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Do any black people like Huey Lewis & The News? I just got through listening to their 80s album "Sports"...and they're really not that bad.
and I'm a black person. | |
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Ray Parker Junior liked them pretty well. | |
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I'm sure there is at least one more person who does | |
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Is that about the Ghost Busters law suit? | |
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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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"Ray Parker Jr. liked them pretty well"...lol!....Huey is cool with me because he played harmonica with Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy in the 1970's. | |
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Nope. FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
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Yes...I'm black...and i dig me some Huey Lewis and the News! Make it so, Number One... | |
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g [Edited 3/27/15 19:13pm] Heavenly wine and roses seems to whisper to me when you smile...
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HELL YES!! | |
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I like a couple of songs. They were such a bay area fixture in the '80's especially with the Niners and they had a few hits. "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
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I used to see Huey Lewis & The News videos on Video Soul, so I guess that is a yes. Bad Is Bad is one in paticular that was shown a lot. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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As far as pop songs go, "If This is It" is a fine piece of songwriting. I'm blackish, in case anyone cares. | |
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I liked a few of there songs back in the day. Those Friday night video nights. | |
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Hey, it's hip to be square. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I can't watch that video | |
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Yep. More now than when they were super popular though. Mainly because they used to get played to death. I got sick of hearing them.
Here's the thing about black folks and music. We can appreciate songs that are performed by "others", as long as the song has good rhythm, melody, has a memorable hook, and the singer has a decent voice. The person's voice doesn't have to be luther vandross smooth, but it can't be all nails on a chalkboard either. Specifically about huey lewis and the news. They had elements of soul, blues, and jazz, so naturally they would appeal to some black folks. And they were a good pop band as well.
Anyway i guess i would say that just like everyone else, black folks enjoy all types of music. The color of the performer doesn't really matter. At least it shouldn't.
Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon. | |
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I've heard that some Black people even like parsnips! | |
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yeah and I like Neneh Cherry and i´m a white person, and I like Sting and i´m gay, and I like Janet and i´m a man, I like prodigy and only have 1 bother....
strange how these things work | |
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I like It's hip to be square (I'm black ) https://youtu.be/LB5YkmjalDg | |
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I do. Haven't listened to any albums but I like the songs they're known for. | |
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u mean white people actually LIKE him? maybe the guy from American Psycho at least... | |
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> Funny I always pegged you as white. Perceptions.
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The OP is clearly sarcastic. I hope. “It means finding the very human narrative of a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, non- violence, the pitfalls of acclaim as the perils of rejection” - Lesley Hazleton on the first Muslim, the prophet. | |
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I guess it gets more attention than an ordinary Huey Lewis thread....lol
Speaking of Huey...........this 80's cruise next year looks fun
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Are you kidding? Hell yeah!
Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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White and NOOOOOOOO I don't like them at all, ever.... | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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My favorite track [Edited 4/1/15 14:12pm] | |
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This is a funny thread because I thought if checking out their album recently and I'm black | |
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