I like your version better than the original.

Your version is great. Love the transitions and the chords in the bridge are so creative, especially when modulating back to C. Hope Huey Lewis hears it! 🙂

You smashed it!

That solo was AMAZING!

@Jemma - I was 13 when Back to the Future came out … and we essentially had this song as the summer song of the year. When I realized what you were about to do, I was so excited, and so scared at you “touching” such a sacred piece of history. Frankly, you did REALLY well! I also hope that Huey hears it - he seems to be the kind of artist that would appreciate your take on this song. It brought a completely different feel - and like the producer said, I was a little doubtful that you’d never heard it. Overall, you rocked it!

Ha ha, awesome 🤣

Good one , literally happened in real life

Very good. Ha. 😂

No more cliches (tm)

That's awesome 😂

Your kids are gonna love it..😂 🤟👍🤟

“Chuck! Chuck! It’s me Marvin. Your cousin? MARRVIN Berry? You know that new sound you’ve been looking for? Well listen to THIS!”

Literally made me LOL

​@@OoavastoOActually, he did get it from someone else, but it wasn't Michael J. Fox.

@@binxbolling You are right. It wasn't Michael J Fox, it was Calvin Klein.

10 out of 10 reply.

I was going to say she played the Michael McDonald version.

Yes! I love how she went with basically 1970s chords for this 80s classic.

I knew i wasnt tripping right on

I'm hearing more of a "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips" vibe. Also, anyone reading this: this song is a great example of parallel major & minor, where root note stays the same but the third of the chord moves up or down to make it major/minor. Always cool to hear.

She tapped into Mutt since he wrote do you believe in love.

Crap, you’re right! It’s not unexpected, especially by the same group of artists, but it’s wild to hear

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“Hey Paul….”

“The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost”

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.

SPORTS was a juggernaut.

Have you seen the Huey Lewis review of American Psycho where he's miming Patrick Bateman and following the form of this? 🔥

She did not. She sucked the liveliness and happyness out of this song.

@@mantelmann13 Nice opinion, too bad I don´t care about it at all

@@mantelmann13 It's obvious you are not a musician - given only drums and vocals, she was all over this tune. Huey may come back to re-record it. This girl is an awesome talent !

@@randybeidelschies - You don't have to be a musician to know whether you like a song or not.

@@mantelmann13 - She made it something else, which is what's interesting about this. It's not interesting just getting it right, but interesting to see what a person who doesn't know the song at all, will come up with.

thumbnail is legit.🤜

Especially since key changes have all but disappeared from popular music… 🤦🏻‍♂️

And pitiful vocal melody. Especially in the verse.

This one is a legit challenge

@@Eric-dd8bk Pretty much all vocals are autotuned these days 🤦🏽

whoa nice

How is she not educated in this #1 hit from 1985??? Musicology 101 dude..

@@geoffkeen5234 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If u r her teacher and u never did this song with her...u failed...but i know its all scripted bs anyway.

@@petermcnallt12pm 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You are totally right, but totally missing the side of an artist loving art. When you swear something should go one way and it goes another, it is AMAZING, and I bet if HLATN heard her version they would see the same. It is to me the truest beaty of art, the constant creation and the constant appreciation of others creation, even if it is at your own expense.

For sure. There are many ways to harmonize to a melody. Some sound more pleasing than others. What she did was fantastic.

Absolutely! I wish they'd emphasised that she's not "wrong" at all! What she created is beautiful to everyone that loves this song and love music.

@@LeeOadesShe just turned it from a pure rock song to a blues jam.

That was so better, sounds incredible

Exactly. It makes you wonder if the people who run the channel know what they are doing.

⁠@@JohnSmith-oe5kx Yes, they do: they’re making entertaining content. It’s not a game, fairness doesn’t matter. It’s supposed to be a way to sort of showcase an artist’s ability to write music. I doubt that they would’ve just let her keep going for hours if she wasn’t going anywhere.

Yea this is incredibly challenging. Trying to figure out the bass first was a good move

Yeah I feel like she should have gotten to have the guitars and horns and stuff.

@@Tensen01 I disagree, because she proved she didn’t need them. It’s actually a much more interesting experiment this way, and you’re going to end up with something more different from the original. It IS way more difficult, though.

