I was having some trouble thinking of a topic for this morning, when I turned on the soundtrack for the 2009 film, Funny People. I have not seen the movie, which stars Adam Sandler, but I instantly fell in love with this song by Neil Diamond. It’s called “We”. On the soundtrack, it’s a different version than the popular one, neither of which I’d ever heard until this morning.

I might have to watch the movie this soundtrack comes from. Besides “We”, it also has some nice stuff by James Taylor, Robert Plant, and Wilco, among other artists.

I couldn’t resist trying it, so here it is. The video sucks, because for the life of me, I couldn’t get it to line up perfectly with the audio. I have a new computer on its way to me, so I hope this will be a short lived issue. I had to use my laptop for the video part, because for some reason, Photo Booth quit working. I did a bunch of takes, but just couldn’t get it right. The dogs need a walk, so I had to settle for this. It’s just almost right.

I think the audio part is pretty decent, anyway. I doubt people watch my videos to see me mug for the camera. This song put me in such a good mood, I may redo it when I have a better machine for the job. Hope some of y’all enjoy…

Here are the lyrics of “We (early take)… by Neil Diamond.

Love is all about chemistry
Talkin’ bout the way you feel inside
It′s all about a mystery
All about taking a magic ride
It’s not about you, it′s not about me
Love is all about we
It’s all about we

It’s all about the plans we make
All about you and me being friends
All about the road we take
together how we both gonna reach the end
It’s not about you, it’s not about me
Love is all about we
It’s all about we

With a string you can tie a knot
But you gotta have somethin′ to tie it to
Otherwise all you’ve got is that knot
When it ties me to you
It′sa whole other thing
Love is all about we
Say it’s all about we

Love is not about young or old
Been around the earliest days of man
Matter of have and hold
Do it all alone and you’ll understand
It’s not about you, it’s not about me
Love is all about we
Say, it’s all about we

With a string you can tie a knot
But you got to have something to tie it to
Otherwise all you’ve got is that knot
But when it ties me to you
It’s a whole other thing
And love is all about we
Yes, it’s all about we

It’s not about you
It’s not about me
Love is all about we
Yes, it′s all about we
Yes, it’s all about we
You and me
All about we
You and me
You and me
All about we
We