Oh my gosh Benjamin I can't believe it's been 24 years since you've been gone. I'm 69 now, I was 24 when I saw you guys live. You would've been 77. I'm so sorry you're gone. I lost my son to Cancer 4 years ago. No one should die before their time. I'll never forget you. I know how much you must have suffered because I took care of my son until he died right in front of me. I think he would've loved the Cars. He always loved bands that were different just like me. I pray that there is a place in Heaven for you and of course my son. I want all the good ones to be there. 😔💔💙💙❤️❤️😇😇🙏🙏🙏💕💕
It's funny that you bring up Benjamin Orr. I was a big Cars fan back in the day and saw them in concert at the old Philadelphia Spectrum in '81 during the Shake it Up Tour. Just this year, I found out that Ben was born and raised in Lakewood, OH., which is about a 12 to 15 minute drive from where I live. It's a small world.
Great lyrics! Didn't realize it until a few years out of high school in the early eighties and how it's so true with some girls you can't get over but you move on! Great band!
Almost hard to listen to this because it takes me directly back to the best days of my life. I still have a great life all these years later but that was the absolute peak and The Cars were the soundtrack, especially Candy-O. It was a wild time, a free time, like no other.
The coolest things about them was their unique sound and lyrics. If you heard a new song from them on the radio you immediately knew it was The Cars. There was no confusing them with any other band.
Oh my gosh ! My most favorite Cars song ever ! I saw them live back in 1979. They were absolutely awesome ! I had the biggest crush on Benjamin Orr. I just recently found out he was gone. That damn Cancer took my son when he was 32. I was devastated. Poor Benjamin. My husband can't stand it when I talk about Benjamin but that's before we even met. I have so much love and compassion for people , especially when they die too young. But I will never stop listening to the Cars ! NEVER ! 😌💔❤️💙💙😇😇🎸🎶
That's what was so great about all the bands in the 70's and 80's, they all had their own unique sound. Nowadays everyone sounds the same, and there is really no new creativity.
I was the lead guitar player in a 90's band called "The Refreshments". Elliot Easton is the single most underrated guitarists of all time. Listen to his brilliance in making the absolute most of the neck's melodic playground in a limited ammount of measures!!! Friggin' GENIUS! He was and continues to be a HUGE influence on my playing,. Man, this dude absolutely slays in the most melodic and comcise leads. WOW! JUST WOW!!!!🤘❤🤘❤ I ❤❤❤❤❤ THE CARS!!!! B.
So much underrated song from the The Cars. Man I feel like still being the 80, and gradating in 87 from high school and "The Cars" albums came out in the my school years. I'm jamming the cars albums last night in my garage and my kids going; what is it like being in school in the 80's dad??? Well I going tell them it was the best years tonight when I get home from work today!
I know what you mean, I was there too and sometimes it feels like it was just a dream. But I have to say it's kind of sad how kids today are asking their parents about their time in H.S. with such a wishing attitude..... Why aren't they making their own Times, their own destiny and fate. This society has really sucked the life out of these kids. I'd say it started somewhere in the mid to late 90's and now it's just a completely vapid, lifeless, soulless existence. I don't know how they can just keep plodding along.....
It DOES hurt listening this. I was 18 in 1980, I'm 61 now and this song hits me even DEEPER than in my youth. Scary to think Benjamin and Rik are on the other side of time. I hope they're allowed to peel back the veil and take a peek on Earth to see just how much they meant to SO MANY Souls. THANK YOU guys, for sharing your art and talents with us, we appreciate you. Till we see you on the other side...but not yet, not yet! 😎😎🙏🇺🇲🇯🇲🙏🏿🥰 😎☺️💖🥰🐞☘️🏁🙏🏽🙏🙏🏻🙏🏿😇😇
Raining like hell at my very elderly parents in Glendale CA tonight./this morning A bit depressed, thinking bout all the friends and family that I had when this song came out, Most are gone now, some way to young. My bros and I thought the Cars were from England, since they adopted accents from the beatles etc... just needed to hear this super catchy tune to shake that sickening depressing feeling that comes with the passing of time. Wish I could go back to the fall of 1980
Wow ! This song does really hurt. I’m 60 now and the cars were such an inspiration for me in the prime of my life. Thank You Rick and gang , much appreciated………..
