Ben didn't care where he played. Big stadiums, small venues. As long as he was playing. He said he wanted to play until he couldn't play anymore and he did. RIP Benjamin. Thanks for the music.
Yes, when Ben's doctor told him he had 3-4 months left, Ben said to his new band "I'll be out soon. Book as many gigs as you can". (Something to that effect). Our beloved Benjamin. How we miss you. 🎸🌹
@@bmelvin1234 Yes! I love the Cars. They actually sounded better live. I love watching them perform as much as hearing them. BTW, I love Boston, too...many great songs from that band.
I was here in South Station in 95..I was a junkie just hanging out looking for cash..I remember hearing this and walking over and listening for a bit.. I was astounded to see Ben Orr of the cars. I gotta say he looked a bit rough around the edges but still as handsome as ever. What a great voice.
That is utter nonsense. Move Like This proved they could move on without Ben. Ben was a nice talent and could transition to bass from guitar and had better range than Ric Ocasek. But Ric Ocasek wrote the songs (sometimes with Greg Hawkes). And Greg and Elliot and Dave contributed major portions to sound.
I think Ben truly loved playing music for 10 or 10,000...but I think he really could have benefited from the expertise of good management-the Cars were a great band, but they themselves acknowledge their trajectory to super stardom wasn’t solely their talent. They had top notch management and music attorneys that handled their business and knew how to market them & put them in front of the right people. It was their management that flew Roy Thomas Baker, a prestigious and powerful producer who at the time managed the most famous bands in that era - foreigner, journey, Tom petty, to Boston-during a blizzard no less - to see them perform. Even though they already had a huge cult following in that area - die to the weather - they performed in front of around a dozen people. Seriously. He asked them to come to England to make a record -less than a month later they went & recorded that first pivotal and staggeringly huge eponymous album in 12 freaking days. Within 6 months they went from local club band to touring the world. He produced the first 4 records. Just those records alone probably made all the members extremely wealthy. If you watched the 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards-the year the band FINALLY got inducted, the remaining 4 members each gave very thoughtful acceptance speeches. And each one resoundingly thanked their management-by name and others that were so crucially instrumental in getting the band up & running. But who knows what Ben’s intentions were career wise after the band amicably went their separate ways. ( Ric is who sat down after some studio work announced he was done. This was around 1987-88. By than the band had enjoyed 12 years of worldwide fame, he and Ben had been together 10 yrs BEFORE the Cars hit it big. Its very possible Ben had gotten his fill of life as an in demand rock star. He’d performed in front of huge audiences -like the festivals where 250,000 people attended. He had already done a solo record that did relatively well. So it’s conceivable-he just wanted to chill out. He was financially set, and could do what he wanted. I suppose trying to accomplish as a solo artist anything close to what The Cars did wasn’t realistic. He’d essentially be starting over -and back on a grueling schedule to tour & promote his music -he’d have to -at around the age of 40>when cars broke up- also deal with a changing music scene that was detouring into the R &B /rap stuff - -a trajectory that lead us to where we are today, In 2020 So maybe I’m projecting an opinion that looks at these sparsely attended performances, combined with the fact he never put out another record-as some kind of downward spiral. When in fact - he may have been precisely where he wanted to be. Able to kick back & enjoy his good fortune, ( and eventually a son) nurture friendships and perform whenever he felt like it. He always looks so happy & in the moment when he is in front of an audience. He was such a beautiful person, inside & out. He couple have had an ego like David Lee Roth ( horror) but every interview- he’s so humble and soft spoken...,and that smile. He & Ric’s spirits live on no matter what. Peace 🦋
Ceepee true. I did read somewhere that on the end oh their last tour -Ben rode on his own bus. Be at one point was trying to convince Ric into looking at songs /lyrics he'd collaborated with a coat tail riding chick. Ric had written every song The Cars did- Each song started its embryonic state with Rics lyrics and snippets of melody -that was his part, than Elliot,David, Greg..,, and Ben embellished and properly composed and polished the Song until the end result. (I'm thinking Greg had much to do with making each track cohesive. So casually suggesting an addition to the flawlessly tried and true formula probably did Ben no favors I his judgement. (Another Cars obsessed fan gave me a link to the one record album this lady friend recorded (with Ben's backing financially I presume -is ....,,oh fucking awful is as nice a thing I can say. I think her name was Dianne Gray?? If you're into ear torture -go ahead You've been given fair warning my friend. Have a good weekend & stay safe' Peace 🦋
@@ms.lisamurphy269 Yes I agree . It was his girlfriend at the time who co wrote his songs for “The Lace” . She was trying to further her own career and hoped that her and Ben would be a song writing duo. The Cars were breaking up and he was probably looking for a career outside of the group.Ric criticized her lyrics and would not include the songs in the future of the group. Ben knew Ric and how the group worked, I don’t believe it was all his idea .
