I think the Barry Manilow version is best represented by this World of Warcraft machinima featuring a couple of lovestruck gnomes lookin to cozy up for the Feast of Winter Veil (WoW's version of Christmas for the nOObs).
But if you want to experience his version with de-gnomeified voices, then you can enjoy this other version, which is... strangely also set in World of Warcraft! (If you can believe it, this is the ONLY other version of the song on Youtube - Barry must have good lawyers)
I think it's clear who the real winner of this competition is...
Now, Tom Jones was dead sexy in his prime (I mean, look at that 'Best Of' cover ladies: if he wants to break you off, he's gonna break you off) Even if his Travolta-style revival after The Full Monty soundtrack hadn't elevated him to that rare status of ironic icon, he woulda STILL been legendary because of 'Delilah.' And if we hadn't gotten the later years, we woulda totally missed out on 'Sex Bomb!'
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But this version of Baby, It's Cold Outside with forgettable Welsh post-hottie Cerys Matthews is unforgiveable...
And frankly, this video version with it's mixed symbols, which, um, takes place in the...uh...yeah I guess that's the fiery pit of Hell...
...and seems to cast Jones as the, um, Prince of Darkness...and Matthews as a... caged virgin turned succubus...with a REALLLY clever plot twist at the end! (doubt you'll make it that far - I forced myself for research purposes)
Screw this, let's just remember the good ole days!
Imagine this one night of stolen Yuletide bliss between Dolly and Rod... I picture a bear rug, a box of wine, and a shitstorm of feathered platinum hair. Horrifying.
In fact, if you skip to around 2:30 of 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy', you can see pretty much exactly what I'm picturing. Or heck, just watch the whole thing. You deserve it.
I mean... if they'd made it 30 years earlier, I mighta bought it...
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