Greg Hawkes keyboard playing is what got me hooked on the Cars. I'll always say his sound was what made the Cars. When I first heard It's All I Can Do I wanted to know who was making that sound on the keyboard and I was a drummer.
16 in '78. What a time to be alive! Styx, Devo, Supertramp, Boston, ELO, Foreigner, The Knack, The Cars... Hang'n out with friends and watching Saturday Night Live with Gilda Radner, John Belushi, John Candy- and Mr. Bill.
I was 17 years old when this album was out. I had a 1971 Plymouth Duster with an under-dash cassette player. I loved this album "Candy-O" and I played this cassette version so much, it ragged out and I had to buy another one from the record store! All of you are correct when you say that those were the days and music was awesome. I am glad I lived it.
Heh, isn't that funny. I was also 17 when this album came out and I had a four-door 1970 Dodge Dart (which was more or less basically the same car as the Duster). Mind you, I didn't have a tape deck in the car as I couldn't yet afford one. And I had to make do with listening to 'Candy-O' on my parents' stereo until I could afford one of my own in early 1982 with money I'd saved from working in a stereo shop.
I also was 17 when this came out and had a lime green 71 Plymouth duster,,,, but I had a 8 track tape player with the mind blower speakers ,,,wish I was still there. 57 ,,, does not seem that great ,,,, to me
Agreed!!! They were awesome in late 70's and early 80's,but then they just became way too "Pop" in 84' with their album "Heartbeat City"!!! From there,it was just all downhill!!!
menom7 And the most awesome thing to me, I had this one Candy-O but on 8 track!!🖒what an high fidelity that sounded to me!!! some of the best memories!!
Yeah, 78 and 79 part of the best music generation and a fun time to be a young adult. So many guys with the Candy-O album cover on their bedroom wall. That is still a hot album cover today. I was driving my first car then to the beach, a Mercury Comet. Everyone would have their car radios set to a station in Buffalo. For us Canadians it was a short distance just across Lake Ontario. Any time the Cars came on there was this wave of sound from cars spread around just booming their songs out. Girls dancing, bonfire going later in the evening, lots of cold beer. I doubt a group of young people today could have so much fun with just a couple of simple ingredients.
And this is why I get annoyed when people act like Ric couldn't sing at all, he nails it here. I agree Ben had a better voice but Ric could sing damn well too.
vocals is but one gift a performer can use to express the music within. They all had a uniqueness that contributed to push them to the top back in the 80s. A nerdy group that absolutely rocked.
It'd be awesome if you were kin to James Wiedemann from Flatonia TX, but somehow I don't feel that's gonna happen. You're right however, candy O was genius. I am still listening to CARS thru ALEXA!!!!!!
The cars were a phenomenon. The first two albums were revolutionary and spellbinding cause they had that MAGIC sound and were literally addictive to kids like us. We would listen to those records over and over and over.
The Cars were so good about each one knowing their limits and their role. Tic sang the songs that were right for his voice and ditto Ben. Meanwhile they stayed back when Elliott had his solos and let him shine. Rick wasn't an ego maniac and knew his limits a a guitarist and singer, that's what made the Cars great.
They really changed or helped change the face of music with their first two albums , they were the first new wave band to garner fans from both sides of the fence , but 78,79,80 were amazing pivotal years , the knack, joe Jackson, B’52’s, XTC, Bram tchovsky, the Brilliant Manfred Mann angel station also dropped, Ultravox, ELO was still making decent music, Tom petty came on the scene, Ian hunter never alone with a schitzophrenic, Amazing time to live in
4 decades later and I still love this music. In the seventies I was listening to Sabbath, Rush, Kiss, Zeppelin, Motorhead, Floyd, UFO, Stones, Iron Maiden, etc. Then comes along this New Wave band and blows me away. What great songs. RIP Benjamin Orr, your music lives on!!!
Skipping school and riding around in a jacked up Nova with air shocks , passing a joint around and figuring out whose house to go to that the parents weren't home so we could hang out for the day.