Even though this video is quite blurry, you can distinguish Benjamin's delicate features. He was still hot at 48. P.S. I don´t like the keyboard player either. Smh.
Y’all stop!! It’s not Ric Ocasek. This is just some unknown cover band that Ben played with in Boston. None of the guys played with The Cars except Ben!!!
Ric really let himself go here! Ballooning up to 300 pounds you almost can’t recognize him. He can’t even stand anymore. Sad really! Ben shines as usual!
In bands prior to the Cars Ben played guitar. He switched strictly to bass for the Cars line up. He also wrote a few of their tunes but Ric was the primary writer while they both were co-lead vocals.
ONE hit? Clearly you are too juvenile and stupid to know who the Cars were or how many hits they had. I think by 'one hit' you are referring to your present day, forgettable American reality talent show winners or those rap artists that spew filth. Take some music history lessons kid and good luck with your fake pre recorded, auto tuned, rubbish fake 'live' concerts.😘
@@kazabushy LOL. I'm on your side. Today's stuff is total shit. I was a teenager when Cars had Lets Go and Just what I Needed. I'm saying in those days to have 1 or 2 "hits" you made millions and could retire at an early age ( provided one didn't piss it all up against a wall). Today's music is not worth talking about.
@@kazabushy No worries. I had bit of a chuckle. Was also paying respects to the credibility of original, organic composition skills and musicianship of the time. Today, get a computer, press 2 keys and there's your "song" LOL.
Ben could play multiple instruments and was actually formally trained as a drummer. He would switch instruments depending on what his band needed so he could keep playing. He never fell in love with the bass-he just played it because The Cars needed a bass player. He stated that his preference was actually rhythm guitar, so when he had a choice, he chose rhythm.
To all the haters of the keyboardist: that's Igor Khoroshev, who was asked by John Anderson of Yes to play with them after this. Anderson & Khoroshev also worked on a collaborative project that wasn't released. The guy is having fun, exhibiting pure joy, which music is supposed to do. Commenters here are like sports talk radio where fat guys who couldn't run to first base call up & scream abt how awful their All Star player is playing.
He started out as a drummer, then became a rhythm and lead guitarist. He played bass in the Cars because Maxine Sartori(?), the DJ who essentially "broke" them in Boston, saw them live and said "Dude, you need to be doing something with your hands, you can't just be standing there with them stuck in your pockets", because for some reason, he wasn't playing an instrument at that point, only singing. Not really sure why he wasn't playing an instrument at that point, as he'd played guitar all through the previous incarnations of bands and duos he and Ric had gone through for the previous 8 years. Guess maybe they figured they didn't need 3 guitarists. But at that point he was a lead singer with no instrument, except maybe he'd occasionally shake a tambourine or something if the song had one, and they already had Elliot on Lead Guitar and Ric on Rhythm so Ben became the bassist. He did a pretty damn good job with it considering he only became the bassist so he'd have something to do with his hands.