BARBARA, I MUST CONFESS I WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, BUT tHEN I CAPITULATED..OMG!, THE CARS, THE POLICE, DIRE STRAITS, THE PRETENDERS TOM PETTY,AND THEN OF COURSE TALKING HEADS, BLONDIE, ALL PREDICTING A NEW NEW THING, HOW RELUCTANT WE WERE TO GO ALONG...ALL THOSE BANDS HAD SEMINAL ALBUMS IN 1978 1979 THAT WERE TOTALLY "NEW," AND PREDICTED THE ONSLAUHT OF THE 80S ...AS YOU SAY LIKE NO OTHER WAS 78 AND 79
First two albums (their best, imo) were released in the great, late 1970's. So, they were not a true 80's band, but yes-they were ahead of their time (and still are, in a sense). Kajagoogoo, on the other hand, and their ilk were totally 80's.
There’s something about this song that I can’t adequately explain but it’s so great. Now more than ever I think back to how great we had it back in the 80s
Man, time flies by. Seems like just yesterday hanging out at Tower Records with friends, flipping through albums back when Candy-O was brand new. Now I'm an old man and The Cars are classic rock. RIP Ben and Ric.
I can’t get thru this song without tears, All mixed up is my favorite too! Another great song they hardly ever performed. I’ve only saw one performance of it.
@@oatnoid Benjamin's voice on this was so expressive. He was such a special man. A phenomenon like The Cars was a one-off - it will never be seen again.
Love the Cars, especially Ben Orr. I live in Lake County Ohio, and just found out Ben's buried just a couple miles away. Think I'll make a pilgrimage and say hello. So sad man. We're runnin' low on all the greats.
@@chadbest5411 not what some would expect. Not ornate at all. Small engravings of a guitar and cross. Not a large stone. Small country graveyard. Have visited twice. Going back in next few weeks
Seen them in 1979 Marquette Michigan they were amazing. I was a sophomore in high school. Kids today are so much different than we were than. Glad I grew up in the 80's
I love there music. Shame there gone . Ill b next im from pittsburgh area .just wanna say that because that area and Pittsburgh hate each other .but i dont
@@williammckindley7533 Can I play school teacher? Please, I miss my class 😂 I love THEIR music... 🙃🖤 Shame THEY'RE gone...🖤🙃 Btw I'll be right there with ya! I'm on my way out also(69)😭 It sucks to get old n still feel young!! I'm from Detroit the Motorcity n the mad man Ted Nuggent n Motown area we'd go to Ohio to see Benny.. I use 2 call him Benny n "his jets"✌
Oh my word. I haven't heard this song in AGES!!!! I just turned 17 when this album came out. Absolutely LOVED this band and their music!!!! June 1979! Brings back such incredibly beautiful memories. And Ben .. Your voice... Ohhh my word... he is just gorgeous.. just a beautiful looking man with those dreamy eyes piercing through your soul. Good gawd.
Benjamin Orr. I think overlooked and underrated as a part of one of the greatest bands in my lifetime. No discredit to Ric Ocasek but I think Ben felt a bit of under appreciation towards the end. He got sick and died too early.
What's so cool about the Cars is that it's about really great songs performed well. Not about choreography and celebrity and antics and spandex and spectacle. Each member is like a back up to the others. They almost seem like one of those 50s or 60s bands on Ed Sullivan in demeanor and yet they are a timeless kick ass rock band. No grandstanding. The singer sings then backs up to let the other instrumentals have prominence and then cooly steps back up to continue singing. Just a cool band with cool songs. I use the word cool a lot in this comment, but that's because the Cars are so damn cool.
It's called 'work ethic'. (In many of their vids, you can tell Rick and Ben are giving body language cues to each other as to how well both them, and the rest of the band, are doing their jobs of keeping with what Ric and Ben expect.) Tight formation and harmony. :)
It is clear from the many comments, and I agree, the Cars evoke some of the strongest feelings of nostalgia for that era when compared to other bands of the period. I think in addition to the music being so good, it was due to the real shift in rock sound and cultural change that they ushered in.
