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  • great song!thank you!the good ol days!!

  • great song!!

  • @jeffster111made thanks jeff!!hahahah

  • @jeffster111made thanks jeff

  • HUEY LEWIS FOR EVER!!!

  • 80's babies, unite. And bring back the unbridled optimism attitude of the decade we were born in. The last decade was our 70's. This decade is our 80's.

  • Classic Huey

  • Thumbs up if you think this song should be covered to commemorate the new batch of returning heroes..."Let loose on the streets of the city!"

  • @SuperGaleford totally agree

  • .thanx manI love you all .richard n henrietta

  • I have tremendous respect for all of those who served and fought in Viet Nam. This country owes them a debt that cannot be re-paid. Thank you to all the Viet Nam Vets and Welcome Home! Semper Fi til I die!

  • @ukkats1998 Amen!

  • cool as hell hotshot lead guitarist.

  • Good song off of a good album.....and kudos for Huey for being a Patriotic American and conveying what Vietnam Vets go through.....those Vets need all the appreciation and recognition that can be given to them. Songs like this one and "Goodnight Saigon" help me to have more respect for the artists who wrote them and the soldiers about which they wrote.

  • God Bless the troops from Vietnam. Those who came home and those who didn't. Maybe you don't agree with the war, and maybe we shouldn't have been there, but alot of young men just did what they were told and did it for their country, even when everyone back home was against them.

  • Thoughts of a little Red Dog driving a red Mack 5speed concrete mixer thru Charleston WVA. ..............Gee small dog in that truk!

  • saigon fell in nov. '70 didn't it? thought that was that.

  • @jacklazzell Better do some research. Saigon fell in 1975.

  • ... great band and excellent song but war in Vietnam was immoral ...

  • @hovadopekelne 2 and 1/2 million, mostly Christian, Vietnamese were slaughtered by the communists after we walked away. You are are a typical brainless liberal. The war was moral, walking away and condemning millions to die WAS immoral.

  • @mantisman51 If we fight a war, we ought to fight to win.

  • @mantisman51 ... brainless :D end of discussion ...

  • I agree with blica1, awesome sound, and yes it did sound nearly identical to their studio version. Awesome, awesome group, they are 1 of my favorite groups of all time. What great, meaningful lyrics.

  • i'm a drummer and have been playing professionally for 20 yrs and have played in countless of genres, and huey lewis and the news have to be 1 of the tightest and most technically inclined musicians of their time and ever...listening to this recording sounds like it was recorded in studio and not live !..fantastic song and band ! and the fact that the whole band are accomplished vocalists as well makes them even more great musicians !

  • The fucked up thing, so many guys got fucked up by Viet Nam,. and then that generation sent people like me to Afghanistan

  • @dandebonaire I can understand a draftee complaining, but we have had an All VOLUNTEER military for nearly 40 years.

  • I still have this concert on VHS but I can't play it

    CHRIS HAYES!! I was as Fanzine as a Bieber fan back when he was in the group

    but watching it again years later, that guy was one of the best lead players

    love the solo at the end - - thanks for posting

  • labradorasorous The ALBUM was released September 15, 1983 and this single was released in 1984

  • labradorasorous The ALBUM was relesed September 15, 1983 and this single was released in 1984

  • This friends, is a kickass rock song. These guys got it: hooks, vocals, melody, and in this track's case, a high-energy, fist-pumping sound that just makes you stomp your feet and want to sing along. probably the hardest edged song they've done but man, it works.

  • It's crazy how he looks like he could have just jumped right out of the audience onto the stage... Look at the freakbag wannabe's out there now!

  • you know I never knew untill now what this song was really about now that I know I apprishate it more then before and the Corage of the band for playing it . Huey lewis was a part of my teenage years and I have to say nothing will ever bring back the fun I had back then but its fun to remoniss some times

  • My comment below was in reference to perhaps this man being a war-veteran....

  • A man walked into those so-called fast-food place, he had some leavesaround his head and upper body. As soon as he went into the ordering-line, other people got scared and moved away. I was also at the ordering-line ready to go to the cashier. The twigged man walked to me and ask me: "Are you also gonna run away too?" I replied something like: no, you are not harming anyone. I ordered and got my food, but I noticed the manager had called the police because of the twigged man; he never did wrong

  • where is the studio version on youtube?

