A quick search via Google reveals that "Mom Jeans" are high waisted women's jeans with a relaxed fit through the legs and a tapered leg opening. Obviously not what you see in the photo above since that is actually my leg, but we work with what we have. The style originated in the 1950's and 60's and became popular gain in the 80's and 90's and then again in the 2010's and 2020's.
Thanks Google!
Personally, I have always been more a fan of "hip huggers", I just think they are more flattering and as a (apparently chauvinist) guy, more fun to look at. Probably a bit less comfortable for the ladies... Again, according to Google, that is the point of Mom Jeans, they are meant to be "unfashionable or unflattering".
Believe it or not, this post actually has nothing to do with jeans.
As is often the case, I was flipping through my Sirius/XM radio dial the other day and there happened to be a specific song on. I was like "dang, I haven't heard this song in forever, it's so good". I didn't recognize the channel and it was apparently so new that they didn't have a title graphic for it yet.
I waited to see what song came on next to try and figure out what type of channel it might be. I was absolutely at a loss until eventually the announced that the name of this limited time channel was "Mom Jeans".
Where "Yacht Rock" is considered soft adult contemporary classics from the 70's and 80's, Mom Jeans is soft contemporary rock songs from the late 80's and early 90's. They lean really heavy on the 90's theme and if it wasn't Tuesday, I would probably include this post as part of the 90's initiative on Friday.
Since it is Tuesday, you have probably figured out by now "Mom Jeans" is my theme for this #threetunetuesday post sponsored by @ablaze.
There were about a million different directions I could have went with this post. Celine Dion, Paula Abdul, Whitney, but the song above ("Do You Believe In Us") is the one I heard that made me stop on the channel in the first place. I remember back in the day I used to have this Jon Secada album and I played it over and over again.
It was so freaking good.
Believe it or not, before becoming a singer Jon was a teacher at a college in Miami. Hopefully he was a music teacher with a voice like that right? I'm actually a little surprised to find that he actually has about fifteen albums to his credit. I feel like in the US he kind of fell off the books after his debut album. I think part of that has to do with the fact that he started to lean heavily towards his Cuban roots and many of his other albums were primarily in Spanish.
As I said before, the whole idea of Mom Jeans is that it leans heavily into the whole late 80's and early 90's soft rock genre. So much so that they even have Lori Laughlin from Full House fame doing most of the DJ duties. If you know satellite radio, DJs aren't always as prominent as they are on regular radio, but they are still there to keep the flow moving.
Oddly enough, I thought Lori was still in jail from that college admission scandal that she masterminded. What a short memory we have!
Janet Jackson was pretty iconic back in the day and while some were infatuated with her, others couldn't get past the fact that she looked eerily like her brother Michael. If you are into conspiracy theories, I think there is one about them both being the same person.
But I digress...
"Love Will Never Do Without You" is a great song with a catchy beat and a pretty cool video. Janet was in her prime dancing around on the beach and if you have a quick eye you might notice Antonio Sabato Jr. giving her a squeeze or two throughout the video.
Between this song and "Escapade", I think those are probably two of my most favorite Janet songs.
Rumor has it there is a punk band with the name "Mom Jeans" and honestly, some of you might prefer that over the soft rock classics that I am sharing with you here today. No, the Mom Jeans I am talking about is the songs you might hear when you are snuggled up on the couch watching that Kate Hudson/Matthew McConaughey movie or something with Meg Ryan or Reese Witherspoon in it.
"Heaven Is A Place On Earth", might actually be a little too early to be considered a Mom Jean song coming out in 1987, but I am going to include it in my post today anyway because Belinda Carlisle is freaking awesome.
Even when she was with the Go Go's she was fire, then she came out with her solo stuff and it was just as good. I remember my dad had this CD and I stole it so I could listen to this song and "Circle In The Sand" over and over again. Heaven on Earth was actually Belinda's second studio album as a solo artist and it has been certified triple platinum.
Personally, I'm not going to be trading in my deck shoes for Mom Jeans anytime soon, I still feel like the Yacht Rock era of songs is superior to this stuff, but I do appreciate some of these tunes and the nostalgia that they bring. I hope you do too!
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