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Title: The Cars
Post by: NUKE on August 10, 2004, 10:10:23 PM: How would you rank them as a band? They seem to be almost overlooked to me. They had so many great songs.
Title: Re: The Cars
Post by: SunKing on August 10, 2004, 10:21:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by NUKE
They seem to be almost overlooked to mes.

?

They owned MTV in the 80s.
Title: Re: The Cars
Post by: NUTTZ on August 10, 2004, 10:48:09 PM: Loved them, acually got to sit onstage at one of their concerts.

NUTTZ

Quote
Originally posted by NUKE
How would you rank them as a band? They seem to be almost overlooked to me. They had so many great songs.
Title: The Cars
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 10, 2004, 10:55:36 PM: I'd rank The Cars as one of the best bands and Candy-O as one of the best records.

ack-ack
Title: The Cars
Post by: Masherbrum on August 10, 2004, 10:56:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
I'd rank The Cars as one of the best bands and Candy-O as one of the best records.

ack-ack

Agreed.

Karaya
Title: The Cars
Post by: Blooz on August 10, 2004, 11:15:46 PM: Good band.

Good music.

Candy-O album cover would make a nice avatar.

Well....maybe....
Title: The Cars
Post by: rpm on August 11, 2004, 12:06:20 AM: Candy-O was great stuff. Won front row tickets to see them later on and they were still a great show.
Title: The Cars
Post by: Nash on August 11, 2004, 12:45:37 AM: Rick Ocasek (sp?) produces all the best Weezer stuff. He is a god.
Title: The Cars
Post by: Yeager on August 11, 2004, 01:42:33 AM: I was 14 when their debut album broke radio in 78'. It was a huge moment as the Cars had pushed Boston off the best all time selling debut album. Unfortunately the band petered out in a hush of insignifigance after Heartbeat City but those first few albums, especially "the Cars" and "Candy-O" were really big players musically to my generation of musicians.

Lets see if I can recall the names:
Ric Ocasek
Ben Orr
Greg Hawks
Elliot Easten and
the Dave Robinson

Mano...that was a long time ago. THink Ill grab some Cars CDs to take to work! Thanks Nuke :)
Title: The Cars
Post by: Mickey1992 on August 11, 2004, 06:55:45 AM: RIP Ben Orr.
Title: The Cars
Post by: TPIguy on August 11, 2004, 07:15:52 AM: I love classic rock, but THE CARS are on the bottom of my list. Down there with supertramp, stevemiller and the eagles.

I always change the station when one of thier songs come on.
Title: The Cars
Post by: midnight Target on August 11, 2004, 07:25:18 AM: Cars were OK, but Supertramp live was incredible. You musta been smokin bad weed dude!
Title: The Cars
Post by: Eagler on August 11, 2004, 07:26:07 AM: good treadmill music
Title: The Cars
Post by: mosgood on August 11, 2004, 08:34:27 AM: Favorite CARS song is MAGIC.

Supertramp and The Eagles are 2 of my favorite classic rock bands
Title: The Cars
Post by: Dune on August 11, 2004, 08:35:58 AM: The Cars are good, but you cannot beat Jungle Love.

:aok
Title: The Cars
Post by: storch on August 11, 2004, 08:42:48 AM: the Cars were a very innovative and accomplished late '70s band in a transitional time in popular American music. Rick Ocasek is brilliant and he gets to pipe Paulina Porizkova. What could possibly be wrong with that. Ben Orr.

I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner. I play my music in the suuuuuuuuuun. Hates Steve Miller, Get a rope!!!!!
Title: The Cars
Post by: CMC Airboss on August 11, 2004, 01:31:54 PM: The Cars were a great recording band. ...so many great hits. Live, they put on one of the least energetic shows I've ever seen. It looked like they were practicing, barely moving in the course of the 1.5 hour show (Boston Garden, 87ish).

MiG
Title: The Cars
Post by: storch on August 11, 2004, 02:15:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by CMC Airboss
The Cars were a great recording band. ...so many great hits. Live, they put on one of the least energetic shows I've ever seen. It looked like they were practicing, barely moving in the course of the 1.5 hour show (Boston Garden, 87ish).

MiG

Never saw them live but by '87 they were a few years down the road from old news.
Title: The Cars
Post by: Charon on August 11, 2004, 02:29:53 PM: Quote
Live, they put on one of the least energetic shows I've ever seen. It looked like they were practicing, barely moving in the course of the 1.5 hour show (Boston Garden, 87ish).

I saw them in New Jersey in 1985 and had the exact same reaction.

Charon
Title: The Cars
Post by: Steve on August 11, 2004, 02:57:42 PM: Loved there first two albums. Let's Go is a great tune.
Title: The Cars
Post by: Goth on August 11, 2004, 05:31:19 PM: The Cars and The Police were big favs back then, but I am actually rediscovering some obscure stuff I listened to back then.

I never realized why I liked em back then, but listening to Echo and the Bunnymen is like listening to a cross between Velvet Underground and the Doors.

Oh well, retreating back into obscurity now.
Title: The Cars
Post by: NUTTZ on August 11, 2004, 05:38:27 PM: All Mixed up!

Great tune.

NUTTZ
P.S. In 1978 i was 2 years out of H.S.
Title: The Cars
Post by: AKWeav on August 11, 2004, 06:32:40 PM: "Who's gonna drive you home tonight?"