Space - Ballad Of Tom Jones

[@jimmyskyblue6057]

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

[@joshtheatmosphereean7079]

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

[@jimmyskyblue6057]

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

[@user-ps6qi9fi4o]

YEY ! Ain't it just the best XX

[@neildeakin4454]

Same apart from the radio

[@S.G.831]

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]

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]

Forever young ✌️

[@stm81mcn18]

The late 90s and early 2000's.... music just like NO other! Im 43 and remember this at 18 years old! 😂😂. Like it was last week

[@julian1471]

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

[@peterbustin2683]

They were out of this world !

[@johnwhatsittoya6374]

They were way ahead of their time. Light years, in fact! 🥁

[@AtlasBlizzard]

"Neighbourhood" is an amazing song!

[@lesleylow7899]

A tin planet❤

[@joescully1712]

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

[@spaceodds1985]

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]

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

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

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

[@sb6678]

I’ve been sad and depressed since 1470

[@ianrobson9601]

I don't reminisce about anything past the year 2000

[@grantyoung378]

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]

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

[@peterbustin2683]

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

[@nicelydone31]

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

[@bottomline7923]

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

[@marklouis677]

Saaaaame 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesconlan56]

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

[@terbennett]

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]

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.

[@Picnicl]

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]

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]

They shoulda been huge!

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

brilliant - but not a mavers. sorry.

[@incredibleself-confidence5505]

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]

So true, a brilliant band

[@danielwilliamson6180]

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

[@josh2Sides2]

Well, Tom did invite the lead onto his audience with

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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]

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

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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

[@melodyvalentine8779]

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]

And did you go in the end.

[@rossh7186]

Hope you did. I saw them about 7-8 years ago - one of the best gigs I've ever been to, oddly. Just cos they were so good live!

[@psypants]

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

[@MaccyJohnny]

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

[@TomYaz]

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

[@MrNajibrazak]

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.

[@rossh7186]

I want to see the alternative history where this is even a minor hit in America...

[@mrneutral8423]

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

[@rashid5665]

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.

[@1978libertine]

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

[@charmedrools1]

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]

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

[@hueyp.newton2619]

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

[@gourmetwaters6916]

@@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]

Like believe by Cher 😂

[@realkoko-loco]

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

[@jonnyo420]

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

[@natashakingston4738]

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

[@mikeludden4776]

Fuck i miss the 90s!!

[@DrW83]

Me too, so much!

[@vickishaw6053]

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

[@irmarahmanisa-oo7kx]

This song was on the top 40 on Prambors Radio for months, in 1997 or 1998 if I remember correctly. I was 14 or 15 and I LOVE this song. 😁

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

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

[@cgleonard]

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

[@Calsonic8899]

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

[@paulblamey6087]

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

[@Bexley999]

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

[@sara-inahkidchannel9154]

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

[@rolandosuello]

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

[@user-co8zi7ge7j]

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!

[@georgeruth9878]

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!!

[@slm79]

Forgot this song even existed. Genius

[@mrnaughtycat]

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

[@Baron_von_Fargone]

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

[@sb6678]

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

[@nicelydone31]

That line was directed at Tom Jones to follow her "i would never throw my knickers at you" which was also directed at Tom Jones because back in the day at concerts women used to throw their knickers on stage. They're appreciative of him despite Space not being welsh and Cerys not excited enough to throw her knickers at him.

[@nicelydone31]

That line was directed at Tom Jones to follow her "i would never throw my knickers at you" which was also directed at Tom Jones because back in the day at concerts women used to throw their knickers on stage. They're appreciative of him despite Space not being welsh and Cerys not excited enough to throw her knickers at him.

[@Ja_jna]

Seeing the lads in October can’t wait!

[@gHost13-triphop]

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

[@TonyChurch112]

My mate got caught wanking to this :/

[@andrewturvill7145]

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

[@Brad-f9v]

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...

[@stugos1]

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

[@esphyxx]

i love her voice

[@areyouwatchingclosely-t9h]

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

[@soxxieloux9117]

oh my word! i had this on tape :)

[@TonyChurch112]

Can I buy it please

[@simonewardle3742]

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

[@TrojanBad]

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

[@JoSaunders]

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

[@tallpete9956]

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]

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]

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.

[@kurtsmith2547]

This song is really good, the lyrics are amazing

[@dominic4296]

Wow forgot all about this..awesome.

[@zachariasplank2774]

2023 and this song is still sooooooo underrated .

[@fingersTitan]

Begging for likes. So sad.

[@Jerkcurb1]

this is such a weird ass song but its pretty dangus addictive i gotta say

[@scouseronthewirral]

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

[@moorepla]

This song sums up my life ..😂❤😊

[@nathanackerley6021]

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

[@tashabarrett1729]

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

[@reddwarfer999]

Great song with wonderful lyrics. Love the deadpan 'and I don't come from Wales'.

[@studio-flash]

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]

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 ♥️

[@fahripratama3498]

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

[@jays_metalworks9399]

Having a nostalgic Saturday night listening to these

[@bonkers2576]

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

[@marygoodnight8892]

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.

