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  • Опубликовано: 12 июн 2009
  • Space - Ballad Of Tom Jones (Copyright 1998 Gut Records Ltd). Buy it on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZ...
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  • @grantyoung378
    @grantyoung378 3 года назад +243

    Sometimes I find myself singing “I have never thrown my knickers at you.....and I don’t come from Wales” randomly when I’m just walking about the house

    • @mistatwist1
      @mistatwist1 3 года назад +14

      lmao my god i thought it was just me that did that, lol

    • @peterbustin2683
      @peterbustin2683 2 года назад +4

      How did you know I did the same - but in my car !

    • @nicelydone31
      @nicelydone31 2 года назад +10

      lol, i sing it aloud on the street, thats why they locked me up

    • @bottomline7923
      @bottomline7923 2 года назад +4

      It's the rasp in her voice that gets me but I'm not here to judge.. pretty good track hey

    • @marklouis677
      @marklouis677 2 года назад +2

      Saaaaame 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jimmyskyblue6057
    @jimmyskyblue6057 5 месяцев назад +22

    I had completely forgotten about this song, I’ve just heard it on the radio for first in 25 years. ❤

    • @joshtheatmosphereean7079
      @joshtheatmosphereean7079 5 месяцев назад +5

      Vernon Kay Radio 2? That's exactly my story! How do we forget these great songs? Why do they fall off our radar?

    • @jimmyskyblue6057
      @jimmyskyblue6057 3 месяца назад +2

      @@joshtheatmosphereean7079 Yes that’s exactly where I heard it 👍

    • @user-ps6qi9fi4o
      @user-ps6qi9fi4o Месяц назад

      YEY !
      Ain't it just the best XX

  • @joescully1712
    @joescully1712 Месяц назад +8

    Unreal lyrics. Unreal melody. Brill8ant vocals. Video is so clever to tie in to the song too. Massively under-rated tune ❤

  • @S.G.831
    @S.G.831 11 месяцев назад +41

    Last heard this song when I was 17! I’m now 41. Been trying to find this song FOREVER and it started playing on my sisters playlist while on her canal boat! Almost fell off with excitement!
    Teenage MEMORIES returned!

    • @MrNajibrazak
      @MrNajibrazak 9 месяцев назад +2

      oh come on man. please don't remind me. gosh i am 7 olders than u.
      its been a long day of working under the sun putting up a good show, done everything and sneaked a joint while listening to this and forgot everything. i was enjoying the comments until i read urs that snapped me out of it reminding me that i am not 22 anymore.
      LOL
      God. when am i going to grow up. LOLOL
      all the best there. cheers!

    • @S.G.831
      @S.G.831 9 месяцев назад +1

      Forever young ✌️

  • @julian1471
    @julian1471 12 лет назад +70

    The writer had the best sense of humour all the songs cracked me up. Space were on another planet.

  • @danielwilliamson6180
    @danielwilliamson6180 6 месяцев назад +8

    I remember this song. Tom Jones must have been touched by this song.

  • @zachariasplank2774
    @zachariasplank2774 10 месяцев назад +19

    2023 and this song is still sooooooo underrated .

  • @spaceodds1985
    @spaceodds1985 4 года назад +78

    Just saw this on TOTP 2. Haven’t heard this since 2000. Just listening to this both elates me and depresses me, elates me in that it is a song that always made me happy, but depresses me in that not not only will something like this never come again, but also how great the 90s truly were. The 21st century for the most part has truly sucked.

    • @gamechanger416
      @gamechanger416 3 года назад +2

      Time for a shuffle 👋 x in the future ❤ 👌 and I hope you're ok

    • @soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087
      @soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087 3 года назад +1

      I know at least we have the memories TOMMY AND CERYS AMAZING

    • @sb6678
      @sb6678 2 года назад +1

      I’ve been sad and depressed since 1470

    • @ianrobson9601
      @ianrobson9601 Год назад

      I don't reminisce about anything past the year 2000

  • @cgleonard
    @cgleonard 10 лет назад +81

    Used to love Space lyrics. Had a mixture of working class humour and tragic fatality.