I remember buying the 45 of "Let's Go" and this was the song on the flip side. I wore both sides out in relatively short order. Thanks for the great memories.
These guys were f$@king great, one of the best concerts I've ever seen, clean tight pure sounding, and I've seen many of the best. Their sound was so unique with pop, rock, new wave, techno influences combining to make their own original sound. They were so fresh sounding when their first album came out, everyone was playing it at the parties. I'd go as far as to say no one was like this since The Beatles in uniqueness and sound.
One of my favorite songs by the Band! I played it on cassette while driving my 1970 Buick Convertible (First Car). This song hits me where my memories lie in my youth! Wow!
There just aren't many groups in these modern times that have the longevity or greatness of 70's bands like The Cars. Man these guys just had hit after hit well into the 80"s. RIP Ric and Ben, you guys left an indelible mark in this world.
Over the years I thought about how unique The Cars were in their music. Now as I read all these comments from this post and others, the one overriding point that comes across is that when you heard The Cars you always knew it was them, because no one else sounded like them. They were so special and their music made an indelible mark in rock history. I miss them now ,so many years later. But I consider my self lucky to have seen them live back in the 80’s. RIP BEN and RIC.
Man these guys are magic I grew up to these guys and I am fighting back tears missing benjamin orr and ric ocasek but someday we might all see the best concert ever when we join them when we have our number called with the rest of the guys
The great days when we waited for the vinyl albums to come out......i use to buy mine at Sears,my late father would give money to spend while he would shop at the tool or auto department.
I saw him at Wurlitzer music in Boston when I purchased a couple of drums back in 1983. He was being a complete pompous condescending asshole to the clerk, I felt so bad that I went to the clerk after he left to see if he was ok, he said yes he is like that to everybody..
Joe Cap yeah, sorry but I don’t see him that way. He might’ve been an asshole then, but I’m sure he was just going through the struggles of fame. I’m sure he’s a much better guy.
Sweet 💙💙 Saw the first tour at Nassau Coliseum. Moving in Stereo and Drive are my faves. If it comes up in the car everyone goes oooo. Unforgettable Ben Orr.
late 70s in austin, texas....saw them live....listened to them endlessly....this is the ultimate of audio traveling....no bombs, no fireworks, no chicks dancing around....just the sound, the emotion, the feeling, the intensity of their perfect combination of chords,,,,,,the good old days??
I was in high school in the early 80's and a Saturday night cruisin up and down the main street just wasn't complete without a Cars cassette blasting in our truck stereo!!!!!
The Cars were absolutely the perfect group with two Great lead vocalist! I was at Walmart a few weeks ago and this song was on the radio, I was stunned
God I LOVED this band. I often think they were genuises OR the perfect combination of guys in one band,without one of them it would never be the same. They were such strong songwriters. Ben's death really touched me and of course Ric,I pray they're together jamming in the next world. Beautiful collage of images Cheers Becky!
Ahhh, the memories of listening to this song with friends during the 80's. Some are gone now but the rest are married with kids and grandkids. We had a great time back then.
Really loved this song from the day I first heard it over 30 years ago. Such a great mix of a driving percussion riff accentuated by great keys and guitar. Ben Orr's singing was always so under rated. He was a master of the clear blue-eyed soul with a great command of the pitch.
Such an eclectic group of musicians and liked them as soon as I heard their song on the radio for the first time back in the late 70’s - Let the Good Times Roll. Been a Cars fan ever since. RIP Ben and Ric.
Beer on tap,huge fire going, smoking a little cannabis,out in woods,with good friends and listening to this song"eight track", hurting no one,causing no mischief, just being Young.
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Oh my gosh Benjamin I can't believe it's been 24 years since you've been gone. I'm 69 now, I was 24 when I saw you guys live. You would've been 77. I'm so sorry you're gone. I lost my son to Cancer 4 years ago. No one should die before their time. I'll never forget you. I know how much you must have suffered because I took care of my son until he died right in front of me. I think he would've loved the Cars. He always loved bands that were different just like me. I pray that there is a place in Heaven for you and of course my son. I want all the good ones to be there. 😔💔💙💙❤️❤️😇😇🙏🙏🙏💕💕
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss.🙏
It's funny that you bring up Benjamin Orr. I was a big Cars fan back in the day and saw them in concert at the old Philadelphia Spectrum in '81 during the Shake it Up Tour. Just this year, I found out that Ben was born and raised in Lakewood, OH., which is about a 12 to 15 minute drive from where I live. It's a small world.
