Hit Film Had the #1 Movie Song of 1985-But a MAJOR Screw Up KILLED The Soundtrack!-Professor of Rock

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Coming up, an interview with a true 80s icon, Huey Lewis and the News on one of the biggest songs of the 80s. The Power of Love from the 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future. He was in the midst of a huge album in Sports that had 4 big hits Heart and Soul, The Heart of Rock and Roll, I Want a New Drug and This is It. Then he got invited to sit down with the biggest director in film history, Steven Spielberg, who wanted Huey to write a song for his new movie because as he explained… the main character Marty McFly would be a fan of his band… Huey had never written for film before and was hesitant… He told Robert Zemeckis and Spielberg he didn’t want to write a song with the same name as the movie. The director said fine just send me the next thing you write… He did just that and it became a #1 smash… Only problem is the filmmakers didn’t capitalize on it and they missed a window to have a big soundtrack album…up next is the story of how this singer gave 10% of the song’s royalties to an old friend for coming up with the title of the song. Only problem is the title was the same as 2 other hits at the time. also how he had a cameo in the movie… See if you remember next….
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I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations - where featured artists take us for a magical deep dive, exploring their greatest songs and albums. Stories and points of view you won’t find anywhere else. Well, today is a special one. This was my favorite song when I was 10 years old. It came out in the glorious summer of 1985. It was the main song from not only the greatest blockbuster of 1985 but maybe the best film of the 80s and we’ve got the master behind it with us today. I’m talking about the Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News from the magical time travel classic Back to the Future. Truly the Wizard of Oz of our time…
It's a movie that our kids watch… It’s not quite in that category, yet but you get what I’m saying. So apparently Huey Lewis was called into a meeting with the biggest filmmaker in the world Steven Spielberg who was producing the film along with Director Bob Zemeckis and his partner Bob Gale who both wrote the screenplay as well. They told Huey they wanted him to write a song for this movie because the film's hero Marty McFly would be a fan of Huey Lewis and the News. Huey was flying high at that moment in time with Sports having spent 1 week at #1 on the album charts in the ultra-competitive year of 1984 where the least amount of albums went to #1 ever.
It was the year of 3 of the biggest blockbusters ever with Michael Jackson's Thriller still riding high, and Prince's Purple Rain that spent 24 weeks at the top, along with Springsteen’s mega-seller Born in the USA, not to mention The Footloose soundtrack…

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@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Poll; What is your pick for the coolest movie song of the rock era?

@BillGraper Год назад

Gotta be "Eye Of The Tiger." 😎

@freezer8530 Год назад

I'll Nominate "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins.

@Sweet--Richard.4981 Год назад

The Song Remains The Same

@killrmillr Год назад

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

@creditczar6979 Год назад

Footloose! 🎉

@pdmanfarm3520 Год назад

"Back when good music was actually nominated." - What a brilliant statement.

@mikek5958 Год назад

"I'm sorry son, your band is just too darn loud "

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Ha ha! Love that cameo!

@LazyIRanch Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock I can't believe I didn't spot Huey in that role! But then, I never saw it at the theater, just on DVD at home. Sharing those movies with my son was a lot of fun. Who doesn't love BTTF? My son will be 31 next week. For the last couple of years, we've completed watching every Star Trek series, and now are watching the movies. Last night was "Search For Spock". My son is as big of a nerd as me! 🖖👾👽

@Fiona2254 Год назад

I loved that 😂

@ueno1 Год назад

Only when Huey spoke the line did I recognize him!😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

😜

@jimkalfakis9893 Год назад

I was 12 years old in 1986. I remember, I when to The Lemon Tree for a haircut and brought a picture of Huey Lewis and told the guy there, “I want this.”

@jerryoxley1827 Год назад

Huey Lewis and the News changed the 80's. Sports alone would have been enough, but collectively, they released one great song after another. 1985 will always stay fresh in my mind as a year of epic films and soundtracks, but none could top The Power Of Love.

@b.g.5869 Год назад

The 80s was definitely the cheesiest decade of all time but I don't know that I would place the blame _entirely_ on Huey Lewis.

@Thomasmemoryscentral Год назад

Jerry, you can't forget the launch of the Nintendo nes in 1985 and that would go on to be a success that saved the video game industry!

@jerryoxley1827 Год назад

@@Thomasmemoryscentral No argument there, my friend.

@JamesAllen-xk8bc 4 месяца назад

I'm 60 years old, and would sign up to relive the 80s in a heartbeat!

@camerojones Год назад

I was working as a bouncer at the Marriott in Worcester. The bar phone rang and I picked it up and it was Mr Lewis’s mother. Mr Lewis was in the lounge and I walked up to him and explained his mother was on the phone. He casually walked over to the phone and talked with his mother for probably over ten minutes. Mr. Lewis was the coolest rock star to grace the lounge Cahoots in Worcester.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Awesome! I may need to stay at this Marriott.

