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Music Video of the Day: The Heart of Rock & Roll by Huey Lewis and the News (1983, directed by Edd Griles)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Huey Lewis and the News don’t get the respect they deserve and no, that Patrick Bateman monologue doesn’t count.

The Heart of Rock & Roll was inspired by a gig that the band played in Cleveland.  Before the performance, Lewis felt that the band’s hometown of San Francisco had the world’s best rock music fans but, after being greeted by an enthusiastic crowd in Cleveland, he realized that there were true rock and roll fans all over America.  “The heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland,” Huey said but when it came time to write the song, it was decided that “still beating” sounded better.

(The band actually directed several regional versions of the song.  If you heard the song on the radio in Maryland, Huey included a shout-out to Baltimore.  If you were in Texas, he would mention Dallas and Houston.  In Canada, he gave credit to Toronto.)

The music video was directed by Edd Griles.  Shooting occurred in several different locations while the band was touring.  The New York shoot was the most difficult as it lasted for 13 hours and in freezing weather.  Amongst the rock and roll greats included in the video: Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Roy Orbison, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Stuck With You by Huey Lewis & The News (1986, dir. Edd Griles)

Posted on by Valerie Troutman

I did Friday Night by The Darkness yesterday, so here’s the music video that I have no doubt they had in mind when making Friday Night.

If you recognize the director, then it is probably from Cyndi Lauper videos like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

If you recognize the woman who gets stranded with Huey, then you probably know her because she is married to Pierce Brosnan. That’s Keely Shaye Brosnan or Keely Shaye Smith depending on how she gets credited on something. She was also a correspondent on Unsolved Mysteries back in the 1990s.

If you recognize the name Susan R. Feldott, the production manager, then you must have been in the business.

If you recognize the shark, then these posts are useless. Yes, Edd Griles also directed the video for If This Is It by Huey Lewis & The News. That’s the music video where a Sand Shark goes after a family at the end. They were obviously making fun of that here.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: She Bop by Cyndi Lauper (1984, dir. Edd Griles)

Posted on by Valerie Troutman

I think this music video can speak for itself, and doesn’t need my help.

I will bring up the crew though.

Director Edd Griles did some of Lauper’s most famous music videos including Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. He was also the executive producer on this one.

Roz Block was a producer on this video. This seems to be the only video Block did.

Mike Negrin shot the video. He seems to have worked primarily on Billy Joel videos, but did a few others as well. Since then, he has mainly done television, which included shooting The Spirit of Christmas (2015) that Lisa reviewed last year.

Norman C. Smith was the editor on this, and only seemed to have edited one other music video, which was Lauper’s Time After Time. According to IMDb he hasn’t done much, but that does include editing Central Park Drifter/Graveyard Shift (1987) that Lisa reviewed last year.

If you look closely then you’ll see wrestler “Captain” Lou Albano who played her father in the music video for Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. I’ll bet Catrine Dominique who played her mom in that video is in here somewhere too, but I’m not 100% sure.

Enjoy!