  • @mikeludden4776
    @mikeludden4776 9 лет назад +60

    Fuck i miss the 90s!!

    • @DrW83
      @DrW83 8 лет назад +2

      Me too, so much!

    • @vickishaw6053
      @vickishaw6053 7 лет назад +5

      Mike Ludden the 90s were awesome (apart from school)

  • @TomYaz
    @TomYaz 2 года назад +15

    WHY WHY was this never played or promoted in America! LOVE THIS!

    • @MrNajibrazak
      @MrNajibrazak 9 месяцев назад

      ppl were into heavier stuff then, mostly stuff like foo fighters and soundgarden.
      back in the day only hardcore stoner kids listens to such stuff.
      i dunno if those poppy yuppies listen to this or not, only weird people knows and listen to this.
      i think it is the same in America too.
      its just too weird for some.

  • @Picnicl
    @Picnicl 7 лет назад +150

    Practically no-one mentions the genius of Tommy Scott and Space. They wrote the song. Tommy Scott is deserving to be mentioned just as much (or more) as Lee Mavers from The La's is. What a great creator of mood Scott is. Classic quirky romantic Liverpudlian.

    • @kyrkosekaterinaris1328
      @kyrkosekaterinaris1328 5 лет назад +12

      Amazing band! Sophisti-pop was already fading fast from the charts towards the end of the 90s, today it is almost non-existent, following the general dumbing down of society. You really have to dig deep these days...

    • @TimBurVlogs
      @TimBurVlogs 5 лет назад +7

      They shoulda been huge!

    • @OrbvsTomarvm
      @OrbvsTomarvm 4 года назад +1

      brilliant - but not a mavers. sorry.

    • @incredibleself-confidence5505
      @incredibleself-confidence5505 4 года назад +4

      Damn right, been listening to them all day today and it really hit me how much of a great songwriter he is, I think people struggle to appreciate wry lyrics and well written music as though they're mutually exclusive. but you've hit the nail on the head, he creates mood, and even the twiddly excesses of 90's production can't ruin them. I think it's aged better than lots, mainly because he knows how to write a bridge and a chorus.

    • @madzen112
      @madzen112 3 года назад +1

      So true, a brilliant band

  • @sb6678
    @sb6678 3 года назад +19

    I know this about Tom Jones, but I think the line ‘and I don’t come from Wales’ directed at Cerys Matthews is hilarious 😂

  • @slm79
    @slm79 4 года назад +41

    Forgot this song even existed. Genius

    • @mrnaughtycat
      @mrnaughtycat 2 года назад +2

      I’ve been looking for it for ages I even forgot the name

  • @psypants
    @psypants 3 года назад +13

    Oh god yes, forgot how much I loved that hollering of "I've never thrown my knickers at you!" 😁

  • @terbennett
    @terbennett 3 года назад +21

    I used to love Space back in the late 90's as well as Catatonia. I remember when I first heard this song. It was epic back then and still is now in my opinion.

    • @MrNajibrazak
      @MrNajibrazak 9 месяцев назад +1

      they are still very nice comparing to what they have out there nowadays. the dont make good stupid nice songs like such anymore.
      hey there.
      live long and prosper bro.

  • @user-co8zi7ge7j
    @user-co8zi7ge7j Год назад +11

    Я искал её 5 дней, не зная ни названия, ни слов песни, ни исполнителя! И в итоге Ютуб сам нашёл этот клип и порекомендовал! Я в шоке!

  • @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
    @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 2 года назад +37

    Melody wise, this is a masterpiece! The chord sequence leading to the chorus is just fkn perfect 👌.. brings a tear to me eye, love it

    • @MrNajibrazak
      @MrNajibrazak 9 месяцев назад +3

      i dont know man i love the lyrics, they don't write lyrics like this anymore.