@jonathanjohnson8656 Год назад

Nice to know even rockstars pick up the phone when mom calls. I sure miss mine calling.

@davidpenn7382 Год назад

Favorite band in high school and college...and still one of my favs. Thanks for the session!

@floydmills8963 Год назад

I don't know about y'all, but I'd love to hear the stories about "We Are The World"! Thank you Adam for bringing us all "BACK IN TIME", with these amazing stories of artists who are all but forgotten. Peace and love y'all 🤟

@dianebuzek723 Год назад

Back To The Future is my all time #1 move. I LOVED Huey's cameo, I got "the inside joke," and I think the song DOES tie in with the movie, however unintentional it was. Its the power of love that kept Marty and his siblings from fading out of the photo, which translates to out of existence. I have seen this movie so many times, that I watched it on a plane once with no headphones and it didn't matter I couldn't hear the dialoge. And I also LOVE Huey Lewis and the News, and I saw them when they first came out. SUCH A GREAT SHOW, and Huey, I think you are the nicest man in music!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Haha, I never get tired of it either!

@jeromethiel4323 Год назад

It's so refreshing to see a major music star be as humble as Huey. Every time i see him in an interview, he just seems so down to earth. And he has no problem telling you who wrote what or who did what. And it's rarely himself. He said it in this interview "It was a group effort, everybody had input."

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Guys like Huey can sit and tell you every single thing. I love it.

@jeromethiel4323 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 He'd be happy to be stuck you you. ^-^

@mikemcgown6362 Год назад

I myself would love to go back to 1985! That was my graduation year. Ready to head out in the world. Great memories from that time. Great movies. Great music. For me 1985 was the best year of my life.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

I'm totally with you!

@jayheinz4624 Год назад

I graduated 1985 also and I agree with you 👍, it was a great year with great music and real special memories.. to top it off, my high school concert band and jazz band got to go to New York City for our end-of-the-year Band tour. I remember on the bus ride back to Bismarck, kids were playing Bruce Springsteen's Born in the u.s.a. all the time!, I got sick of it 😅🎶🎸🐦

@LazyIRanch Год назад

Yes! I was 24, just got engaged to the love of my life, had a great job, my parents were still here... I couldn't imagine then just how tragically bad things were going to go in a few years. That's why those memories mean so much to me along with the music that reminds me of good times.

@jayheinz4624 Год назад

@@LazyIRanch I understand totally what you're saying! I've gone through similar.. I didn't want to say this,,, but two weeks before I graduated from high school that year, my dear friend, since we were three years old,,who was my cousin, got killed on his motorcycle two weeks before I graduated. He pushed the girl off the back off the back and saved her life, right before getting a pickup truck head-on. That summer was very bittersweet for me.. since then there's been a lot of good ups and some downs and I've lost a lot of family and friends to death. Recently, I lost a dear friend and former bandmate Whitey Froelich who died.. he played with Brian Hyland and the joker's in the sixties and went on the Dick Clark Road tour and sat by Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, Bobby Heeb and other no famous musicians 🎶but I want to say,,I've had a lot of good friends and family, Jesus,,, and good music get me through! 🎶🌞🐦 If you really loved 80's music ,I did some cover posts about 2 to 3 years back on my Instagram page jayheinzmusic and I have some music on my RU-vid pages at my cheer you up? My other music yt, page is jaybirdheinz, if you check any of my posts out, please say hi 👋🐦

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

What was your favorite song from 1985, Mike?

@pattisimmons67 Год назад

The 80s was such a great time to be coming of age! The music was bright and original, it could make you fly or make you cry. Almost all the previous decades from the 1950s to the end of the 1990s were probably the best years in music history. There will never be another time like that. Kinda sad...

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I was born in the wrong generation, clearly.

@MrM-u3h Год назад

So much of it was about good times and having fun. Even the metal. Since the early 90s so much of it is depressing or angry, from grunge to gangsta rap to emo to breathless whiny pop. Seems like it's been only edm for fun the past decade.

@DC05570 Год назад

Definitely know how you feel! When I see “Cobra Kai” or when I hear Peter Cetera’s “Glory of Love” by chance, I’m transported back in time to 1986😉

@Winnipegger100 6 месяцев назад

I was a teenager in the 80's and remember all the music that came out! There will never be another time like that for great music! Still have all the albums I bought back from then and includes all of Huey & the News albums!