  • @balancepiston They yanked it.I had it on my play list and a few weeks after I seen where it said video removed.I clicked on it and said something about copy rights.Can never win around here.

  • Thank you all vets, particularly those who served in Vietnam. My father did. NEVER AGAIN will American soldiers be mistreated.

  • Studio version hit #18 in Billboard, 12-8-84, God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

  • Without this song, the "Sports" album would not have been nearly as good........semper fi.

  • Bad ass tune , great fucking band

  • Out of many terrific songs they made, this is their best.

  • loved this band while i was growing up...and now im 34 and i still do!!

  • wow, i didn't know that that was what this song was about. awesome and thanks!

  • that beat at the beginning was put to sound like a huey helicopter

  • @arragon5481

    I never served but I still can hear the helicopters...born on a base during the Viet Nam War...somehow we are all still fighting the war...ask my dad...he will tell you how wonderful the land and people were but somehow he would say that about anything else...good or bad...sometimes I get to hear about the war...boy did it change our lives and so many others...still changing my life and others forty years later...

  • @USA1749NY2SFnSD2Fork i have a teacher that served in vietnam, he said he was flying and a helicopter right next to his had blew up, he lost an arm from a machine gun, but it hasnt stopped him

  • @arragon5481

    Tell him thanks for his service...they made us the greatest nation on the planet...hats off...

  • @USA1749NY2SFnSD2Fork and when he lost his arm, his best friend in the world literally sacrificed himself to get him on the tank, right when my teacher was put on the tank, a bullet went right through his head

  • You'r e never safe once you've been under fire...Haven't we come a long way, you know the way our citizens receive our current campaign veterans. We appreciate your service and those folks y'all "fightin' for" appreciate it more than they can express. Props to you, servicemen and women. What did you like the most about service? What scared you the most?

  • @USA1749NY2SFnSD2Fork Coming Home.

  • @Patriotsfan1975

    Thanks for the service... I fish and surf because you serve...IOU bigtime.

  • @USA1749NY2SFnSD2Fork Your welcome,Peace brother

  • One of the underrated bands ever. Huey rocks. And always will

  • I loved this band. When all the other groups at the time were trying to have some sort of gimmick, these guys would come on stage in blue genes and button downs and just be themselves. Great times...Great memories.

  • Fav band.. saw them live loads of times but THIS is my fav song..makes me tear up whenever I hear it!!

  • This was a great band in these days, Chris Hays was amazing. These days it's not the same group.

  • I owe my love for playing drums to Bill Gibson. Saw them in 1984 at Age 9, Timberwolf (Mason, OH) where it was supposedly Huey's 34th b-day.

    Say what you will about the "drums" on Sports and Fore. Seeing him play those songs live in his own style with fantastic fills and sheer power was an impression of ear splitting volume I'll never forget. Not to mention, what a great way to be introduced to live gigs!

  • 1984 Wisconsin's Summer Fest - Main stage.. What a cool concert. These guys were just Rock and Rolll.....

  • @iriegnome Can you recall Huey's harmonica solo that far back? It about cracked my ear drums.  Totally underrated band when it comes to simply being good.

  • I like your selec?tions of songs chump.... lookherechump? Is that Chinees?

  • let's hope this does not resonate with the latest group of Veterans.....thank a Vet for all that you have - every single day.

  • To all the veterans especially the Vietnam veterans thank you for your service. U.S. Army 1994-2000.

  • @bobafettfan32 Your welcome Bob.Thanks for serving yourself.USN,75-84.

  • his lead git player is pretty awesome. Thanks for the reference song....it was all we could do at the time.....a time when "freaks" meant something different. We couldn't be vets, and we couldn't shout out what we had done for the people back home. We truly were - walking on a thin line. ssgtchavez,DaNang,68

  • The band is tighter than tight and the song is straight up gold. "labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city." Thanks for the flashback. Party naked!

  • One of my faves by Huey Lewis & the News! Love it and miss the 80s :)

  • god bless all our war vet's!

  • Huey Lewis and the News rocks, but so does Springsteen. I wouldn't be proud to have a narrow taste in music. Conventional voices aren't the only beautiful singing voices. Conventional voices are sometimes the worst, as American Idol reminds me all the time.

  • GREAT SONG.

    

  • Huey reminds me of a Eddie Money and Don Henley..

  • 80s music just kicks ass and its the best era of music

  • Wow. No idea this was a Vietnam tribute song.

