As part of the A.V. Club’s bands-covering-songs video series “A.V. Undercover,” ecstatic rockers the Hold Steady recently stopped by the A.V. Club’s Chicago office to cover “The Power Of Love,” the cheeseball-classic Huey Lewis and the News song from the Back To The Future soundtrack. It’s a bit disappointing to learn, in the pre-song intro, that the members of the band were already too cool for this song in 1985, but they work it out anyway, and we should never, ever say no to dueling Hold Steady guitar solos.
You don’t need money or fame or a credit card to watch this video; it’s below.
(via the A.V. Club)
I just wish Franz Nicolay was still around for this one; it could’ve used his facial expressions.
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this cover is so bad is bad I need a new drug to enjoy it.
Really though, everyone seems so bored by it. Even the guitar solos, dueling though they may be, are pretty lackluster.
What this song needs is coke and lots of it. Really phoned it in.
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? 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.
I’m partial to “Stuck With You.” Great pop song.
I prefer Genesis. I’ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn’t understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual.
also ‘if this is it.’ another great pop tune.
This sounds like donkey dicks. They can barely play it. For the worst craziest Huey Lewis cover though…check out Asleep At The Wheel’s country swing version of “I Wanna New Drug”
1. they knock it out of the park which kind of proves it’s beneath them 2. yet their band’s sound has so much in common with this song that it’s maddening that they don’t even care
why is this band better than Huey Lewis?