@philb4462 Год назад

I live in the UK and there aren't that many of us HLN fans over here, but I've loved them since I got a copy of Fore! when I was about 12 and Stuck With You was in the charts. Not being as big over here, they played smaller venues later in their career, which meant I could hang around stage doors and meet them, which I did a few times. They have so much time for their fans. After a gig in Belfast I was in the bar of the hotel they were staying in which is attached to the theatre they had just played. In came the band. I bought Huey a Guinness and had a chat. I also sat with Johnny and Marvin for a while and talked. Later I sat with Sean. I'm a big jazz fan and we talked about them having Stan Getz play on one of their tracks and how Stan just blew them away with what he came up with on the spot. I am a pianist, so Sean and I talked synthesizers and Hammond organs. He very kindly invited me backstage for their next gig which was the next day in Dublin. I was at the theatre when they came and I thought he might have forgotten (he was pretty drunk at the bar!) but he came straight towards me, said hello and got me in. He showed me around his keyboard rig and I met his keyboard tech Merritt Pelkey. At the end of the night, the band said goodbye to me, including Huey. They are just so nice. That was a really happy time for me and I have some great photos to remember it with.

@JamesAllen-xk8bc 4 месяца назад

Awesome memory to have, man! They are down to earth people.

@deltatango5765 Год назад

Huey Lewis is so great. Not only was his music great back then, but it aged as well as anything. I never tire of listening to it. I remember my brother tell me about this great movie called Back to the Future, urging me to see it. I had my doubts, but he said if I don't like it that he would pay for my ticket, so I couldn't turn down that deal. I loved the movie and Huey Lewis was the icing on the cake.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

I agree. Thanks Delta!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

It is totally worth seeing.

@marvinjudegorospe8181 Год назад

1985. I just graduated in college when that movie came out. I love the music, I love the movie, Back to the Future. Seen it 3x when the movie came out. It's really a great time to be alive.

@paulleckner8235 3 месяца назад

Cool! I was in my third year! At age 21, I was legal to drink. I drank responsibly.

@thebarbecutioner6977 Год назад

One of the tightest show bands in rock history. Adam, you are going to love this true and verifiable story. I lived in Spokane Wa. and a concert that featured Bruce Hornsby and Huey Lewis and the news. It was winter time and Bruce was stuck in Denver. Huey picked up the slack and played for four hours without stop, so we didn't get ripped off. The show began with Jacobs Ladder. This man, and his band because my personal heros, because they didn't have to do that. Ask them, they will remember as it was one of the best shows they ever did. They did every single song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Awesome! A miracle for you Lee!

@thebarbecutioner6977 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 just at the right place at the right time, loved one. Nice to hear from you again. Shalom.

@paulasusan63 Год назад

That was wonderful of them!

@lauritag Год назад

This is such a cool story! What a night that must have been!

@Kenboslice3 Год назад

Awesome movie, awesome song and definitely an awesome band! Ah the 80's, a simpler time growing up before life hit us with responsibilities as adults. Miss those days!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

No joke! Thanks Ken!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I would love to go back in time!

@tinaheadrick536 Год назад

I graduated from high school in June of 1985, and saw Back to the Future on July 4th. It was a memorable year for me, and I’ll never forget THAT great memory. I’ve always been a big Huey Lewis and The News fan, and always will be. Sports is still one of my all-time favorite albums. The Power of Love and Back in Time are right up there with it. Thanks for doing this segment, Adam!☺️❤ AND-yes to We Are The World😉

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Tina, do you have a favorite song by them?

@jayheinz4624 Год назад

Tina,,I graduated the same year,, 1985. A great year memorable year for me also!🎉 At the end of that year,the High School band I was in, in Bismarck ND, got to go to New York City for Band tour! 🎶 And by the way, my former bandmate and friend ,has the same last name as you! and his nephew ironically, lives 3 houses down for me also.. 🎶🎶🎶👋🐦

@RC32Smiths01 Год назад

80s sure did have much overlap! Easily one of the most active decades for not only music, but entertainment as a whole. Cheers as always.

@markallen2984 Год назад

The 80's were the last great decade.

@hughwright1860 Год назад

@@markallen2984 Agreed.

@RBS_ Год назад

....who YOU tellin'!? ...check my comment, and, lookit those charts... ; )

@BillGraper Год назад

Yes! The movies, music, being able to joke on TV without woke people... The end of hair band dominance was when it started going downhill. The only thing I like better about more recent movies is all of the twist endings. I've seen so many of them since 1996.

@RBS_ Год назад

@@BillGraper ...hell, I haven't watched TV SINCE 1996 ....did Ross make up with Rachel!?? ...ha-HAAA! ...jus'kiddin', but you are R-I-G-H-T, Man.....

@naughtysmurf64 Год назад

"Back when good music was actually nominated." truer words were never spoken....

@J..a..y Год назад

I was 12 when that movie came out and watched it at the local theater with all my friends. The Good Ole Days.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

When movie theaters were actually fun.

@deadpoet4 Год назад

The Power of Love is "stronger and harder than a bad girls dream." Mom was NOT to happy with her son singing this lyric on the ride to church... I still love this song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Haha, I sang this to my dad yesterday and he was using the old dad joke of resting his eyes…I don’t care! That’s the power of love.

