Comment by 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.
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.
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.
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste.
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.
I never saw it, I was to busy playing tennis and dining at Dorsia.
I never saw American Psycho.
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.
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.