I'll nominate ... The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The Grease soundtrack. The FM soundtrack. The Urban Cowboy soundtrack. The Footloose soundtrack. The Miami Vice soundtrack.
My mom was about to turn 70, and was battling cancer. I wanted to make her birthday extra special, and emailed her favorite musicians and authors. Huey Lewis was the only one to respond, with a signed photo that said "You're still just a kid! Huey" I think it was her favorite thing. She passed in April, so it makes me smile that she got a sweet note from her guy before she passed. 💜
😊Amazing! So nice you did that for your mom, wonderful he responded. I am sure it must have given your mom some extra happiness during such a difficult time.❤
I worked with Huey Lewis at two shows. He and his band were the finest, most professional and respectful bunch I have ever known. He didn't deserve what happened to him, but he has remained upbeat and kind. I went to Tamalpais High, where the album cover for Fore was shot. Two of Huey's bandmates were seniors there when I was a freshman. My brother jammed with them. The best guys on the planet.
A friend of mine ran into Huey at a SF Giants ball game in the 80's when the band was huge. She told me that he was the nicest most down to earth person she ever met.
🎯He really is a Super Nice Guy! - Back when I was a homeless street performer in Boston, MA., I just happened to be near the RITZ when Huey got our of a limo sometime after mignight. I waved at him and he waved me over to the limo. When I got there, he was friendly, respectful and really supportive of me as a street performer. I will NEVER forget this man's kindness for as long as I live. - THANKS, HUEY!🙏
Huey Lewis and the News specialized in fun, feel good, high energy music. You really can't help but smile when one of their songs comes on. It has a unique combination of something new, yet there was a certain amount of vintage rock in there as well. How could you not like them?
Huey Lewis and the News play backup on one of my all time favorite Nick Lowe songs (I'm a huge Nick Lowe fan, PLEASE do an interview with him. PLEASE??). "I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock and Roll)" is IMO the best song for a wedding reception, ever. The video is hilarious, and one I never get tired of. Here it is if you haven't seen it! It's fun to spot the famous and semi-famous actors and musicians in the "wedding party". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kn1CXbf2xF8.html
My favorite band TOWER OF POWER, credit Huey for their comeback. TOP is classic in their contribution to the music industry, and to say Huey Lewis gave them new life is a testament to how great Huey is. TOP plays brass in many of Huey Lewis and the News hits. Thank you guys for some of the best music of my lifetime!
@@oldschoolfunkster1 I didn't know that! How cool is that? The Tower of Power horns are legends in their own right. I love the music of Carlos Santana, but the TOP horns are absolutely vital to his sound.
I just love this channel. As a child of the 70s, teenager of the 80s, I’m instantly transported back there and it was such a great time to be alive. My kids, who are now adults, love that music, unironically, because it was just so good.
@@fivestring65ify "Good" music will also make you cry, get excited, exultant, afraid, and every other emotion across the spectrum of human experience. But "music you like is music you like", so... 👍
@@SuperMarioBrosIII I remember buying my first portable cassette player in the early 80s, I couldn't afford a real Walkman, so I think mine was made by GE or Akai, but it worked fine! I thought I was waaaay cool. I talked my boss into letting me listen to it when I worked overnight shifts testing the power supplies our company made for the Apple II computers. I was scared spitless working those late night shifts alone in an old creepy warehouse, so I figured if I got merked while blasting Tom Petty through my headphones, at least I'd die happy. Fortunately, I only worked those night shifts for a couple of months so we could keep up with demand for the product. When I hadn't been there long, my boss brought this guy in to check out the assembly line, and my test station which was the final stage before packaging. This guy was sloppy, chubby, had a beard with his lunch crumbs in it... kinda gross-looking dude. He started asking me questions, but I didn't want to interrupt the test so I held my palm up, as if to say "Talk to the hand", and never took my eyes off my monitor. Later I found out that the "sloppy guy" was Steve Wozniak, the "Mighty Woz". FML, I dissed the WOZ!! Fortunately for me, he was a cool guy and thought it was funny that I didn't know who he was, and he liked that I didn't let anyone interrupt me at my job.
