This is the greatest song that ever wasn’t. It is prefect. The lyrics. The rhythm. The words. The sentiment. The delivery. The emotion. And the greatest quote ever in a song. She never had dreams so they never came true. Such an underrated classic.
The E/G# chord right on the line "Baby, don't even try" kills me every time. very powerful song with a slower tempo which is hard to pull off. what a bar song!
Awesome lyrics throughout the song. Other than the ones already mentioned, 2 others stand out to me. "When I whispered I could love her...she just said baby....don't even bother to try" and "And the bees they had stung her...the birds they had flown...there were guys she could number...but none had she known". It shocks me that this song wasn't a massive hit.
“And She never had dreams....so they never came true.” ...one of the saddest lines ever sung in rock. I loved this song when I was in High school when it came out and I still love it.
I forgot I had this video and ran up on it one day.I noticed the video was not on RUclips anywhere....so here it is....You're welcome...that goes for all of you that posted.
I use to dance to this song back in 1986. Always felt they sang this song just for me. "all her friends did her favors that were really just loan's and she never had dreams so they never came true. " I always only wore boots. I was kickin that habit. I just love this song Thanks for the post
Angel In Blue The J. Geils Band We met in a bar Out on Chesapeake Bay With her white patent boots And her blouse red lame A table top dancer She would smile on cue Oh those lips of an angel Angel in blue She'd been dancin for ages Through cities of bars She was kickin' the habit Of scoring in cars She'd been drained of her spirit All caged up in this zoo A wild cat angel Angel in blue And as she stared out into nowhere I thought yes I thought she might break down and cry Oh when I whispered I thought I could love her She just said, "Baby don't even bother to try" And I watched as she spoke Her words chilled my bones All her friends did her favors That were really just loans And she never had dreams So they never came true Oh the palest of angels Angel in blue And the bees they had stung her The birds they had flown There were guys she could number But none had she known And she never had dreams So they never came true Oh my fade away angel Angel in blue Angel in blue Angel in blue Angel in blue
The frontrunners in that category for me , are "Angel Too Close to the Ground," Willie Nelson; "Sunset Woman" and "A Lady is Always a Lady" by Dave Loggins; and "Queen of the Silver Dollar," by Dr. Hook.
I am 53 now and this was the best of their songs. I was in love with my angel in blue. I fell in love with her but she got engaged to my best friend. He was a fool and let her get away. I have been married to her now for 30 years
I whole hearted agree. Peter wolf is an r N b poet. Great narrative lyrics about a stripper in a dead end job, going through the motions, struggling to get by. Heavy stuff for band that got labeled a "party band". Freeze frame one of the lps of the 80s.
"And she never had dreams, so they never came true".... Loved this song for many years, for the unexpected poignancy in a J Geils piece. Peters' solo albums are a revelation of who he is as a mature artist; especially like the song Nothing But The Wheel, with Jagger & Richards thrown in for another layer of texture. It's an older country song, revitalized & sounding as though it would fit on Exile On Main Street.
simply wonderful and inspiring. I looked for this clip for almost 30 years since I watched to it once on TV. Internet had to arrive to make the search possible.
It took me forever to remember the name of this song and I was pleasantly surprised I found it on youtube......... JGB rocked the 80's. One of the few bands I would listen to in the 80's.......... Peter Wolf and company are absolutely genious.....
Bought this album in 1981 when I was 16. I liked J Geils and Freeze Frame & Centerfold from this. Back in those days, we'd put on the album and just let it play... then flip it over and let all of side 2 play. So I heard this song as much as any other (except for radio) This is the ONE that stuck with me for 36 years now. At the time... the message was a bit over my head... but still a beautiful song.
Love this video because it gave John Geils a lot of face time. I never noticed it before, but he is playing his white guitar just behind Peter in most of the video. Love it. RIP Mr. Geils.
Definitely one that should have been huge! It also introduced the Rock world to Luther Vandross,who not only sang background vocals on this song,but arranged them as well....in fact,if my memory is correct,the lyric inner sleeve stated Luther arranged the entire song!
I love everything about this song. Lyrically fantastic. Those keyboards, the drums, the guitar strums, the harmonies...this is an all time great rock song.
Whoa! Never heard of this JGB song until today, despite growing up in the fantastic musical decade that were the AWESOMEST 80s! I only know Freeze Frame and Centerfold...
