huey-pocalypse

The banjos are warming up. The gauntlet has been bought on E-Bay by Renal Failure and thrown down. Days of bitter verbal sparring has boiled over into all-out blogging Armageddon.

The Huey-pocalypse has finally happened.

In this corner we have Diesel and his claim that Huey Lewis should be back on the radio after years of being relegated to stations with names like ‘Bill’ or ‘Frank’. Nothing like having the songs you wrote and sang being sandwiched between ‘In Da Club’ by 50-Cent and ‘Last Train to Clarksville’ by the Monkees.

To be fair Huey Lewis is loved mostly by people who grew up in the 1980’s with parachute pants, muscle shirts, and bandanas. Apparently that was Diesel’s wardrobe in high school. Still, the children of the 80’s continue to show up to Huey concerts so there could be some merit to his side of the argument. Too bad they also arrive wearing denim jackets and leg-warmers.

Leading the Anti-Huey side is elasticwaistbandlady aka ‘The Smiling Infidel’. She holds to the ideal that Huey’s talent level is so low he shouldn’t even be on a reality television show.

While researching her side of the argument, there was this repetitive music playing in the background on her blog. It was some crappy song with twelve original lines by Shane Nicholson.

While the Smiling Infidel may not be qualified to criticize music taste when a Wham Christmas song plays in the sidebar, she does make a valid point that people need to let go of music from the past.

The stakes are high in this Huey vs Shane battle for musical mediocrity. If Huey and Diesel come out victorious, and I quote:

“If the Power of Love conquers all, the Erratic Infidel must do a post unreservedly lauding the genius of Huey Lewis. She must also proudly display my “Huey Lewis needs your help” banner on her site for all of 2008.”

If elasticwaistbandlady and the Anti-Huey forces win the day, this is what will happen:

“In the unlikely event that the Heart of Rock & Roll stops beating, I (Diesel) must post a retraction of my Huey accolades and then never mention Huey on this blog again.”

You’ve heard the arguments for both sides. You know what is at stake. The only thing left to do is vote. Wham Christmas songs and Shane ‘you learn my songs like multiplication tables’ Nicholson or doo-wop until you vomit.

The choice is simple.

The poll ends at midnight Pacific Standard Time, Monday December 31st.

*Polling has now closed*

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