@@LazyIRanch Hi that's a great story. I' still collect audio cassettes to this day! Love that analog sound! Which do you like more CD's or cassettes?💽📼🤗📻
In 1986, I was disappointed to learn that a show in Columbia, SC, was sold out. However, shortly before that date, a few seats opened up behind the stage and I was able to get a few tickets so some friends and I got to go. It was only my second concert after joining the Air Force (third overall.) When he wasn't singing, he turned around and got all of us sitting behind the stage all riled up. I really appreciated that he didn't forget about us. Because of that, that concert has been one of my favorite concerts I had ever attended.
The very first song my son claimed as his favorite song was The Power of Love after he heard it while watching Back to the Future. I had a very proud moment as a father that day.
Huey Lewis concerts were so much fun. They had a great sense of humor. I think Huey knew he was not exactly Steve Perry, so they didn't take themselves too seriously. It was so CHARMING ❤.
When you watch the full documentary on the making of the video/song for 'We Are the World', it's obvious that Huey was intimidated as hell to be standing right near Steve Perry (among other great singers) while they were singing their parts. Who wouldn't be? But Huey came through anyway, and nailed his part, a true pro. One of the best concerts I ever saw was Huey Lewis and the News, and I'll always remember the announcement at the end of the concert--"I'm Huey Lewis, and you've just heard the News!"
I grew up on the 'Stones, 'Zeppelin, 'Sabbath & the Ramones... Having said all that, there will *always* be a place in my heart (and record collection) for Huey Lewis & the News❤.
The opening notes of If This Is It triggers my strongest associative memory from childhood. For a few seconds I'm instantly back in my bedroom, listening to the radio while I play with my Optimus Prime figure. I feel like a carefree kid playing with his favorite toy, and I love it. I don't listen to the song anymore because I don't want to lose that feeling.
It's NEVER too early to play great music for our little ones! You're a wonderful grandpa! One of my favorite pics of my dad and my baby son is when Daddy had him on his lap, and he put his pair of high end headphones on his grandson. The headphones looked huge, on a baby, but the look on my son's face was pure bliss and joy! The music was classical, probably Bach or Chopin. My now 32 year old son still loves that music.
Man, I wish my kid had been into Huey at that age. Instead, the only music that calmed my daughter down was James Taylor. Now, I like James Taylor as much as any old Gen Xer, but when you're playing it for the 57th time in a row... you kinda start to want to strangle him.
One great time from way back... in the second half of the 1990s, I traveled a bit for work. One of the places I went fairly often was San Diego. We'd stay on Shelter Island in the hotel Humphrey's Half Moon Inn, which was right next door to an amphitheater. Most days, we'd get in from work, go out to the pool, have a few beers, and relax for a bit. When we were lucky, there'd be a band playing at the amphitheater next door. One night when we came in, we went out to the pool, and guess who was playing next door... Huey Lewis and the News. That was a pretty great night... great San Diego weather, sitting around a table with friends, having a few beers, and listening to Huey Lewis and the News live. It doesn't get much better than that :)
I've always loved his "Walking on a Thin Line", I don't know of many vets who don't relate to it. For me it's right up there with Billy Joel's 'Goodnight Saigon."
Hate that song, but love Huey Lewis. Heart of Rock n Roll and many others are much better and classics. His duet with Gwyneth Paltrow I think was also a nice track. It gets no play, sadly.
Big love to Huey Lewis and the News! I and some of my family was able to see them a few years back in concert at Hampton, NH. And no surprise, they were fabulous. Thank you, Professor of Rock and Huey Lewis and the News! God bless you all!!!
Not surprised you both said this because Even as a Canadian I thought Loverboy was overrated even in our own country & how they broke through into the United States & sold as many records world wide baffles me to this day. Especially when we have imo much more talented Canadian acts like April Wine & Tragically Hip, Tom Cochrane etc who never got the air play nor the record sales that Loverboy got south of 49th parallel. One of life's cruel realities I guess. In fact Paul Dean the guitarist for Loverboy was in another Canadian band with Kenny Shields & Streetheart. Imo Streetheart was still the better band even after Paul Dean had left Streetheart to join Mike Reno to form Loverboy. Needless to say they (Loverboy) are not my cup of tea nor a favorite of mine. To each their own I guess.
You are so spot on about how digital downloads and streaming killed the way we used to wait with baited breath once we heard that our favorite artists had a new album coming out. For me it was Journey's Raised On Radio.
Huey and the News are a great band with a bunch of great songs. Fun lyrics, infectious melodies, and catchy hooks made them an 80's staple. I'll be 60 in December and I still love their music. It brings back great memories from a great time.