@huntncover Год назад

If it wasn't stronger and harder , they wouldn't be mom's and dads . 😁

@clintscroggs65 Год назад

Always thought it was "hotter", which seems to make more sense, but I'm not a songwriter...

@robster7316 Год назад

Great tune that really showcases Huey’s vocal chops and the band’s musicianship. Always brings back fond 80s memories too! Wish we could go back to THAT future. Thanks Adam!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Rock on!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Back to the 80s…

@blazerhawkdarren68 Год назад

Back to the Future was such a great movie. Power of Love will never get old. Back in Time was a great song to finish the movie. I remember when Michael J. Fox was on SNL and in one of the skits he was in an elevator with a couple of the cast members and one of them sang the Family Ties theme song and the other one sang Back in Time. 😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Speaking of, Michael J. Fox turned 62 this week!

@johnfeeley5716 Год назад

Back in time played on Marty's alarm clock before he goes to meet doc

@mycawk7171 Год назад

These Huey Lewis interviews, and the Randy Bachman interviews are some of my favorites. Both artists tell great rock and roll stories, with a humble grace. Professor you get the best out of your interview subjects.

@RichWhiteUM Год назад

The series of interviews he did with Alan Parsons was really good, too.

@mycawk7171 Год назад

@@RichWhiteUM I agree. Adam gets the artists to open up, which is awesome.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Also the ones with Lou Gramm.

@TheBigBoyBrian Год назад

1985 - What a great time to be alive! It's great to hear the story behind such an iconic 80's tune!

@omicron2018 Год назад

I am not a cool person. In 1985, I was even LESS of a cool person. Didn't matter. Hanging out the passenger's side of my best friend's ride with this song cranked so loud that it's making the factory speakers start to static . . . I FELT COOL.

@te-le-gram-me-Mr-Adam-Reader Год назад

☝️Let's talk on telegram I got something special for you 🎁🍿

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

You are not a scrub at all. 😜

@gioknows Год назад

Yes Jennifer Rush and Frankie Goes To Hollywood both had hits with their songs of the same title...I always thought that was so weird. Huey Lewis was on fire that year. Great guy and that was a nice cameo in one of the most iconic movies of the 80's...if you're like me you've probably seen a million times. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁

@-TheFinger- Год назад

Huey Lewis & The News...the 80's answer to 70's J. Geils...just good, solid writing and playing from guys you'd expect to see at a bar. Two unsung heroes in music history.

@lewiscrow Год назад

I never understood why "Back In Time" wasn't released as a follow up single to "Power of Love." I mean, you've just had a number 1 hit...YOU DON'T *NOT* RELEASE A FOLLOW-UP! I cannot figure out record label mentality.

@TheTrock121 Год назад

I've loved Huey Lewis & the News from the first time I heard them. The story of dancing w/ your Mom brought tears to my eyes. My Mom passed before I was 10 and I never had the chance. I'm 60 now and look forward to dancing w/ her eventually.

@JohnNewkirk1 Год назад

Man, way too much I could say about the band, Huey, the movie. I was 20 years old, in the Army, in Germany when it came out. That same year I saw Huey and the News at a two day concert and they were amazing! One of the best times of my life! I do want to mention, Adam, what great production value you always bring to your videos! I am an indie filmmaker and I appreciate what goes into making your videos. Kudos to all involved! And thanks for making me smile again. I love this channel!

@danfadden Год назад

OMG YES! We need a “We are the World” episode. I’m surprised you haven’t done it yet. Being a teenager in the 80’s, all of the singers on that song made up some of my most fondest memories. They were part of the soundtrack of my adolescence. That’s the problem with reality, there’s no background music. But living in the 80’s was close.

@ueno1 Год назад

Just think, We Are The World was the one and only time that many of the artists on that song were actually produced by Quincy Jones!

@stardogMLB Год назад

MTV shoved this video in our face so hard that I just started watching Much Music. I'm not saying Adam shouldn't do it but if he does I'll definitely skip that one.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

I wonder if he will do it mini doc style like he did with Band Aid. Interview as many folks as he possibly can.

@danfadden Год назад

@@stardogMLB what is “Much Music”? I remember VH-1, and I think they were around back then, but never heard of the other one.

@Purplereign3121 Год назад

What a song, what a movie. Man , there's nothing like the 80s!!!

@ButchHartmanart Год назад

Great video. Back to the Future and Huey Lewis played a huge part in my youth. The memories this brought up are awesome. Thank you. 😊

@jonathandeserres3491 Год назад

Thank you so much for covering this song. I was born in 1985 and The Power Of Love is, and has, always been a great song. I want it to be played at my wedding and I always love listening to it from Back To The Future and on the radio in general. Awesome! Huey Lewis and The News is awesome. Thank you.