And I wish there will be a place in heaven for you so you can be with your son. GBY Love.
I can’t begin to explain my deep heart feelings, just vote trump..the left is lost
This song definitely marks time. Their sound is unique and hits you like truck. Love these guys. One of the greatest bands ever. ❤
One of the best songs ever written. Way underrated.
I agree. I remember going through one of many break-ups at the time, and this song just killed me whenever I heard it.
Great lyrics! Didn't realize it until a few years out of high school in the early eighties and how it's so true with some girls you can't get over but you move on! Great band!
My all time favorite from them! And one of my favorite songs of all time!! The best rock and roll band there was and is!!
My most favorite Cars song ! 😘❤️🎸🎶
Mine too!!😊
Me too
Yeah, it's a true gem from the CANDY-O album.
Ditto. Perfectly orchestrated.
I'd go back to 1979 in a second 👍👍👍👍 back to 7th grade!! God that was such an awesome time!!!
We didn’t realize we lived in the good old days back then. We realize it now.
The drummer is bad ass
Yes, so agree. Those were great days.
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Almost hard to listen to this because it takes me directly back to the best days of my life. I still have a great life all these years later but that was the absolute peak and The Cars were the soundtrack, especially Candy-O. It was a wild time, a free time, like no other.
Well said. Me too.
Yes it was
Absolutely....you nailed it....me too!! Seen them live at Alpine Valley....during their prime and mine.....high school days and plus. Well said!
Agreed 100% an 8 track and my
79 Z28 Let the Good Times Roll
So true. The best of times !!
Benny Orr you are a rock star Cleveland Ohio that's where I'm from we are so proud of you
One of my all time favs. Elliot's tone is a keeper. The synth is gorgeous.
The coolest things about them was their unique sound and lyrics. If you heard a new song from them on the radio you immediately knew it was The Cars. There was no confusing them with any other band.
"Its all I can do, to forget completely about you!"
Oh my gosh ! My most favorite Cars song ever ! I saw them live back in 1979. They were absolutely awesome ! I had the biggest crush on Benjamin Orr. I just recently found out he was gone. That damn Cancer took my son when he was 32. I was devastated. Poor Benjamin. My husband can't stand it when I talk about Benjamin but that's before we even met. I have so much love and compassion for people , especially when they die too young. But I will never stop listening to the Cars ! NEVER ! 😌💔❤️💙💙😇😇🎸🎶
Agreed 100%.
That's what was so great about all the bands in the 70's and 80's, they all had their own unique sound. Nowadays everyone sounds the same, and there is really no new creativity.
The guitar solo in the middle is hauntingly perfect. Brief and simple.
Elliot's solo in this song is 18 seconds of melodic perfection!!!
Just perfect. The whole song construction is brilliant.
It just takes you away🙌🏻
I was the lead guitar player in a 90's band called "The Refreshments".
Elliot Easton is the single most underrated guitarists of all time.
Listen to his brilliance in making the absolute most of the neck's melodic playground in a limited ammount of measures!!!
Friggin' GENIUS!
He was and continues to be a HUGE influence on my playing,. Man, this dude absolutely slays in the most melodic and comcise leads. WOW! JUST WOW!!!!🤘❤🤘❤
I ❤❤❤❤❤ THE CARS!!!!
B.
@@brainblush6500 Banditos is a classic!
I always felt that Elliott Easton was a very underrated lead guitarist.
So much underrated song from the The Cars. Man I feel like still being the 80, and gradating in 87 from high school and "The Cars" albums came out in the my school years. I'm jamming the cars albums last night in my garage and my kids going; what is it like being in school in the 80's dad??? Well I going tell them it was the best years tonight when I get home from work today!
