I think your overstating it. He said one night after a really good show in CLeveland they thought that, but it wasn’t really the song.
Thin Lizzy is so underrated. It’s a shame that that dumb single kept me away from them so long.
Could be.
> He said one night after a really good show in CLeveland they thought that, but it wasn’t really the song.
I got the impression that his possibly off-the-cuff remark in Cleveland was what gave him the line for the song. No big deal; inspiration is where you find it. :-)
Geez, we are on the internet; https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/hueylewisthenews/theheartofrockroll.html
“The Heart Of Rock & Roll”
New York, New York, is everything they say
And no place that I’d rather be
Where else can you do a half a million things
All at a quarter to three
When they play their music, ooh that modern music
They like it with a lot of style
But it’s still that same old back beat rhythm
That really really drives ‘em wild
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating
LA, Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip
Is something everyone should see
Neon lights and the pretty pretty girls
All dressed so scantily
When they play their music, that hard rock music
They like it with a lot of flash
But it’s still that same old back beat rhythm
That really kicks ‘em in the....
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating
DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too
Everywhere there’s music, real live music, bands with a million styles
But It’s still that some old rock and roll music
that really really drives ‘em wild
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the old boy may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating
In Cleveland
Detroit!!
Huh, heart of rock and roll
We heard him/them here in Memphis a few years back, and he took a minute to say that dozens of people he knew asked him why in the world he didn’t mention the home of Elvis. He seemed genuinely apologetic, explaining that the song had already been recorded before it was noticed. Lots of good stuff came out of here. Oh well.
It was a GREAT concert, by the way. He said about “The Power of Love”: I really liked this song and it was cool that they used it for Back to the Future, but nobody ever told me I would be singing it EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE...!