 |  | A five star album turned into a two star piece of rubbish! |  |
At least one other reviewer hit the nail right on the head with his "two star" review of SPORTS (Remastered/Expanded Edition). If you can imagine taking your 5-band EQ and turning the treble end all the way down and the bass end all the way up, that's what you're getting on this CD. To quote Huey, "sometimes bad is bad," but this is one case where bad is pure garbage.
I just put my original vinyl copy of Sports on the turntable, and it sounds fantastic! If you need this on CD, look for the earlier edition.
April 19, 2008 | | Huey Lewis & The News' Greatest Studio CD | |
SPORTS is the greatest original album by Huey Lewis & The News. It was practically inescapable on the radio during 1983-84, and even those who are tired of hearing certain songs, such as "The Heart Of Rock & Roll", will find much to admire in the band's streamlining of English pub-rock, West Coast country-rock, early rock & roll, Southern boogie-rock, power-pop, Heartland rock, and soul/R&B influences, as well as Lewis' opposition to people picking on each other's differences. Some of the best songs here are among the most underrated, including "Walking On A Thin Line", a harrowing yet rocking tale about a Vietnam veteran so traumatized by his war experiences that he won't let his younger daughter date until his older one finds a boyfriend, and the joyous rocker "Finally Found A Home", which could be about finding your roots musically. Many athletes, including the San Francisco 49ers during their Super Bowl-winning streak, as well as many people who worked out regularly during this album's chart run, loved SPORTS. If you only have room for one original Huey Lewis & The News CD, you'll be happy if this is it.
December 2, 2007| | | Correction On The Huey Lewis Ray Parker Story | |
I have always known how this story goes but if any one wants confirmation please check out Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Just do a search for
Huey Lewis and look up I Want A New Drug. It was Huey Lewis who sued Ray
Parker JR for infringement. Huey and his band The News are some very
talented musicians. They had no need to steal someone's melody.
August 20, 2007 | | I DID NOT RECIVE THE ITEM | |
I DON'T RECIVE THE ITEM, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE USPS. THEY SAY, THE DELIVERY WAS DONE, BUT I DID NOT RECIVED. THEN THEY SAY THE DELIVERY WAS IN OTHER ADRESS. MAYBE YOU CAN DO SOMETHIN ABOUT IT. THANK YOU...
July 13, 2007SPORTS is Huey Lewis & The News' third overall album but their first Grammy-winner. On this CD you get the original 9-track line-up plus one demo version of THE HEART OF ROCK 'N ROLL and live versions of four other tracks. In addition to THORNR,hits from this original late 1983 or early '84 release include HEART AND SOUL,BAD IS BAD,I WANT A NEW DRUG,WALKING ON A THIN LINE and IF THIS IS IT. "Weird Al" Yankovic recycled the music of IWAND for his parody entitled I WANT A NEW DUCK for his '85 album DARE TO BE STUPID. Ray Parker Jr. sued Lewis because Parker believed Lewis used pieces of music from Parker's song GHOSTBUSTERS for IWAND. Parker and Lewis agreed to not let their settlement leak at all. Later,Parker inadvertently broke the promise and Lewis sued Parker! The rest is history. HL&TN's frequent hit-making continued with 1986's FORE! which won a multitude of Grammys as well. By the time SMALL WORLD was released in 1988,that album failed to garner any Grammys like its last two predecessors did.
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