Amazing that two of the best groups of the late 70's, early 80's came out with debut albums in 1978. The Cars, and Van Halen. Music was damn good back in those days, thankfully I was there to hear, and see it happen. Great music to cruise around to, meet the girls, party and just have fun. What a great era.
I remember choosing (Old man said he'd only buy one) between these three albums: Van Halen (first record), Cheap Trick (live at budokan), and The Cars. How's that for choices!? those were the days. I chose Cheap Trick but eventually got them all. 😎
Biggest thing is that unless you were around at the beginning of New Wave, you'll never understand how refreshing it was after the lethargic music scene of the 70's and protest era of the late 60's/early 70's. Vietnam was over and no matter how you look at it, this was fantastic after having to listen to Eric Carmen, ABBA and other disco hits. This was ground breaking at that time and that's why so many people still love this stuff. I'm sure others will agree with me...who were there. :)
i commented months ago to say THIS is my very favorite song of any type by any band of all time (and i'm a 48 yr old professor with a huge collection and very picky taste) -- it's so gratifying to see so many young people recognizing how special the cars are/were and so much fun to see people posting/playing this masterpiece day to day... thanks to all of you and slance for originating
Totally agree bro. Eliot Easton was never even talked about. The Cars had their own sound, which is hard for any band to say, and they need to be in the Hall of Fame. It really is a shame.
Yes he did. It was called Change no Change. There are songs on YT from that album. Wide Awake, Tools of Your Labor, Walk on Walden. The Album was technically acclaimed in places but just never took off I think due to the Record Company not promoting much...which is a shame. Personally I like the songs on the album and Elliott is a great musician
I remember the sequence at about 1:37 to 1:45 being used on one of MTV's promos back in the early 80's. Always loved this song. And this particular video. It's criminal that this tune isn't on their greatest hits albums. Great upload.
Elliott Easton killed it on this song! David on the drums 👌 A fantastic sound that defined The Cars. So glad I grew up in the 80's and had these guys to listen to!
I absolutely adore this song, and how it shifts gears at the chorus and goes harder edged & oddly dark for the hook, and then for the end of the track.
Wow,I was 14 years old when the first two albums from The Cars changed my life. I hadn't heard this song in many years and I must say it aged extremely well. No digital alteration or anything of that kind, just pure musical talent. The harmony and build up are also quite striking. Why aren't there bands of that quality anymore???
There are lots of artists today who are only good in the studio and horrible performers. After American Idol, people now appreciate technically good singers. They'd do great today, at least in the rock scene. You couldn't deny that much talent no matter what the decade.
Before internet - people rocked on 2 feet - and the phone is Bolted to the wall by the bathroom - Hi !!! Yes - we need it again - Busy bodies today need their asszs tanned - resort to hallmark greeting cards
Seen alot of concerts in the late 1970s and most of the 1980's, I wished I would have seen The Cars then. Would have liked to seen Queen in concert too. My parents got to see The Beatles back in 1965.
My great singer and icon. RIP Ric and Ben. You will be missed but you're music is here and eternal. Thanks for all the great Cars music and leaving us your beat and efforts.
These guys were so hip as the worm turned in the music industry in the late 70’s . I used to go to an after hours club in those days. This tune exemplifies those times. Makes my hair stand up, and runs a chill up my spine. What an amazing, amazing tune. One of the faces of the New Wave era.
One of the best songs these guys ever put together. (along with 'Its All I Can Do') I was in high school when the Cars albums were released, and we just never knew how lucky we had it having such talented & quality fresh music coming out. History will prove that The Cars was an INCREDIBLY talented band. Originality, vocals/harmonies, composition and arrangement, lyrics, you name it. Just another one of those things where it all lined up and magic happened.
We have a Rockwiz show here in Australia; the lead singers from Operator Please and Little Red sang Just What I Needed, gr8 duet; we may just get musos to focus and write good stuff, as soon as they leave the industrial noise behind.
