PINEAPPLE EXPRESS soundtrack featuring HUEY LEWIS
Those of you too young to remember the 80’s might be surprised to learn of the existence of something we referred to back then as “music.” This “music” was comprised of a synchronized mélange of fixed sound-wave frequencies known as “notes,” accompanied by less defined, more intermittent sounds known as “beats.” Often the “notes” were created care of human vocal chords – without the aid of computers — by a person known as a “singer.” The “singer” would marry these “notes” to an arrangement of words known as “lyrics,” and would, while accompanied by people known as “musicians” — who would generate complimentary sound-waves on devices known as “instruments” — perform these “music” compositions – or “songs” – before an audience of appreciative listeners, known as “fans.”
At the forefront of this long-forgotten technology was a man named Huey Lewis. Huey and his musical accompanists, aka “the News,” crafted catchy, entertaining pieces of ear-candy that were thankfully free of pretense, contrived angst, ironic detachment, verbatim references to music that was popular 20-years-prior, product placement, digital pitch correction, muddled politics, and overly emotional whining. He was, in a word, awesome.
And by “was awesome” I mean “IS awesome” — a fact your ears will no doubt verify after following this link to the Pineapple Express Soundtrack MySpace page.
For those of you who DO remember the 80’s, Huey’s dulcet baritone should instantly whisk you back to that happier time, that better time, when actual adults created music for people of all ages to enjoy, and this music was popular and appreciated by the masses. For the rest of you, on being exposed for the first time to this “music,” you’ll likely find yourself involuntarily performing an uncharacteristic act such as vacating your bowels all over your Panic at the Disco! CDs, or flushing your iPod down the toilet, or hunting down the Jonas Brothers, killing them in some dark alley, and eating their defiled corpses. Go with it. It’s a natural, beautiful thing. Welcome to the human race. But please, don’t thank me. Thank Huey.
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Patrick Bateman: Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?
Paul Allen: They’re OK.
Patrick Bateman: Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ‘83, I think they really came into their own, commercial 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 much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
Paul Allen: Hey Halberstram.
Patrick Bateman: Yes, Allen?
Paul Allen: Why are their copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
Patrick Bateman: No, Allen.
Paul Allen: Is that a rain coat?
Patrick Bateman: Yes it is! In ‘87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is “Hip to be Square”, a song so catchy, most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself.
[raises axe above head]
Patrick Bateman: Hey Paul!
[he bashes Allen in the head with the axe, and blood splatters over him]
Patrick Bateman: TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!
Jul 2nd, 2008
Jesse Custer
See also “Loverboy”
Jul 2nd, 2008
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