I know what you mean, I was there too and sometimes it feels like it was just a dream. But I have to say it's kind of sad how kids today are asking their parents about their time in H.S. with such a wishing attitude..... Why aren't they making their own Times, their own destiny and fate. This society has really sucked the life out of these kids. I'd say it started somewhere in the mid to late 90's and now it's just a completely vapid, lifeless, soulless existence. I don't know how they can just keep plodding along.....
Best band in the 80's. Hands DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It DOES hurt listening this. I was 18 in 1980, I'm 61 now and this song hits me even DEEPER than in my youth. Scary to think Benjamin and Rik are on the other side of time. I hope they're allowed to peel back the veil and take a peek on Earth to see just how much they meant to SO MANY Souls.
THANK YOU guys, for sharing your art and talents with us, we appreciate you.
Till we see you on the other side...but not yet, not yet!
😎😎🙏🇺🇲🇯🇲🙏🏿🥰
😎☺️💖🥰🐞☘️🏁🙏🏽🙏🙏🏻🙏🏿😇😇
damn well put !
A better comment can hardly be imagined.
@vetb882 I think you and I are friends on this side here today! Nice (and true) comment.
Raining like hell at my very elderly parents in Glendale CA tonight./this morning A bit depressed, thinking bout all the friends and family that I had when this song came out, Most are gone now, some way to young. My bros and I thought the Cars were from England, since they adopted accents from the beatles etc... just needed to hear this super catchy tune to shake that sickening depressing feeling that comes with the passing of time. Wish I could go back to the fall of 1980
Beautiful comment. !!!
Wow ! This song does really hurt. I’m 60 now and the cars were such an inspiration for me in the prime of my life. Thank You Rick and gang , much appreciated………..
Awesome song
Love Love Love this song!!! If only to go back just one day 70's -80's were absolutely amazing times!!! 9-20-23
The last two years of the seventies were unlike no other....Like no other...
BARBARA, I MUST CONFESS I WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, BUT tHEN I CAPITULATED..OMG!, THE CARS, THE POLICE, DIRE STRAITS, THE PRETENDERS TOM PETTY,AND THEN OF COURSE TALKING HEADS, BLONDIE, ALL PREDICTING A NEW NEW THING, HOW RELUCTANT WE WERE TO GO ALONG...ALL THOSE BANDS HAD SEMINAL ALBUMS IN 1978 1979 THAT WERE TOTALLY "NEW," AND PREDICTED THE ONSLAUHT OF THE 80S ...AS YOU SAY LIKE NO OTHER WAS 78 AND 79
you may have a point there, you twisted the gate ?
A terrific 80's band whose music continues to be relevant in today's music world. Never be another band like them. They were unique.
First two albums (their best, imo) were released in the great, late 1970's. So, they were not a true 80's band, but yes-they were ahead of their time (and still are, in a sense). Kajagoogoo, on the other hand, and their ilk were totally 80's.
Such a terrific piece of music. The Cars were very special musicians. Their music is some of the best ever recorded. RIP. Ben and Ric.
There’s something about this song that I can’t adequately explain but it’s so great. Now more than ever I think back to how great we had it back in the 80s
Right! That longing that I felt so deeply in high school. Perfection!!!
I think this song captures the sweetness of new love and the anticipation of next meeting
Man, time flies by. Seems like just yesterday hanging out at Tower Records with friends, flipping through albums back when Candy-O was brand new. Now I'm an old man and The Cars are classic rock. RIP Ben and Ric.
Tower Records in PHX. AZ.?
Or are there Tower Records in
ALL US CITIES !?! 😁..✌🎸🎷
@@lindabutcher7014 I hung out at the Tower Records Store on Beach Blvd. in Buena Park , CA. Spent Way to much money .
@@lilorbielilorbie2496
WHO DIDN'T!! 😋✌😁🖤🖤
Tower Records on South Street in Philly!!! Wow, your comment brought back memories. I love this song.
Yes I used to go to the a south St. one too. I’ve always liked the Cars
God, what a classic , what great times ! I miss them so bad , it hurts .
A ROCK GOD !! without any "LSD" so underrated because he was so humble. He had it all absolutely amazing voice and great bass and writing.
