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Comment by ftxbro

3 years ago

> "Soviet propaganda asserted that the United States was a “culturally barren” capitalist wasteland."

but we invented taco tuesday and family guy

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ch4s3  3 years ago

Don't forget Huey Lewis and the News, when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.

  • pessimizer  3 years ago

    Yes! On Huey Lewis and the News they seemed a little too willing to cash in on the late seventies/early eighties taste for New Wave, and the album - though it's still a smashing debut - seems a little too stark, too punk.

  • chrisco255  3 years ago

    And Back to the Future, arguably the greatest movie/trilogy of all time and a distinctly American epic, which also featured several Huey Lewis and the News songs.

  • toomanyrichies  3 years ago

    Agreed. 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.

    • rgbgraph  3 years ago

      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.