Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. 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.

by Anonymousreply 65January 20, 2024 2:37 AM

The height of yuppy drunks music.

by Anonymousreply 3January 18, 2024 2:42 AM

Huey was cute, his music was too cute.

by Anonymousreply 4January 18, 2024 2:45 AM

What, exactly, do you claim are their "too New Wave" songs?

I'm kinda familiar with their early stuff, but would consider it about as New Wave as Rick Springfield.

by Anonymousreply 5January 18, 2024 2:46 AM

Never have I ever.

I do feel for Huey, though, since he ended up with Meniere's disease.

It can be the bane of musicians.

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by Anonymousreply 6January 18, 2024 2:50 AM

"Heart and Soul" was their only really good single. The rest sounded like they were recorded already knowing which commercials they'd be used for six months after dropping off the charts.

by Anonymousreply 7January 18, 2024 2:52 AM

OP = Shill for the nonsensical new Broadway musical trying to drum up some chatter

by Anonymousreply 8January 18, 2024 2:54 AM

Sorry I forgot to sign my name at OP.

by Anonymousreply 9January 18, 2024 3:00 AM

OP "He's been compared to Elvis Costello"

The News were the band playing on Elvis Costello's first album, My Aim Is True. They were known as Clover then.

by Anonymousreply 10January 18, 2024 3:02 AM

Coincidently, a motorcycle went by me today playing Huey on an oldies station and I hadn’t heard them in ages. It didn’t sound as good as I remembered but I have been sober a long time.

by Anonymousreply 12January 18, 2024 3:19 AM

Huey's willy is mighty fine.

by Anonymousreply 13January 18, 2024 3:32 AM

Elvis Costello would like a word with you OP

by Anonymousreply 14January 18, 2024 3:37 AM

"He's been compared to Elvis Costello..."

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

"...but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor."

Well, OP, you're analysis is certainly... unlike any I've seen before.

by Anonymousreply 16January 18, 2024 5:04 AM

Isn't there a jukebox musical Huey's trying to make happen? Is that why you asked, OP?

by Anonymousreply 17January 18, 2024 5:14 AM

Huey Lewis was manly-looking and handsome, compared to the other male pop stars of the time.

Robert Palmer was also manly-looking & handsome, in a different way.

by Anonymousreply 18January 18, 2024 5:15 AM

Next up, OP compares The Cowsills with Velvet Underground.

by Anonymousreply 19January 18, 2024 5:18 AM

OP Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston, had four number-one singles on it?It's hard to choose a favourite among so many great tracks, but 'The Greatest Love of All' is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late to better ourselves. Since, it's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It's an important message, crucial really.

by Anonymousreply 20January 18, 2024 5:22 AM

I'm crying at the people who are taking this question seriously. R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R10, R12, R13,R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19 DOESN'T GET IT! You guys need to brush up on your pop culture references. DL has gotten stale sadly.

by Anonymousreply 21January 18, 2024 5:29 AM

Op, do you have a little dog?

A...little poodle?

Or something?

Why are the Styles Sections of the New York Times spread all over the floor?

I mean, fuck me.

Ugliest sofa I've ever seen.

by Anonymousreply 22January 18, 2024 5:30 AM

You're just old, OP. Fuck right off.

by Anonymousreply 23January 18, 2024 5:36 AM

I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches.

by Anonymousreply 24January 18, 2024 6:07 AM

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.

by Anonymousreply 25January 18, 2024 6:15 AM

I didn't read the book after seeing an excerpt in Spy, I believe.

Does he mean all this stuff or is he being facetious?

by Anonymousreply 26January 18, 2024 11:24 AM

Huey Lewis was blessed with a big cock.

by Anonymousreply 27January 18, 2024 11:31 AM

No, but I love this mashup where he is relegated to simply being a backup dancer

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by Anonymousreply 28January 18, 2024 11:37 AM

Huey walked so Hootie could run.

by Anonymousreply 29January 18, 2024 11:38 AM

Oh dear, is this DL going meta again? With a “privileged” few then poking fun at those who respond? Tiresome.

by Anonymousreply 30January 18, 2024 12:05 PM

Huey and the Metallica guys are neighbors in Marin.

by Anonymousreply 31January 18, 2024 12:12 PM

Huey really knew how to dress his crotch. Some times he'd dress it to the left, and other times he'd dress it to the right. Not many men can do that.

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by Anonymousreply 32January 18, 2024 1:03 PM

That little hottie Chris Hayes always got my juices flowing.

