Comments on: The Great Huey Lewis Debate http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Karina Longworth http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-38206 Karina Longworth Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:46:33 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-38206 I knew *somebody* would try to top me with vinyl snobbery, but I never thought it would be you, Ryan. I knew *somebody* would try to top me with vinyl snobbery, but I never thought it would be you, Ryan.

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-37817 Ryan Stewart Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:35:05 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-37817 Cassette? Um, I own the LP. Back in Time is the best example ever of a plot-song. It's that 1/1,000 that actually work, and work really awesomely, and the kind of thing they'd never have the guts to do these days. "Please don't drive eighty-eight -- don't wanna be late again!" Cassette? Um, I own the LP. Back in Time is the best example
ever of a plot-song. It’s that 1/1,000 that actually work, and
work really awesomely, and the kind of thing they’d never
have the guts to do these days.

“Please don’t drive eighty-eight — don’t wanna be late again!”

]]> By: The Power of Time « Chris Thilk http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-37512 The Power of Time « Chris Thilk Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:12:54 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-37512 [...] The Power of Time SpoutBlog » The Great Huey Lewis Debate [...] [...] The Power of Time SpoutBlog » The Great Huey Lewis Debate [...]

]]> By: Tom http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-37474 Tom Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:25:32 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/04/the-great-huey-lewis-debate/#comment-37474 For me, the key is the universality of the song; BACK IN TIME seems so tied into the film's plot (it isn't an homage to time travel and all that would mean... its limited view of time travel really ties it to the parameters of the film) but THE POWER OF LOVE, well, is there a more universal theme? Lewis' ambition to ascribe a global vision for the impact of human affection upon our civilization is a singular achievement. ha. That said, does anything top AMERICAN PSYCHO's use of HIP TO BE SQUARE? That, for me, is as perfectly distilled a vision of the 1980's as we're likely ever to get. That and a three way to SUSSUDIO. whew. For me, the key is the universality of the song; BACK IN TIME seems so tied into the film’s plot (it isn’t an homage to time travel and all that would mean… its limited view of time travel really ties it to the parameters of the film) but THE POWER OF LOVE, well, is there a more universal theme? Lewis’ ambition to ascribe a global vision for the impact of human affection upon our civilization is a singular achievement. ha.

That said, does anything top AMERICAN PSYCHO’s use of HIP TO BE SQUARE? That, for me, is as perfectly distilled a vision of the 1980’s as we’re likely ever to get. That and a three way to SUSSUDIO. whew.

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