You like Huey Lewis and the News?

[Mesme Rize 15,681]

 

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.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg

 

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.

[Castle Bleck 19,193]

I'm pretty sure I've posted YouTube links to a few of their songs in the past.

 

So that tells you that I seem to like them quite a bit.

[Randimaxis 8,634]

Hell, I grew up with 'em!

 

Huey's Boys and Robert Palmer had that classy sound that Rock only seemed to really have back in the 80's... makes me wish I could go Back In Time.  *chuckle*