Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?

[Blue-Jay]

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.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Blue-Jay!

I have always loved that group!

They have a hard-rocking, clean, dynamic sound that just gets me dancing...

:hi:

[Blue-Jay]

3. In '87, Huey released this, 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.

[KamaAina]

14. I proposed that it be the theme song of Gary Bauer's 2000 presidential campaign

I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square",



Pretty much sums it up.

edit: wrong campaign cycle :dunce:

[EstimatedProphet]

45. I bet you like the Duke album by Genesis too!

That was their masterpiece!

[skooooo]

2. Sorry no....

[sniffa]

4. Who?

:shrug:

































































































:D

[Blue-Jay]

5. TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!

:D

[AlCzervik]

6. no but

Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston had 4 number one singles on it? Did you know that?

[FarLeftRage]

7. Yes... I sure do.

Saw them live in concert back in 1984...

[Blue-Jay]

9. Do you like Phil Collins?

I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gB775nB3YBI

[FarLeftRage]

12. No, I don't care much for Phil...

A bit too commerical for me.

I like pre-Collins Genesis and I do like Peter Gabriel's music more than Phil's.
That's just my humble opinion tho...

[harmonicon]

26. hmm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35wtfcByIY

[cemaphonic]

27. Huh, weird, This is the inverse of my post a few weeks ago.

I posted that Musical Box link, and got the American Psycho monologue in response.

As for Huey Lewis = Hootie and the Blowfish of the '80s

[harmonicon]

42. it may have been from you that I first saw that video

If it was, thank you very much - it totally kicks ass, as do the others from that TV show. These videos make me not upset that Gabriel isn't doing the Genesis reunion - they would never be this good now. It's kind of amazing that Phil Collins was once one cool dude, and now... Gabriel has obviously always been a wanker, but he was once an awesome wanker, and now he's just an old fart wanker.

[harmonicon]

41. fucked up - posted in the wrong place -

[NewEnglandGirl]

8. I really like this song

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W4yIxIhO23c

[LostInAnomie]

10. No, but I'm a big Genesis fan...

... ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where, uh, Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums.

[kat_kringle]

22. nice one! best response. n/t

[Zavulon]

11. No.

I will never understand how that band became famous.

[Blue-Jay]

13. Hee hee hee...

[BrotherBuzz]

15. I liked Huey Lewis and The News back when they were Clover

and the 2AM Club, my drinking hole, was owned by Goose.







The toilet seat guitar still hangs in the Duce even though Goose sold the business and Charlie Deal passed on. Times have been better.

http://www.dealguitars.com/memory.html

[newmajority]

28. And since the OP mentioned a comparison between Huey and Elvis Costello

In a bizzare twist, the band on Elvis Costello's first album "My Aim is True" is not The Attractions, who did not yet exist, but actually Clover. Minus Huey, of course.

[BrotherBuzz]

50. Truly a small world, I did not know that

By the time Elvis Costello blew onto the scene I had mostly turned a deaf ear to contemporary music coming out; the late seventies were tumultuous years for me.

With a little help from Google™ I discovered a gig that might have been worth seeing. I really enjoy the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco:

Elvis Costello To Perform MAIT Live With Clover

Elvis will be performing his debut album My Aim Is True in its entirety next month at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. He’ll be accompanied by the band that backed him up while recording that album in 1977, Mill Valley’s own Clover.

At the time of the MAIT sessions, Clover consisted of:
Alex Call, John McFee - Guitar, Vocals
John Ciambotti - Bass
Sean Hopper - Keyboards, Vocal
Huey Lewis - Harmonica, Vocal (not featured on MAIT)
Micky Shine - Drums, Vocals

Elvis Costello with Clover Performing My Aim Is True
When: November 8 at 7:00pm and 10:00pm (2007)
Where: San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall
Tickets: On Sale October 7, 2007 (Early Show, Late Show)

The show will be a benefit for the Richard deLone Special Housing Fund. For tickets and more info go here.

[newmajority]

48. Not the first toilet seat guitar in rock n roll history though

Ronnie Wood had one, complete with toilet paper.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDGJ8Yc5JLU

[BrotherBuzz]

55. That one was given to him in 1970

He played it a bit and didn't like it. In so many words, he said it was a shitty guitar. It might have been a Deal because there were a few floating around in the music scene by then. Crap, Charlie even had a patent on the guitar by then.

