCarrie]

I might have complemented you on your tribute, but your title is

BS deception, so I've no respect. Wrong key too.

[rosaprunusbenmansour]

You are almost as good.

C

[DiosLostSon]

Wow.. You are awesome!!!

[voon100]

Haha, just watch Weird Al's video Spy Hard intro. So funny.

[Picardyroses]

It is Tom Jones singing ..Its his name in the opening credits of the film..

[cujo9]

great song . but jones sings like he is taking a huge shit on the toilet.

[ElTuco84]

Thumbs way down! you shouldn't fool people like that.

[dangerdantheone]

Wow..I didnt even notice..till I looked at the desciption then I shit bricks

[RioluTheShiny]

good, but i hear "fundabowl", not "thunderball"

[Harkiss]

Hahahaha! You had me fooled for a while there! Great stuff! :o)

[GoodGuitarSolos]

Great impression.

[UV0023]

well, that guy sounds exactly like Tom

[BackSeatHump]

Sorry. My ears are too good. I could hear this wasn't Tom Jones from the first bar.

[biginpittsburgh]

Why would anyone think that this is Tom Jones?

[nczempin]

Plus you're, what, one whole note lower, aren't you?

[Jaeger7793]

@nczempin He does seem a half or whole step flat. Still very good though; maybe he should work with Michael Buble or something.

[nczempin]

What did you use for the orchestra?

[nczempin]

This is an extremely good impersonation. Without a side-by-side I would say the only thing that sounded off was the way you sang "Strikes!" (...like Thunderball).

After the side by side it is mostly the orchestra that sounds different, with your singing just feeling a very little not quite right, perfectly excusable since you are not him :-)

[YourAverageJoeDavis]

This is great but it isn't better than you only live twice

[CharlieFlyingfish]

Well done cre8gent!

[IRONMANHONDO87]

This is one of the top 10 Bond theme songs of all time!

[screaminggingin83]

Great voice :D

[madabbafan]

good voice but the slight American accent and not quite being deep enough gives it away.

[RMAfan101]

i really need to get back into watching james bond.

[t0palleycat]

I didn't know til now it wasn't him, I watched that movie more times than I can count and never knew, still don't change the fact it's one of the best opening credits songs ever

[GoodGuitarSolos]

Pretty great imitator, I have to say!

[jamesschader]

This wasn't the actual song used in the opening (or it is it's just screwed up)

[deanduke27]

It would get you through the first round of X Factor or Britain's Got Talent. Yes, that IS meant as a compliment.

[revspegged]

nice job, a hole! Awesome.

[RomanJackass]

it doesn't sound like tom jones but it's pretty good aswell. but tom jones is still the best..

[slinney1]

very good but no power like tom on certain words. mabye tom at 70 years of age.

[freeheretic111]

Not Tom Jones yet good.

[meatpole55]

yeah thats me..THUNDERBALLS

[magichick123456789]

im so confused...so this sint tom jones singing? well whoever is imitating him is bloody amazing it does sound different at 1:41 tho =P i think u can tell if u listen to it twice

[hoyfanofboulder]

Nice voice but you go in and ot like Jeckyl and Hyde or Gomer Pyle....or...a little Elmer Fudd like in some of the enounciation.

[VIRIATO1942]

aldwynsdaughter.

Yes, this is the one with the British nuclear weapon carrier/deliverer delta wing "VULCAN". That plane must be retired by now for the story is now over 30 years old and Britain may have gotten a newer plane.

The movie is all about one intercepted by SPECTER. The song is great and Tom Jones excels at singing it.

[aldwynsdaughter]

Is this the one with the Vulcan? LOVE that plane. Tom Jones almost fainting hitting the high note wasn't too bad, either :D

[HogBeatty]

Very good job!

[thefoxandthecake]

i hate honkey white boiz lyk tom j but i dnt reli lol

[vaj99]

shudnt a bird be singing this song?

[cosmicdingo]

It's okay since it's TOM JONES bitches.

[thishereguitar]

Sheesh, yet another version of the song that has nothing to do with the movie. This version is NOT the movie version.

[phantomxr]

very good fooled me for about 15 secs very good,impression!!

[oldhornyman]

People are misinterpreting this. He's not trying to trick anyone, is this you singing? It's a bloody brilliant interpretation! Well done!

[EmphaticItalic]

Oooh yeah!!

[nevaseenamancry]

This movie was kind of like Never Say Never. I'm kind of a Bond nerd.

[davidzxx]

well thats pretty much one way of describing 007, in some weird theme song, but its still good.

[70Mack]

I think this is one of the worst Bond themes.

[jcorbellini]

Tom Jones is amazing and so is Thunderball and im without words to describe how amazing this version is... Grats

[Thorneycroft1937]

Hey, your version is really good! Tom Jones is not much better than you :)

[bigflower007]

Hahaha

Das ist nicht Tom!!!!!!!

