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- Our first guest tonight is the lead singer
in one of the most popular rock and roll groups in America.
Their latest best-selling album is called "Four."
I have a copy of it right here.
There it is, "Four."
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the show,
Huey Lewis.
Huey!
Great, how do you do, Huey?
- How you doing? - Nice to see you.
- Nice to see you.
Huey!
- How you been?
- Fine, thanks.
Things are going great for you, aren't they?
- They are, actually, yeah.
- Nice to have you back here.
Now, the last time you were here,
you were here sans news.
- That's right. - That's right.
But tonight, we have--
- There's a bit of an argument over that, too.
You wouldn't afford the group, actually.
- Not that we wouldn't.
No, not that we wouldn't.
- You couldn't. - We couldn't.
- But now that you've been to Vegas--
- That's right, yeah, that's right.
The 800 grand came in handy, yeah.
Now, how long have you been with the group The News?
How did you get the name, all of that stuff?
Tell me everything.
- Okay, in 25 words or less.
- Whatever you wanna do.
- Sean and I were in a band together before this
called Clover for eight years.
This band's been together for eight years.
- Any hits from Clover?
- I'm afraid not, no.
Lots of great music, but no hits.
- This is a Bay Area band?
- That's right.
In fact, our band, The News,
is the union of two local Marin County bands,
one called Clover and one called Sound Hole.
And Billy, Johnny, and Mario were in Sound Hole,
and Sean and I were in Clover,
and we were friends for years.
And when the two bands broke up, we sort of united.
- Yeah, and so we're gonna meet all of these guys
in the future a little bit later.
Okay, and the name, The News,
Huey Lewis and the News, very catchy.
How did you come by that?
- Um, um, the Rolling Stones were taken.
- And that's it?
- No, and in fact, we were originally called Huey Lewis
and American Express.
But our record company was afraid that we'd be sued.
And so on the eve of the release of our first record,
we came up with The News.
'Cause we thought it was so clever.
- Sounds nice, sounds very good.
Tell me about yourself as a kid.
People are telling me that you were a prodigy.
At 12 years old, you were taking SAT tests.
And so forth?
- No, I took SAT tests whenever kids take SAT.
I think, I suppose I was 15, 14, 15.
And I, um, I got lucky on a math test, actually.
And did very well on a math test.
And then got accepted.
- Now, what do you mean you got lucky?
How can you get lucky on that?
- Well, you read about the kid from wherever it is
who just got perfect scores on his thing.
And it's a C average kid.
- Perfect scores on his thing?
- On his SAT.
- God, Huey, I don't think I did read that.
Where is it?
- Well, whatever.
- It's kind of a thing competition, Paul.
Did you?
Sorry, I'm sorry.
It's the end of a long week.
- I left myself open for that.
- So you took him and you scored quite high on the record.
- I did, yeah, yes I did, it's true.
- And so your folks who were probably excited,
they thought they had a prodigy on their hands?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
And then what happened?
- Then I went to prep school, actually.
I was raised in San Francisco
and I went to prep school in New Jersey.
Which was interesting.
I mean, it was a very rich sort of East Coast prep school.
And I showed up there.
And there were people from all over the world.
Oregon, Venezuela, Georgia, all with the same sport coat.
Which I thought was pretty curious.
But nevertheless, it was a good school.
And after graduating from that, I was going to go to Cornell
and study engineering and--
- Is this something you wanted to do
or were your folks hoping for you?
- Well, I was 14 years old.
I'm sure I knew what I wanted to do.
You know, we had the college advisor said,
"Well, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?"
And of course, I should have said,
"I'm 14 years old."
But I didn't.
He says, "Well, you have good grades in math.
How about being an engineer?"
And I said, "Well, that sounds good to me.
I've always liked trains."
And I said, "Well, that sounds good to me.
I've always liked trains."
And I said, "Well, that sounds good to me."
I've always liked trains, or, you know.
And, "Well, what about Cornell?"
And I thought, "Oh, yeah, that's, you know, red and white.
Sounds good to me."
And so I was admitted to Cornell, and I was ready to go.
I was going to play baseball.
- It was-- - Pretty good ball player, right?
- Well, average. - What position?
- Pitcher. - Yeah, yeah.
- And then my dad said, "Well, you're 16 years old now.
This is-- I got accepted a year previous."
But now-- and I just turned 16.
And he said, "There's only one more thing
I'm going to make you do, and that is take a year off
before you go to college and hitchhike through Europe."
- Well, you have a very enlightened father to be suggesting that.
- Either that or crazy, you know.
- So at 16, you left and you went to your-- - That's right.
- Wow, that must have been a great time.
- It was-- well, yeah, it wasn't initially.
It ended up being a great time.
Yeah, I took a harmonica, 'cause it sort of fit the image.
And I was-- and I just played, you know, in subways
and tube stations in Britain.
- What was your favorite country?
Um, that's hard to say.
My favorite country.
I suppose Yugoslavia.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Yeah. - It's beautiful.
- Oh, yeah.
- Physical level, people nice. - Very cheap.
- Very nice people. - Yeah.
