Huey Lewis + Judd Apatow = Knee-Quivering Awesomeness
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Sony, Fandom
For quite a while now, the rumor that Huey Lewis would be performing the theme song for the expectedly hilarious Pineapple Express has been making the rounds, and today... oh, today, it has come to sweet fruition, as the theme song hits first the soundtrack's MySpace profile and then my beating heart.
I can't tell you how much it tickles me to have the sax of the News accompanied by the sound of Huey uttering the word 'chronic'. Then again, I can't tell you how much I'm tickled that we're actually facing a summer movie season that will cap itself off with Huey Lewis doing the theme song for a Judd Apatow-produced, David Gordon Green-directed stoner-buddy action-comedy, followed the week after by Robert Downey Jr. in blackface. Seriously, could you have called that this time last year?
If you don't know why I'm so psyched, I've included the NSFW red-band trailer after the jump, and for those of you who are right there with me, Pineapple Express hits (snicker) on August 8th.
[God bless Spout Blog for bringing this to our attention. I'm tempted to send you guys over a basket full of pineapples just out of principle.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-02-2008 @ 2:21PM
Monika said...
That is so so so so so so so so awesome.
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7-02-2008 @ 2:28PM
Erik Davis said...
That's just all sorts of rad ...
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7-02-2008 @ 2:42PM
Eric said...
Hell Yes!!!!! Got to go back in time!
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7-02-2008 @ 2:47PM
Eric said...
Patrick Bateman: Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?
Paul Allen: They're OK.
Patrick Bateman: Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
Paul Allen: Hey Halberstram.
Patrick Bateman: Yes, Allen?
Paul Allen: Why are their copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
Patrick Bateman: No, Allen.
Paul Allen: Is that a rain coat?
Patrick Bateman: Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. 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.
[raises axe above head]
Patrick Bateman: Hey Paul!
[he bashes Allen in the head with the axe, and blood splatters over him]
Patrick Bateman: TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!
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7-02-2008 @ 2:50PM
William Goss said...
Ah, but the question is: would Patrick dig this track?
7-02-2008 @ 4:42PM
Peter Hall said...
Damn it all, I was just about to type those very words, but was beaten to the punch. Time to drink.
7-02-2008 @ 4:44PM
William Goss said...
In all fairness, that IS a very fine Chardonnay you're not drinking...
7-02-2008 @ 6:13PM
jordan v. said...
All Hail American Psycho and Huey Lewis and the News!
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7-02-2008 @ 6:53PM
Linda said...
That trailer is hilarious!!! Huey Lewis will just be a bonus! Looks like this is another film where I'll have to sit in the back row cuz I don't want anyone worrying about the old lady who's laughing herself to death..... can't wait.
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