…
Id have sworn
That with time
Thoughts of you
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing
Makes me forget
Red, red wine …
That with time
Thoughts of you
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing
Makes me forget
Red, red wine …
From Neil Diamond’s Red, Red Wine.
A long day at work is behind me.
Steak (medium) done on the grill,
Rice-a-Roni, some fresh green beans
and a glass of boxed red wine to complete
the ‘gourmet’ meal with the family tonight.
The kitchen was busy. Both daughters helping prepare the meal.
Carolyn on the rice. Allison on the green beans.
Dolores up stairs on the phone with her mother.
I come back from the porch (where the grill is)
and the girls are looking at a catalog and talking about diamonds.
Wait a minute? Isn’t it a little early for that?
Now what was I going to write?
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…love UB40. Nice reference.
er, Neil Diamond…
Yes, this begins to show my age. I grew up with Neil singing this and have to say I did not like the UB40 version. Of course, Neil has also done it a couple of different ways and I still prefer the slower original. The content and the context fit better.
You don’t like the UB40 version? Now I’m intrigued. I have to hunt down a copy of Neil Diamond’s Red Red Wine.
For your edification, I found the following at songfacts.com:
UB40 recorded this as a cover of the Tony Tribe 1969 Reggae version, which reached #46 in the UK charts. The band did not realize until after it topped the charts that Neil Diamond wrote it and originally recorded it. Lead singer Ali Campbell recalls in the book 1000 UK #1 Hits: “The funny thing about the song is we only knew it as a Reggae song. We had no idea that Neil Diamond wrote it.” Terence “Astro” Wilson, confirmed: “Even when we saw the writing credit which said N. Diamond, we thought it was a Jamaican artist called Negus Diamond or something.”
Interesting, I did not know that about this particular version. I do like reggae, just did not think this song went well with reggae after being so used to it the original way. I hope you find a version. If you don’t let me know and I’ll go searching.
This is not the first time where someone recorded a song that folks did not know was Neil’s. The Monkees did “I am a believer” (which Neil wrote) and hit the Top 40 chart. The success of the song convinced Neil he could go it on his own. And that is the inside story.
Now, I am waiting for someone to find me!