- Very cheap, unpopulated, and beautiful.
- We're-- you're going to sing with the band
and also with our band tonight, right?
- We are. We're very excited about that.
- Okay, two songs tonight from Huey Lewis and also The News.
- In the meantime, let's see if we can't find that kid
who get perfect scores on his thing and book him,
maybe take him with us to Vegas, Paul.
Uh, the album's doing great, isn't it?
- It is, actually, yeah. - Another big hit for you.
We got to do a-- we do a commercial,
and then Huey's going to sing for us,
so we'll be right back.
Huey Lewis and The News.
The entire News is represented here tonight, correct?
- That's correct. - Nice to see you, gentlemen.
I'm sorry you couldn't be here with us a couple of years ago,
but now you're here, and that's great.
Thank you for being here.
And, uh, and you're singing something tonight,
which is on the brand-new album, correct?
Okay, folks, here is Huey Lewis and The News singing "Naturally."
All the birds have been blue
They don't know what to do
Ever since you said goodbye to me, and the flowers in their gloom,
have just refused to bloom.
'Cause we all want you back, you see.
Ooh, naturally.
And I was Mr. Moon, and the flowers in their gloom,
have just refused to bloom.
'Cause we all want you back, you see.
And I was Mr. Moon is left without a tune, and his shadow lost the harmony.
So don't waste any time, come back and change your mind.
Everything will work out naturally.
Now you know life is a struggle, and only the strong will survive.
So it's up to me and you to do what we gotta do, to keep our love alive.
All the bees have been caught, they know that something's wrong.
'Cause they don't feel like buzzing at all.
And the stars up in the sky, all they do is cry.
And that's why the rain must fall.
And now the autumn on the sun.
He knows that you're the one, and we will miss you kind of on me.
So don't waste any time, come back and change your mind.
Everything will work out naturally.
Now you know life is a struggle, and only the strong will survive.
So it's up to me and you to do what we gotta do, to keep our love alive.
So hear me when I say, don't waste any time, come back and change your mind.
We'll be singing harmonies with the birds and bees.
If only you'll be mine, things will work out fine, naturally.
So hear me when I say, don't waste any time.
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Hit, hit, told it to be square.
Hit, there, and everywhere.
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Hughie Lewis in the news.
Hughie, introduce the gentleman in the band for us, if you will.
Sean Hopper.
Sean, nice to meet you.
Thank you, sir.
Great job.
Johnny Cora.
Johnny.
Bill Gibson.
Bill, nice to have you here.
Mario Cipollina.
Mario, nice job.
And Chris Hayes.
Chris, nice to meet you.
Thanks for having us.
And Hughie, thank you for being here.
Thank you.
Great job.
Come back any time.
Also, my thanks to Bill Windle, our announcer, and of course, Paul, and his
lovely group over
there.
Sid McGinnis and Will Lee and Anton Craig.
We'll be back on Monday night, folks.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you very much for watching.
Good night, everybody.

Huey Lewis And The News Perform "Hip To Be Square" | Letterman

- Our first guest tonight is the lead singer
in one of the most popular rock and roll groups in America.
Their latest best-selling album is called "Four."
I have a copy of it right here.
There it is, "Four."
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the show,
Huey Lewis.
Huey!
Great, how do you do, Huey?
- How you doing? - Nice to see you.
- Nice to see you.
Huey!
- How you been?
- Fine, thanks.
Things are going great for you, aren't they?
- They are, actually, yeah.
- Nice to have you back here.
Now, the last time you were here,
you were here sans news.
- That's right. - That's right.
But tonight, we have--
- There's a bit of an argument over that, too.
You wouldn't afford the group, actually.
- Not that we wouldn't.
No, not that we wouldn't.
- You couldn't. - We couldn't.
- But now that you've been to Vegas--
- That's right, yeah, that's right.
The 800 grand came in handy, yeah.
Now, how long have you been with the group The News?
How did you get the name, all of that stuff?
Tell me everything.
- Okay, in 25 words or less.
- Whatever you wanna do.
- Sean and I were in a band together before this
called Clover for eight years.
This band's been together for eight years.
- Any hits from Clover?
- I'm afraid not, no.
Lots of great music, but no hits.
- This is a Bay Area band?
- That's right.
In fact, our band, The News,
is the union of two local Marin County bands,
one called Clover and one called Sound Hole.
And Billy, Johnny, and Mario were in Sound Hole,
and Sean and I were in Clover,
and we were friends for years.
And when the two bands broke up, we sort of united.
- Yeah, and so we're gonna meet all of these guys
in the future a little bit later.
Okay, and the name, The News,
Huey Lewis and the News, very catchy.
How did you come by that?
- Um, um, the Rolling Stones were taken.
- And that's it?
- No, and in fact, we were originally called Huey Lewis
and American Express.
But our record company was afraid that we'd be sued.
And so on the eve of the release of our first record,
we came up with The News.
'Cause we thought it was so clever.
- Sounds nice, sounds very good.
Tell me about yourself as a kid.
People are telling me that you were a prodigy.
At 12 years old, you were taking SAT tests.