One of the most important songs in my 52 years on this rock
Music junkies debate the greatest rock songs of all-time. The Cars rarely get in that coversation yet here's your winner...
Yes!!!!
Truly!
“It’s all I can do not to cry, for Ben for Ric and my beloved Cars, best times back then. Love this !
This and "All mixed up" are my fave songs of The Cars.
I can’t get thru this song without tears, All mixed up is my favorite too! Another great song they hardly ever performed. I’ve only saw one performance of it.
The harmonies are perfect. Tears here too.Drive , Tonight she Comes, Magic.....
@@oatnoid Benjamin's voice on this was so expressive. He was such a special man. A phenomenon like The Cars was a one-off - it will never be seen again.
😊 3:16
Was in high school when this came out. I never knew how good we had it. Ben Orr - Vietnam vet.
The keyboard in the verse after the solo, building the tension and lifting the whole song back into the chorus is just phenomenal songwriting
Is that what's happening? I always thought it was magic...
Uh-oh it is that! @deanrobert9953
That was always my favorite part of this beautiful song 🎵
that and the drum fill leading into the chorus. Such a great song.
Candy-O, the Cars sophomore album, was a great album. I can remember listening to the album repeatedly.
Love the Cars, especially Ben Orr. I live in Lake County Ohio, and just found out Ben's buried just a couple miles away. Think I'll make a pilgrimage and say hello. So sad man. We're runnin' low on all the greats.
Sean Black Say hello for all of us.
@@chadbest5411 not what some would expect. Not ornate at all. Small engravings of a guitar and cross. Not a large stone. Small country graveyard. Have visited twice. Going back in next few weeks
R.I.P. Benjamin and Ric all of your fans miss you so deeply 💖
One of the All time Greatest cars song ...
Aw
If not the best
Timeless
It is the greatest song from the Cars !
"Drive"
My favorite Cars song.
Every member of the band was so good at what they did.
The Candy-O album was legendary. Not to mention the cover art! :)
Seen them in 1979 Marquette Michigan they were amazing. I was a sophomore in high school. Kids today are so much different than we were than. Glad I grew up in the 80's
...the RnR concert era 1970-1990
Yea I saw them on the same tour I believe the Cars & Foreigner at the Grand Rapids civic auditorium
Was class of 1980 that’s ture
Kids nowadays have no respect or morals !
Loved the 80s!!
High school ..79-82...love this song...very haunting..✌
This song is so amazing. Seriously, I can't say enough about Benjamin's voice. ❤💯🎶
I love there music. Shame there gone . Ill b next im from pittsburgh area .just wanna say that because that area and Pittsburgh hate each other .but i dont
@@williammckindley7533
Can I play school teacher?
Please, I miss my class 😂
I love THEIR music... 🙃🖤
Shame THEY'RE gone...🖤🙃
Btw I'll be right there with ya!
I'm on my way out also(69)😭
It sucks to get old n still feel
young!! I'm from Detroit the
Motorcity n the mad man Ted
Nuggent n Motown area we'd
go to Ohio to see Benny.. I use
2 call him Benny n "his jets"✌
@@lindabutcher7014yeah brings back memories
@@williammckindley7533
LOTS of fun with NO STRESS
NO PHONE just good MUSIC!
@@lindabutcher7014 we need to hookup
Who ever thought we would miss the 80s? This music is priceless, especially all the great memories of our lives 40 years ago.
High School yeah baby ❤❤❤
This song is like a dream..... it takes me right back to this time 79, 80, 81..... so many memories like old B&W film.
My wife and I attended a Cars tribute band in Lorain Ohio on Friday, (moving in stereo). The Cars were a phenomenal band!!! RIP, Ben and Rick. 😢
I've never been a fan of tribute bands, but Moving in Stereo are really good!
I am from Lorain, Ohio. Love The Cars and miss my youth too. Fun to watch Cars videos on TH-cam.
Oh my word. I haven't heard this song in AGES!!!! I just turned 17 when this album came out. Absolutely LOVED this band and their music!!!! June 1979! Brings back such incredibly beautiful memories. And Ben .. Your voice... Ohhh my word... he is just gorgeous.. just a beautiful looking man with those dreamy eyes piercing through your soul. Good gawd.
