It happens every day, no matter what you say

by Cynthia Closkey on November 9, 2008 · 4 comments

It’s the end of the weekend. The Steelers found a way to lose, and I’m in my office putting in a little weekend work to ramp up for a long week ahead.

I’m in need of a pick-me-up.

iTunes is apparently magical, because it sensed my need and cued up the perfect tune: Tom Jones, “It’s Not Unusual.”

In case you need a little boost too, I offer the video version from 1965:

I bet Mr. Jones would be very good at Wii Fit Super-Hula. Also, how about those dancing girls? So much goodness here.

Tagged as: iTunes, music, Tom Jones, videos

{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Elizabeth Perry November 9, 2008 at 10:17 pm: I hope you have also seen Dudley Moore simultaneously being Tom Jones and Ludwig van Beethoven… from the show, “Not Only, But Also…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFVZd2Obv1w

It’s a longish clip, but worth watching all the way through. Among other delights, you get to see Peter Cook as a popstar William Wordsworth.

Cheers.
2 Amie Gillingham November 10, 2008 at 9:51 am: Wii fit super hula indeed! Nom nom!

(and while this was too late to salvage my Sunday, my Monday certainly started off right!)
3 Woy November 10, 2008 at 11:42 am: The Tom Jones appearance in Mars Attacks was great, but his brief rendition at the end of the movie (when animals appear) is outstanding.
4 Cynthia Closkey November 10, 2008 at 2:28 pm: Elizabeth: Dudley Moore is so super. I hadn’t ever seen that clip. Thanks so much for linking to it.

Amie: Nom nom indeed. I’m glad to help get your week off to a yummy start.

Woy: I’ve never made it all the way through Mars Attacks — I’ll have to seek out that clip.