    • @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
      @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrNajibrazak I hear ya … lyrics are razor sharp and they’re sung with feeling too
      👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @1978libertine
    @1978libertine 10 лет назад +137

    Always loved this track, back in the days when bands actually wrote their own music and could sing without autotune :)

    • @charmedrools1
      @charmedrools1 4 года назад +13

      bonjovi used to lipsync live performances and Queen used autotune in a ton of their studio stuff...
      that high horse you're on? gerroffit

    • @ianashby6294
      @ianashby6294 4 года назад +5

      Yeah loved this song since it first came out it appeals to my sense of humor

    • @hueyp.newton2619
      @hueyp.newton2619 3 года назад +2

      Frank Sinatra never wrote his own music, and no one beats Frankie blue eyes

    • @gourmetwaters6916
      @gourmetwaters6916 3 года назад +1

      @@charmedrools1 Agreed, I get OP but for example Bob Dylan was an average singer. Great musician. Amazing writer. Autotune was kinda made for the Bob Dylans of this world.
      Imagine you practice playing a song ten times every day for a year, that's 3650 renditions of varying quality. What's the odds that the best rendition is even caught in a studio?
      Now because of the importance placed on song writing - imagine it's an indefinitely evolving song. So not only is every rendition varying in quality, but also now in content.
      The whole concept of musical production isn't necessarily tied to instrumental ability [voice in this case] and vice-versa - good production and studio work makes a good product, good talent makes a good musician.
      Sorry for the ramble. Not saying it's fact, or hijacking your words. Just my perspective.

    • @valentinoschristofi
      @valentinoschristofi 3 года назад +1

      Like believe by Cher 😂

  • @Ja_jna
    @Ja_jna Год назад +4

    Seeing the lads in October can’t wait!

  • @Bexley999
    @Bexley999 Месяц назад +1

    OMG I've been trying to re-find this song for years on and off!!! Love it.

  • @melodyvalentine8779
    @melodyvalentine8779 2 года назад +6

    Space are playing in my hometown in January and my guitar teacher and his band are supporting them. Definitely need to go and see that!

    • @eclectica1
      @eclectica1 2 года назад

      And did you go in the end.

  • @andrewturvill7145
    @andrewturvill7145 3 года назад +11

    Absolutely fantastic even all these years on! Constantly singing, Ive never thrown my knickers at you. Lmao

  • @MaccyJohnny
    @MaccyJohnny 9 лет назад +12

    Saw him live in a tiny bar outside Leeds last night and he was fab. Sweet, nervy, funny and with some great new songs.

  • @rashid5665
    @rashid5665 9 месяцев назад +3

    When I was in high school, maybe 15 or 16 years old, I used to have the national radio station on in the background while I'm chilling or studying. I would record some songs that I liked on cassette tapes. Something like a mix tape. There was this one song that caught my attention and it used to be played quite frequently at one point. But somehow I never recorded the full song and finally when I did think of recording it, it was towards the end of the song. After that the radio station never played that song ever again. And I never heard that song ever played anywhere. It bothered me for so many years that I couldn't identify or ever hear that song again. But with that short clip recorded on the cassette tape, about fifteen years later, I converted the cassette audio to digital format. Yet with that short clip I still couldn't use apps like Shazam to identify the song. Every few years, I'll have the song playing in my mind and get really annoyed I couldn't find out who the artist was. The part that stuck in my mind the most was the chorus and the haunting background humming. Also that it was a duet. Today my mind went back to the song again and I decided to try the short clip that I recorded but with Google voice assistant. Or specifically Google sound search. After just 1 try it identified it! It was this song! Oh man the memory of my teenage years started pouring out while listening to it. What's funny was the chorus part that has been playing in my mind for 25 years years which I thought was mysterious and with powerful vocals was just "I could never throw my knickers at you...And I don't come from Wales". Lol. Brilliant song composition with somewhat sad and humorous lyric. I feel like I can die in peace now.

  • @paulblamey6087
    @paulblamey6087 6 лет назад +32

    It was lucky for us we had his Greatest hits...

  • @soxxieloux9117
    @soxxieloux9117 8 лет назад +35

    oh my word! i had this on tape :)

    • @TonyChurch112
      @TonyChurch112 4 года назад +1

      Can I buy it please

    • @simonewardle3742
      @simonewardle3742 3 года назад

      Lots of us did. And cried when it got chewed up in the stereo.