Benjamin Orr. I think overlooked and underrated as a part of one of the greatest bands in my lifetime. No discredit to Ric Ocasek but I think Ben felt a bit of under appreciation towards the end. He got sick and died too early.
with those two in the same band, the Cars could be nothing but great...incredible album & the '70's were a wonderful time to be a teenager
What's so cool about the Cars is that it's about really great songs performed well. Not about choreography and celebrity and antics and spandex and spectacle. Each member is like a back up to the others. They almost seem like one of those 50s or 60s bands on Ed Sullivan in demeanor and yet they are a timeless kick ass rock band. No grandstanding. The singer sings then backs up to let the other instrumentals have prominence and then cooly steps back up to continue singing. Just a cool band with cool songs. I use the word cool a lot in this comment, but that's because the Cars are so damn cool.
Well said
Absolutely!! They were brilliant!! Never again will we see a band like this!!
well said....... not hot, not cold: just COOL
It's called 'work ethic'. (In many of their vids, you can tell Rick and Ben are giving body language cues to each other as to how well both them, and the rest of the band, are doing their jobs of keeping with what Ric and Ben expect.) Tight formation and harmony. :)
Agree 💯%!
Absolutely and simply the best. Nothing even come close these days ...
Glad I grew up with them around.
Love the cars all their albums Are great
I absolutely love the keyboards this song. Bens vocals are out of this world.
My favorite Cars song of all time. Benjamin Orr was such a gifted musician. Thanks for sharing this video on your channel.
My favorite too. Hands down
Benjamin Orr had it all ! Great looks , musical abilities, etc. Really Miss him. RIP. Rick and. Ben!!
One of the many great, dreamy Cars classics I remember so well from "back in the day"
It is clear from the many comments, and I agree, the Cars evoke some of the strongest feelings of nostalgia for that era when compared to other bands of the period. I think in addition to the music being so good, it was due to the real shift in rock sound and cultural change that they ushered in.
I remember buying the 45 of "Let's Go" and this was the song on the flip side. I wore both sides out in relatively short order. Thanks for the great memories.
These guys were f$@king great, one of the best concerts I've ever seen, clean tight pure sounding, and I've seen many of the best. Their sound was so unique with pop, rock, new wave, techno influences combining to make their own original sound. They were so fresh sounding when their first album came out, everyone was playing it at the parties. I'd go as far as to say no one was like this since The Beatles in uniqueness and sound.
This song gives me goosebumps. One of my all time favorite songs...ever!! Bravo Cars.
All these years later, and the Cars are still awesome!!
Late 70s and 80s we’re the best! Amazing how these songs just bring you back to times I wish I could have appreciated more in the moment!
Wow, Benjamin was a beast. The whole band was exceptional at song writing and arranging.
Ric wrote all the songs except for three or four where he shared songwriting credit. They were all excellent musicians of the highest order.
One of my favorite songs - really deserved its own video
Magnificent guitar work by Elliot Easton.
One of my favorite songs by the Band! I played it on cassette while driving my 1970 Buick Convertible (First Car). This song hits me where my memories lie in my youth! Wow!
Best Song of The Cars. Period. 👈❤️
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Some of the best vocals anywhere. Smooth blend of voices.
There just aren't many groups in these modern times that have the longevity or greatness of 70's bands like The Cars. Man these guys just had hit after hit well into the 80"s. RIP Ric and Ben, you guys left an indelible mark in this world.
What a handsome man..what a voice...Rest in Peace Ben...and Ric
Over the years I thought about how unique The Cars were in their music. Now as I read all these comments from this post and others, the one overriding point that comes across is that when you heard The Cars you always knew it was them, because no one else sounded like them. They were so special and their music made an indelible mark in rock history. I miss them now ,so many years later. But I consider my self lucky to have seen them live back in the 80’s. RIP BEN and RIC.
Man these guys are magic I grew up to these guys and I am fighting back tears missing benjamin orr and ric ocasek but someday we might all see the best concert ever when we join them when we have our number called with the rest of the guys
Totally agree. I get a lump in my throat listening to The Cars.
