Submitted 3 hours ago by akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone to [deleted]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jrt2PwPz40
I have finally understood the play on the two uses of “held up” (physically versus popularity wise), although the second one is implicit. But why does Bender pick on Sports by Huey Lewis specifically? The Wikipedia article says that it
reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on June 30, 1984, and ultimately charted for 160 weeks.
I think the joke overall is that it’s not exactly timeless, it was huge in it’s time, but by later standards it’s viewed as simplistic, cheesy etc…
Well, now I simply have to listen to it.
Part of the joke is just the randomness of it. Its wordplay that that requires a target to pick on, so they just picked something.
I believe It’s a reference to American Psycho. The wiki page covers it under the legacy section.
I did read that, but I have never watched American Psycho. 🫣
It may have charted, but I don’t know anyone that though it was any good.
My parents thought it was good. I remember staying at Grandma’s so they could go to a Huey concert. Those were some of the first songs I learned.
All the people who bought and listened to it at the time thought it was good. Not knowing any of them says more about you than about the album.
I liked it at the time, but I don’t listen to it anymore, as you mentioned. Yeah, it’ simple pop music, like eating candy. Just fun and fitting for the moment.
I get what you’re saying, fully.
But it was a real flash-in-the-pan (Not Flash and the Pan). Both had a few quick hits and fell off rather fast.
Also, I own Sports, and have since it first came out (on cassette no less!).
Sigh, I’m old.
I see. So then, common knowledge/perception? 😊
neidu4@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in ’83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 59 minutes ago
Very impressive. Let’s see Paul Allan’s meme.