@@KornPop96 What English teacher taught you this or where did you learn to use the word "got" so incorrectly? No one I have ever known talks this way. Wouldn't it sound normal and easier to say "...the first cassette tape I ever had. OR owned"? We're talking cassette tapes here, so you're at least in your 40's but you still speak and write like this??!
@@riproar11 well, everyone here talks this way so I'll continue using the language I see fit. The fact that it upsets your delicate sensibilities is of no concern to me and is in fact quite hilarious. But please continue correcting people in YT comment sections. You're really changing the world for the better. 😂 😂 😂
I never appreciated how amazing Huey's voice is until my band got a singer in ~1998 or 99 who sounded just like him. What a powerful and versatile voice!
I suffer from pulsatile tinnitus and it is life altering... It's hard for anyone to relate unless they experience it. Mine makes a whooshing sound and I can hear the beat of my heart; not necessarily ear ringing. I've seen multiple specialists and they don't know how to treat it. My heart goes out to Huey as it's got to be very difficult for him...
I too have dealt with this since 2003. It started like a buzzing noise and then the whooshing sound took over in 2005. Have you ever noticed it changes frequency in restaurants/bars?
@@kathleenmuller2744 That's interesting, but no that doesn't happen for me. I get it after I awake from sleeping, usually a short nap. Then it strongly lasts for about an hour or so and then it slowly fades away....
I was born In 2001 and I absolutely love Huey Lewis and the News! I have their first album, Picture This, Sports, Fore!, and Small World on vinyl. I also have Fore and Hard At Play on CD, and have the cassette of Small World
By the time I saw them in 1986 in Toronto, they had so many hit songs that every song they played that night was a hit. Epic concert. Incredibly tight band.❤
They were the ultimate success story. A garage band who became HUGE and yet never took themselves too seriously. They knew they weren’t making masterpieces, just a bunch of friends having fun.
I was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease back in 2002. It was difficult to deal with at times. It was never any explanation as to how I got it: he didn’t know. And when it went away about four years ago, there was also no explanation. Oh, and Professor, I love Huey Lewis & The News!
It really is "Hip to be square" when you get to be my age. I was too square to get into drugs and crime like some of my friends... which means I'm still here, in pretty good health, while all my favorite "party monsters" died young, and tragically. One friend was a big dumb, but sweet, white blonde guy who sold a little "dirt weed" on the side. One day he told us he had this great opportunity to buy a kilo of cocaine from "some guys he met", and he was going to make a fortune. We begged him not to do it, please don't go meet these guys because it won't end well. Later that week, his body was found in the Trinity River, with lots of bullet holes. Dammit, Gaylan, you big DUMMY! You didn't deserve that!😭
You should check out the scene in American Psycho where Christian Bale gives great praise to Huey Lewis and the News while killing off another of his victims. Chilling and informative at the same time!
Huey comes across as such a nice guy and I saw him in concert in Calgary what a great show with the tower of power horn section. Such a great time to be alive.
My wife and I are big Huey Lewis and the News fans. We saw them at least once a year up until they had to stop touring. They always put on a great show!!! We have Huey withdrawals now.
same only saw them once 90s our town has a big music school.they had a full horn section.locals huey still.killed it on harmonica recall short ghits show
Love Huey Lewis & The News. They are my favorite 80's band. They combined good-time, old-school Chuck Berry with doo-wop harmonies. Their music is just so much fun to listen to.
Huey Lewis is one of those stars that never let his fame give him a big head!! He always acts very down to Earth!! He played Reba McEntire's husband in her music video for Is There Life Out There?! I love his album Sports!! I miss the days of buying 45 rpm records to own your favorite song!! I stopped buying them in the early 80s but I often found myself liking the b side as much as the a side!! Another awesome video!! Thanks Professor Of Rock!! Cindy S.
🎯He really is a Super Nice Guy! - Back when I was a homeless street performer in Boston, MA., I just happened to be near the RITZ when Huey got our of a limo sometime after mignight. I waved at him and he waved me over to the limo. When I got there, he was friendly, respectful and really supportive of me as a street performer. I will NEVER forget this man's kindness for as long as I live. - THANKS, HUEY!🙏
Class of '87 here so these guys were definitely a big part of the soundtrack of my youth. Fortunately I was able to see these guys live at our lowly County Fair about 10 years or so back. Great show, and you are right, what a down to earth guy and that came through loud and clear in the show. This music will stand the test of time.