@splenderella9 Год назад

That picture of you dancing was the cutest! You with HAIR, and your mom (?) looking like Joan Collins!😆👍

@te-le-gram-me-Mr-Adam-Reader Год назад

☝️Let's talk on telegram I got something special for you 🎁🍿...

@trinaq Год назад

I love Huey's cameo as the talent show judge early on in the movie, though I didn't realise that was him when I was little! I love that he ad libbed the silly excuse as to why Marty's band were rejected.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

It's so good!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Classic movie scene right there.

@scottmiller1300 Год назад

In the BTTF bonus features, Huey said that it was a true story - his band got rejected because they were too loud.

@V12BenzAMG Год назад

any Huey Lewis and the News song instantly transports me back to such a great time in my life...legends and timeless music! thanks for the interview...keep up the awesome work!

@FloridaManRacer Год назад

Adam, for all the cool things about the interview with Huey and the way the song came to be, the best story is of you and your mom. Those are THE moments that make these songs mean something to us the listener. You remember that moment all these years later and I guarantee it makes you love that song so much more than if that memory wasn't attached to it. It would just be a good song. But now it evokes memories of family and past times. Thanks for sharing that.

@thelonelypamphleteer5722 Год назад

This is one of my favorite episodes. I was 16 in 1985 and in the beginning of the prime years of my life. The music was cool, the culture was cool, and the movies were cool (but maybe cheesy). I think most people look back to their teen years as their favorites. I saw Back To The Future, and Huey live in 1985 and still remember the thrill from both.

@b.g.5869 Год назад

The key word here for all of the above is cheesy. Huey Lewis seems like a great guy and he obviously had a lot of success but his music is completely soulless bland 80s pop. There is music that I don't like but I can understand how it could appeal to someone, but I find it impossible to understand how anyone could think the sort of uber commercial 80s pop that Huey Lewis so epitomizes was "cool". It's like getting into the background music of a car commercial.

@adamv242 Год назад

I am thoroughly convinced that 1985 was *the* high-water mark for Western pop culture. 1985 gave us Back to the Future, Rock Me Amadeus, Cherry Coke, the Nintendo Entertainment System and so much more.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Plus the Goonies, Breakfast Club, Max Headroom, etc.

@shannonblanchard8195 Год назад

I totally became Allison from the Breakfast Club!!!we learned how to put everything in our purses because of orig let’s make deal! So gen x

@marthahenrich1185 Год назад

As always, a fascinating video. i've always loved Huey Lewis. I saw them in concert. I did not know he was in the movie. Fun video. Makes me want to see the movie again.

@EdwardGriffin Год назад

I once saw Huey Lewis on the same plane as me. What makes it even more incredible was that on this SFO-ATL flight he was headed back into coach and I ended up getting a complimentary upgrade into First Class at the last minute. Both seeing him walk past and the upgrade for me were pleasant unexpected surprises.

@TokyoXtreme Год назад

Agree 100% that “Back in Time” is just as good and iconic as “The Power of Love”. From the moment the guitar kicks in, it’s as if your brain gets flooded with the entirety of Back to the Future all at once; it’s akin to Neo getting uploaded the memories of having watched the film in an instant. It’s the quintessential ending credits theme song. One of the better saxophone riffs too, in an era that had many. The song is the perfect opposite to The Power of Love, in that it directly addresses the events of the film, whereas The Power of Love is agnostic - and of course it would be, as it’s featured towards the beginning, when the events hadn’t happened yet.

@Adam_Reader_on_tele_gram... Год назад

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@jamesweible5357 Год назад

Power of Love is still one of my favorite songs of any genre. The lyrics are so good and wholesome and the music is top notch.

@stevenedwards5356 Год назад

The very first time I bought music as a kid it was a 45’ album of this song at a music store in Tri-Cities, WA😊 I always have loved this song and of course the movie. Thanks for the great work as always Professor! Yes would love to see anything on We Are the Word!!

@BarneysVideos Год назад

My childhood friend frequently drove us both home from high school. Whenever "If This Is It" would play on the radio, we would enthusiastically scream the lyrics out car window, frequently getting stares from all those we passed. We still joke about it and sometimes still sing the lyrics. Sometimes, he'll call me and just start singing the lyrics. Always loved Huey Lewis. The entire Sports album is amazing.

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@rogerdeahl9629 Год назад

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Love Huey Luey. Love Back to the Future. Please keep Michael J. Fox on your thoughts. The man is truly going through a rough time. Love The Power of Love. Great 80s song. Have a great weekend Professor!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

You do the same!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Parkinson’s is really awful. My heart goes out to Michael.

@jamalstephenson7140 Год назад

This is such a fun band! My favorites from them are The Heart of Rock n Roll, DO You Believe in Love and today's featured song.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

He's the best!

@TheSlowoldman Год назад

Jacob's Ladder and If This Is It are my two favorites although I can listen to HL&TN for hours....