@@GizziesGirl2 Okay..not FULL of shit, just mostly shit. He sang for a band before the cars formed. My question is simple. He always played bass with the cars. He is only doing cars songs with this band, why didn't he play the bass there?
@@tc1817 If you'd seen all the videos for this show you'd know he did NOT only do Cars songs at this show, he did a number of his solo songs as well, both from The Lace and from the follow up album that was never released. (also it wasn't just "a band before the Cars", by the time the Cars had a hit he'd been playing in bands for 18 years and had been with Ric for almost 10 of them) So my point was, I would have thought would have been obvious, that Benjamin wasn't playing the bass because he didn't have to play the bass. For practical reasons I would suggest it's because it's actually quite a bit more difficult to play the bass and sing than it is to play the guitar and sing. Just because Paul McCartney and Sting make it look easy doesn't mean that isn't more work. Now that Benjamin had a choice in the matter, he chose to make it a little easier on himself. I'm not really sure why the fact that he played the bass on the songs in the Cars means he ought to play it when he's doing his own thing.
Because he wanted to? The keyboardist was a bit over excited(he did actually go on to play live for the band Yes from 1997 to 2000) but I think one of the reasons Ben and John chose youngs guys like this was so they could get the experience.
I know, right?.... He loved playing music no matter the crowd size, 💗 He was humble. Was he appreciated at this time for the rock legend he was? Though the audience is loving this, do they realize all the great Cars songs he sang? Also, he could play ANY instrument! So glad it seems like he's getting more recognition lately😊
@@jessiek5683 I watch Cars video's from back then (my time) today, and he still amazes me. He looks as comfortable at that station as he did at Live Aid.
Am I the only one who is grossed out by Ben Orr (RIP beautiful voice and man) drinking from the same water bottle that well meaning but_yikes_lady drank out of at 0.48 to 0.55?? He was so gracious but it appears he thought it was not water...and it was water...bleh. This is a quirky video.
LOL! I thought EXACTLY the same thing! And I thought it was kinda weird for that nasty ass woman to shove her water in his face...until I realized she was a he. LOL! It looked like Ben asked him what is was, and said WATER! LOL! It's okay now that I know the big guy was his best friend, lol. They all look like women, except Ben! LOL!
I want to amend my comment after further review. Ben is clearly annoyed at the keyboardist at the beginning, & kept looking over at him as if to say, "Cut it out." Ben appeared to say something to his friend John, who then looked at Igor, & even the bass player kept looking at him. I never have seen Ben annoyed.
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Ben didn't care where he played. Big stadiums, small venues. As long as he was playing. He said he wanted to play until he couldn't play anymore and he did. RIP Benjamin. Thanks for the music.
😢🙏👌🌹🌹🇸🇮
Yes, when Ben's doctor told him he had 3-4 months left, Ben said to his new band "I'll be out soon. Book as many gigs as you can". (Something to that effect). Our beloved Benjamin. How we miss you. 🎸🌹
Ben played in front of the entire world at one point. His opening line To the stadium crowd at Live Aid was “nice to see you again”. Classic!
100,000 attended at JFK Stadium while 13 satellites beamed a live television broadcast of the event to more than one billion viewers in 110 countries.
@@funkycandycool Not bad for a small band from Boston.
@@bmelvin1234 Yes! I love the Cars. They actually sounded better live. I love watching them perform as much as hearing them. BTW, I love Boston, too...many great songs from that band.
I was there 👍
MY god did Ben have an amazing voice. No voice overs or sound booth needed. A legend.
Sounded so great sitting there singing in South Station. Unbelievable. He was just wonderful.
What a great time! I love when he said STOP IT
ТАЛАНТ! 🇸🇮
Love listening to Ben's voice. He is a legend. Gone way too soon.
Ben is an angel singing in Heavens Choir.
HIs voice was pure "Magic" wow, it seems I miss him more every time I see a performance. RIP Benny.
