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	Phil's Blogservations Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Posted by philgomes 5:47 PM Lessons From Huey Lewis And The News Lessons From Huey Lewis & The News The first record I ever bought (yes, vinyl... to heck with you and the iTunes subscription you rode in on) was the era-defining Sports by the Bay Area's Huey Lewis And The News. (Oh, shut up... You all loved it when it came out.) I remembered a story (possibly urban legend) in which Huey's Dad called him to tell him that Sports reached number one on the Billboard music charts. "WHAT?!" Huey responded. "No... We're better than that!!" Huey said this because, to him, the best bands just weren't the ones at number one. A lot of this still hold true, I believe. Hell... Musical effluvia like Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry hits the top spot, and yet Paradise Lost and Motorhead are often relegated to opening for bands they themselves influenced greatly. Why do I bring this up in the context of my readership? Well... It's a long story but, today, I was inspired to point out my older post called "Why I Hate The A-List Mentality" to my Twitter friends. (Friend-request required.) Read the older post, put two-and-two together, and you'll see where I'm going with this. NB: If your communications programs — social media or otherwise — don't address voices both big and small, then you've pretty much lost control of your planning. Make of it what you will. Speaking of Huey, I give you Christian Bale's finest two-minutes-and-twenty-six seconds: pr public relations blogging | HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil's demented imagination. Hell, to be perfectly honest, even Phil disagrees with what he thinks sometimes. This site has virtually no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Clicking on a link doesn't automatically send a 1/2-cent donation to UNICEF. You can't buy, sell, auction, swap, find a date, win friends, influence people, cross the chasm, or decode the human genome using this site. You won't get free email. You won't win a free video game console. This site will not end world hunger, foster peace in the Middle East, help you smell better, teach you how to swing dance, or move the global economy from petroleum to hydrogen fuels. You'll learn a lot about this site's master, though, which amounts to a haphazard collection of strange and useless facts that pretty much won't help you at all.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This is the blog of Phil Gomes, SVP with Edelman Digital and senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research. This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. Phil currently resides in Chicago, IL. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes.com View my page on PROpenMic SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.