The Cars

[StoopTroup]

...On jimmeh Fallon in a bit...

They are gettin the Band back together! :D

I guess this is their coming out party.

[StoopTroup]

Candy-o....I still love you so....:D

http://robsrecordscdsdvds.com/The%20Cars%20Candy%20O.jpg

[DRLSooner]

This is actually pretty incredible.. they suck more now than they did in the '80s... I didnt think they could do it.

Awful. Just mind-blowingly awful.

[StoopTroup]

I think they could back up Devo on their world wide 2011-12 tour.

[StoopTroup]

I said "Whip it!"

"Whip it good!"

[StoopTroup]

They were a bit disappointing. They probably should have played a classic or trilogy of their Classics and then tried to expose the masses to whatever the hell that was.

[DRLSooner]

Yeah.. I'm probably not the best-qualified to comment because I never have cared for them. However, I still dont know what that crap we just heard was.

[StoopTroup]

I liked their first three or so albums but never understood the obsession that Ric Ocasek was some sort of Superstar Rocker. They were better than a one hit wonder but not Led Zepplin.

[hawaii 5-0]

Ben died a few years ago. Ric wasn't the only singer.



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[StoopTroup]

Ben died a few years ago. Ric wasn't the only singer.



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Thanks for that...I didn't know about Ben. Awful way to go. My Mom died from Pancreatic Cancer as well.

Benjamin Orr – bass guitar, lead and background vocals (1976–1988, died in 2000)

[yermom]

I liked their first three or so albums but never understood the obsession that Ric Ocasek was some sort of Superstar Rocker. They were better than a one hit wonder but not Led Zepplin.

he produced The Blue Album. i'd say that he's pretty cool.

[Curly Bill]

The Cars take suck to a whole new level. I had a friend or two that somewhat liked em back in the day...Looking back, I think they had mental problems. ;)

[jk the sooner fan]

i saw them in concert back in the day and they put on a pretty good show...

[KantoSooner]

They were fine for the place and time (ie indy New England Alt band in 1980 collegia).
Like many wines, however, they neither travel nor age well.

Never forget, they had 'My Sharona' for competition.

[StoopTroup]

I got laid a lot because of My Sharona. That was her little name for it. :D

[Mississippi Sooner]

David Letterman once called Ric Ocasek the luckiest man alive, and it wasn't because of The Cars.

[StoopTroup]

The backseat ? Lol

[jk the sooner fan]

David Letterman once called Ric Ocasek the luckiest man alive, and it wasn't because of The Cars.

because not every ugly sumbitch gets to marry somebody like Paulina Poriskova

[StoopTroup]

If Ric Ocasek was the luckiest man does that make Paul Schaffer the luckiest Woman? Lmao!

[StoopTroup]

because not every ugly sumbitch gets to marry somebody like Paulina Poriskova

Are they still married? I completely forgot about that. She was much hawter than my sharona....lol

[jk the sooner fan]

not sure if they are or not - but i think they are

[Mississippi Sooner]

Are they still married? I completely forgot about that. She was much hawter than my sharona....lol

Yep, they are. Gotta be one of the most unlikely long term celebrity marriages.

[Position Limit]

They were fine for the place and time (ie indy New England Alt band in 1980 collegia).
Like many wines, however, they neither travel nor age well.

Never forget, they had 'My Sharona' for competition.

touche. but during that time they also had to go up against a good R&B indy new england alt band in J. Geils Band. and i dont mean that centerfold crap.

[pphilfran]

I don't really want to admit it but back in the day I liked The Cars....

[KantoSooner]

touche. but during that time they also had to go up against a good R&B indy new england alt band in J. Geils Band. and i dont mean that centerfold crap.

Wow. I have never heard praise for J. Geils Band. But that kind of makes the point: music is subjective.

Still in all, a Cars revival strikes me as a bad idea.

Ocasek, however, seemed like a fairly normal guy at the time. An ex-gf used to babysit for band members when they were on Cape Cod. Ocasek enjoyed shooting tennis balls with a .22 in the back yard and drinking beer. Didn't seem full of himself.

[GDC]

I don't really want to admit it but back in the day I liked The Cars....

Liked em then, and still do. Sucked losing Ben Orr but they are a great and unique band.

[hawaii 5-0]

I still listen to them often.


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