Huey Lewis and the News: SPORTS (a poll_

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

― the new dire homonomoreboobsativity (Eric H.), Monday, 16 July 2012 18:56 (10 months ago) Permalink

"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, 16 July 2012 18:57 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― frogbs, Monday, 16 July 2012 18:58 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Monday, 16 July 2012 19:01 (10 months ago) Permalink

"Heart & Soul"

― Team Safeword (Abbbottt), Monday, 16 July 2012 19:05 (10 months ago) Permalink

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.

― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Monday, 16 July 2012 19:05 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 July 2012 19:19 (10 months ago) Permalink

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."

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?

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 16 July 2012 19:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

I dunno if I could make that connection

― frogbs, Monday, 16 July 2012 19:27 (10 months ago) Permalink

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."

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 16 July 2012 19:30 (10 months ago) Permalink

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.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 July 2012 21:55 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― daavid, Monday, 16 July 2012 23:02 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 July 2012 23:05 (10 months ago) Permalink

aaah - there their they're thar! there.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 July 2012 23:05 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― daavid, Monday, 16 July 2012 23:05 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

of course not -- Dave Matthews was never good

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 July 2012 23:06 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― jetfan, Monday, 16 July 2012 23:49 (10 months ago) Permalink

'bad is bad' had a video that got alot of mtv play -

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

― balls, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 02:23 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 02:34 (10 months ago) Permalink

hot lovin' every night

― buzza, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 02:55 (10 months ago) Permalink

Earlier versions, fwiw:

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

(1979, though Huey gets a partial writing credit)

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 03:27 (10 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 22 July 2012 00:01 (10 months ago) Permalink

"If This Is It".

― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 22 July 2012 00:20 (10 months ago) Permalink

"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"

― nakhchi little van (some dude), Sunday, 22 July 2012 00:25 (10 months ago) Permalink

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.

― xhuxk, Sunday, 22 July 2012 01:17 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― nakhchi little van (some dude), Sunday, 22 July 2012 01:25 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― calstars, Sunday, 22 July 2012 03:32 (10 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 23 July 2012 00:01 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Monday, 23 July 2012 00:09 (10 months ago) Permalink

so is Fore! next?

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 July 2012 00:10 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Monday, 23 July 2012 00:12 (10 months ago) Permalink

Right song won

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 23 July 2012 14:48 (10 months ago) Permalink

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"

― frogbs, Monday, 23 July 2012 14:51 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― Euler, Monday, 23 July 2012 15:01 (10 months ago) Permalink

My favorite New Wave Huey moment:

― SongOfSam, Monday, 23 July 2012 15:13 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― Hungry4Ass, Monday, 23 July 2012 15:15 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― frogbs, Monday, 23 July 2012 15:29 (10 months ago) Permalink

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

― frogbs, Monday, 23 July 2012 21:06 (10 months ago) Permalink

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.

― xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 13:41 (9 months ago) Permalink

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

― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:11 (8 months ago) Permalink