Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

[TeddyKGB]

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, commercial 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 much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

In '87, Huey released Fore, their most accomplished album. 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.

[arwalden]

1. And Huey Lewis Was Very Good Looking...

... especially when he wore those skin tight jeans. My-my-my goodness! :evilgrin: :thumbsup:

[Felix Mala]

4. Yeah, I'd love to go to bed with him, but we wouldn't listen to his music.

[Taverner]

2. HAHA Gotta love Brett Easton Ellis

[youspeakmylanguage]

11. One of the greatest American novelists...

...of the last 25 years.

[Strawman]

3. No Jacket Required or But Seriously also make me batshit crazy

[Rick Myers]

5. Huey is NO ELVIS COSTELLO, that's for sure!!!

[BlueJazz]

6. I've always thought he was Ok....But..I have to say..

..Compared with the God-Awful crap that's passes for pop-music today, his stuff was sensational...

[trogdor]

7. Pleasures of conformity?

I thought it was about eschewing trendiness for its own sake.

[shawmut]

8. The only thing worse than their songs were their videos n/t

[youspeakmylanguage]

9. [pause] Hey, PAUL...

TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW, YOU F*CKING BASTARD!!!

I have to return some videotapes.

[Deja Q]

10. Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream!

"The Power of Love", their best song ever! (Hip to be Square being my next fave)
And with their departure did rock'n'roll as we had known it.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

12. I "met" Huey Lewis one time in passing and thought he was a

total jackass! Even the employees in the place were disappointed when they first met him.

[dean_dem]

13. Hey, what are you doing with that ax in your hand?