Das hört sogar ein Tauber

[Thorneycroft1937]

Ist eine Coverversion.

[ThePotatoProductions]

Tom Jones Jr. :D

[tenspeedking]

At 2.28 the credits read "sung byTom Jones"

[spiderbaby1958]

Wow! I had just listened to Tom Jones singing this in another video, and you STILL almost fooled me!

[cre8gent]

lol glad to hear it spiderbaby1958.

[michaelkan1]

@spiderbaby1958 shit are you telling me this is an impression? I have to admit I wondered why it was ever so slightly different-but fair play, I still believed it was tom Jones.

[jonnybla1]

nice impression, some small differences, but overall you fooled me the first time

[cre8gent]

Thanks jonnybla1, once biten right ? lol

[Mamoruanime]

It's not Tom Jones. Don't know why people aren't reading the description to this video.

[cre8gent]

because they just do not seem to do so Mamoruanime..........

[phantomxr]

this is not Tom Jones, but a creditable performance , you would be forgiven in thinking it was. whilst pissed for example

[jamesebailey]

@phantomxr that explains the the MIDI.

[evolnod]

this is tom jones, if you search "thunderball live" or "thunderball tom jones" you'll find a vid of him performing it live in like 1967, and also a vid of him performing it for sean connery on the USA network tribute to sean connery

also, bond themes are always by celebrities, not many crooners bigger than tom jones :P

this song is fkn badass, i think i might make a metal version ^.~

[Ahimas]

If this is not Tom Jones, then why is Tom Jones credited as the singer of this song on imdb?

[cre8gent]

ROFLMAO

[claribalte]

sorry but he isn´t Tom  Jones!!!

[sormu16]

Right. And this version deviates from the original in many place, but the voice is so close that it will fool most people.

Damned good singer, wonder who is is.

[kevceanelej]

sorry, but you are wrong!

[irina1296]

This theme song is fantastic - definitely one of the best bond songs. Tom Jones was brilliant

[Tomdiff]

this isn't tom jones...who is this?

[sixsmithaj]

Definitely not Tom Jones- I have the original LP- but bthe guy is pretty good.

[selatik1]

This is not Tom Jones singing. It's just some joker trying to imitate Tom!

[mj4840]

I agree...this is not Tom Jones singing the theme song.

[JudgeJulieLit]

@selatik1 Not a "joker" but (the Tom Jones singer-alike) himself a great singing voice and impressionist ... he has really nailed that unique sexy bullfrog-warbling and plaintive lover's trait of Tom's voice. The musical equivalent of a great (painting) art forgery! ;)

[selatik1]

@JudgeJulieLit While the "great forger" imitates a few characteristics of The Voice (i.e. "sexy bullfrog-warbling"), the power & soul simply aren't there. Nowhere is this more obvious than at the last note.

I once read a book written by a voice teacher who had dedicated a chapter to "frequently asked questions" he had heard over the years from his students. One of the questions was, "Why can't I sound just like my favorite pop singer?” His answer: "For the same reason you don't look like him."

[pdogone1]

luciana paluzzi! wow! next to from russia with love my favorite bond! tom gave all he had in this one eh...

[VinDcator]

If you really want to know he meaning of this, I'm here (in REAL time)

[VinDcator]

One of the few people who could resonate as well as Shirley Bassey and Rita Coolidge. This post is great!!! Thanks for this!!!

[KarenEng]

Sounds great! ;)

[alonehelldemon]

aparently he passed out at 2:36 after that really long note...

all the blood rushed to his head XD

[cre8gent]

according to Bond production, Tom fainted in the recording booth when singing the song's final, high note. Tom said he closed his eyes and held the note for so long that when he opened his eyes the room was spinning.

[alonehelldemon]

man i can just imagin it lol

[selatik1]

I heard that Jones also ruptured his left testicle on the last note...?

[JoeSidhu]

It's not really all that high of a note.

Pretty average in my book.

[selatik1]

Not if you're Barry White...

[JRM2882]

hm strange i held that note when i was singing along DONT LAUGH

[kostantit]

like thunderball..yes

[shlick]

This song is actually about me..

[GertfromNL]

I just don't like soundmixing. Singers pretending to be another singer. Not my style.

[Protomang]

Not bad at all but not Tom Jones.

[kbmuss]

its a joke #2

[pedrofcuk]

omg he doesn't even do the long note at the end. it's not tom jones singing this

[cre8gent]

This is a spoof of tom as the title suggests :) also it is off tom as he is now not when he was young, i very much doubt he could hit a high note now let alone keep a note that long

[grandpalarsen]

This is not the theme from the movie, at least the American release. It's much slicker and much less satisfactory. It almost doesn't sound like Tom Jones at times. In fact, as I listen, I say it's not Tom Jones.

[pedrofcuk]

that's interesting, he doesn't sound like tom at all, only half way thru, i'll know at the end coz tom actually passes out holding the long long note (true)

[hidideliho]

AweSome! LOL 4 Eva!