  • @jonnyo420
    @jonnyo420 8 лет назад +10

    Ahhh... my tune for Valentine's Day!

  • @mrneutral8423
    @mrneutral8423 Год назад +6

    Not heard this song in absolute years. Holds up much better than I remember. Really catchy, great songwriting.

  • @natashakingston4738
    @natashakingston4738 6 лет назад +9

    I'd forgotten all about this. Incredible song, music and lyrics.

  • @JetsetMiner
    @JetsetMiner 3 месяца назад +2

    Frisson! Every time.

  • @user-lt4ec1dg5u
    @user-lt4ec1dg5u 11 лет назад +7

    Brings me back to living in London in 1999. I spent my spare time hitting the record shops looking for Catherine Wheel, Spiritualized, and slowdive records. Picked up this single while I was there...

  • @sara-inahkidchannel9154
    @sara-inahkidchannel9154 3 года назад +9

    I love this song and I'm looking it for long years!!! and I don't know the exact title!!!! 😍😍😍

  • @esphyxx
    @esphyxx 12 лет назад +15

    i love her voice

  • @realkoko-loco
    @realkoko-loco 3 года назад +6

    One of my absolute favorite songs. Great story, great melody.

  • @Makkati.City.Chillin
    @Makkati.City.Chillin 10 лет назад +60

    No one can top against 90's music likes this.. the best of 90's era..

    • @TonyChurch112
      @TonyChurch112 3 года назад +1

      My mate got caught wanking to this :/

  • @Pippa87
    @Pippa87 4 года назад +14

    This is one of those songs I spend a lot of time wondering ‘were those actually the lyrics?’
    Yes. Yes they were

  • @nathanackerley6021
    @nathanackerley6021 6 лет назад +5

    Just decided this is gonna be our 1st dance at the wedding !!!!!!!

    • @tashabarrett1729
      @tashabarrett1729 2 года назад

      haven't you people ever heard of closing the god dawn door?!

  • @irmarahmanisa6330
    @irmarahmanisa6330 7 лет назад +57

    "...and I don't come from Wales."

  • @JoSaunders
    @JoSaunders 10 лет назад +11

    Love this... but never saw the video before. Always made me smile.

  • @TrojanBad
    @TrojanBad 13 лет назад +6

    This song reminds of my mum & dad, they have a love-hate relationship.
    Great Lyrics.

  • @geoffreyjonathanwilson9932
    @geoffreyjonathanwilson9932 Год назад +3

    Two distinct voices for sure from two great bands.☺️😊🙂

  • @Calsonic8899
    @Calsonic8899 2 года назад +3

    Still one of the greatest song lyric to this day ‘I’ve never thrown my knickers at you !’ Genius

  • @rolandosuello
    @rolandosuello 3 года назад +6

    Why every time I heard the bass line of this song at the chorus part makes my spine tingles! There is magic in this song! Pure genius work of art! Space

  • @leemcgowan8656
    @leemcgowan8656 4 года назад +5

    Still cracked me up 2020

  • @dominic4296
    @dominic4296 Год назад +1

    Wow forgot all about this..awesome.

  • @scouseronthewirral
    @scouseronthewirral 2 года назад +2

    Peaked at #4 in U.K. on 1 March 1998

  • @stugos1
    @stugos1 2 года назад +2

    Forgot how good this song is..heard it last week on absolute radio 90’s

  • @dlp2006
    @dlp2006 Год назад +4

    Cerys is a treasure

  • @uwi2
    @uwi2 6 лет назад +38

    Used to laugh at this song back in the day..
    Now, i understand.

  • @soupersonic
    @soupersonic 2 года назад +2

    Always important to remember those who have helped us out.....Cheers Tom xx

  • @Antacid420
    @Antacid420 3 года назад +2

    Wow flashback...first time I heard this It was on radio1 on my radio in my cell on DWING in HMP DURHAM..🤘👊🐜

  • @jamesconlan56
    @jamesconlan56 16 дней назад

    Cerys was such a badass, brilliant voice too. I loved Space & Catatonia, brilliant era for music in the UK.

