This is an amendment to a recent post of mine discussing my feelings toward retro bands. So the question becomes, not only why is no one covering Huey Lewis and the news, why is no one interested in revisiting this form of rock? It's fertile ground for retro-rockers.
Okay, perhaps that notion is a bit ludicrous (although ripe, I am really not joking about this, I think people would listen to an 80s retro rock group of this caliber, and religiously), but consider the fact that this is a Grammy award winning outfit that, at one time, had the hit video on MTV, and not just once. Come on!
- The Heart of Rock & Roll
- The Power of Love
- Back in Time!
- Hip to Be Square
Nerd rockers, where are you? There is an opportunity here to bone up on all that Revenge of the Nerds love, watch the Back to the Future trilogy in one sitting, and come up with a well done contemporary nod to a group that not only had a hit song on a soundtrack, but all of whose albums in the 80s went gold, if not platinum or multi. Sure, record sales don't actually equal band success any more, but back then, that was stupendous.
And if not that, I'm begging for a metal, or even a Gaga version, of Back in Time. They did it in the movie! Huey Lewis was there! He was the guy that told them they were too loud. If this is not hitting you as bad-ass, you should hit yourself. Otherwise, consider the scene from American Psycho. Mr. Bateman makes a strong case for both my arguments.
And if not that, I'm begging for a metal, or even a Gaga version, of Back in Time. They did it in the movie! Huey Lewis was there! He was the guy that told them they were too loud. If this is not hitting you as bad-ass, you should hit yourself. Otherwise, consider the scene from American Psycho. Mr. Bateman makes a strong case for both my arguments.
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