"Captain, we have flux moderator ready." "The time is near. Engineering, are you prepared." "Yes." "Dimensional Shift inducer armed?" "Yes." "Einstein-ian Physics bypass?" "Engaged." "Then prepare for warp-phase shift. Time-dimensional overlap on . . . one . . . two . . . three. Now, move like this." Ok, a little overdone, for sure, but it must take some sort of disruption of Einstein's physics and understanding of time and space to understand how – 24 years after recording their last album and 11 years since losing the essential Benjamin Orr— The Cars managed to [...]
Reunited and it feels so good, The Cars shake it up once again.
To say that fans have all been waiting for the release of a new Cars album would just be deceitful. We've all been stuck listening to "Door To Door" along with the slue of Cars records - reminiscing of those times knowing they would never happen again. The Cars came to be America's definitive new-wave super pack characterized by influential fragile synth-pop. Their last massive splash came at Live Aid in 1985 when their single, Drive, was featured on one of the montages for famine sufferers. Less than three years later the Cars were no more and front [...]
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For those of us who grew up listening to The Cars , there's something comforting about hearing Ric Ocasek's voice and that vintage Cars sound here in the year 2011. After all, the last time they released an album of new music was 1987. Just a few things have changed in the time between. But reunited they have - all original members (minus bassist and occasional lead vocalist Benjamin Orr, who passed away in 2000 after a battle with pancreatic cancer). Their new album, titled Move Like This , will be released on May 10th, and [...]
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For those of us who grew up listening to The Cars , there's something comforting about hearing Ric Ocasek's voice and that vintage Cars sound here in the year 2011. After all, the last time they released an album of new music was 1987. Just a few things have changed in the time between. But reunited they have - all original members (minus bassist and occasional lead vocalist Benjamin Orr, who passed away in 2000 after a battle with pancreatic cancer). Their new album, titled Move Like This , will be released on May 10th, and [...]
Hace unos meses dábamos cuenta de que una de las bandas más populares del new wave estaba gestando su regreso. Pues bien, The Cars han vuelto, y el nuevo video del grupo acaba de ser publicado en YouTube, se trata de "Blue Tip", el primer sencillo del grupo en 24 años. Y sí, The Cars siguen haciendo muy buena música y aunque el mundo ha cambiado mucho desde que conquistaran a la gente con su sonido pop y sus impecables líneas de teclado, el grupo sigue sonando muy bien. Cabe mencionar que el bajista y corista de [...]
So, not only have The Cars reunited with Ric Ocasek, but the newly reformed group (minus bassist Benjamin Orr, who died of pancreatic cancer back in 2000) has even posted clips of a few new tunes. I'm somewhat surprised given the debacle that was The New Cars, a lame attempt by three remaining Cars to cash in on fans that didn't care who sang the songs, even if it was Todd Rundgren. But that ill-advised tour was four years ago. Might as well have been a lifetime ago by today's standards. In any case, Ocasek has obviously gotten over it. [...]
Though he is a sports fan, my dad not only had grown up in a city without an NBA team, but the nearest city to us that had a franchise when I was growing up was Indianapolis. They might have played a mere ninety minutes away, but the Pacers were woeful. He also shared the opinion of college basketball coach Bob Knight that, if the only thing on television was an NBA game and two mice making love, he'd opt for the mice even if the reception was fuzzy. So, as a kid, [...]
When Benjamin Orr, bassist and sometime lead singer for The Cars died in 2000 at the age of 53, it didn't take long for DJ's to find a song to pay him tribute. They chose "Drive," Orr's signature performance on the heartrending ballad that showed the Boston band hitting the peak of their career.
So of all the Cars solo projects (I haven't forgotten Greg Hawkes' 1983 effort - but it's mostly instrumental), whose do you think was the most successful? You'd think the main vocalist and songwriter, Ric Ocasek's, right? Wellllll...yeah. While Ric's first stab at non-Cars success stumbled out of the gate, his second solo release, 1986's This Side of Paradise scored a #15 hit with "Emotion In Motion". But that same year, Benjamin Orr, Cars bassist and other vocalist (he sang "Drive" and "Just What I Needed" among others, 'membz?) released his [...]
Flashback Friday: Benjamin Orr - Too Hot To Stop "It's about time" When it comes to 80's group The Cars, I find that their stuff is really hit and miss for me. Most of my favorite songs from them were sung by sometimes-vocalist Benjamin Orr. He's got a great voice, as evidenced by their mega hit Drive . He also released a solo album (his only) in the mid [...]
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So of all the Cars solo projects (I haven't forgotten Greg Hawkes' 1983 effort - but it's mostly instrumental), whose do you think was the most successful? You'd think the main vocalist and songwriter, Ric Ocasek's, right? Wellllll...yeah. While Ric's first stab at non-Cars success stumbled out of the gate, his second solo release, 1986's This Side of Paradise scored a #15 hit with "Emotion In Motion". But that same year, Benjamin Orr, Cars bassist and other vocalist (he sang "Drive" and "Just What I Needed" among others, 'membz?) released his [...]
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