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Great songs.

@itsmylife842 11 месяцев назад

Great interview!! Huey Lewis and The News is one of my favorite bands. And Back To The Future is one of my favorite movies. Both are great childhood memories for me!!

@sendu911 Год назад

Adam, the fact that you got to sit and talk with Huey Lewis is amazing to me. He put a smile on my face so many times. I sang in the shower, I sang in my car, and I sang all the time to every song he had that came out on the radio. His was one of the first CDs that I ever bought when I got my first CD player. Thank you for telling the stories behind our legacy music. Forget the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame because it’s a joke that’s not to take anything away from the people that are already in there. This is a jab at the people who make the decisions the Grammys those are becoming just as bad. But then there are people like you who have a true love for the music and a true love for the stories that belong with the music the artists and what they have to say thank you for what you do and thank you for thinking the artists and what they do. Three chords and the truth, my friend 🎸💕🎸

@sendu911 Год назад

BTW 1985 what is the year I graduated high school. I thought it was the greatest year ever. The music then was the soundtrack of my life. It was amazing.

@duromusabc Год назад

1985 huge albums Thriller Purple Rain She’s So Unusual Private Dancer Reckless Born In the USA Make It Big Like A Virgin Big Bam Boom Back To The Future movie soundtrack Top Gun movie soundtrack Footloose movie soundtrack

@akm2743 Год назад

Classics, all. How lucky I was to have an Eighties childhood. 🎶 😊

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Some of these were pre-1985, but they were huge nonetheless.

@usefulidiom Год назад

Also Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

@duromusabc Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 all of them were popular in 1985 especially Thriller - 4 years straight (‘83-‘86) until the album Bad came out in 1987 and that one stayed hugely popular until 1990 (3.5 years!) until the album Dangerous came out in 1991 Thriller/Bad/Dangerous are his magnum opus Trifecta albums

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

@@duromusabc I can totally see that. Three absolute juggernauts.

@brentcox7772 Год назад

Love Huey!! Saw them at a baseball stadium in Tulsa! They were awesome! Great band!🤘🔥

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Love it! Thanks Brent!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

So cool! When?

@brentcox7772 Год назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 summer of’93! After the ballgame.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

@@brentcox7772 Nice! They put on great live shows.

@jm20105 Год назад

Thanks for this. So early in your intro, I knew what this video was, GREAT song.

@jameslacey5474 Год назад

Truly a great year in movies and absolutely love both those songs, they both should have been on the soundtrack and on his upcoming album. I love your content professor!

@petercena9497 Год назад

More than any decade pop culture merges as one in the 80s. TV shows, movies and music do not come across as separate entities the way they do in the sixties Love the Animals T-shirt, I wore mine out years ago.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Thanks Peter Agreed!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

In the 80s your tastes in music were all over the place.

@Rossturnerphoto Год назад

Back to the Future was one of the first VHS tapes I owned as a kid. I can’t tell you how many times I watched it, but at one time, I probably could have recited the entire movie line by line. The Power of Love is a great song, and deserves its life outside of the movie, but in my mind, they are inseparable. The song really elevated the scenes in which it was used, and I became a fan of Huey Lewis’s music because of the movie.

@robertwall1419 8 месяцев назад

Great recap! I was lucky enough to see “Back to The Future “ in a special pre release screening in Orlando in December 84 while home on leave before flying off to W. Germany to my next duty station.I loved it so much,that I had my parents buy the VHS 17:52 copy of the movie when it was released ($65.00). It turned out that I was the only person on the base who had it . I was also lucky enough to catch both The Boss and Huey Lewis & The News when they were on tour in W.Germany. Both concerts were packed & their live performances were excellent !!!

@sheritamac87 Год назад

Adam, I love that you share your memories with us, I think it’s because we all have memories from these classics. Love your channel!

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@chrisggoodwin777 Год назад

BTTF definitely still holds up. I regularly rewatch the trilogy when I need a fix of nostalgia. I too liked Back in Time a little bit better than Power of Love

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

AMEN!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Timeless classics indeed.

@tombstonestakes Год назад

I was also 10 when I saw Back to the Future. I absolutely loved it. I still do. My mom loved it the most in our family. Part of its appeal was its ability to capitalize on the nostalgia of the 50s by juxtaposing it with the modernity of the 80s. Huey Lewis perfectly captured 80s pop-rock in both songs and gave us a nod at that with his cameo in the film. And now the 80s are nostalgic for us like the 50s were nostalgic for my mom. A perfect combination of art, film and song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Right? I loved its strategy of appealing to the older crowds.