I've seen this done with a young drummer. The drummer was incredible. Bushnell I think her name is?

Savage Keyboard Shredding

It was just as good 20 years ago as well.

@@RealDonLarsonalmost 40

Right??🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Her Solo was LIT! It’s the only part of the original track I don’t like. Always seemed a bit aimless. Her solo here was fantastic!

it was AMAZING

It was totally period correct, just not from this song.

This. I was like - yes, you got it, you got that right!

right there with you brother - started playing piano first, and to me this is SO much more impressive than the drum ones!!

@@aarcurtis I'm the opposite

I just mentioned both pages need to get someone that hasnt heard and see what the drums and keys come up with...

That's the power of... love.

What she did was not transcribing which means to listen to and replay all the notes of a piece of music that are important. It was (re)harmonizing an unknown melody more or less on the spot instead. A case for knowledge of harmony and musical styles. That requires quite a lot, but it's nothing extraterrestrial. Something like this taught at music colleges, among other things.

@@maetzchenmusik You're right.

I realized how old I'm getting because of this. I'm not sure how old this musician is, but I'm going to guess 20-something. I can understand somebody her age having not seen 'Back To The Future', or haven't heard of "Huey Lewis and The News', but there was a time which is a lot longer ago than I thought where both of those things could be true, but you would for sure 100% have at least heard this song before since it was at the top of the charts forever and played on every radio station and inside of every store for years. She's not even old enough for that experience. Anyway, I really hope she dug this song and seeks out more of Huey Lewis and The News. They really are/were one of the best rock bands of all time.

youth is wasted on the young

​@gustafsone yeah, but it's still nuts, though, right? I mean, what kind of upbringing did she have?

@@geoffkeen5234 She developed some incredible skills in her youth. She is not like you.

they stole it off drumeo, lol

We had NO idea how good we had it. 🥹

I don't live in the past living my teen years in the '80s was a gift. Every week you would hear a new song that would reshape your life. (in my mind I still think about the '80s as being 10 years ago)

Good or less good is meaningless as it is subjective unless you are the writer.

and this one is less good😂😂

That's why they couldn't get a good job in music.

so good would be the equivalent of "good", and bad the equivalent of "less good" then?

Reminds me of an old classical music joke, 'Wagner's music is better than it sounds.' 😅

Nah. Randy Newman (Short People) and Mike Post (St. Elsewhere, Doogie Howser). You're wrong.

I can believe that. I’m 40 and heard maybe 1 Huey song

@@phildinh852listen to sports and fore!

Why buy it? It's available here on KZfaq for free. The rest is earhead cinema. Just get started!

Of course, if she really had never heard the song before, she's not really doing chord substitution.

Or Mike Post. A "Hill Street Blues" vibe.

Yes! She's an amazing musician!🎹⚡🙌🏼

Brian!! Thank you!! It’s been a while, hope you’re well 💜🫶

@@JemmaHeigis I'm doing fantastic Jemma, I've been silently enjoying everyone doing amazing things. So proud of you! You seriously have come such a long way and it's been amazing to see!

It’s definitely not more beautiful than the original but it is good

Thanks. I will check it out

omg I would love to see that video for this! So fun! Huey was my first favorite band! I loved BTTF too! MJ Fix for the win!

I fully support this fantastic idea!

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Too young

With all my years as a musician. And hundreds of thousands of songs I've experienced, maybe even more, maybe Millions. I still discover new music all the time. Some newer stuff that just slipped by me. And sometimes tracks that pre-date me. With my broad taste in music, it would take several lifetimes to discover everything I would like. I'm just thrilled that she's discovering it now. And it sounded like she was pretty close to the original chord progression right from the jump. I would love to hear her play around with some of Stevie Winwood's or Stevie Wonder's stuff. The two greatest "Stevies" lol. I think she is great. It was impressive, and I even enjoyed listening to her for just the few moments that she was playing around with that synh witch I'm not positive, but I think was a "Moag"...

She's young, bro. Too bad. You're irrelevant.

Um…did she say that ?? I’m pretty sure She just said she didn’t know this song. That ain’t the same as never having heard of the band