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Huey Lewis: Favorite Song (4 Viewers)
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
The band was really good and Huey was a good front man. Hell, even HE knew was square. Those guys looked like they were having the time of their lives and couldn't quite believe it all was happening. They hit #1 in a time when HOFers were throwing absolute hay makers at each other, one after the other.
"Heart & Soul" for me
"Heart & Soul" for me
NutterButter
Footballguy
I'm feeling alright
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Jacob's Ladder
In before American Psycho.
In before American Psycho.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
I liked this band but don't really have a favorite because so many of their songs sound alike to me.
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Jacob's Ladder
Gator Shawn
Footballguy
"If this is it" for me. In 1984, as a thirteen year old with a betamax player, there were great opportunities to pause this video and appreciate it.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Big BttF geek, so Power of Love gets my vote.
Huey Lewis and the News was the first band I loved as a kid around 9-10 yo. First tapes I bought and played them over and over. Around that time I got two hamsters as pets for my birthday, and of course named them Huey and Lewis.
Huey Lewis and the News was the first band I loved as a kid around 9-10 yo. First tapes I bought and played them over and over. Around that time I got two hamsters as pets for my birthday, and of course named them Huey and Lewis.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I totally forgot what a gigantic collection of turds these guys put out.
bigbottom
Footballguy
Arrangements were top notch and the musicianship appeared to be superb (though I'm not in a position to judge the quality of their horn section). Sure, range was limited, but they knew how to stay in the pocket and do what they did extremely well. But that's just my opinion and I'm no expert.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I know this is your thing but MAN does it get tiresome in thread after thread.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Go spin some Coheed, nerd.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Underrated post
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I think they used horns as well as anyone in the 80s who was having pop hits. It wasn't just them, but this was about the last gasp of bands using the saxophone. Sucks, IMHO, that horns & piano have gotten banished as viable instruments.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Sorry you were forced to read that. You going to be able to make it through the rest of the day?
Rustoleum
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Depends on how many deuces you drop in other threads that are otherwise enjoyable.
Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
How does I Want a New Drug only have two votes? That riff.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Had not heard it in years.
Rustoleum
Footballguy
Yup.
http://www.towerofpower.com/discography/hornsection/
Of course, they followed the Huey Lewis gig up with The Care Bear Movie...
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
russinfortworth
Footballguy
cstu
Footballguy
By far the most profound and meaningful song by Huey Lewis is "I Want a New Drug". The song is a search for a long and lasting happiness without the side effects of destructive vices like drugs that only provide temporary pleasure. Very rare to find this level of existential philosophy in a pop song but Huey Lewis is able to combine Nietzschean philosophy with an undeniably catchy tune better than any musician before or since.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
Do You Believe in Love. Best arrangement, most complete song, holds up well, and the two guys (the guitarists?) did an excellent job wailing those high backing vocal parts. I think this one was written by Mutt Lange so having interesting vocals behind the lead isn't too surprising.
No denying the appeal of those riffs on I Want a New Drug and Power of Love, though.
No denying the appeal of those riffs on I Want a New Drug and Power of Love, though.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
And followed up the BB King gig with Michael Bolton. But still, that list in your link is overall
Abraham
Footballguy
jwb
Footballguy
Voted Do You Believe in Love.
Nice band, always brings back the 80's, and very good for what they were. The one drawback is I saw them live sometime in 85-86. They sounded almost exactly like the record. Every note, every word, every song played to the same length... it was a little disappointing. The only deviation was a little tease of the opening to Purple Haze before the New Drug riff.
Nice band, always brings back the 80's, and very good for what they were. The one drawback is I saw them live sometime in 85-86. They sounded almost exactly like the record. Every note, every word, every song played to the same length... it was a little disappointing. The only deviation was a little tease of the opening to Purple Haze before the New Drug riff.
Statcruncher
Footballguy
Went with Walking on a Thin Line. Can't believe Heart of Rock N' Roll is winning, I freaking hate that song. It seems like a thinly veiled attempt to get into the HoF.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
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Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
George Jefferson Airplane
Footballguy
The groupies said he had the biggest shlong in Rock and Roll, he probably should have wrote a song about that.
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Gr00vus
Footballguy
It was from the end of the run as a chart topping band, and it's not really anything we hadn't heard before from them before, no horns, but I still liked this one - the band plays really well on it - couple days off.
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