Hermosa canción. Tuvo su momento en las radios, la canta con tanta emoción! Recuerdos de mi juventud cuando la escuchaba y estaba enamorado de una amiga x mi calle. Después te tiempo lo encontré gracias RUclips x existir 😊
good jukebox song in a smokey bar room drinking away about the one who left. then finding comfort in another broken heart. ..cool blues rock classic by a good band
Essa belíssima musica foi dedicada pela J. Geils Band a uma das mulheres mais lindas que já viveu nesse planeta, Marylin Monroe. Eu já fiz minha casa "tremer" ao escutar essa música no "talo", no volume máximo. Uma obra-prima da década de 80.
College roommate and I played this tune until it was white in 83....Love troubles, you know...Everybody meets at least one or two angels in blue, in course of a life, i guess...
The Freeze-Frame cassette was the first I ever owned at 8yo. I made the mistake of loaning it to a friend. When his parents heard the last song on side 2, we BOTH ended up getting grounded. Seems really tame compared to some of the lyrics that have made it to market in the convening 40 years. LOL!
I heard this for the first time today. I don’t listen to radio played out songs but had a listen to this song while looking for one last kiss. Heard this and was like wowww this is good. It’s a moving song just hits you. Wow.
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One of the most hauntingly beautiful ballads ever recorded...
Who else just randomly felt like listening to this song
Me. Just now.
I, as well. Just now.8-20-24. Great one. R.I.P. J Geils.
We are too 😂
Music that has a "Moment in Time" that moves the Soul..
Still listening in 2024!!
I'm 54 now. God I miss the way the world was.❤
You are not the only one:) And this song brings me a lot of memories. No good songs like this anymore:(
This is the greatest song that ever wasn’t. It is prefect. The lyrics. The rhythm. The words. The sentiment. The delivery. The emotion. And the greatest quote ever in a song. She never had dreams so they never came true. Such an underrated classic.
Absolutely the best song to get a girl to take off her bra and panties ..
This song deserved to be as big a hit as "Centerfold" and "Freeze-Frame". For a J. Geils song, it's oddly sad and beautiful. A true classic.
It was huge on MTV, back when MTV was worth watching.
yup.I love this tune.I have the 45
You nailed it
Spot on. Agree 100 percent
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42년이 지났다.
처음 듣고 반해서 여태껏 가장 좋아하는 곡이다.
아련하게 슬픈 멜로디가 최고다.
The E/G# chord right on the line "Baby, don't even try" kills me every time. very powerful song with a slower tempo which is hard to pull off. what a bar song!
“She never had dreams....so they never came true.” The way he sings it, the inflection he uses just moves me. Awesome song.
One of the saddest lyrics ever written in a song. Reminds me of someone I knew.
Me too
And I watched as she spoke
Her words chilled my bones
All her friends did her favors
That were really just loans
All her friends did her favors that were really just loans… the lyrics in this song are incredible
Awesome lyrics throughout the song. Other than the ones already mentioned, 2 others stand out to me. "When I whispered I could love her...she just said baby....don't even bother to try" and "And the bees they had stung her...the birds they had flown...there were guys she could number...but none had she known". It shocks me that this song wasn't a massive hit.
Peter is one of the most passionate frontmen ever. You can tell he truly feels what he sings right to his very core!
One of the best!
Good description of him. Stay young my friend live free
Un excelente disco me traslado a los tiempos de colegio buen recuerdo
Saw them 42 years ago after my H.S. graduation, they were great, Peter Wolf a showman.
“And She never had dreams....so they never came true.” ...one of the saddest lines ever sung in rock. I loved this song when I was in High school when it came out and I still love it.
Driving around in my '72 Mustang, back in 83 listening to this...
rest in Peace J.Geils.....
RIP, J. Geils
Um...Pete's alive & well and has some fantastic solo albums
@@trismaccarran9950 thank you !! I said omg he's dead ,used to love The J Geils. Band and this song is a Beautiful
@@trismaccarran9950 Um, he said RIP J. Geils. You know, the guitar player that died in 2017?
@da324...I never mentioned J Geils, only that Peter Wolf has put out some great solo albums that many J Geils fans have never heard..
@@trismaccarran9950 True, but you responded to someone who said RIP J.Geils, not RIP Peter Wolf.
