Ami-Jay/Grey says:
You like Huey Lewis and the News?
Aaron says:
never heard of them
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
I like em
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83,I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically
Aaron says:
o...k
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
he's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour srug
Aaron says:
whos elvis
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
Elvis Costello
Aaron says:
😐
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
not Presley
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
he's a famous 70's-80's pop singer
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
but
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
In '87, Huey released 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.
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
but they should
Ami-Jay/Grey says:
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.