"I want a new drug
One that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick
I want a new drug
One that won't hurt my head
One that won't make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red" and you're surprised?
Lol my dad almost banned Huey in our house because of that song. I finally got him to sit down and listen to more than half a verse so he could get a clue that it wasn't about drugs.
well it is and it isn't, it's comparing love to a drug, and it is a hormonal drug.
You make me hard when I'm all soft inside
I see the truth when I'm all stupid-eyed
Your arrow goes straight through my heart
Without you everything just falls apart
You are the perfect drug-NiN
I lived through the 60's and 70's, when that song came out my druggie generation knew exactly what drugs Huey was referncing, it was a nod to the drug culture which had blossomed in America, and we all saw it as funny because most of us had experienced those effects ourselves, we would discuss that
Suggest you give a listen to an early Bay Area band "Clover". Huey was the backup singer/harmonica player. Doobie Brother John McFee and Alex Call who wrote "Jenny 867-5309" were also in the band. Clover, without Huey, were the original Attractions on Elvis Costello's first album.
That's odd. Less than 24 hours ago I was at a wedding, talking bands with my best friend from high school, whom I haven't seen in 40 years, and HE told me Huey played harmonica with Thin Lizzy which completely blew me away. And now here we are...
As far as I am able to ascertain, many human beings live a life.
Perhaps you have some sort of special knowledge that we lesser humans are not privy to.
Huey was in a band called Clover that opened for Thin Lizzy on tour (Huey played harmonica on a track on Lizzy's 'Live and Dangerous' album), and Clover was Elvis Costello's backing band on his debut album.
B&N circa ‘93. Run across “Confessions of a Rock Groupie.” Leafing thru to middle section of 10 pgs of pics. The 1st pic is Huey (w/his arm around her) & The News. Caption says “Huey Lewis has the biggest cock I have ever seen.” Every time I hear one of their songs somewhere I crack up. Every time.
Listen to a good interview with him. He grew up with beatnik, hip parents that threw parties that Charles Mingus attended and hung out with Leary, Kesey and Ginsburg. He has really lived an interesting life that belies his somewhat “clean” image
Me too! I also went googling for news stories. It would have been more clear if it had used present perfect “has lived a life,” not simple past “lived a life.”
Wait...This isn't Hall and Oates? Jack and Diane? Milo and Otis? Turner and Hooch? Jake and the Fatman? Amos and Andrew? Laurel and Hardy? Martin and Lewis? Abbott and Costello? Benny and Joon? Jordan and Pippen? Kobe and Shaq? STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT???
Grew up with his music in the background… Can’t say I’m a fan, but he does seem to be a good guy… Totally respect him for his success! He went and made it work for him!
I believe Huey was one of those few people who achieved fame at the right time in his life. He was in the business long enough to understand that fame is usually fleeting and to enjoy it while you can. He was the motherfreaking 1980s if you ask me.
Yeah he was friends with Phil the Liz? I heard them as a kid but had a guitarist boyfriend in the 90’s talk about them. (play there better tunes.) Otherwise I only heard them on the radio like everyone else.
My elementary music teacher would play Hip to be Square to teach a class of central-Pennsylvania kids how to clap to the beat. And that’s why Huey is responsible
for the ones and threes.
This is when Huey was the harmonica player in the band Clover, whose leader was Alex Call (he later wrote 867-5309/Jenny for Tommy Tutone). The lead guitarist was John McFee, who later joined the Doobie Brothers. Nick Lowe was a fan, so Clover (minus Huey) backed Elvis Costello on his 1st album.
1. No he did not die
2. There's a scientific theory that some people are missing the empathy gene. But in my opinion that's just a bunch of scientific mumbo jumbo and I just refer to people like you as colossal douchbag nozzles with under-developed emotional intelligence. Stupid. That's the word.
He provided his fellow rockstars with a new drug, one that didn’t make them sick, didn’t make them crash their car, didn’t make them feel three feet thick.
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B) For a second, I thought I was looking at either a young Tom Hanks, or a deleted scene from “Forrest Gump”.
(I know it's Phil Lynott)
https://youtu.be/LTz7RG0ngec?si=YlVkSaOQ8i8Lj9qj
One that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick
I want a new drug
One that won't hurt my head
One that won't make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red" and you're surprised?
You make me hard when I'm all soft inside
I see the truth when I'm all stupid-eyed
Your arrow goes straight through my heart
Without you everything just falls apart
You are the perfect drug-NiN
https://youtu.be/ojC0mg2hJCc?si=logtE7GNybeBzJx0
Please let me know
Patton Oswalt is Alexa, and he hears all.
Perhaps you have some sort of special knowledge that we lesser humans are not privy to.
Is that him really!?😂
Indeed he’s a veteran!
In 40+ years I've never seen anything to even hint that he's anyone but the genuine fellow he seems to be either.
RIP Phil
Sorry folks, I always found his stuff formulaic and insipid. And also, this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruw9fsh3PNY&ab_channel=Movieclips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIPDs8ao0B0
https://maps.apple.com/?address=71%20Grafton%20St,%20Dublin%202,%20D02%20NR04,%20Ireland&auid=6377031607262095694&ll=53.341280,-6.260705&lsp=9902&q=Phil%20Lynott%20Statue&t=m
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First gig I ever went too; Huey at Wembley arena, 1988. Supported by Bruce Hornsby and the range!!!
@pattonoswalt.bsky.social "...HAS lived a..." or even "...IS living a..." -- Words matter, son!
then one time i appeared in rolling stone was at a reunion.
Love it.
Legends!
for the ones and threes.
on his current tour, not coming to my town
Your specific phrasing of the admonishment: ART!
2. There's a scientific theory that some people are missing the empathy gene. But in my opinion that's just a bunch of scientific mumbo jumbo and I just refer to people like you as colossal douchbag nozzles with under-developed emotional intelligence. Stupid. That's the word.
If this is it.
He was a ROCKER .. and a ROLLER too baby