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by Anonymousreply 33January 18, 2024 1:11 PM

R33 I recall crushing on Chris Hayes myself.

by Anonymousreply 34January 18, 2024 1:15 PM

Huey was one of my first crushes as a baby gay.

by Anonymousreply 35January 18, 2024 1:34 PM

Sigh. The people who still don't get the reference and are answering seriously make me a little sad. This website used to be a bastion of pop culture.

by Anonymousreply 36January 18, 2024 1:46 PM

Huey Lewis and the News were the Bruno Mars of their day. A wedding band makes it big. Their music sounds like covers of older, better music.

by Anonymousreply 37January 18, 2024 3:11 PM

R15 He was in Altman's film "Short Cuts" shown pissing off a big rock with a big cock.

by Anonymousreply 38January 18, 2024 3:42 PM

[quote] I'm crying at the people who are taking this question seriously. [R2], [R3], [R4], [R5], [R6], [R7], [R8], [R10], [R12], [R13],[R14], [R15], [R16], [R17], [R18], [R19] DOESN'T GET IT! You guys need to brush up on your pop culture references. DL has gotten stale sadly.

the fault is with the OP, not the other posters.

by Anonymousreply 39January 18, 2024 3:49 PM

Do You Believe in Love has a fantastic opening hook!

by Anonymousreply 40January 18, 2024 4:21 PM

Here's Huey pissing scene in that movie. If he's as big as they claim then he's a big time grower. Those bulge shots must be all balls.

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by Anonymousreply 41January 18, 2024 5:53 PM

Sabrina, it's an ass. Don't just stare at it. Eat it!

by Anonymousreply 42January 18, 2024 6:19 PM

Huey Lewis and the News was the kind of music Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Downey Jr. would dance around to in their underwear while doing lines of coke as they prepared for a night out on the town.

by Anonymousreply 43January 18, 2024 6:24 PM

No I sure as hell don’t

by Anonymousreply 44January 18, 2024 6:26 PM

Here you go for the people in the back who are still lost.

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by Anonymousreply 45January 18, 2024 6:48 PM

Actually I do, OP. If this doesn't take you back -- I got SPORTS as a part of Columbia's get 10 for a penny and sign up for our club. Get ripped off later!

I always enjoyed "If This Is It" off that album, a cool du-wop track that seemed different than the rest. I Want a New Drug, Heart and Soul, and Heart of Rock N' Roll were great too, off that album.

I didn't like his Back to the Future soundtrack songs, because, Back to the Future (and Michael J. Fox) got on my nerves. So I didn't want to hear those. I must have been the only teenager in the 80s that hated MJF and Matthew Broderick. Smug, smarmy, little twerpy men trying to be cool and somehow America was buying it.

by Anonymousreply 46January 18, 2024 6:56 PM

If you have any sense you’d listen to Klymaxx

by Anonymousreply 47January 18, 2024 7:43 PM

R36 I initially wondered whether or not it was a quote from American Psycho, but I only saw the film once, and I'm not inclined to have total recall.

by Anonymousreply 48January 18, 2024 10:51 PM

Please never mention fucking Phil Collins in any thread I am not expecting. I came here simply for nostalgia but got hit in the face with Phil and now am so nauseous I can barely type. But still, Huey was hot. Probably still is.

by Anonymousreply 49January 19, 2024 4:48 AM

People are still not getting it

by Anonymousreply 50January 19, 2024 4:51 AM

Or not caring & just talking about the band ... because they can.

by Anonymousreply 51January 19, 2024 4:57 AM

Huey was never ever New Wave and not even remotely like Elvis Costello.

I liked his hairy chest and big cock, though.

by Anonymousreply 52January 19, 2024 5:03 AM

durrrr.....guess I didn't realize this was from American Psycho

by Anonymousreply 53January 19, 2024 5:04 AM

[quote] People are still not getting it

How dare they!

by Anonymousreply 54January 19, 2024 5:05 AM

Huey was exactly my type. I don’t remember the music too much but he was handsome. One of those guys who looks 35 for about 40 years.

by Anonymousreply 55January 19, 2024 5:06 AM

Not all of us cared to watch that movie.

by Anonymousreply 56January 19, 2024 5:07 AM

[quote]One of those guys who looks 35 for about 40 years.

Like Dataloungers! Except they look 22 for about 40 years.

by Anonymousreply 57January 19, 2024 5:07 AM

Huey was early ally against AIDS back in the 80s. The band made a large donation to a hospital in San Francisco and were part of a benefit concert.

by Anonymousreply 58January 19, 2024 5:10 AM

Patrick Bateman covers this subject well in “American Psycho”

by Anonymousreply 59January 19, 2024 5:23 AM

Getting back to Huey's big cock, Connie Hamzy, the famous rock groupie, told Howard Stern it was so big she could barely fit it in her mouth.

She also said Peter Frampton was as big as her pinky. Hard.

by Anonymousreply 60January 19, 2024 5:42 AM

I think in the 80's when a lot of musicians were androgynous Huey was appealing because he was manly looking. I used to drool over Bon Jovi and now when I look back at them in the 80's they were these skinny guys dressed ridiculously.

by Anonymousreply 61January 19, 2024 6:15 AM

Some of us wrote off Bret Easton-Ellis and ignored the American Psycho when we learned he's a shallow cokehead plagiarist, OP. We don't want to know the references.

by Anonymousreply 62January 19, 2024 6:17 AM

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.

by Anonymousreply 64January 20, 2024 2:28 AM

It shows his bad taste that his favorite Phil Collins song is Sussudio

by Anonymousreply 65January 20, 2024 2:37 AM

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