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[Alan48]

Sweet to see Amy helping the elderly!

Tom Jones Draws Inspiration From Amy Winehouse
When it came time for Tom Jones to record his new album, '24 Hours,' he found a surprising kindred spirit in Amy Winehouse, whose 'Back to Black' provided a blueprint of sorts.

"I wanted to record an album that got the same vibrant feeling I used to get when I first started recording," Jones tells Spinner. "I loved a lot of the songs I did on Decca. When I heard ['Back to Black'], it reminded me of the stuff that I had done before. She did inspire me, but it's not like I heard that and I knew what I wanted to do. It just sort of reassured me that an album could be done like that."

Not only did 'Black' provide sonic relief, Jones was further inspired by Winehouse's decision to pen her own tunes. "She wrote songs about herself apparently because of the lack of material, and that's exactly what's happened here for me." No word on if there's an impending mash-up of 'Rehab' and 'What's New Pussycat,' although we'd pay to hear those no, no, no's mixed with some whoa's.

http://www.spinner.c...-amy-winehouse/

[antceleb12]

Thanks Alan. Very nice to see the young inspiring the "old."

[Merge]

They tried to make me go to rehab, I said - what's new pussycat, whoa whoa whoa - no, no, no... lol just thinking about it hehe :-D happy times!!

That is cool, first time I heard B2B, infact EVERYTIME I hear B2B I feel inspired, love listening to her ska/mod moments when she covers The Specials, it's such a classic genre brought to a whole different dimension

[Merge]

They tried to make me go to rehab, I said - what's new pussycat, whoa whoa whoa - no, no, no... lol just thinking about it hehe :-D happy times!!

That is cool, first time I heard B2B, infact EVERYTIME I hear B2B I feel inspired, love listening to her ska/mod moments when she covers The Specials, it's such a classic genre brought to a whole different dimension

[lyricgenius]

Amy's coattails must be pretty tattered at this point with all the people who have tried to grab hold of them.

[suestev07]

Well said, Dave.

A shining light, for sure.

[Alan48]

Here he is taking a master class:

[erickonasis]

AMY GET TI TOGETHER!!!!...She's Brilliant and doesn't even realize it!!!!

[kevd7]

Here he is taking a master class:

janis singing soul, Tom trying to keep up. what a classic! i had a Tom Jones 45 when i was a kid and played it to death..."It's Not Unusual"

[antceleb12]

^^ It's such a shame Janice died so young. Had SOO much talent.