  • @19822andy
    @19822andy 9 лет назад +39

    My Dad's name is Tom Jones. Fact. He's stopped my girlfriend and I from killing each other on numerous occasions

  • @joemay2640
    @joemay2640 Год назад +3

    Gota love her voice.

  • @fahripratama3498
    @fahripratama3498 7 лет назад +9

    2017..This song is still nice to hear..

  • @dwaards
    @dwaards 12 лет назад +3

    I was 6 when this came out, I still remember it, and I still love it...

  • @georgeruth9878
    @georgeruth9878 Год назад +1

    Seen Space play in the O2 in Liverpool. They were absolutely amazing, loved all the nostalgic songs. They were that good I want to see them again when they come to Liverpool in December!!

  • @jays_metalworks9399
    @jays_metalworks9399 2 года назад +1

    Having a nostalgic Saturday night listening to these

  • @mikecormack164
    @mikecormack164 4 года назад +7

    Still listening in 2019.

    • @kenny6387
      @kenny6387 4 года назад

      i want them undies but i dont come from wales

  • @bonkers2576
    @bonkers2576 7 лет назад +2

    I had this on cd.. Seriously am missing tunes like this...👌🏼👌🏼

  • @kurtsmith2547
    @kurtsmith2547 2 года назад +3

    This song is really good, the lyrics are amazing

  • @reviewswithpappy8058
    @reviewswithpappy8058 Год назад +1

    Love this space and catonia I'm in love with cerys 😊😊😂❤

  • @jarosawciua9716
    @jarosawciua9716 5 лет назад +1

    Absolutely wonderful and so nostalgic

  • @mrnaughtycat
    @mrnaughtycat 2 года назад +1

    This is the one I’ve been looking for

  • @philltolkien5082
    @philltolkien5082 6 лет назад

    Just heard this on the radio. Forgot all about this tune. Top stuff. Long live the 90s!

  • @MrNajibrazak
    @MrNajibrazak 9 месяцев назад +1

    one of my fav stoner tune
    kids of the 90s. it was awesome wasn't it? =D

  • @thesadpunk
    @thesadpunk 2 года назад +3

    Music press back then were really unfair with Space... I'm glad time has prove them wrong.

  • @user-pk9wr5yb4d
    @user-pk9wr5yb4d 2 месяца назад

    Great and clever lyrics,tremendous

  • @Countrystock
    @Countrystock 9 лет назад +69

    Proper tune. They don't make them like this anymore 😕

  • @studio-flash
    @studio-flash 7 лет назад +18

    Saw Space in December 2016 at the Arts Club in Liverpool..after they played this song..and it went quiet i just had the urge to shout out "Yaki Da"..to which Tommy Scott laughed out loud and said..."Nice One"...it makes me laugh thinking about it now! Great band and Tommy seems a really nice person.

    • @fae8450
      @fae8450 5 лет назад +5

      He's absolutely lovely. I accidentally met him at Isle of Wight festival in 2016- it was literally the happiest moment ever. I'd been to see Space earlier that day and i ran into him and his daughter- he was so lovely and such a gentleman ♥️

  • @carlacraig1089
    @carlacraig1089 2 года назад +2

    Reminds me of being a kid haha my dad always played it in the car lol

  • @davidhowlett5040
    @davidhowlett5040 4 года назад

    Great song, great lyrics, Great car, love Cerys and Space ! !

  • @TheMatrix1776
    @TheMatrix1776 6 лет назад +4

    Love this track

  • @Jammo1978
    @Jammo1978 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is a classic 👌 whenever I meet someone or someone says they're part Welsh or someone is going/been to Wales me like someone with tourettes automatically says 'I don't come from Wales""😂😂😂

  • @hellishfucker3635
    @hellishfucker3635 3 года назад +1

    gosh, how did i love this song and still do. one of the best love/hate songs for my wife and me after 30 yrs avoiding killing each other...

  • @mjoezic3198
    @mjoezic3198 3 года назад

    Loved this song!!