  • @kpz1234 You and me Both.... Keep on Rockin !!!

  • 6 people were not taught to shoot to kill.

  • obama is the opposite of this  song

  • @oiyabastard He is the opposite of all that is good or was once good in this country!

    Great post!

  • I miss all those great guitar solos! I wasn't even born in that decade; I just missed it!! I hate all the crap today!!

  • Great Post 

  • everytime I find a new Huey song, I am amazed on how great he is. 

  • did procedes go to our VA to help with medical or give our fellas education for jobs?

  • as good as it gets.

  • What a great solo by Chris Hayes!

  • 6 people tried walking on a thin line, but fell off.

  • ...".. don;t you know me im the boy next door, the one you find so easy to ignore.... is that what I was fighting for?... labeled as freaks.."...

    powerful song..

  • ...Vets came back and were spit on..shame on Americans at the time!.. God bless everyone who fought there

  • I like them both but for a great tribute to vietnam vets, check out goodnite saigon by billy joel . It is awesome... thank you to all veterans out there.

  • I wonder if they did an official video for this tune;I sure would like to see it.

  • This was when they were in their prime. Especially with the Tower of Power horns backing them. I wish I still had this concert.

  • @Jraax I have it on DVD if interested...

  • finishing up Huey has a 3-4 piece horn section, nice touch. Huey can sing acapella amazingly he dont need any instruments to back him up. Now live bruce blows huey away & i have seen huey four times and loved him everytime once from the first row center stage. Really it is a waste of time to compare rock stars because they all bring something different to the table. Just be glad we have those two still around. Im glad i grew up with them instead of Lady Gaga. no thanks. Madonna was my lady gaga.

  • here is my two cents worth on bruce vs. Huey. Bruce is a rock god. He i an amazing performer and hard worker. In his younger days he just shredded the guitar (see 1978 version of Prove it all night) 7 min intro that just shreds. He has one of the best sax players out there. Now Huey is the ultimate lounge singer (See his cover album of oldies just amazing work) Huey does not play any instruments except the harmonica. Now Bruce can no way sing as good as huey. and i love bruces vocals.

  • Bruce springsteen? Ha! Did you guys know "Born in the U.S.A." isn't even a patriotic song at all? It's about how cruel a soldier was treated when he came back to America after fighting. Or something like that. Everybody thought it was patriotic because of the title but it's the total opposite.

    THIS song, Walking on a thin Line, is a true tribute to the veterans.

  • I remember this song from when I was a kid...haven't heard it in years...when you're a kid you don't really listen to the lyrics, you just like the beat of a song (at least I did) but now that I've really listened to the lyrics this is such a great song. I'm revisiting a lot of the songs I used to listen to as a kid to see what I've missed out on...lyric-wise.

  • @stephanierodriq I know exactly what you mean... I was a huge fan of Huey Lewis and the News as a teen in the 80's, but lyrical translations meant absolutely nothing at that age. These guys are great in any decade, too!

  • This might be their best song.I like the guitar solo in this song. In retrospect though this song would sound better and have a little more of an edge if it didn't have the keyboard.Every band in the 80's had to have a keyboard.I think that is why I liked the 90s' so much at least the early 90s' when songs were not overproduced. The 80s had some great music but all too often that damn Casio keyboard or keytar overstayed its' welcome.This is a well written song that should have a raw guitar sound

  • What a brilliant song.I mean the lyrics and melodies are amazing.

  • Huey wrote this song for the vietnam vets. Good Job Hueman!

    It hit #18 on the billboard charts

  • I think of my friend when I hear this song. He was shot pretty badly, and I kept him alive. I did it by ripping my t-shirt to shreads and plugging his wounds. He was bleeding pretty bad. His wounds were dark as jam. I can safely say now that I stabbed myself in the leg to get on that chopper with him. WHen we got to the MASH I stayed with him. He made it, got sent home. A few days later, I got a hug from a old south V.C. woman in a village. "Thank you...." she said. "Good, you!"

  • @TheSoironic

    Either you're lying about this story, or you're lying about being only 22 years old...

  • @TheSoironic That was quite the roller-coaster ride of events and emotions, soldier. We're talking about [you] giving major props to yourself - you saving a life - self inflicted stab wounds - chillin' at MASH units - getting hugs and thanks from some elderly, southern v.c. woman. Nice!