Still listening from. QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ♥
"All her friends did her favors/That were really just loans."
That is great songwriting.
I forgot I had this video and ran up on it one day.I noticed the video was not on RUclips anywhere....so here it is....You're welcome...that goes for all of you that posted.
I use to dance to this song back in 1986. Always felt they sang this song just for me. "all her friends did her favors that were really just loan's and she never had dreams so they never came true. " I always only wore boots. I was kickin that habit. I just love this song Thanks for the post
One of the best ballads ever
Rolling in my pontiac fiero with this casette blasting!!😂 im so lucky to have lived thru the 70s and 80s....i pity the youth today
Saw these guys over 20 times in 70's, God I miss them.
Great lyrics and great harmony. I remember watching this on MTV back in the early 80's. Still an outstanding song.
Perhaps the best song on the "Freeze-Frame" album!
So so true .....
STILL one of my ALL time favs! 💙
@@Sheboss333 I just drove from Elizabeth, NJ to Brooklyn, (approximately 22 miles X traffic factor) with this song on repeat.
@@Sneakypete88I listen to this all the time...never gets old
Angel In Blue
The J. Geils Band
We met in a bar
Out on Chesapeake Bay
With her white patent boots
And her blouse red lame
A table top dancer
She would smile on cue
Oh those lips of an angel
Angel in blue
She'd been dancin for ages
Through cities of bars
She was kickin' the habit
Of scoring in cars
She'd been drained of her spirit
All caged up in this zoo
A wild cat angel
Angel in blue
And as she stared out into nowhere
I thought yes I thought she might break down and cry
Oh when I whispered I thought I could love her
She just said, "Baby don't even bother to try"
And I watched as she spoke
Her words chilled my bones
All her friends did her favors
That were really just loans
And she never had dreams
So they never came true
Oh the palest of angels
Angel in blue
And the bees they had stung her
The birds they had flown
There were guys she could number
But none had she known
And she never had dreams
So they never came true
Oh my fade away angel
Angel in blue
Angel in blue
Angel in blue
Angel in blue
A love song for every woman who's had a rough go of it. This song is amazing,
leftcoaster67 ty :)
👊💙
The frontrunners in that category for me , are "Angel Too Close to the Ground," Willie Nelson; "Sunset Woman" and "A Lady is Always a Lady" by Dave Loggins; and "Queen of the Silver Dollar," by Dr. Hook.
This song, a place of ser, is always rambling on my mind. Beautiful song that has surely touched several generations
This song is simply magic....timeless...best song on the album...
I've loved this song since I was a teenager now I'm 50 years young!!
Tina Phillips I have to at one point in my life I had it on cassette what a life we live in the 80's
Tina Phillips
@@badcompanydandrea1887 I'm 59 and saw them on their tour for this album.
one question / do you feel the same feelings inside you what you felt from way back then
so do I. I remember in the 80´s...I was 15.
Now I am also 50 years young
Fuckin Brilliant song....Underrated I think.
One of the greatest ballad of rock music
I am 53 now and this was the best of their songs. I was in love with my angel in blue. I fell in love with her but she got engaged to my best friend. He was a fool and let her get away. I have been married to her now for 30 years
You went after your best friend's fiancee?
That's cold ❄️ 🥶 ❄️!
I feel sorry for you
My older brother used to let me borrow his Trans Am and we'd cruise town listening to this on his 8 track. 🥰
Haven't heard this in maybe 30 years. Man, I miss good rock.
I remember this song now,from well over 30 years ago. Do any radio stations still play it,or is that too much to ask?
It never gets old Just better
crnterfold
Boy do I hear that!!! No good rock these days cept for this old stuff we old folks grew up with.
@@rjjcms1 yes an alternate radio station played it here in Phoenix, Az last winter
My favorite J. Girls Band song.
A hidden gem..
Driving around in my '72 Mustang, back in 83 listening to this...
When I whispered I thought I could love her. She just said baby don't even bother to try.... that line gets to me.
That's a good one. I always liked "Her words chilled my bones, All her friends did her favors, That were really just loans"
She never had dreams...so they never came true....so many good lines in this one!
@Cliff Keller...if you haven't already, check out Peter Wolfs' solo albums; you might like a duet with Shelby Lynne called Tragedy
I have this album, each time I listen to this song it gets better!