@huntncover Год назад

What a treat to watch this and "The Sandlot " back to back . That would be fun . In either order you choose . 🙂

@Keith5274 Год назад

Hey Adam, as always, I love your show...it is really awesome. I usually try to guess the song or movie that you are going to cover before you give it up, and this one after you a gave a couple of clues...I knew it! Huey Lewis was definitely great back in the 80's. However, you missed one of the most beautiful songs called "Lady". I am a huge Styx fan and love you mentioned it (when you said the song you were going to talk about that had multiple names and was kind of a common name for a song, I first thought of "Lady" - Styx, Kenny Rogers, The Commodores and my favorite, The Little River Band from 1978! But, I didn't know of a movie in 85' that had any of those songs. Anyway, loved the video and really loved that photo of you and your mother dancing to it! Great job, again Professor!

@trinaq Год назад

I love your interview with Huey, he seems like a swell guy. He has so many catchy songs, my favourites being "Do You Believe in Love" or "Working for a Living."

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

He's such a fun interview.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

The latter being in Stranger Things.

@constipatedinsincity4424 Год назад

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally !

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Happy Father's Day!

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock Is today Father's Day?

@catherine6653 Год назад

Back To the Future is my favorite movie from the 80s! I own this movie. Power Of Love is such a feel good song 🎵. I loved the Hewey Lewis Sports album so much when I was in middle school. I played it so much my mom said, "Can we please listen to something else? !!! P.S. Marty McFly was also a n Eddie Vanhalen fan. 😊 Yes, please cover We Are The World. They had to start over recording this song due to Cyndi Lauper's cluncky jewelry.

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

It's a classic!

@Sweet--Richard.4981 Год назад

Blue Velvet was my favorite 80's movie

@catherine6653 Год назад

@@Sweet--Richard.4981 I am not familiar with this movie. I will look it up.

@ueno1 Год назад

@@catherine6653 Director David Lynch's classic movie!❤

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Haha, I’ve had that same issue with my mom and 80s new wave hits. She just wants to hear Earth, Wind and Fire!

@KennethBartholomew-fb4cb Год назад

That record executive that Huey based his cameo on, Jack Craigo, passed away just last year at the age of 88, sadly.

@christinetarquin3773 Год назад

Love listening to your interpretations of rock n roll just as much as I love the stories of your childhood memories. They always put a smile on my face. You danced with your mom...AND you have the photo. Too good. 👍

@constipatedinsincity4424 Год назад

Huey Lewis

@constipatedinsincity4424 Год назад

Hey ProRo 🤓 and classmates here I go wishing all of us Dads a Happy Father's Day! 💙 If you're lucky enough to still have a father go give him a hug 🤗 for me please .And may the Good Lord Smile upon you 🙏 tomorrow and the rest of our lives!

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

THanks!!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

That’s not until next Sunday, but thanks.

@karenswan6852 Год назад

Thank you for this episode. It took me BACK.

@GeorgeBaker1 Год назад

Adam this is a great interview. I can remember seeing bttf , probably in the 80's, and realizing Huey was that guy. I would love to see a story on We are the world. It's an awesome song. Finally 85 was an amazing year musically I was in high school at the time and remember it's music well.

@williamforrest4371 Год назад

HUEY,LOVERBOY COULD PACK THE WOMEN INTO THE SHOW

@robertleath9913 Год назад

Huey and Phil Collins dominated the mid 80s.

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@Denimsmith2023 Год назад

This was great, thank you. Love Huey and back to the future.

@BrianBorges-ez3ls Год назад

Thank you so much for the happy memories this vid brings. Here in Hamilton, Ontario, our grade 12 class enjoyed a 3&1/2 month summer vacay because of a teachers strike. Actually watched Back To the Future in the Tivoli theatre. ( Now known, on RU-vid, as the "Pikachu Theatre" -- breaks my heart.)

@1683clifton Год назад

How dare I disagree with Huey, but the movie was indeed focused on the power of love! From the inception of reuniting his mother and father in the past to ultimately winning the girl in the end, plus you can't get away from "power" being critical for the film as well. 21.1 chigawatts of power! Love me some Huey and the news!

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@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Of course!

@skiprockjr.6881 Год назад

Though I love Huey, T'Pau's Heart and Soul is the better song.

@Whisper_292 Год назад

I concur.

@MrsGator7 Год назад

T’Pau opened for Bryan Adams in Würzburg Germany in 87

@hughwright1860 Год назад

I really like T'Pau's also.

@Terk131 Год назад

I like Huey.

@dhpbear2 Год назад

T'Pau's song started off sounding EXACTLY like Mike + The Mechanics! It then got too 'rappy' for my tastes :(

@johnwainscott8948 Год назад

Did you know that it is physically impossible to be in a bad mood while listening to Huey Lewis

@paineintheass233 Год назад

Huey's cover of "But its alright' was always one of my faves.