Benjamin is very relaxed playing with these Guys...small venue ..........unflashy rock star you are missed
He was a pro- his ease on stage always impressed me as well. He is so amazing to watch- just the fucking coolest!
He is amazing regardless of where the venue is rip Benjamin you are greatly missed
He's actually playing in the concourse of the main train station in Boston. You can hear them announcing trains at the beginning of the video.
Small venue? It's south station, it's massive!
ЯРКАЯ ЗВЕЗДА !ТАЛАНТ!
В РОССИИ СЛУШАЮТ МНОГО! 🤞🇸🇮
RIP, Beautiful Ben Orr. Playing with the angels now. I love this man.
I was here in South Station in 95..I was a junkie just hanging out looking for cash..I remember hearing this and walking over and listening for a bit.. I was astounded to see Ben Orr of the cars. I gotta say he looked a bit rough around the edges but still as handsome as ever. What a great voice.
How about the rest of the band? The bassist seems pretty good, did you get to see him?
He really had a KILLER voice!!!
He sure did. He sounded amazing singing in South Station. That isn’t known for its acoustics. He was just wonderful.
Ben orr lindoo como nunca existiu..uma lenda...pena que hj não está mais entre nós..❤😢
No matter what the environment...Ben Orr was always legendary!
Billmetal looks like South Station in Boston, even though it’s a train station, the acoustics must have been great.
Chris Conley There are concerts there all the time...massive transit hub for train, bus, etc. Restaurants, shopping.
Wow! He is so happy and relaxed, interacting with the crowd and just all out jamming. Such a devastating smile. Ben Orr Forever!
What a beautiful intro...type flamenco🎤🎹🎷🪗🎸and Ben’s voice priceless 🤘🤘🤘
БЕН, ТВОИ ПЕСНИ ГОЛОС НЕ КОГДА НЕ ЗАБУДУ.ВЕЧНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ. 🙏🌹🌹🇸🇮
I had a hard time watching this & NOT thinking, “Five more years of life, Ben. Five more years, that’s all.”
No one knows if we have 5 more minutes but I know what you're saying.
Word for word what I'm thinking.
Unfortunately that’s what comes to mind for me too when I watch these videos 💔
I feel the same and it is so sad. Poor Ben :(
Great to see Benjamin having so much fun here.
Yes that smile of his. It always made me smile. He was so wonderful.
I find him looking at the guy like “what are you giving me?” so funny. He had to be told it was water. Lol. This is my favorite song from this show b
RIP Ben. RIP Ric. Songs by The Cars will always put a smile on my face. What brilliant music they produced.
Ben was so amazing. What I wouldn't do to see him again. Maybe in the next life. Love you Ben.
what a tragedy, to lose him so soon. :(
How could this crowd be standing there like a bunch of mummies and not be going crazy?
Se lo ve muy relajado, disfrutando de brindar este concierto!! Le gustaba interactuar con el público!! 💕💕😇🎸🎶
That was Amazing..
Oh Ben . I am watching. Rip beautiful man.
Ben does excellent job of this song and the backing band is pretty good to
I miss Ben.
Legend... lunch time... anytime
Benjamin is ( was ) a second to none. You are your legacy for till the world comes to an end. RIP BEAUTIFUL MAN...!
Looks like they were all.having a blast !
At 56 seconds that big dude assuring Ben that it’s water in the bottle....nothing more😉😉😉😉RIP Ben. You’re sorely missed.
Makes you wonder what would have happened if The Cars did an episode of MTV Unplugged.
"it's good to see you again"
Song keeps running through my mind---hoping to visit Bens final resting place in Ohio....
He was cool!! He had it! I can sing but cannot reach those melodic tones. He and the cars I grew up with.
What a difficult song to sing! The vocals saved.