[@cyclehavenbanks9851]

These songs are real genius the chord progressions are just incredible and instrumentation is so progressive.

[@philipeide1812]

Good song...and I really do come from Wales.

[@reviewswithpappy8058]

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

[@MrNajibrazak]

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

[@bigtony4829]

Good tune ..Space write some funny songs ...Beautiful neighbourhood is one of my all time favourite tracks

[@Pippa87]

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

[@burtbackattack]

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

[@dwaards]

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

[@mrnaughtycat]

This is the one I’ve been looking for

[@thesadpunk]

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

[@joemay2640]

Gota love her voice.

[@dlp2006]

Cerys is a treasure

[@4milfs]

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

[@sickbobby]

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]

sickbobby Oh I miss the free cds lol...

[@sarah6119]

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

[@80sMusicGirl]

Brilliant song!

[@skinnyvanlife]

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

[@uwi2]

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

[@leemcgowan8656]

Still cracked me up 2020

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

I think this is a great song still.I think Tommy and Cerys both had very distinct voices too.☺️

[@Jammo1978]

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""😂😂😂

[@philltolkien5082]

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

[@carlacraig1089]

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

[@JosephDevlin-w3q]

Great and clever lyrics,tremendous

[@jarosawciua9716]

Absolutely wonderful and so nostalgic

[@mikecormack164]

Still listening in 2019.

[@kenny6387]

i want them undies but i dont come from wales

[@marklythe6261]

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

[@Pam-rp3lu]

WHOLEY SHIT!! 20 YEARS TRYING TO FIND THIS FUCKING SONG. 20 damn years! Excuse my French but I heard this song ONCE. And now here I am. 20 years with "I'll never throw my knickers at you" replaying in my head. My life is complete

[@TimBurVlogs]

Same here! Crazy!

[@hazgriffiths9713]

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

[@skinnyvanlife]

Absolutely loved these in my younger days, music of my generation, fucking epic

[@acertainshape]

Brilliant.

[@laurastark4722]

This is dedicated to my dear friend Nick, this was our song 🎵 RIP Nick. PS. Your sausages are ready.

[@245-TRIOXIN]

Tommy Scott is a creative genius.

[@Countrystock]

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

[@TheMatrix1776]

Love this track

[@deborahjanedonaldson6820]

My boyfriend is from North Wales and this song we both can totally relate to 😉

[@tashabarrett1729]

Dito, I'm from North Wales, and I have been trying to find out if anyone knows what the lyrics mean for 31 years, can you please explain what the lyrics mean because I'm Welsh and I haven't got a clue what this song is about?! I was going to call the marriage guidance to see if they could Help! but my boyfriend tied the phone line round my neck!?

[@enzedbrit]

Listening to this, I’m forever 21!

[@rossjames1915]

Just watched Space live in Worthing, fantastic gig. Lovely nod to Cerys about never ageing when they play this now

[@zephyrsky__]

The best duo

[@davidfostekew6497]

Reminds me of industrial action in Liverpool area by posties

[@keithcole9904]

*Lyrics* What did I do wrong? Oh you nearly drove me cuckoo Am I really all that bad? You're worse than Hannibal Lecter, Charlie Manson, Freddie Krueger Why are we still together? Oh I can't leave until you're dead You mean till death do us part? I mean like cyanide, strangulation or an axe to your head It was lucky for us I turned the radio on They say that music soothes the savage beast There was something in that voice that stopped us seeing red The two of us would surely have ended up dead You stopped us from killing each other Tom Jones, Tom Jones You'll never know but you saved our lives Tom Jones, Tom Jones I could never throw my knickers at you And I don't come from Wales So haven't solved our problems You mean we hate each other's guts I still wanna poison your pizza And I still wanna cut off your nuts I phoned the marriage guidance I tied the phone line round your neck I'm sick of all this hatred Well that will be the arsenic making you sick You were about to drive me over the edge of a cliff As I tried to jump out I knocked the stereo on You changed your mind and then slammed on the brakes It was lucky for us we bought his greatest hits You stopped us from killing each other Tom Jones, Tom Jones You'll never know but you saved our lives Tom Jones, Tom Jones I could never throw my knickers at you And I don't come from Wales And now the war is over I've lost the urge to break your neck I owe my life to What's New Pussycat Delilah stopped me hating you and wishing you dead Oh I used to call you Satan And you were Cruella De'Ville And now you call me your Delilah And I am not your Lucifer And I am just your pussycat But just a word of warning now Just in case we ever get tired of his voice I know the Mafia, Godzilla, King Kong And I know an atom bomb that's going for a song You stopped us from killing each other Tom Jones, Tom Jones You'll never know but you saved our lives Tom Jones, Tom Jones I could never throw my knickers at you And I don't come from Wales You stopped us from killing each other Tom Jones, Tom Jones You'll never know but you saved our lives Tom Jones, Tom Jones I could never throw my knickers at you And I don't come from Wales