Poll--The Weakest Link: Huey Lewis and the News 'Sports' Round 1

MedozK
MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
in Other Music
We have crowned our 2nd Champion and now will move onto another critically acclaimed album.
Back In Black Champion - Hells Bells
Led Zeppelin IV Champion - When the Levee Breaks
Second Helping Champion - The Needle and the Spoon

We will play this time to determine the GREATEST song on the album 'Sports' by Huey Lewis and the News
For anyone new to the game:
You are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 3 days I remove the three (3) songs with the most votes.
We will then move on to Round 2. - Remember you are voting to eliminate songs from contention.

Lets have fun with this. Remember debating and discussing why your right and others are wrong is always fun.  

Poll--The Weakest Link: Huey Lewis and the News 'Sports' Round 1 33 votes

The Heart Of Rock & Roll
3%
rgambs 1 vote
Heart And Soul
6%
PJ_SoulGtilley8 2 votes
Bad Is Bad
12%
dankindGern BlanstenThirty Bills Unpaidhauntingfamiliar 4 votes
I Want A New Drug
3%
ed243421 1 vote
Walking On A Thin Line
3%
pjsteelerfan 1 vote
Finally Found A Home
15%
cutzmadtowndaveAbe FromanBLACK35F Me In The Brain 5 votes
If This Is It
6%
PoncierDarthMaeglin 2 votes
You Crack Me Up
15%
mookieblalockjjflashHesCalledDyernjnancySmallestOceans 5 votes
Honky Tonk Blues
36%
jeffbr2-feign-reluctanceBIGDaddyWilOf The AggietbergspledgeagrievanceTim SimmonsRP112579JK_LivinHobbestempo_n_grooveOffSheGoes35 12 votes
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Comments

  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212

    Sports was the third album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1983. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 on June 30, 1984. The album has been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. The album spawned four top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and a fifth went top 20.

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    Heart And Soul
    Good one!! :)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,502
    Honky Tonk Blues
    Definitive 80's for me. Heart of Rock & Roll is one of my favorite songs and always brings me back to being a kid riding bike from sunrise to sunset.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    You Crack Me Up
    OK, whoa, this is gonna be tough.  Take how you all felt about Zep IV, that's how I feel about Sports. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound; a sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. :wink:
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    Finally Found A Home
    Know most of these (very well) as have heard a million time.  I will need to listen to the album again to rank 'em.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    Heart And Soul
    I find Heart & Soul to be the most tedious song on the album I guess. There is a bit of a drag to it that made me choose it first. I could have also chosen Honky Tonk Blues; that will be my next choice.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,756
    I Want A New Drug
    Jmo

    i hate most 80’s music

    i listened again, my notes:

    1. H8
    2. Ok
    3. H8
    4. worst song ever
    5. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    6. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    7. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    8. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    9. piano > synthesizer 

    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,502
    Honky Tonk Blues
    Easy pick this round. I can barely stand Honky Tonk.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,502
    Honky Tonk Blues
    ed243421 said:
    Jmo

    i hate most 80’s music

    i listened again, my notes:

    1. H8
    2. Ok
    3. H8
    4. worst song ever
    5. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    6. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    7. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    8. cheese, crap solo, cheese
    9. piano > synthesizer 

    Haha! Hey, Huey wasn't known for breaking new ground, just capitalizing on some really poppy hooks and mass appeal songs. We covered Hip to Be Square in high school jazz band. Fun song to play on trumpet. Huey is one of the few bands I can immediately tie to a specific time in my life and only that time.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    Heart And Soul
    I am surprised anyone picked I Want a New Drug first, wow. That song's great. A classic.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    You Crack Me Up
    I'm tempted to vote for Honky Tonk Blues only because it's a cover, but they really did a number on it so I don't know. Man, this is tough.  Just listened to the whole album and they're all (as the kids say these days) bangers.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    So, Huey seems a little more popular than Lynyrd.  :)
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,031
    If This Is It
    Can't we vote for 7 or 8 bad tunes in one sitting to get this over with?
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Poncier said:
    Can't we vote for 7 or 8 bad tunes in one sitting to get this over with?
    Well, at least 3 songs will be eliminated in round 1.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Bad Is Bad
    MedozK said:
    So, Huey seems a little more popular than Lynyrd.  :)
    That's a fucking crime!
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    So, Huey seems a little more popular than Lynyrd.  :)
    That's a fucking crime!
    Ha, I know, but actually I really like both.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    Heart And Soul
    Just as a side note, for those who haven't already heard about lovely Huey Lewis's troubles with his tragic recent hearing loss from Meniere's disease. I find this so incredibly sad, but he is dealing with it as well as can be expected, it seems.


    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Bad Is Bad

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,756
    I Want A New Drug

    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    You Crack Me Up
    dankind said:

    Why are there copies of the Style section all over the place?
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
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