Huey Lewis

[Gil Bang 26177]

 

[Radical Larry 28815]

I'm afraid you're just too darn loud.

[Pato del Muerto 53338]

With most News, Sports is after Weather. 

Edited January 25, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[Deej 77676]

If this is it, please let me know.

[Underdog 29106]

He needs a new drug. 

[Cajun 11771]

Just gotta go back in time and climb Jacob's Ladder.

[trza-hawk 269]

"We're from Marin County....."

 

[Your Mom 4956]

Remember in the 80's when there really was a Huey Lewis doing the local sports news in Austin?  

[jimmyjazz 46982]

Huey is well known for failing to join his bandmates in Clover backing Elvis Costello on "My Aim Is True".

I'd call that a strategic mistake.

 

[jimmyjazz 46982]

(Sean Hopper was a badass on the keys, though.)

[next2naus 439]

On 1/25/2020 at 11:20 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Huey is well known for failing to join his bandmates in Clover backing Elvis Costello on "My Aim Is True".

I'd call that a strategic mistake.

 

I think he's done just fine

[Jerry Callo 8954]

It's all right, Huey Lewis was never the heart of rock and roll.  In a perfect world, he could go back in time and find a new drug.  But, if this is it, it's all right.

[trza-hawk 269]

I remember watching the Behind The Music episode on the band a long time ago.

 

Edited January 28, 2020 by trza-hawk

[NWBuck 8621]

[Deej 77676]

Hey Lewis...the musician Bruce Willis always wanted to be 

[trza-hawk 269]

Not sure if pointed out before but these guys had like zero egos and made music just to have fun and not really try to impress anybody.

[RoundRobin 828]

His 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, 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 humour.

[Jerry Callo 8954]

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.

[Underdog 29106]

Not a huge fan but enjoy the music well enough.  

[Deej 77676]

If it wasn't for Huey Lewis, we wouldn't have the theme to Ghostbusters.

[tx 3 putt 78474]

 

 

big hitter huey 

[Gil Bang 26177]

21 hours ago, trza-hawk said:

Not sure if pointed out before but these guys had like zero egos and made music just to have fun and not really try to impress anybody.

One of my dad's buddies drove their bus for a tour, and he said that they were the nicest bunch of guys he'd ever been around. 

[Underdog 29106]

Always came across to me as some guys from the office who put together a band on a lark. 

[hullabelew 3730]

He gave us the moment at 3:11 in this video.

 

[jimmyjazz 46982]

Ha, I totally forgot about that "slip".

[hullabelew 3730]

Not me.....obviously.  Still can't believe they let that get by back then.  

 

[jimmyjazz 46982]

22 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Not me.....obviously.  Still can't believe they let that get by back then.  

 

Eh, they were the safest band in the world, with multiple big hits under their belts.  I imagine MTV gave the review task to some intern who couldn't even bother to pay attention.

[Scooter Monzingo 821]

I saw them in a strip mall bar on some random weekday years after they were big. I was floored by how professional they were. Here they are in some shitty town, performing at some shitty bar. And yet they really cared how it sounded. By the third song it was fucking obvious how much they must have had to practice to get the songs that tight. Walked away super impressed. 

[NWBuck 8621]

On 1/29/2020 at 5:03 PM, Deej said:

If it wasn't for Huey Lewis, we wouldn't have the theme to Ghostbusters.

Maybe someone else would have riffed off of Soul Finger, though.

[Catpfish 618]

Saw them about 10-12 years ago at the Mountain Winery in Los Gatos.  It was a helluva show.  They threw in some covers that you wouldn't expect.  I would've liked to see them again, but haven't been out that way. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9483]

I never saw him live but I always seemed to notice his tour posters/announcements for upcoming shows in casinos, amusement parks & small halls. He kept working long after his records were being played over the air.

Just looked up some of his gigs on Concert Archives. Some head scratching billings in there. Didn't know he played The Backyard with Joe Cocker in '12. Or opened for The Police in '82. Wild.

[HiggyBaby 2615]

Always liked them as a band along with the tower of power.
A piece of random 80s trivia: the lead guitarist had a sister. She backed up Billy Idol on the keys on Mony Mony

[Red Five 41601]

There is a new album out. I wouldn't recommend listening to it though.