How bout the lines...and the bees they had stung her/the birds they had flown/there were guys she could number/but none had she known. VERY OUCH BABY!
I loved this song the very first time I heard it back then and love it as much today. Very underrated song.......
+Dan Speicher Really one of their best songs and one of my favorites from the 80s. Don't think it had much airplay back in the day.
I whole hearted agree. Peter wolf is an r N b poet. Great narrative lyrics about a stripper in a dead end job, going through the motions, struggling to get by. Heavy stuff for band that got labeled a "party band". Freeze frame one of the lps of the 80s.
Whitie Powers Jealous much little Whitie boy?
RIP John Geils, thanks for all the great music and wonderful memories!
God hates the Evil one . Your H-LL bound !!
How I recall when I first got the J.Geils VHS Cassette in the summer of 1987 and even saw this video of which is in it for the first time.
The way J. Geils interprets this song is so moving.
Still gives me chills 35 years later.
Number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 7-3-82.
...and she never had dreams, so they never came true.
Such a sad line.
bearmassaro YES.THOUGH I HOPE I underestimated her AND,IN THE END everything worked out ok.
Best line in the song.
@@Razzy194 "All her friends did her favors that were really just loans" This song still makes my eyes water on some of my bad days. Such a sad story!
@@markg2842 saddest line along with the aforementioned one
Life as a sex industry worker. Pornography is an illusion , filled with broken hearts .
"And she never had dreams, so they never came true".... Loved this song for many years, for the unexpected poignancy in a J Geils piece. Peters' solo albums are a revelation of who he is as a mature artist; especially like the song Nothing But The Wheel, with Jagger & Richards thrown in for another layer of texture. It's an older country song, revitalized & sounding as though it would fit on Exile On Main Street.
another one lost hits of top 40.1982 it was very good year for all kind of music.....unforgettable ...Angel in Blue!
This music brings back fun times of my youth!! How I miss those days
RIP John Geils. Just heard the news tonight. Thanks for your music legacy
Angel in Blue, Freeze Frame, Centerfold, Flamethrower: I had to buy this album! It was 1982, good times!
We
Wow
...Rage in the Cage was cool too, all of them...
Keep going back though to Detroit Breakdown, You Got To Give IT To Me and Musta Got Lost and sooooo many more ...Killer amazing Live Blues Band!!!
"River Blindness" - still one of my all time favorite tracks!
Such a beautiful 😍 song for the ages. Never goes out of style
OMG HAVENT HEARD THIS SONG IN ABOUT 35 YEARS...LOVE IT
My dads jam lol now I’m listening to it in 2017!
same! he was 23 when this came out. now in 2024 i’m 28 and always playing all of his songs from when he was young ☺️
When you're driving home on an empty highway from a late-night date and this song comes on the cassette, it can get to you pretty hard.
💙🖒goosebumps!
This could have been their signature song had they chose to release it as a single. One of my favorites for more years than I care to think about.
I used to listen to this song back in 81 in the marines stationed at camp Lejeune NC.
+drahcir42 Yup, the Rt. 24 lineup: Driftwood, Bayou, Toby's, & Plato's... . Semper Fi!
So love this it was my Dads favorit song and i can still see him dancing to it, god how much i miss him.
Even this version with the long beginning cut short is great. I think this is one of the saddest and best songs ever written.
This, and Broken Window Serenade by Whiskey Meyers!
One of the best songs in my youth. I always love this song and remind me of Marylon Monroe.
simply wonderful and inspiring. I looked for this clip for almost 30 years since I watched to it once on TV. Internet had to arrive to make the search possible.
I grew up dancing to this song in Alaska! Our local bands would play this, and so many other great songs. Dance would go on until 7am, easy! 🎶💕
Me too
So sad, yet so cool, still stands the test of time!
This song on which pathos floats.Even Japanese can understand good of this song.
Bought a lot of albums in 81 and 82, but this is one of the few that really stood out (Freeze-Frame).
I've heard this song for about over thirty years
I still love this song
It took me forever to remember the name of this song and I was pleasantly surprised I found it on youtube......... JGB rocked the 80's. One of the few bands I would listen to in the 80's.......... Peter Wolf and company are absolutely genious.....
I. REALLY. LOVE. THAT. SONG. BRING. BACK MEMORIES
The best J Geils Band song ever. Except for Piss on the Wall, maybe.
