One thing about getting old for me is that I'm getting more comfy with such bombastic styles as Tom's. I mean, my father would listen to this, maybe more Humperdinck (awesome!) or Andy Williams. Me I like Neil Diamond too. I wonder if it's like the font size in the books I read or in my phone. You lose a bit of subtlety :) But Tom got the pipes and that's great. You're right, soul/r&b ready. Geez the guy still sings his heart (loins?) out. And this is great stuff to hear on a turntable, scratchy doesn't cover that hurricane of a voice!
One's tastes change as you get older. These days I enjoy hearing stuff by Tears For Fears, The Bangles, Eddy Grant, etc. that I HATED when it was new (and I much younger).
One thing about getting old for me is that I'm getting more comfy with such bombastic styles as Tom's. I mean, my father would listen to this, maybe more Humperdinck (awesome!) or Andy Williams. Me I like Neil Diamond too. I wonder if it's like the font size in the books I read or in my phone. You lose a bit of subtlety :) But Tom got the pipes and that's great. You're right, soul/r&b ready. Geez the guy still sings his heart (loins?) out. And this is great stuff to hear on a turntable, scratchy doesn't cover that hurricane of a voice!
Yes, I cannot see myself looking twenty years back and writing as sympathetic a review of such an album as I'm doing today. Context is everything.
One's tastes change as you get older. These days I enjoy hearing stuff by Tears For Fears, The Bangles, Eddy Grant, etc. that I HATED when it was new (and I much younger).