    Yep, that's certainly quite the story... and you're currently only 22 years old?

  • It's all so hard to understand if you weren't there. I feel sorry for Iraq vets, because the hipsters are just as bad, if not worse then the hippies. At least hippies fought for a cause they thought was right. Hipsters just don't care and act above everyone who tries....

  • Does anyone know if this is from a live album? I'd love to have it...Also has the live version of heart of rock and roll on it, also heart and soul and trouble in paradise...Has the Tower of Power horn section with them, anyone know if this is a live album? Thanks

  • boshane123 it is from an hour special on pay cable in the 80's

  • @lookherechump That's what made the 80's so special. We used to be able to see concerts and such live on cable tv ('83 US Festival, Live Aid). This kind of greatness doesn't happen anymore... :'(

  • @boshane123 damn you ask alot of questions

  • @boshane123 Specifically, this is from a 1985 Showtime special. Warner Brothers released it on VHS shortly after, but it has never been on DVD that I'm aware of...

  • fuck those 6 people who thumbed down this video.....

  • Lol!!!  Uncued, dramatic red ball @ 1:16

  • Nothing but great.

  • GREAT POST! Am glad to have heard the intro as for all these years I didn't know the song was an homage to the Viet Nam war and how it messed up so many people all over the world and started our country down a very dark road of disillusion and polarization. Regardless of one's political views, I think that the consensus is that Huey Lewis and the News and this song ROCK!!!!

  • my dad volunteered in that d*** war and survived! thx Huey and the News!

    80's ruled didnt they?

  • Few bands can sound live like they do on the record. This is one of them.

  • Yeah, Huey had the less-is-more approach to the fist pump down. Much more effective than the full extension, if you can pull it off properly. Which he did-in spades! Pretty sure he invented it, or at least perfected it. He should get royalties everytime it's used by another singer. Powerful song. Great performer (yes, better than Springsteen). Tight band!

  • Huey knew how to work that mild fist pump. I think he laid the ground work for all fist pumpers and fist bumpers. A true innovator.

  • I'm not a huge Lewis fan. But this is probably the best rock song inspired by Vietnam, next to Creedence's "Fortunate Son" --

  • God Bless ALL our troops that served in the past, present and future. God Bless the USA. Dedicated to the soldiers of the 7th USAFAD, West Germany '86-'87 GO ARMY!!!!

  • this is a great song & love HLN

  • this song is the shit. think about what huey was saying in this jam and think about how much bullshit was out when this jam hit the street and how that cat was dropping knowledge and givin props to them vietnam vets

  • Chris Hays was AMAZING!

  • HIS BEST SONG EVER AND HE HAD SEVERAL!!!! Thanks for posting . So many great memories!

  • It's good song for me and old school 80's years..

    Best regards.

    Tonton Doc, French people.

  • this was the most mature bestest song they ever did...

  • I think his name is Chris Hayes (guitarist). Used to love this band growing up- seeing this stuff now brings back a lot of memories lol

  • @loveofbreeds yes that is his name.

  • Who's the lead guitar player for this band? He was an underrated player when heavy metal players dominated the guitar magazine covers.

  • Great set!

  • I like the meaning and I like this song It might be old but who cares!

  • blah blah blah it's just a good song.

  • this song i remeber my dad and his friend who was a green beret telling me about this song, the things they told me about the war i will not describe on here

  • Super: Thanks for your kind comments. My father did two two tours in Vietnam as a career sailor. Larry's life was sad indeed and whenever I hear this song I'll always think of him. You didn't have to die to pay a high price when going to war. RIP Larry.

  • My brother-in-law, Larry Nickolson, was one of the guys who got screwed up in Vietnam. He went to war on his senior trip and came home a different person. Larry fought his own personal war for the past 40 years. Today, he is at peace after dying last night at his home in Dumas, Arkansas. Rest in peace, Larry.

  • God bless that man for his personal sacrifices to his country, I am deeply sorry to read that he was one of the many to suffer because of that war. My father faught in it as well. He came out ok but has taught me a deep understanding of what a lot of people had to deal with afterwards. My he rest in peice. My praryers are with you and his family. I do mean that from the deepest part of my heart.

  • Your brother-in-law is a true American hero.

  • They need to still have a song for all the men and women who represented the United States in World War 2. Why did it took so many years to finally get a memorial in Washington for the WW2 vets????