The great days when we waited for the vinyl albums to come out......i use to buy mine at Sears,my late father would give money to spend while he would shop at the tool or auto department.
This is just a awesome song. Holding up to the test of time.
One of those great songs that take me back like a lightning bolt to a specific time in my life...
I like this band more and more with the passing of time.
The best album of the cars even in 2024
Another stunning solo by the criminally underrated Elliot Easton
I saw him at Wurlitzer music in Boston when I purchased a couple of drums back in 1983. He was being a complete pompous condescending asshole to the clerk, I felt so bad that I went to the clerk after he left to see if he was ok, he said yes he is like that to everybody..
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Joe Cap yeah, sorry but I don’t see him that way. He might’ve been an asshole then, but I’m sure he was just going through the struggles of fame. I’m sure he’s a much better guy.
That dude is a SICK PLAYER!
He's like the Eddie Van Halen of the Cars
Such an awesome band!!This song reminds me of you my beautiful sister Bonnie. Miss you and love you forever!!
Sweet 💙💙 Saw the first tour at Nassau Coliseum. Moving in Stereo and Drive are my faves. If it comes up in the car everyone goes oooo. Unforgettable Ben Orr.
I'm old. I grew up with Cars and Bens' passing was hard. Now Rick.
What waits for us, who knows, but I hope it is these guys giving us more.
Solid time machine. Thank you Ric & co
Excellent Song/Band!!!!!
late 70s in austin, texas....saw them live....listened to them endlessly....this is the ultimate of audio traveling....no bombs, no fireworks, no chicks dancing around....just the sound, the emotion, the feeling, the intensity of their perfect combination of chords,,,,,,the good old days??
Yes, indeed the” good old days” so many great memories (and some fuzzy memories) listening to the Cars…..
When I was a teenager it was one of my favorite groups. Now in my 50s still one of my favorites...RIP Ric and Ben
I was in high school in the early 80's and a Saturday night cruisin up and down the main street just wasn't complete without a Cars cassette blasting in our truck stereo!!!!!
Brings back many great memories of the 80's...We always jammed out to The Cars...Best music EVER !!!
Love the 80’s of my past. Still today I listen and Rock n Roll with them. ❤️
The Cars were absolutely the perfect group with two Great lead vocalist! I was at Walmart a few weeks ago and this song was on the radio, I was stunned
Was 16 and had this 8 track playing nonstop in my “Pinto” that summer of 79.
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Me to Galaxy 500 1971 model first car 8-track tape also.
8-tracks, Pintos and AMC Gremlins......ahhhh, the ‘70’s.
Ive commented on this song so many times, but now i feel like its the Soundtrack of my life.😔💙😇💕
God I LOVED this band. I often think they were genuises OR the perfect combination of guys in one band,without one of them it would never be the same. They were such strong songwriters. Ben's death really touched me and of course Ric,I pray they're together jamming in the next world. Beautiful collage of images Cheers Becky!
You have excellent taste in music! I love the Cars also.
I have two words to describe the Cars…….grossly underrated!
Ahhh, the memories of listening to this song with friends during the 80's. Some are gone now but the rest are married with kids and grandkids. We had a great time back then.
Really loved this song from the day I first heard it over 30 years ago. Such a great mix of a driving percussion riff accentuated by great keys and guitar. Ben Orr's singing was always so under rated. He was a master of the clear blue-eyed soul with a great command of the pitch.
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Such an eclectic group of musicians and liked them as soon as I heard their song on the radio for the first time back in the late 70’s - Let the Good Times Roll. Been a Cars fan ever since. RIP Ben and Ric.
And once in a moment. It all comes to you. As soon as you get it. You want something new. Wow!
Ben definitely underrated one of the best.
One of my favorites from these cats. Outstanding song and album. Take me back!!
The sound production is fabulous here, thank you ☺️
Thank you for being part of my youth I was 17 the summer of 79
Fantastic lyrics,over the top music. They rose up in popularity quickly,and didnt slow down.
Beer on tap,huge fire going, smoking a little cannabis,out in woods,with good friends and listening to this song"eight track", hurting no one,causing no mischief, just being Young.