Wow, What a Gem of a video i found here on TH-cam, Ben Orr doing acoustic guitar.....Thank's for posting it. Saaaaweet Video :)
Ben dead 5 yrs after this , so sad , rip Ben
Ahh poetic musical genius worldwide sensation brilliant man waaaaay ahead of his time on planet earth AND IN HIS OWN DIMENSION
Man, this is great. Just a good time. I want that...
Keyboards out of control
Hahahaha! Too much keyboard 🎹... 😂🤣😂🤣😂
RIP Ben
Oh my Ben, you will always be seasoned!
Thank God!!, real music!!
Only 5 years before he died. RIP, Benjamin..
So sad. He was such a wonderful talent. Sadly life can, and does, change on a dime. Cancer sucks.
This is so GREAT!!!!
PS
The keyboardist was not the fault, it was the soundman’s job to turn him down....
Phil Barrows 100 %. Have to control the mix. Plus - with that being the only electric instrument up there he had to carry Elliot’s part.
i got the candy o album the year it came out through columbia record club. rip benjamin
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I ❤ Benjamin Orr 🌹🙏⭐🕶️
👁️❤️🎸♥️🇺🇸🌹
How lucky are these guys getting to play with Ben
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👍🇺🇸❤GOD BLESS BEN
Great raw footage and sound. Nice gem, thanks for posting!
I have the same leather coat with fringes that Ben has
What a star! ⭐️
What an embarrassment to Elliot and Greg. Ben you were utter perfection as usual.
Still miss the Cars, and Ben Orr...all these guys are having a good time....
...very cool 2 C Ben here...
without Ben...there IS NO CARS
That is utter nonsense. Move Like This proved they could move on without Ben.
Ben was a nice talent and could transition to bass from guitar and had better range than Ric Ocasek. But Ric Ocasek wrote the songs (sometimes with Greg Hawkes). And Greg and Elliot and Dave contributed major portions to sound.
I remember seeing posters up for this concert
I love Ben's best friend seated next to him on to the right
They both are dead, so sad
John Kalishes really appears to have been a true friend to Ben and very talented musician in his own right.
@@GizziesGirl2 I agree
I think Ben truly loved playing music for 10 or 10,000...but I think he really could have benefited from the expertise of good management-the Cars were a great band, but they themselves acknowledge their trajectory to super stardom wasn’t solely their talent. They had top notch management and music attorneys that handled their business and knew how to market them & put them in front of the right people.
It was their management that flew Roy Thomas Baker, a prestigious and powerful producer who at the time managed the most famous bands in that era - foreigner, journey, Tom petty, to Boston-during a blizzard no less - to see them perform. Even though they already had a huge cult following in that area - die to the weather - they performed in front of around a dozen people. Seriously. He asked them to come to England to make a record -less than a month later they went & recorded that first pivotal and staggeringly huge eponymous album in 12 freaking days. Within 6 months they went from local club band to touring the world. He produced the first 4 records. Just those records alone probably made all the members extremely wealthy.
If you watched the 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards-the year the band FINALLY got inducted, the remaining 4 members each gave very thoughtful acceptance speeches. And each one resoundingly thanked their management-by name and others that were so crucially instrumental in getting the band up & running.
But who knows what Ben’s intentions were career wise after the band amicably went their separate ways. ( Ric is who sat down after some studio work announced he was done. This was around 1987-88. By than the band had enjoyed 12 years of worldwide fame, he and Ben had been together 10 yrs BEFORE the Cars hit it big.
Its very possible Ben had gotten his fill of life as an in demand rock star. He’d performed in front of huge audiences -like the festivals where 250,000 people attended. He had already done a solo record that did relatively well. So it’s conceivable-he just wanted to chill out. He was financially set, and could do what he wanted. I suppose trying to accomplish as a solo artist anything close to what The Cars did wasn’t realistic. He’d essentially be starting over -and back on a grueling schedule to tour & promote his music -he’d have to -at around the age of 40>when cars broke up- also deal with a changing music scene that was detouring into the R &B /rap stuff - -a trajectory that lead us to where we are today, In 2020
So maybe I’m projecting an opinion that looks at these sparsely attended performances, combined with the fact he never put out another record-as some kind of downward spiral. When in fact - he may have been precisely where he wanted to be. Able to kick back & enjoy his good fortune, ( and eventually a son) nurture friendships and perform whenever he felt like it. He always looks so happy & in the moment when he is in front of an audience.