Mark Brumley trying to hold it steady haha
Hahaha.....sort of a throwaway song, but somehow it fit the album. :)
One of my top 10 songs of all time !
This should have been a bigger hit......but it only reached #40 on Billboard's hot 100.
i agree with ur said......this song so fucking bigest hit lacked
J. Geiis bandere an under the radar bar band that has been thru thick and thin rock steady😎
!😎
Time for a resurrection!
I loved this since we watched mtv n it first came on 80s.
Bought this album in 1981 when I was 16. I liked J Geils and Freeze Frame & Centerfold from this. Back in those days, we'd put on the album and just let it play... then flip it over and let all of side 2 play. So I heard this song as much as any other (except for radio) This is the ONE that stuck with me for 36 years now. At the time... the message was a bit over my head... but still a beautiful song.
Love this video because it gave John Geils a lot of face time. I never noticed it before, but he is playing his white guitar just behind Peter in most of the video. Love it. RIP Mr. Geils.
Definitely one that should have been huge! It also introduced the Rock world to Luther Vandross,who not only sang background vocals on this song,but arranged them as well....in fact,if my memory is correct,the lyric inner sleeve stated Luther arranged the entire song!
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Anyone remember HBO video jukebox? That spring and summer of 1982 ranks as one of my favorite summers ever ♥
Essa música me leva a 1982 . Ilha Solteira SP . Tempos bons !!!!!!
ESTA ESTÁ ENTRE MINHAS DEZ MÚSICAS FAVORITAS DE TODOS OS TEMPOS! 😍😍😍😍
One of my first cassettes and I can still sing it from beginning to end
WOW. This song came out as a single 40 years ago around this time. Where did the time ago?!!!!
Such a haunting, beautiful song. I think we've all known this woman at one point, huh?
I have fond memories when I hear that song.
I love everything about this song. Lyrically fantastic. Those keyboards, the drums, the guitar strums, the harmonies...this is an all time great rock song.
... spot on Sam ..... an absolute classic...
I always loved this song
Whoa! Never heard of this JGB song until today, despite growing up in the fantastic musical decade that were the AWESOMEST 80s!
I only know Freeze Frame and Centerfold...
A really great blues ever!! Right up there with Mc Carney, Almond brothers, Eric Clapton and , all the others!!!
Song never got the recognition it deserved !!! Awesome song !!
I always like this song because I grew up just five miles from the Chesapeake Bay.
one of my songs in the 80s
So sad, yet so cool, still stands the test of time!
1982 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Live.... Gave me chills...awesome Show
love this song reminds me of long lost friends in mass
Hermosa canción. Tuvo su momento en las radios, la canta con tanta emoción! Recuerdos de mi juventud cuando la escuchaba y estaba enamorado de una amiga x mi calle. Después te tiempo lo encontré gracias RUclips x existir 😊
I love this song!
Beautiful, simply!
good jukebox song in a smokey bar room drinking away about the one who left. then finding comfort in another broken heart. ..cool blues rock classic by a good band
The last great Geils song! Dripping with the blues
Essa belíssima musica foi dedicada pela J. Geils Band a uma das mulheres mais lindas que já viveu nesse planeta, Marylin Monroe. Eu já fiz minha casa "tremer" ao escutar essa música no "talo", no volume máximo. Uma obra-prima da década de 80.
Just heard J. Geils passed away. This was the first song I wanted to hear when I found out.
Second that!
R.I.P. J. thanks for the great music
Dont see how this song only reached number 40 on the charts shouldve been higher great song
Omg this is my Favorite Song I Ever Heard Out there, this Song is So Beautiful I will always love it!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
one of my songs in the 80s
one of my songs in the 80s
"All her friends did her favors/That were really just loans."
That is great songwriting.
College roommate and I played this tune until it was white in 83....Love troubles, you know...Everybody meets at least one or two angels in blue, in course of a life, i guess...
Mucci blanco...
The Freeze-Frame cassette was the first I ever owned at 8yo. I made the mistake of loaning it to a friend. When his parents heard the last song on side 2, we BOTH ended up getting grounded. Seems really tame compared to some of the lyrics that have made it to market in the convening 40 years. LOL!
I heard this for the first time today. I don’t listen to radio played out songs but had a listen to this song while looking for one last kiss. Heard this and was like wowww this is good. It’s a moving song just hits you. Wow.