Good Morning all (and some). Huey is simply a great guy❤. He has also done TV cameos in recent years. Hip To Be Square is a really fun song. The News is a really fun band. Thanks Professor. Everyone have a simply super Friday.
....I literally watched Huey (as 'Johnny Revere') on "Hot In Cleveland" LAST NIGHT! ...It was the Ep where he has a heart a-t-t-ack & his girlfriend Victoria Chase tends to him...he says "....we worked so hard to achieve all this Money & fame..what does it give us?.." Victoria: "....Money and FAME!???!!" ....ha-HAAA!!
Hey Roger, it's starting out to be a great day. It's been over a 100° here for days! I woke up to rain, 71° and the POR with Huey Lewis and The News. What an awesome day! Hope you have a great day yourself!
I could listen to Huey all day (his music and him just talking) I recommend Huey Lewis’ episode on the Questlove Supreme podcast I’ve listened to it multiple times
I loved Huey Lewis and The News, they were really big during my high school years. One of the things I liked about that group is that unlike so many groups of that time, they were not boozing, drugging and bashing hotel rooms and thus their group didn't have the all too common melt down that so many groups of that time had. Huey was all business and approached the whole thing with a professional and serious attitude. God bless you Huey, you are the greatest!
I totally respect and love their music. I saw them in ‘84 and ‘85 in then-West Berlin, and in 2003 in Gulfport, MS. In 2003 they played and sounded as good as 20 years earlier and still gave it all they had onstage. So many of their songs are major parts of my high school and college soundtrack.
Another of my absolute favorite songs! One that definitely falls into the "foot turns to lead" category when driving! Loved it when it came out 38 years ago and still love it today!
Well said, Professor! I ❤ physical format! I am the only person at my gym who listens to CDs on a portable player. I like your Hewey Lewis interviews. I remember Hewey saying he likes John Denver. Hewey Lewis helped Bruce Hornsby gets a record deal. Jacob's Ladder was written by Bruce Hornsby.
Awe man, I love Huey Lewis and The News! I know I talk about my late Brother on this channel a lot, but we both loved music. I remember his laughter watching Huey & The News video where they were singing do wap when the band was covered in sand and all you could see was their heads turning to Do Wap. 😂
They are by far my favorite band of all time. Love all that they have done. Only band I saw more than once. Sad that i can never see them perform again. Thank you for another great episode!
You hit the nail on the head with the mystery of the unknown. I believe when radio was king, that's when music was it's best... in so many ways. It was our first introduction to a new song - sometimes before the album. MTV was a useful influencer also. There's something to be said for driving down the road with your favorite station blaring a new song - it's the WOW factor. None of that stuff is here anymore and I do sorely miss it.
@@ProfessorofRock I had the great pleasure of working in Higher Education sales and marketing. Working with the folks at colleges and universities was fantastic with Apple and I still do this today at a small software company.
Saw them at a Universal studios Florida concert . My favorite song they did was actually " 60 minute man" my face hurt from smiling and laughing and i lost my voice from screaming. One of the best shows I've ever been to. Unforgettable. Thanks for all the good times❤✨🖤
Huey Lewis doesn't get the respect he deserves because he is in between several '80s genres. Not really new wave and edgy. Not hard rock. Not synth pop. Not trendy Top 40, like Madonna and MJ. Just cool, fun, good music. LOVE Huey Lewis and the News. Huey Lewis and the movie "Back to the Future" was peak '80s.
I was lucky enough to see Huey and the boys several times thru the years, they were my first concert when I was a little boy. The Sports Tour in Cincinnati Ohio, I was hooked after that. Guys like Huey and the boys are rare, down to earth and very respectable to their fans. I miss going to see them in concert, they were always entertaining and just had fun.
I will be catching tomorrow's episode later so please help me in wishing our Professor Steven Adam Reader a Happy Birthday 🎂🎈! His birthday is on Sunday. Hopefully you have something special going on.
I so fondly remember collecting my lawn mowing money and on the weekends riding my bike to the local flea market scouring for records and exploring music I’d not listened too. Listening while exploring it all. Awesome times. And you so right, we worked for it then, it was for the love of music and exploring that music.
Huey Lewis and The News were everyone's favorite band that they wouldn't admit was their favorite lol. Edit: Sports was the first cassette tape I ever bought by myself as a kid.