He was such a beautiful person, inside & out. He couple have had an ego like David Lee Roth ( horror) but every interview- he’s so humble and soft spoken...,and that smile.
He & Ric’s spirits live on no matter what.
Peace 🦋
ms.lisa murphy I don’t think the breakup was that amicable.
Ceepee true. I did read somewhere that on the end oh their last tour -Ben rode on his own bus.
Be at one point was trying to convince Ric into looking at songs /lyrics he'd collaborated with a coat tail riding chick. Ric had written every song The Cars did- Each song started its embryonic state with Rics lyrics and snippets of melody -that was his part, than Elliot,David, Greg..,, and Ben embellished and properly composed and polished the Song until the end result. (I'm thinking Greg had much to do with making each track cohesive.
So casually suggesting an addition to the flawlessly tried and true formula probably did Ben no favors I his judgement.
(Another Cars obsessed fan gave me a link to the one record album this lady friend recorded (with Ben's backing financially I presume -is ....,,oh fucking awful is as nice a thing I can say. I think her name was Dianne Gray?? If you're into ear torture -go ahead
You've been given fair warning my friend. Have a good weekend & stay safe'
Peace 🦋
@@ms.lisamurphy269 Yes I agree . It was his girlfriend at the time who co wrote his songs for “The Lace” . She was trying to further her own career and hoped that her and Ben would be a song writing duo. The Cars were breaking up and he was probably looking for a career outside of the group.Ric criticized her lyrics and would not include the songs in the future of the group. Ben knew Ric and how the group worked, I don’t believe it was all his idea .
Thanks for posting.👏👏👏
I like this drummer's cymbal setup. Nice.
Even though this video is quite blurry, you can distinguish Benjamin's delicate features. He was still hot at 48.
P.S. I don´t like the keyboard player either. Smh.
His smile still radiates. He was beautiful.
2:32 I like the way the guitar player to our right taps out the beat on his guitar.
Omg it's like Ben is leading the 5h grade first semester band class 😂 rock long live The Cars 🤟
The mullet on that sound guy! Imagine what the band would look like now. (Aside from Ben of course)
une voie incomparable je n'est encore jamais entendu la meme
Damn! Ric Ocasek got faaaaat!!!
ha ha. Aww, he is Ben's best buddy
Woahahaha. I was about to sleep now I can't stop laughing. Thanks!!!
LMAO!!!
Y’all stop!! It’s not Ric Ocasek. This is just some unknown cover band that Ben played with in Boston. None of the guys played with The Cars except Ben!!!
@@cinnamongirl7877 Holy crap, get a clue! I guess humor isn't your strong suit...
is this the gipsy kings or something? turn the snare on! it sounds like a timbale. keyboard overplaying like crazy. . . vocal on point.
Ric really let himself go here! Ballooning up to 300 pounds you almost can’t recognize him. He can’t even stand anymore. Sad really!
Ben shines as usual!
Gawd! He was soo skinny before too. Food court at the mall would do it. He needs to get the hell outta there.
D RolyPolyMan That’s not Ric
You’re kidding right? Seriously you think that’s Ocasek to Bens right? STOPPPPPPPPPPPP.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Stupid girls...
Not all girls! I laughed when I read it.
Amazing and fun
Incredible
a+
Mais é uma fofura lindo aqui cantava de mais
The big guy with the swively head and the elongated guitar that he is a good friend of Bens and that then they grew up one it once.
Who are these guys? A n d the amazing Ben Orr?
The Cars had a good sound when they had hit after hit singers on the radio in Boston?
no pressure on the bass player......
Ben looking over at keyboardist from time to time thinking "WTF are you doing?"
1:30
This should have been even more hootenanny with fiddles. Dobros if not mandolins or banjos.
The big guitarist on Bens left (screen right) is playing a cardboard guitar? Seems like it. Hardly touching the thing.
Pizza the Hut.
Cruel! That was Benjamin's best buddy...
That's John Kalishes and he was something of a Boston area music legend. As well as Benjamin's very good friend.
They mention the sound of that’s good on it?
Ben on acoustic guitar?
In bands prior to the Cars Ben played guitar. He switched strictly to bass for the Cars line up. He also wrote a few of their tunes but Ric was the primary writer while they both were co-lead vocals.
That's all you needed back then...one hit and it was early retirement. Great song.
ONE hit? Clearly you are too juvenile and stupid to know who the Cars were or how many hits they had. I think by 'one hit' you are referring to your present day, forgettable American reality talent show winners or those rap artists that spew filth. Take some music history lessons kid and good luck with your fake pre recorded, auto tuned, rubbish fake 'live' concerts.😘
@@kazabushy LOL. I'm on your side. Today's stuff is total shit. I was a teenager when Cars had Lets Go and Just what I Needed. I'm saying in those days to have 1 or 2 "hits" you made millions and could retire at an early age ( provided one didn't piss it all up against a wall). Today's music is not worth talking about.
@@mimoochodom2684 I apologise sincerely. I thought you were making a mockery of them. As it read like Let's Go was just a one hit wonder. Very sorry.👍
@@kazabushy No worries. I had bit of a chuckle. Was also paying respects to the credibility of original, organic composition skills and musicianship of the time. Today, get a computer, press 2 keys and there's your "song" LOL.
@@mimoochodom2684 If it's called a song? Cheers.
it doesn't matter to me but, i was thinking Ben is playing with bunch of women. i seriously can't tell
Love long hair on guys.
Hmm, this sounds like moving in stereo played backwards
Keyboardist ruined the song, and I'm sure the entire set.
dumb ass
And I don't know what he was thinking
Yeah, he kinda did, IMO. Just sounded awful. Ben deserved better.
Tubetube ruined the sound. It's TH-cam for god sake, nothing sounds better than Live!
Keyboard player, if you are reading these comments, reel it in, the crowd was there to see Ben, not you, you suck!
Orr played the bass guitar...wonder why they had him play acoustic?
5 years and he’d be gone.
Ben could play multiple instruments and was actually formally trained as a drummer. He would switch instruments depending on what his band needed so he could keep playing. He never fell in love with the bass-he just played it because The Cars needed a bass player. He stated that his preference was actually rhythm guitar, so when he had a choice, he chose rhythm.
To all the haters of the keyboardist: that's Igor Khoroshev, who was asked by John Anderson of Yes to play with them after this. Anderson & Khoroshev also worked on a collaborative project that wasn't released. The guy is having fun, exhibiting pure joy, which music is supposed to do. Commenters here are like sports talk radio where fat guys who couldn't run to first base call up & scream abt how awful their All Star player is playing.
Do you know anything about the bass players? His name or anything?
Keyboard still sucks, regardless who he played with later.
@@ChrisHillOlympicRecurveArchery I changed my mind later & agree with you. He had no right to freelance & Ben was obviously annoyed.
Why isn't he playing the bass?
He started out as a drummer, then became a rhythm and lead guitarist. He played bass in the Cars because Maxine Sartori(?), the DJ who essentially "broke" them in Boston, saw them live and said "Dude, you need to be doing something with your hands, you can't just be standing there with them stuck in your pockets", because for some reason, he wasn't playing an instrument at that point, only singing. Not really sure why he wasn't playing an instrument at that point, as he'd played guitar all through the previous incarnations of bands and duos he and Ric had gone through for the previous 8 years. Guess maybe they figured they didn't need 3 guitarists. But at that point he was a lead singer with no instrument, except maybe he'd occasionally shake a tambourine or something if the song had one, and they already had Elliot on Lead Guitar and Ric on Rhythm so Ben became the bassist. He did a pretty damn good job with it considering he only became the bassist so he'd have something to do with his hands.