@thedys70 Год назад

wonderful accapella number

@badgerpa9 Год назад

I remember the first time I heard the song, we were at the lake fishing and camping. The song was blasting at the 4th of July. I also remember driving to Dubuque the weekend the movie opened. Half the theater was girlfriends sitting on their boyfriends lap and their were still people sitting in the aisle. Never been to a movie that sold out so much when it first came out. Other movies sold out but they packed the theater the Friday night Back to The Future opened. Fun days I could fill the gas tank on my T-Bird for $10 and everyone just wanted to have fun. Just friends of every mix no identity needed.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Packed movie theaters? That’s the power of Back to the Future.

@nesnejify 9 месяцев назад

How amazing to meet the musicians from our formative years. Awesome to hear.

@bishdizzle67 Год назад

I seriously could not get tired of that song. Those power 13th chords were powerful for sure. Thank you for the behind the scenes. Awesome!

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@lemisi79 Год назад

Great video! Would surely love an episode about Huey and the News and their role in We Are The World❤

@MrCinpro Год назад

That soundtrack and Lionel Ritchie's Can't Slow Down were the first 2 albums I was aloud to by on my own. Later a friend introduced me to Led Zeppelin, and away I went on my musical journey after that. I listened to that soundtrack so much I wore that tape out and begged for another copy. My wish was granted :D I think this is my favorite of your videos so far. Love Huey, I can't believe hes my moms age, because I always see the cover of Sports as being him, ageless like the music.

@shawnconnor2762 Год назад

Man, Huey is such a good cool dude...this is when everyone wrote their own genuine music!! Thank you, Professor of Rock, for having this episode!

@crocholiday Год назад

Just stumbled on to your channel and love it! Fantastic storytelling.

@joypiepenhagen7118 Год назад

I bought my twelve year old son Huey’s Sport album. I did it with the agreement that he would play it on our family stereo in the family room. Loudly. I adored Huey Lewis and the News❤ Especially Sports. We enjoyed rocking out to it. Even my husband and my other son. The boys pooled their money and bought a cassette, just so they didn’t have to share. Lol

@TheShadowKarl Год назад

I love the interviews with Huey. I hope one day you can interview them all together because it sounds like their music writing is very collaborative and it would be great to hear how that process works. I love all their music, but my favorite was "If This Is It". I remember liking the video a lot too. Lots of silly moments in that video that amused a young me. By the way, I dig the Pink Floyd shirt. You should see if you can interview Roger Waters about his writing of so many iconic songs. He is one cool guy, in my opinion.

@brendah.6366 Год назад

Back to the future and huey are two of my all time favorites!!!❤❤❤

@ProfessorofRock Год назад

Amen!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Год назад

Same, Brenda, same.

@suziehorn9700 Год назад

Huey Lewis was my favorite band. I saw them 3 times at a small venue in Wichita when I was in HS. Before Bac to the Future /Power of Love. Than you for your great interviews with Huey.

@naughtysmurf64 Год назад

"Hold it. I'm afraid your just too darn loud." LOVE IT!!!

@Frostedminifirecracker Год назад

Huey! Lord how he saved our household in those summers of the mid-80’s. Hotter n H. Four kids under 12. Pop in the cassette and rock out. ❤😂😮 Even the super square dad would bop around. Somewhat. Thank you for all the memories. Having just discovered your channel and having babysat the VanHalen boys who lived next door in Pasadena, I am 72 year old rocker who appreciates you. ❤

@Russeaman 3 месяца назад

What a great guy Huey Lewis is. His music rocked the mid eighties. I am a big fan for sure. Just about the time I gave up on rock music, this guy and a few others gave me what I was needing to get back into the music of the day. Not screams or way to far out there but made the heart of Rick and roll still beat. I really wasn't that much of a Back to the Future lover but definitely was a Huey Lewis and the News lover. Another great one Professor. I'm from Boise myself and been through your old neck of the woods many times...

@RoddieH Год назад

Just discovered the channel a couple of days ago and I've been binging ever since. Great show, Prof! It would be cool to see an episode covering some aspect of Gerry Rafferty's music (Baker Street or Right Down The Line being two of my all time favorite songs.). Hearing that opening sax riff on the radio when I was a kid always got me to turn it up.

@rjparker268 Год назад

Fore! was my first non-kiddie album I ever owned and I got it for Christmas in 1986. My mom knew Huey Lewis and the News was my favorite band, and I’m ever thankful for her encouraging my love for music. Especially since it is a big part of what I do for a living. Huey had a huge impact on my musical development. And now, I’m glad to say, I’ve passed on the same love for music, as well as Huey Lewis and the News, on to my son.

@tbwpoetry Год назад

Love this music! And YES! Please do the story of We are the World song. Enjoy your channel every week

@jessicagors3232 Год назад

Really enjoyed the interview with Huey. Would love to hear about We Are The World, too!

@floydcooley1 Год назад

Thanks for including a couple deeper cuts such as walking on a thin line and little too late. Both songs I sorta forgot about but still good memories.