September 2008
6 posts
"Hip to Be Square"
Since this video is essentially a lot of jarring close-ups of the band and their instruments under a fish eye lens and therefore offers no further insight into the band’s point of view, I thought we’d go to the ultimate authority on this song, Patrick Bateman, to enlighten us:
“In ‘87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed...
"Do You Believe in Love?"
In this 1982 video, the storytelling is a bit more oblique than usual. Our dear Huey crosses into borderline creepster territory as he not only watches a woman while she sleeps, but belts out a ballad literally in her restful visage and then invites his buddies in to do back-up. Vocals, that is. But wait that’s not all! Things then take a very bizarre and orgiastic turn, when all six band...
"If This Is It"
Huey Lewis and the News truly understand how to utilize location in a music video. Other lesser bands would set their performance on the beach and never pan the camera past the limited area of sand and sea they occupy rendering nature nothing more than a pretty backdrop or a prop used for pornographic purposes. There are videos that populate beaches with bikinis and silicone and the greasy...
"Heart and Soul"
We’ll start with one of my childhood favorites: “Heart and Soul.” As a five year old fascinated with books, the one thing I really appreciated about the News was their uncanny ability to tell me a story. Huey Lewis and the News’ videos always begin like a great B-rated comedy. Mr. Lewis enters the scene a little too cocksure, his hair a little too in place, his strut a...
The Heart of Rock-n-Roll Is Still Beating: A Huey...
While in Florida, I had my own personal soundtrack to accompany my sun-drenched revelry: none other than the Bay Area’s hippest squares, Huey Lewis and the News. Really, no other band is more appropriate to capture the innocuous, serene and happy-go-lucky tone of southern peninsula living. Their party-ready rock/pop/blues is so smooth and sweet, so mildly but pleasantly intoxicating; it’s the...
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Shrews, Hags and the Ultimate Reason Chick Flicks Should Be Null as a Genre:
