Comments on: CHART ATTACK! #35: 6/9/84

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:31:48 +0000

Oh and would you stop using the “F” word

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:31:28 +0000

You may have your “Time After Time” covers a little confused. Frank Sinatra sang a very different song for a B-movie back in the late 1940s.
Let’s Hear It for the Boy should have gotten the Oscar because Deniece Williams was the one artist who DID perform the number at the Oscars.
As for Dean Pitchford he did the lyrics for the awful Broadway show “Carrie” (based on the Stephen King novel…) and adapted a “Footloose” for the stage.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:36:28 +0000

Remember when “Jump (For My Love)” was used in commercials for Bounce fabric softener in the mid-80s?

“For no-cling clothes you can’t wait to jump into… jump, jump, jump…”

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:39:41 +0000

You know, one more thing. Connie Hamzy (the famous groupie from the Grand Funk Railroad song) was asked to tell which of her ..I’m not sure, 40 years’ worth? of… sexual conquests was the most well-endowed. Answer? Huey Lewis.

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:01:53 +0000

Cinnamon gum!Lovin’ the unabashed Steve Perry lovin’. Peace out.

By: Tony Billoni

Tony Billoni — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:11:13 +0000

Oh, that Sister Christian video is choice stuff! However, I was waiting for Keagy to morph into Will Ferrill by the end of it. And the "cat burgler on keys" comment–right on! Did Night Ranger kick that guy out when they got more hair-band, circa ‘85?

By: jhensy

jhensy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:29:44 +0000

God was Simon LeBon awful. Don’t get me wrong, Duran Duran was a great band early on… John Taylor’s bass playing was excellent, Nick always had the hooky synths on EVERY song, the other Taylors rocked, and we all know they looked good.
But Simon, geez. Not just an awful, hammy singer, but the worst lyricist in rock history, bar none. Even worse than Noel Gallagher. "The Reflex" is as good an example as any. Is there anything more annoying than that "Why-yay-yay-yay-yay don’t you use it" vocal? A refresher:
"Why-yay-yay-yay-yay don’t you use it
Try-yay-yay-yay-yay not to bruise it
Buy-yay-yay-yay-yay time don’t lose it"
I’m sorry, but the f*cking worst.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:47:53 +0000

Hi you guys! I’m back! I think that Huey Lewis & the News’ “Heart and Soul” belongs up there in the top ten pop songs ever written. I mean that sincerely. I love me some Huey. I wish I could meet him — I bet he’s got a million great stories.

Is there a word for “that which people harbor as a rare secret, but which, in reality, (just about) everyone already actually knows?” Example: People ask “do you know the very first video ever played on MTV?” and think they know some kind of totally obscure trivia. Everybody and their mother knows the answer. There are others but I can’t think right now.

By: Dw Dunphy

Dw Dunphy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:25:59 +0000

Huey Lewis and the News is one of those bands you just don’t admit to liking, but you like anyway. Simple stuff, no brain teasers, but hooky as hell. I do tend to take more crap over saying I kinda like Hall and Oates, so Lewis doesn’t attract quite as many social beatdowns.

DwD

By: Miss Lisa

Miss Lisa — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:32:42 +0000

I saw Huey Lewis and the News back in the 80s by accident when they played at SFSU (in the dark, dank "Depot") in the afternoon. I was working the show and figured it would be a very dopey set of hit songs, but SURPRISE–they were one of the greatest bands I’ve ever seen. Tight, exuberant, joyful bar-band music. They sounded nothing like their hit-song production–and they played everything really rocking and speeded up. I wish they had released an album that showcased their exciting live sound because those top 40 hits were too glossy for my taste. Fun fact: Huey was in a hippy band before the News, called Clover. Heh. Clover.