Music Debate #60: Huey Lewis and the News

[arch_8ngel | 1,597]

2 hours ago, RH said:

Adult Contemporary artists were norm-core before that was even a thing.  And now that's passed, right?  It's crazy though, guys from the late-70s-80s have this "I'm a Dad" vibe and that was cool.  How was that possible, and how do we get back there?

Have a voice like Huey Lewis or Phil Collins.

[RH | 4,895]

You miss the point.  How do we get back to the point where Dad's in their mid-30s to early-40s are cool again.  Cause I know a few people in that demographic, with a good singing voice, and they aren't helping us. 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,510]

4 hours ago, arch_8ngel said:

Because they have had fairly prolific radio play for 35+ years.

On the way to work today the radio played Power of Love and then the next two artists I have lined up, back-to-back-to-back.

I'm choosing to interpret that as a sign from God.

[arch_8ngel | 1,597]

23 minutes ago, RH said:

You miss the point.  How do we get back to the point where Dad's in their mid-30s to early-40s are cool again.  Cause I know a few people in that demographic, with a good singing voice, and they aren't helping us. 

Dads in their mid-30's to early-40's are probably cooler than ever...what are you talking about?

 

[nrslam | 474]

7. I like a lot of thier songs, but I don't love many of them.

[fox | 1,665]

Definition of a 4

Good on the BTTF soundtrack but fairly lame otherwise.

[Scrobins | 1,719]

I am not at all ashamed to admit I was dancing to Huey before I even realized who he was.

 

[Hammerfestus | 3,823]

7 hours ago, RH said:

You miss the point.  How do we get back to the point where Dad's in their mid-30s to early-40s are cool again.  Cause I know a few people in that demographic, with a good singing voice, and they aren't helping us. 

I’m cool as crap, thank you very much.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,510]

Bump

[Estil | 1,261]

The Back to the Future movie trilogy is one of my wife's all time favorites and me as a wide eyed nine year old back in 1989 was so excited about what the "future" might be like!  Need I say more?  

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

They're okay. 5/10 for me.

[Estil | 1,261]

On 4/22/2020 at 10:04 PM, Scrobins said:

I am not at all ashamed to admit I was dancing to Huey before I even realized who he was.

 

I think I knew about this parody version before I knew of the real song! Sort of like how I knew William Shatner as the Rescue 911 guy before I realized he was originally Captain Kirk.

[Estil | 1,261]

On 4/22/2020 at 10:11 PM, Hammerfestus said:

I’m cool as crap, thank you very much.

Oh plez, nobody can be this cool!   At 1:33 I was in fact in that occupation from 2004-10!    I wasn't "world famous" and I didn't get to wear an apron or a pencil in my ear (does anyone do that anymore?) though.

 

Edited April 27, 2020 by Estil

[JamesRobot | 5,786]

On 4/22/2020 at 1:31 PM, RH said:

How do we get back to the point where Dad's in their mid-30s to early-40s are cool again. 

[SpoonMan Abrams X | 697]

10/10

This is the kind of stuff I grew up listening to, along with Chicago, Journey, Men At Work, Foreigner, Duran Duran... I am biased by idc lol