And so forth?
- No, I took SAT tests whenever kids take SAT.
I think, I suppose I was 15, 14, 15.
And I, um, I got lucky on a math test, actually.
And did very well on a math test.
And then got accepted.
- Now, what do you mean you got lucky?
How can you get lucky on that?
- Well, you read about the kid from wherever it is
who just got perfect scores on his thing.
And it's a C average kid.
- Perfect scores on his thing?
- On his SAT.
- God, Huey, I don't think I did read that.
Where is it?
- Well, whatever.
- It's kind of a thing competition, Paul.
Did you?
Sorry, I'm sorry.
It's the end of a long week.
- I left myself open for that.
- So you took him and you scored quite high on the record.
- I did, yeah, yes I did, it's true.
- And so your folks who were probably excited,
they thought they had a prodigy on their hands?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
And then what happened?
- Then I went to prep school, actually.
I was raised in San Francisco
and I went to prep school in New Jersey.
Which was interesting.
I mean, it was a very rich sort of East Coast prep school.
And I showed up there.
And there were people from all over the world.
Oregon, Venezuela, Georgia, all with the same sport coat.
Which I thought was pretty curious.
But nevertheless, it was a good school.
And after graduating from that, I was going to go to Cornell
and study engineering and--
- Is this something you wanted to do
or were your folks hoping for you?
- Well, I was 14 years old.
I'm sure I knew what I wanted to do.
You know, we had the college advisor said,
"Well, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?"
And of course, I should have said,
"I'm 14 years old."
But I didn't.
He says, "Well, you have good grades in math.
How about being an engineer?"
And I said, "Well, that sounds good to me.
I've always liked trains."
And I said, "Well, that sounds good to me.
I've always liked trains."
And I said, "Well, that sounds good to me."
I've always liked trains, or, you know.
And, "Well, what about Cornell?"
And I thought, "Oh, yeah, that's, you know, red and white.
Sounds good to me."
And so I was admitted to Cornell, and I was ready to go.
I was going to play baseball.
- It was-- - Pretty good ball player, right?
- Well, average. - What position?
- Pitcher. - Yeah, yeah.
- And then my dad said, "Well, you're 16 years old now.
This is-- I got accepted a year previous."
But now-- and I just turned 16.
And he said, "There's only one more thing
I'm going to make you do, and that is take a year off
before you go to college and hitchhike through Europe."
- Well, you have a very enlightened father to be suggesting that.
- Either that or crazy, you know.
- So at 16, you left and you went to your-- - That's right.
- Wow, that must have been a great time.
- It was-- well, yeah, it wasn't initially.
It ended up being a great time.
Yeah, I took a harmonica, 'cause it sort of fit the image.
And I was-- and I just played, you know, in subways
and tube stations in Britain.
- What was your favorite country?
Um, that's hard to say.
My favorite country.
I suppose Yugoslavia.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Yeah. - It's beautiful.
- Oh, yeah.
- Physical level, people nice. - Very cheap.
- Very nice people. - Yeah.
- Very cheap, unpopulated, and beautiful.
- We're-- you're going to sing with the band
and also with our band tonight, right?
- We are. We're very excited about that.
- Okay, two songs tonight from Huey Lewis and also The News.
- In the meantime, let's see if we can't find that kid
who get perfect scores on his thing and book him,
maybe take him with us to Vegas, Paul.
Uh, the album's doing great, isn't it?
- It is, actually, yeah. - Another big hit for you.
We got to do a-- we do a commercial,
and then Huey's going to sing for us,
so we'll be right back.
Huey Lewis and The News.
The entire News is represented here tonight, correct?
- That's correct. - Nice to see you, gentlemen.
I'm sorry you couldn't be here with us a couple of years ago,
but now you're here, and that's great.
Thank you for being here.
And, uh, and you're singing something tonight,
which is on the brand-new album, correct?
Okay, folks, here is Huey Lewis and The News singing "Naturally."
All the birds have been blue
They don't know what to do
Ever since you said goodbye to me, and the flowers in their gloom,
have just refused to bloom.
'Cause we all want you back, you see.
Ooh, naturally.
And I was Mr. Moon, and the flowers in their gloom,
have just refused to bloom.
'Cause we all want you back, you see.
And I was Mr. Moon is left without a tune, and his shadow lost the harmony.
So don't waste any time, come back and change your mind.
Everything will work out naturally.
Now you know life is a struggle, and only the strong will survive.
So it's up to me and you to do what we gotta do, to keep our love alive.
All the bees have been caught, they know that something's wrong.
'Cause they don't feel like buzzing at all.
And the stars up in the sky, all they do is cry.
And that's why the rain must fall.
And now the autumn on the sun.
He knows that you're the one, and we will miss you kind of on me.
So don't waste any time, come back and change your mind.
Everything will work out naturally.
Now you know life is a struggle, and only the strong will survive.
So it's up to me and you to do what we gotta do, to keep our love alive.
So hear me when I say, don't waste any time, come back and change your mind.
We'll be singing harmonies with the birds and bees.
If only you'll be mine, things will work out fine, naturally.
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