I had Neil Diamond in my mind today, and decided to play something by him, but I was torn between several. I nearly choked on my coffee when I realized that I played this one only once, the Monday after Thanksgiving three years ago in 2019! Even my intro blurb is still fitting and apt!
You know that Monday-after-a-long-holiday-weekend feeling? The one where the simplest tasks seem monumental, and you find yourself saying, “I really don’t want to be here” … and that’s true even for those of us who are retired! Too much has been left alone over the 4-day weekend … vacuuming, laundry, bathroom cleaning, etc. And there’s that great dilemma … how to disguise the remaining turkey in the fridge so it doesn’t seem so much like leftovers. You just feel somewhat … out of sync. So, I was in the mood for something light and fun tonight.
Released in 1979, Forever in Blue Jeans was co-written by Neil Diamond and his guitarist, Richard Bennett. Says Diamond about the song: “the simple things are really the important things”.
Not surprisingly, the song has been used a couple of times in ads for … blue jeans! In one, Will Ferrell of M*A*S*H and Elf fame, impersonated Neil Diamond singing this in an ad for The Gap.
As always, I mis-heard not only the lyrics, but I always thought the song was titled Devil in Blue Jeans, so when I went looking for it tonight, it took me a while!
The song only reached #20 in the U.S., #16 in the UK.
Forever In Blue Jeans
Neil Diamond
Money talks
But it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk
And long as I can have you here with me
I’d much rather be forever in blue jeans
Honey’s sweet
But it ain’t nothin’ next to baby’s treat
And if you’d pardon me, I’d like to say
We’d do okay forever in blue jeans
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, by the fire
All alone, you and I
Nothing around but the sound
Of my heart and your sighs
Money talks
But it can’t sing and dance and it can’t walk
And long as I can have you here with me
I’d much rather be forever in blue jeans, babe
And honey’s sweet
But it ain’t nothin’ next to baby’s treat
And if you’ll pardon me, I’d like to say
We’d do okay, forever in blue jeans
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, by the fire
All alone, you and I
Nothing around but the sound
Of my heart and your sighs
Money talks
But it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk
And long as I can have you here with me
I’d much rather be forever in blue jeans
And if you’d pardon me, I’d like to say
We’d do okay forever in blue jeans, babe
And long as I can have you here with me
I’d much rather be forever in blue jeans, babe
Songwriters: Richard Winchell Bennett / Neil Diamond
Forever In Blue Jeans lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Filosofa's Word 
Can’t go wrong with Neil Diamond!
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I’m glad you think so, since this is turning out to be “Neil Diamond Week!”
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I used to think it was “Reverend Blue Jeans.” 🙄
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Ha ha … apparently you weren’t alone, for a lot of people thought that! I always thought it was “Devil in blue jeans”!
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I like that better! 😊
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😊
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Neil Diamond has given us some great songs. Sadly, this wasn’t one of them 😉
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Hmmmm … then perhaps I’ll have to keep on trying, eh? 😉
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Like today? That was a little better. You need to try Soolaimon 😉
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Another of his greats. He had nany.
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Stay tuned, my friend.
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🤞👍
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To see Neil singing about blue jeans while wearing his sparkling theatre suit just didn’t seem right.
Just wondering, when you thought it was Devil in Blue Jeans, were you possibly thing of a different piece of clothing, á là Devil with a Blue Dress…
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Ha ha … No, because until just now, I always thought that song was “NEVER” with the Blue Dress On!!! I keep learning from you guys!
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Oh, how cool!!! This one is definitely among my favorite Neil Diamond songs… yay!!
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I’m so glad!!!!
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Neil Diamond produced some spell-binding songs. This was a nice catchy sing-along.
‘Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show’ – Yessss
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I am atheist, but I approve “Brother Love”! And a whole bunch of his other songs… “He Aint Heavy, He’s My Brother” for just one.
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Ooooohhhhh … I had forgotten “He Ain’t Heavy …” Stay tuned!
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Agreed Diamond could write them and he could sing them.
He An’t Heavy was a big hit for The Hollies in the UK.
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Here too. But Neil sang it well too, just I never saw it on a single.
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Another opportunity missed by another record company?
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I’ll have to check that one out, as I don’t know if I’ve ever heard it. Meanwhile, though, check out this morning’s offering that will post about 4:00 p.m. your time! It is also one I never heard before!
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Came out in 1969. I love the image of this raw-boned true evangelic preacher who just wants all folk to connect with God, from their hearts and souls.
The beauty being, it’s a dramatic portrait, you don’t have to have the same beliefs to ‘get it’.
Christian parts of America could do with a Brother Love, right now.
Meanwhile I’ll high-tail over to your post…
See ya.
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