@@GizziesGirl2 your story is full of shit.
@@GizziesGirl2 Okay..not FULL of shit, just mostly shit. He sang for a band before the cars formed.
My question is simple. He always played bass with the cars. He is only doing cars songs with this band, why didn't he play the bass there?
@@tc1817 If you'd seen all the videos for this show you'd know he did NOT only do Cars songs at this show, he did a number of his solo songs as well, both from The Lace and from the follow up album that was never released. (also it wasn't just "a band before the Cars", by the time the Cars had a hit he'd been playing in bands for 18 years and had been with Ric for almost 10 of them)
So my point was, I would have thought would have been obvious, that Benjamin wasn't playing the bass because he didn't have to play the bass. For practical reasons I would suggest it's because it's actually quite a bit more difficult to play the bass and sing than it is to play the guitar and sing. Just because Paul McCartney and Sting make it look easy doesn't mean that isn't more work.
Now that Benjamin had a choice in the matter, he chose to make it a little easier on himself. I'm not really sure why the fact that he played the bass on the songs in the Cars means he ought to play it when he's doing his own thing.
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So the simple answer is that the band was not playing a set of Cars songs.
I'm not sure why Ben is performing there, with a kooky keyboardist and a ton of guitar players
Because he wanted to? The keyboardist was a bit over excited(he did actually go on to play live for the band Yes from 1997 to 2000) but I think one of the reasons Ben and John chose youngs guys like this was so they could get the experience.
Why was BEN ORR playing in a train station?
I know, right?....
He loved playing music no matter the crowd size, 💗
He was humble.
Was he appreciated at this time for the rock legend he was? Though the audience is loving this, do they realize all the great Cars songs he sang? Also, he could play ANY instrument!
So glad it seems like he's getting more recognition lately😊
@@jessiek5683 I watch Cars video's from back then (my time) today, and he still amazes me. He looks as comfortable at that station as he did at Live Aid.
Am I the only one who is grossed out by Ben Orr (RIP beautiful voice and man) drinking from the same water bottle that well meaning but_yikes_lady drank out of at 0.48 to 0.55?? He was so gracious but it appears he thought it was not water...and it was water...bleh. This is a quirky video.
That's not a lady! That's John Kalishes, one of Benjamin's musicians and also a great friend!
LOL! I thought EXACTLY the same thing! And I thought it was kinda weird for that nasty ass woman to shove her water in his face...until I realized she was a he. LOL! It looked like Ben asked him what is was, and said WATER! LOL! It's okay now that I know the big guy was his best friend, lol. They all look like women, except Ben! LOL!
WORST. KEYBOARD. PLAYER. EVER.
Jon Anderson of Yes invited him to play with Yes, & they did a collaborative work together. So I guess that he doesn't suck too much, huh?
I want to amend my comment after further review. Ben is clearly annoyed at the keyboardist at the beginning, & kept looking over at him as if to say, "Cut it out." Ben appeared to say something to his friend John, who then looked at Igor, & even the bass player kept looking at him. I never have seen Ben annoyed.
I wanted to grab Ben and pull him out of that mess. Worst band ever!
I never realized that Ric put on so much weight around the mid 90s. WOW somebody call Subway
This is NOT 1995.
This is after the Cars, and he died in 2000. Yes, it's 1995.
Yeah, it is 1995. The keyboardist is sync'd to an Atari ST computer.
When do you think it was? Everyone else seems to think it was 1995. LOL
I think I like the instrumental jam better than "Let's Go"!
That's because these dirty turds can't do a Cars song justice. Ben as usual was perfect.
LOL@"Dirty turds"