[terrya]

16. Oh, my...

Between you and the always entertaining RGBolen, I've certainly gotten my share of entertainment around here tonight. :-)

[Blue-Jay]

18. Yeah, but I'm insane on purpose.

[nam78_two]

17. Toss up between that scene and this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y

No wait-there was also the one where he is admiring himself in the mirror when he is bed with those two girls.
Edit: Wow AP was seen/remembered by fewer people than I would have imagined.

[kat_kringle]

19. at least give batemen or ellis the credit!!!

even if you would have said christian bale, it would have been acceptable.

and yes, i do like them.

[Blue-Jay]

20. Here ya go:

[kat_kringle]

21. did you know bateman wears 3 (maybe 4) different masks in the movie? n/t

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

23. I love them!

One of the best concerts I've been to. My mom couldn't remember their name once and referred to them as "Huey Lewie and the Creepies." Cute.

[WinkyDink]

24. LOVE them! Saw them a couple years ago, and they ROCK!

[Inchworm]

25. don't remember.. link me a good

other than pop tune ;)

:hi:

[newmajority]

29. Workin' for a Livin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkLrN1ikR8

[newmajority]

30. This ain't Huey and the News

It's Huey and the FOOS. Playin some blues.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYLjgD6bHro

[newmajority]

31. And now for a completely improbable cover song from Huey & co.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaGWC8MuwE

[Mr. Blonde]

32. I started the monologue in my head as soon as I clicked

on the thread.

It is funny the people who have no idea what it is from. If you have seen American Psycho I think it is all you can think of. Even if you are a Huey fan.

[Frank Cannon]

40. Me too

That and the business card scene have made this movie an unlikely cult classic.

[Mr. Blonde]

43. I have so desperately wanted to use the

"not if you want to keep your spleen" line in a restaurant, but it is too big a risk that the server had not seen the movie.

[SeattleGirl]

33. Yes, I do.

And if you don't approve, well tough on ya!

:)

[newmajority]

34. Walking On A Thin Line

Damn, I must have heard this song a few hundred times in the last 20-however many years since it was released. Always figured the lyrics were some metaphorical reference to love gone bad or the typical shit like that.

But as Huey makes it clear in the intro here, it was about something far more serious.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6Q22dtMTM

[LSdemocrat]

35. Yes

[MrSlayer]

36. The book was far, far superior.

Truly hilarious.

[lildreamer316]

37. YES YES YES. (Aww.. you got me. But here's my reply anyway.)

Right now, I'm trying to put a stage set together using "Bad is Bad"...having a hard time finding the first song to lead into it.
Husband and I love them, and he's a dj.

[TZ]

38. Yes I do.

I enjoyed watching them perform for DC's 4th of July celebration this year. Huey Lewis can still sing..:)

[old mark]

39. They were the house band at a bar on Telagraph Avenue in Berkeley in

1975, IIRC. They spent a lot of time playing in bars and they became a very tight live band. They sound GREAT on stage, and I liked their music more than most of their contemporaries. They actually played rock n roll, not whatever the shit was that most others were playing then (and now).

I'd like to see them do something new.


mark

[Parche]

44. They Rock

I have his autograph, and have seen them in concert

Good.....:woohoo: :hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

46. Bite your tongue

[Tikki]

47. Some interesting trivia...that E.C. fans prob already know...

Clover was a US country rock band formed in Mill Valley, California in 1967. They are best known as the backup band for Elvis Costello's 1977 debut album My Aim Is True (recorded in the U.K.), and for members later forming or joining more successful acts, including Huey Lewis and the News, The Doobie Brothers, and Lucinda William....from the wiki.


H.L. & T. N. were alright...they were what they were.


Tikki

[Midlodemocrat]

49. The heart of rock and roll? Of course.

[SarahB]

51. Musically? Not so much.

He did make a special "list" though (several apparently). Then again, so did Jim Nabors. :shrug:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.gossip.celebrities/browse_thread/thread/9348b8ab742302ae/5f134aeb73401d11?hl=en%05f134aeb73401d11

[Redbear]

52. I woud love to answer your question,

but I have to return some video tapes.

[Taverner]

53. Is that axe L L Bean?

AAAAARGh!

[Beausoir]

54. They make me wanna take off my rain coat and light a cigar.