What is your favorite song by Huey Lewis and the News?
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:22 pm
by Chumpy
Patrick Bateman wrote:Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
I'd go with The Heart of Rock & Roll myself, but it's all the worst kind of banal 80s pop that I can never unhear.
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:29 pm
by Jerkatorium
OMG that is perfect.
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:38 pm
by Jerkatorium
I'm just going to leave this here...
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:08 pm
by user
"If This Is It"
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:47 pm
by JonPorobil
"I Want A New Drug."
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:52 pm
by rone rivendale
They all sound the same.
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:24 pm
by RangerDenni
I just have to uncharacteristically and unapologetically bump a days old thread to say that Huey Lewis and the News is the shit. I got grounded for a month so I could sneak out with a hot boy and go hear them play at Freedom Fest when I was in high school. I don't care if this dates me. It was worth it. I'd go back in time and do it again. Pun intended.
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:09 am
by ken
Happy to Be Stuck With You.
Power of Love.
Also, Hip to Be Square really resonates in your 40s. Just wait for it you young whipper snappers.
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:51 am
by HeuristicsInc
I Want a New Drug, maybe. I saw them in concert about 8 years ago. They were fun. Days of my youth and all that.
-bill
Re: 7/26/15 Huey Lewis and the News
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:15 pm
by Niveous
Honorable Mentions:
If This Is It
I Want A New Drug