  • Let me know when they have a parade welcoming home the Vietnam veterans, then we'll talk.

  • WOW....damn, I had no idea this song was about Vietnam.

    I figured he was pissed at a girl for rejecting him in the past.  Love it the same, suprised to learn the song was much deeper :-)

  • Good one Huey, still love this song since

    I had it back in the 80s.

    God Bless to our Vietnam (& all) Vets

    and tropps - great song.

  • yes ...dig this song.. and band like for all times...very bright musicians..no screaming .just good solid music..and sound..sung this song for all those times life gave me a curve ball..got me through sane..and well...thanks HUEY and the news...

  • Check out drummer Bill Gibson at 5:04 .... he tosses a stick and grabs another without missing a beat ! ... ' The Human Clock ' ... you can set your watch to this guys meter !!!

  • I didn't know this was about the Vietnam war either....I love Huey.

  • I love this song. It is the best song of all time

  • Yeah a saying.....so ROCK ON

  • Huey and the news are pure ROCK...with the drums, bass and Chris hayes power chords and solos they are da men!!! Rockon Downunder

  • Chris Hayes' guitar solos are fantastic in this one.

  • Can you get any of these gigs from back then on DVD..? Please let me know if so.. I've everything of Huey Lewis..

  • HAHAHAH this was a song about the girl next door to me, had no idea it was about nam.

  • huey is in Atlantic City on June 20th!!

  • Go see the News live at one of those multiple band concerts sometime! They pump the house better than anyone else they are lined up with.

  • i had to research a vietnam era song for social studies and i picked this one i didnt hear it b4 i picked it but when i heard it i really liked it

  • Huey kicks Springsteens ass as far as singer and performer,His band is way tighter and he can actually sing.

  • stevebigrig, I don't agree with you. Springsteen is a great performer but I have to agree with you on Huey's voice, it is stronger................

  • @stevebigrig Agreed. Better voice, stage presence, etc. And Huey never took himself too seriously, unlike our boy Springsteen. That gets him more points in my book. Always thought Bruce was overrated. And this song on Vietnam is more powerful than Bruce's "U.S.A." Glad he' s still around singing.

  • @stevebigrig

    Are you on ACID 2nite !! No way Huey is better than Bruce ...But hey if ya think you know music .....then fuk ya !!!

  • oceans20113 bruce isn't mainstream. he's more like behind close doors. But it doesn't matter everyone likes someone who performs. I prefer huey. Huey is more fun and bruce is like more serious.

  • No need to use profanity. Use common courtesy. Everyone has their opinion.

  • @brentmalone

    Oh ...sorry ...next time I will spell Fuck correctly

    Thanks Mom !!!

  • @oceans20113 huey has more talent than Bruce

  • @stevebigrig Not true.

  • love these guys...would love to play golf with huey

  • Absolutely great lead guitar by Chris Hayes towards the end of the song! CH, you da' man!

  • Have you heard his new stuff? Just great!!

  • w00t! Gotta love this song! Yea! Support our troops!!!!

  • i have seen huey twice live and he is just amazing his voice is still perfect as ever hope to see him again soon a hell of a muscian

  • Saw them at Frontier Days in Cheyenne, WY...hands down: THE best live performance I have EVER seen...lost my voice from singing along from start to finish, the rear of stands almost went down from people standing on the benches dancing and rocking out!

    Fantastic!

  • great fucking song. 80's rule

  • Huey is THE MAN!! I seen him 2 years ago at universal studios.. YES he does still have it... BUT the news is all new but 1 person.

  • That's not correct, the current band still features 3 original members: Johnny Colla on guitar and saxophone, Sean Hopper on keyboards and Bill Gibson on drums. But I do miss Chris Hayes on lead guitar soooo much!

  • So do I (miss Chris),I LOVE that riff/solo and tried so hard to learn it years ago.

  • He's doing GREAT things now. Go and visist his web page :-)

  • I LOVE HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS!!! Yeah he's still got it!!!

  • One of my favorite songs! What a live performance! And he still has it, as far as I'm concerned. He can still rock out.

  • Hell yeah he can!

  • Talk about a group that can get a crowd rockn' ...go to one of their shows and you will know what I talking about.

  • songs with meaning, gotta give him that, because there sure is a lot of that missing these days

  • Amen brother