/mu/ - Are Hewey Lewis and The News actually a good album - Music

Small World [Chrysalis, 1988]
Miffed when the Dems rejected the title tune as a campaign song--"It just doesn't rock hard enough," an unidentified Harvard pol complained--Huey offered it to George, who found it bland and pointed out that its call for a kinder, gentler planet wasn't very specific. So then Huey took it to the radio. C-

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)20:58:36 No.129674299

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)20:58:36 No.129674299

>>129674103
I love Huey Louis.

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)21:02:31 No.129674336

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)21:02:31 No.129674336

Several years ago, on my way to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, I was in line at some food court type place at SFO when I noticed a huge bulge on the guy behind me. When I turned around for a better look it turned out to be Huey Lewis. He must have noticed what I had been looking at, but when I smiled and said hello, without making any kind of "fan" reaction, he politely smiled back and said hi. I guess living in the San Francisco area, he must be used to guys checking him out. I'm sure he is straight, my gaydar is very good and I got no vibe from him.

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)21:07:33 No.129674374

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)21:07:33 No.129674374

>>129674103
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. 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 humor.

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)21:08:41 No.129674378

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)21:08:41 No.129674378

>>129674273
>>129674291
politics clouding judgement

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)21:18:24 No.129674449

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)21:18:24 No.129674449

HEY PAUL

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)21:27:54 No.129674533

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)21:27:54 No.129674533

>>129674103
I like their Song Hip to Be Square.

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)23:30:30 No.129675396

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)23:30:30 No.129675396

>>129674103
Fore, Sports, and their first album are good.

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)23:34:56 No.129675422

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)23:34:56 No.129675422

>>129674103
They have some good deep cuts here and there

Anonymous
03/13/26(Fri)23:42:59 No.129675460

Anonymous 03/13/26(Fri)23:42:59 No.129675460

>>129674103
Nah. Listen to Elvis Costello instead. You'll enjoy his albums much better.

Anonymous
03/14/26(Sat)00:04:32 No.129675622

Anonymous 03/14/26(Sat)00:04:32 No.129675622

they are a weird band, they are so polished its approaching steely dan levels, but they are allot more palatable to contemporary rock audiences then steely dan were for the most part, they definitely have an albums of singles thing going on, over all a great band and there is not really anything else as upbeat and polished from their era as they were, kinda their own genre