I’m only partially joking

It is a strange day when you realize that both Huey Lewis and his News were onto something with the whole hip/square deal.

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  • Jenny

    I think they were/are the kind of square that can never be hip. Not that they didn’t have the right idea. It was just never in the cards for them.

  • Louis

    Found myself in the car the other day enjoying the hell out of a Huey song. Kind of scary. Kind of fun. Kept it to myself. Defintely hip to be square in 2004. he was way ahead of his time.

  • http://www.kundalinibags.com kate

    No, no. It’s not the Huey, or the News. It’s the words. The words, people. Of the song.

  • http://www.tuckova.com anne

    they did a version of that song for “sesame street” called “it’s hip to be a square”. nothing in the world more hip or square or just plain cool than being on sesame street.

  • http://www.kimmings.co.uk julian

    My design for life in a nut shell. I’m more rectangular — oh no… i’m definately square!

  • http://bethology.blogspot.com Beth

    I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around…

  • http://honestyrain.blogspot.com/ honestyrain

    when i was a kid i thought he was saying “hit the B square”.

  • Alek

    Sadly, I use a quote from one of their songs for the subtitle of my journal: grease monkey, ex-junkie, winner of the fight. Which pretty much describes my life.…

  • Rob W

    I finally got around to ripping all my CDs for my iPod and was slightly embarrassed to find how many Huey CDs I had. Oh well.

    Re. Sesame Street: If you’ve never seen the R.E.M. episode with “Shiny Happy Monsters”, you’ve never lived. It’s really brilliant. Be sure that Leta sees it someday.

  • http://prettycrabby.com Em

    Geekiness, dorkiness, and SQUAREness are all pretty damn sexy.

  • http://www.grouphug.com CAtherine

    I realized Huey Lewis was cool after I watched the movie “American Psycho”.

  • HazelEyedPisces

    It is, indeed, hip. Really puts a sexy spin on becoming a responsible adult.

  • http://lotsawords.blogspot.com/ wn

    How many times am I driving down the road…and suddenly realize I am humming/driving/or walking to a Huey classic. I want a new drug is often the chosen song. I wonder what that says about me? I will not inevitably bop along to Hip to be Square for the rest of my work day.

  • http://lotsawords.blogspot.com/ wn

    not=now

  • Nobody

    There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

  • http://humanwrites.blogspot.com Dr. Johnny Fever

    As time goes on, I’m starting to believe that the converse of Huey’s contention is true: it’s square to be hip.

    And while we’re on the subject of rock stars on Sesame Street, there has been a recent run on awesome performances (I have a four-year-old and a one-year-old, plus a healthy crush on Gabbie). Norah Jones (“Don’t Know Why Y Didn’t Call”) and Diana Krall (“Everybody’s Song”) were great.

  • http://www.sweetney.com sweetney

    aye, matey. but then again, they were kind of off about the heart of rock n’ roll still beating. i mean, have you watched Mtv lately? even U2 is recycling the same song over and over again (specifically, everything i’ve heard from them for the past several years sounds to me *exactly* like that “elevation” song they did a few years back for the tomb raider soundtrack).

    if the heart of rock n’ roll is still beating, its on life support. bah humbug.

  • http://http:/www.eleventwentyseven.com Christine

    R.E.M. singing “Furry Happy Monsters” on Sesame Street is amazing!

  • http://www.kimmings.co.uk juuu

    I want to hear it now…

  • http://www.blurbomat.com dj blurb

    If you have iTunes:
    http://​tinyurl​.com/6exs6

  • http://www.blurbomat.com Spike

    I used to be square. Now I kinda pear shaped.

  • http://www.blurbomat.com Spike

    I used to be square. Now I’m kinda pear shaped.

    Must learn to read before posting.

  • http://photogeneticallymodified.blogspot.com/ Christilee

    You are getting all “American Psycho” on us…Scary.

  • http://aredeaf.blogspot.com Coelecath

    I’m so un-hip it’s a wonder my bum doesn’t fall off.* Does that make me a cube?

    *Thanks to Douglas Adams

  • Cord

    I do love the REM monster group thing, but my favorite song memory from Sesame Street circa late 70’s was the Beetles singing “LetterB.” Get it? Let it Be! It was amazing. I actually sang it for my 10th graders today after singing them the ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ song by Big Bird.

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