Huey Lewis and the News: SPORTS (a poll_

"Heart & Soul" vs. "If This Is It"

"You Crack Me Up" = Huey at his most new-wave rocking. So that one, over the great Vietnam vet number "Walking On a Thin Line."

This is truly the most sterilized album ever and I love it

I hate talking about how much I like this album because it always makes me feel like Patrick Bateman.

"Heart & Soul"

I kinda want to vote "I Want A New Drug" only because of the whole Ghostbusters thing and because of Chris Hayes quoting "Purple Haze" in his guitar solo. But this is really a three-way tie between "Heart & Soul," "Walking On A Thin Line" and "If This Is It." I may need to roll a d6 to pick one.

I think I'm going to vote "Finally Found A Home" because it doesn't deserve to be shut out by the hits.

Only know the hits here, but jeez, so many hits! It's "Walking On A Thin Line" for me. Of course I had no idea what this was about when I was 10.

"A lot of people died over there and a lot of people got real screwed up. And this one's for them."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cURufOiwN74&feature=related

My affection for this record makes me regret my disdain for people 10 years younger than me who feel the same way about the Dave Matthews Band. Who basically are Huey Lewis and the News, right?

I dunno if I could make that connection

I can't decide whether to post this on this thread or "strange details in Wikipedia articles," re "Walking On a Thin Line":

"During some live performances, ESPN personality Chris Berman, who is a fan of the band, has shown up as a surprise guest, singing the song with the band."

My affection for this record makes me regret my disdain for people 10 years younger than me who feel the same way about the Dave Matthews Band. Who basically are Huey Lewis and the News, right?

Until Small World they wrote better and shorter songs. Then they released SW and predated Dave Matthews.

I completely fail to see any similarity between Huey Lewis and Dave Matthews.

Are their rumors of Dave being well endowed? Because otherwise, I'm with daavid on this comparison.

aaah - there their they're thar! there.

Voted "Heart and Soul" btw. I just found out it was co-written by Mike Chapman.

I completely fail to see any similarity between Huey Lewis and Dave Matthews

of course not -- Dave Matthews was never good

9 songs, 6 were singles and "Bad is Bad" could have been one. This is a great album.

'bad is bad' had a video that got alot of mtv play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CscPTI8fwA

voted 'if this is it' over 'heart and soul'.

I voted for "If This Is It" as well but it was a tough call.

hot lovin' every night

Earlier versions, fwiw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqveZAJspc

(1981 -- 1982 Busboys one isn't on youtube.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFkaAo57nFA

(1979, though Huey gets a partial writing credit)

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"If This Is It".

"You Crack Me Up" = Huey at his most new-wave rocking. So that one, over the great Vietnam vet number "Walking On a Thin Line."

― xhuxk, Monday, July 16, 2012 2:57 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark

Huey at his most new wave rocking is "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" imo

voted for "If This Is It"

Yeah, there's definitely stuff on those first two LPs that gives "Crack Me Up" a run for its Boomtown Rats/early Costello money. I just meant that it's the only track on Sports where he really sounds to me like he's still in that mode (which is my favorite Huey mode.) I like the whole LP though, don't get me wrong.

yeah true. i'm just a big fan of that first self-titled News album.

It took 6 guys to write "bad is bad?"

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surprised "I Want A New Drug" ended up behind "Walking on a Thin Line"

so is Fore! next?

shamefully I don't know Fore! beyond the singles, so I'm not the one to start that poll

Right song won

Switch 3 and 4 and that's exactly how I thought this would play out, I figured only a few of you would be unashamed to vote for "Bad is Bad"

missed this but woulda voted Walkin on a Thin Line---doesn't feel like a Sports single though

My favorite New Wave Huey moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cYXDrCW4E

i was just readin this the other day http://www.sfweekly.com/2005-08-03/music/a-very-special-concert/

that article is pretty amazing and IMO makes Huey all the more awesome

okay so what came first, "Finally Found a Home" or "Owner of a Lonely Heart"??

Actually I'd say on the self-titled News LP, the best new wave/fake-punk song by far -- nothing else even comes close, though I like the two side-openers -- would be "Who Cares?" Definitely not as much memorable stuff on that album as on Picture This or Sports though.

Wait, I just remembered this album contains a moment where Huey almost says "ass" and instead just pauses, I hereby award this album no stars

got a mint vinyl copy of this for £1 today. it really is a great album, though one whose cultural memory is kept on life support solely by American Psycho.

"Heart and Soul" is the crowning achievement here and it's a fabulous slice of pop-rock.

http://f.cl.ly/items/3Q451y3v2C0L131G1013/deal_with_it.gif

this is the most proportionally otm poll result on ilm

the sax solo on "i want a new drug" is one of the most sublime moments in music

so good they do it twice

“The Heart is Rock n’ Roll” is marked “Explicit” by Spotify. Is there a secret comment about Cleveland I’m unaware of?

I find this album hilarious for reasons I cannot really articulate

Are their rumors of Dave being well endowed? Because otherwise, I'm with daavid on this comparison.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, July 16, 2012 7:05 PM bookmarkflaglink

wait does Huey have a big dick?

I have not independently verified but that is the rumor

I've long wanted to call a record SPORTS 2

wait what the fuck

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/huey-lewis-and-the-news/weather/

from Wikipedia:

Weather is the tenth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on February 14, 2020, by New Hulex under license to BMG Rights Management.

The album consists of songs recorded before Lewis' 2018 hearing loss from Ménière's disease. Seven tracks had been completed before work on the album was indefinitely halted, and the band eventually decided to release the record as is.

I think what would be funny is if you titled an album Jorts and reproduced this exact cover but with everyone wearing jorts. Instead of Huey Lewis holding his jacket over his shoulder it would be a pair of jorts. Huey Lewis himself would probably think it was the funniest thing he's ever seen