This generation only produces sameness. Creativity died with the millennials and additional nails are being driven by generation Y or whatever the next one is being called. Creativity requires one to take a risk and with everyone watching everyone else and ready instantly to 'call out' any type of deviation or alternative viewpoint, these generations march in a straight line. And music suffers for it. No, there is no equivalent of Ric Ocasek. Current music all sounds alike and even the performers look and dress similarly. What a bunch of drones. I too am glad I lived through better times, musically and in many other ways.
One of my favorite Cars songs! Can I Touch You? Are you Out of Touch? I guess I never noticed that much! Brilliant lyrics! Thanks Ric! RIP Ric and Ben! This feels like the day the music died. Sad! 😭
I used to play this song as a teen on my turntable and many years later it still gives me goosebumps. Everytime I watch this video, I end up mesmerized by the climatic conclusion of the song. On their first 2 albums, the Cars were way ahead of their time. Thankfully, MTV wasn't around yet. I was a DJ then and remember following an evening of playing horrible disco songs (to make people dance), I would later get home and play the Cars in order to get my senses back.
The Cars knocked it out of the park with their Softmore album "Candy-O", proving they were a band to be reconged with. A incredibly unique sound and the most cohesive album they ever put out.
A lot of key elements make The Cars sound what it is. The churning cauldron of sound that is David Robinson's drums, sleek guitar from Elliott Easton, and especially those keyboards that were second-to-none from Greg Hawkes. All bubbling and crackling behind those incredible lyrics and quirky delivery of Ric Ocasek and the smooth touch of Ben Orr.
right on...great clips. The best of both of them. I've been a fan since a friend turned me on to then as a senior in high school. Been a great fan ever since. Ric is the definitive voice of the CARS but Benns' songs are the best. Such as great voice...and I am a guy!! RIP Benn
the first two cars albums are the best. i played the hell out of this album when i first got it. my best friend and i used to turn this song up really loud and we were always amazed at elliot easton's guitar work and david robinson's drum fills in the last minute or so of the song. i agree with a previous comment -- this is one of those songs where you HAVE to hear the studio version. it's mesmerizing!
I had a '71 Porsche 914 and played that cassette (Candy -O ) all the way from Portland Oregon to Butte Montana. Each song was a uncharted musical experience. Man those days.
Living proof that 80's keyboard players actually believed that they were musicians and that guys like Ben were always the diamond in the rough that carried a good rock tune.
Some were musicians, Mike Score of Flock of Seagulls is the prototype for "Look, I'm pressing one key for the entire tune" non-musician. Greg Hawkes was okay, but I taught my granddaughter the keyboard line from "The Cruiser" when she was 3. She played along on her playschool xylophone.
Rap and hip hop can't possibly compete with this phenomenal legendary band ,A few years ago I got to meet Elliott Easton ,I got the pictures to prove it ,check out Stratocaster jam session,he was one of the greatest musicians I've Ever Encountered.
Eddie Miller ......please quit comparing genres competively....it makes you look stupid....it's true the cars were a killer band with fantastic writing and great musicianship and vocals......maybe Motzart and Ludwig would hold a opposing opinion.....seriously.....btw,for the open minded listener,ALL music has something good to offer....so quit talking like an idiot....ok?
Eddie Miller Ric did a bunch of recording in millbrook, and I haven’t seen him yet but he gets spotted in alot of stores around here with his family on the weekends.
Talk about a flashback. I totally forgot about this song. Takes me right back to 7th grade. They were my favorite band at the time. Definately the best band of the early 80's in my opinion.
Seeing this video when I was younger inspired me to buy a Dean Cadillac. Pat Travers played one back in the day too...along with several other popular guitarists in the late '70's-early '80's.
Amazing song, wonderfully written. Few songs have a build up which leads to a climatic moment like this one. It must have been wonderful to be in your 20s and to have such rich material to play live.
being in high school when this album came out makes me feel so fortunate to have been young and hanging out with friends listing to music like this.. nothing against todays youth but i would much rather have memories of hanging out listening to the cars than any of todays music.
This was one of my favorite records when it came out.
One of their very best! RIP Ric & Ben
Greg Hawkes keyboard playing is what got me hooked on the Cars. I'll always say his sound was what made the Cars. When I first heard It's All I Can Do I wanted to know who was making that sound on the keyboard and I was a drummer.