  • @BlaizeV
    @BlaizeV 10 лет назад +3

    one of my favourite songs ever

  • @KikiG75ThatBritishWoman
    @KikiG75ThatBritishWoman 3 года назад +2

    Class

  • @Backoffboogaloo
    @Backoffboogaloo 10 лет назад +4

    Oh I love this song!

  • @4milfs
    @4milfs 12 лет назад +1

    What a great song. My 7 year old loves it as well. Tom Jones, Tom Jones.

  • @zephyrsky__
    @zephyrsky__ 2 года назад +1

    The best duo

  • @tallpete9956
    @tallpete9956 9 лет назад +3

    Saw Space at the Southampton guildhall back in the day, and they done this song but she was on a giant screen behind the band. Great stuff!

    • @bethhewitt6400
      @bethhewitt6400 3 года назад

      I saw them at the old courts in wigan in 2019 and I will see them there and in hull and maybe some other places this year. They are brilliant. I have liked their music since I was 12 years old in 1996.

    • @bethhewitt6400
      @bethhewitt6400 3 года назад

      Just wanted to add that there is a video of space performing this at the old courts in wigan in 2019 and someone throws some knickers at tommy and the band stop singing the song and start again and then someone throws knickers at tommy again and they get stuck to tommy's guitar and he carries on playing. It's very funny.

  • @hazgriffiths9713
    @hazgriffiths9713 Год назад +1

    I still have their album Spiders knocking around somewhere, I'll have to dig it out.

  • @burtbackattack
    @burtbackattack 4 года назад +1

    Forgotten about this song and how funny it is. Great video too.

  • @sickbobby
    @sickbobby 11 лет назад +7

    First heard this song because of the Q Magazine compilation CD from the late 90s. That was an awesome compilation with Blur, Pulp, Spiritualized, Primal Scream and er Robbie Williams.

    • @bonkers2576
      @bonkers2576 7 лет назад +3

      sickbobby Oh I miss the free cds lol...

    • @sarah6119
      @sarah6119 4 года назад

      sickbobby that’s exactly how I heard it too !!! Played that cd over & over 😃👌🏻

  • @enzedbrit
    @enzedbrit 2 года назад +1

    Listening to this, I’m forever 21!

  • @acertainshape
    @acertainshape 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant.

  • @largeslappy
    @largeslappy 3 года назад +4

    it took me shamefully long to realise the backing vocals in the chorus were saying "tom jones, tom jones..."

  • @marklythe6261
    @marklythe6261 9 лет назад +1

    I saw these last year at Stockton Calling it was a awesome set.

  • @TheGroovySideOftheTube
    @TheGroovySideOftheTube 14 лет назад +6

    They don't write em like this anymore!

  • @MrsLollyLePink
    @MrsLollyLePink 10 лет назад

    LOVE this song and clip.

  • @trynewhardstuffpls9572
    @trynewhardstuffpls9572 4 года назад +1

    This song means a lot to me. Amazing times

  • @Meanmanmartin2007
    @Meanmanmartin2007 11 лет назад

    Many thanks for uploading this. The "knickers" line in the chorus used to always make me and my sister laugh.

  • @skinnyexplores
    @skinnyexplores Год назад +1

    And I'm in glastonbury town Nd they are playing in the Red brick building tomorrow 👍👍👍

  • @sharonhopton5685
    @sharonhopton5685 4 года назад

    Love this♥️

  • @marygoodnight8892
    @marygoodnight8892 7 лет назад +2

    Hilarious, spot-on lyrics. And they're quite right about Tom Jones. Listening to Tom Jones puts out any thoughts of killing anyone in mind when I'm having a bad day, be it myself or others.

  • @weld_baby
    @weld_baby 5 лет назад +1

    OMG I've been looking for this song for ages

    • @julieedwards3324
      @julieedwards3324 4 года назад

      Me too, I knew it was Cerys Matthews.. but couldn't remember the band..

  • @greatstuff8554
    @greatstuff8554 6 лет назад +2

    Ah the memories! I was 14 years old!

  • @80sMusicGirl
    @80sMusicGirl 3 года назад

    Brilliant song!