Yes. Greg has that special quality that makes you want to check him out...💥🎹
His keyboards at the very end of this song are brilliant and captivating.
I have always called it lead keyboards. No one was doing anything quite like it at the time.
16 in '78. What a time to be alive! Styx, Devo, Supertramp, Boston, ELO, Foreigner, The Knack, The Cars...
Hang'n out with friends and watching Saturday Night Live with Gilda Radner, John Belushi, John Candy- and Mr. Bill.
I’m proud to say I bought Candy-O the day it came out. Oh Lord I wish it was 1979 again.
This is one of their best songs. All kinds of great stuff going on.
I'm 55, have loved the cars since the beginning and Ben Orr still stops my heart.
I’m 61 loved the cars since the beginning and Ben still stops my heart too!
He was just beautiful, and what voice. ❤
69 here 2/25/24
@@mbrandon6149would have loved to hear a version of this with Ben singing lead
One of most fav songs of theirs.
Dude this rocks. There was nothing like the freshness and edginess of the late 70’s
I was 17 years old when this album was out. I had a 1971 Plymouth Duster with an under-dash cassette player. I loved this album "Candy-O" and I played this cassette version so much, it ragged out and I had to buy another one from the record store! All of you are correct when you say that those were the days and music was awesome. I am glad I lived it.
+AfghanVet You're lucky you lived through it.
Heh, isn't that funny. I was also 17 when this album came out and I had a four-door 1970 Dodge Dart (which was more or less basically the same car as the Duster). Mind you, I didn't have a tape deck in the car as I couldn't yet afford one. And I had to make do with listening to 'Candy-O' on my parents' stereo until I could afford one of my own in early 1982 with money I'd saved from working in a stereo shop.
I also was 17 when this came out and had a lime green 71 Plymouth duster,,,, but I had a 8 track tape player with the mind blower speakers ,,,wish I was still there. 57 ,,, does not seem that great ,,,, to me
Same here, only I was cruising in a '71 Plymouth Fury III Ahhh the good old days...$ 3 of gas and cruise all night long cranking The Cars
AfghanVet. I had one of those under dash cassette players too!
Elliott Easton is a very under rated lead guitarist
Yes, Great mix of styles: rock, new wave, punk, surf, rock-a-billy etc and great phrasing.
Simply amazing music from this band. Love them forever.
There's a great TH-cam interview with him and his guitars
For sure. For an 80s pop guy he was so melodic. Almost in a class by himself for that.
Slash recently cited him as an influence.
Very cool that they actually play the song instead of just lipsynching to the record. Thanks!
I just never get tired of the Cars.... And Especially the Dangerous type. Sounds just as good today as it did 30+ years ago.
I agree! I love Candy-O too! Takes me back to college days. They are still awesome.
Agreed!!! They were awesome in late 70's and early 80's,but then they just became way too "Pop" in 84' with their album "Heartbeat City"!!! From there,it was just all downhill!!!
Yes... MTV Ruined Some.. But Made These Guys Rich and Famous....Older Stuff Is Best!
menom7 And the most awesome thing to me, I had this one Candy-O but on 8 track!!🖒what an high fidelity that sounded to me!!! some of the best memories!!
Cesar Benavides Agreed!!!
R.I.P Rick, this is still my favorite Cars song. :-)
😢
I think he was done if you get what I mean. He was a person who controlled aspects of his life.
We all gotta die from something, I was told as a boy if you live past 70 you are on borrowed time :-P
@@macgirl1231 you're a friggin moron
@@macgirl1231he had just had cardiac surgery
I don;t think this band EVER had one single bad song ! Fantastic American band! RIP Ben and Ric we truly miss you !
Ric and Ben were (are) absolutely fantastic. There aren't any better bands.
Farewell Ric...you wrote the soundtrack to my youth. Rest easy.
Yeah, 78 and 79 part of the best music generation and a fun time to be a young adult. So many guys with the Candy-O album cover on their bedroom wall. That is still a hot album cover today. I was driving my first car then to the beach, a Mercury Comet. Everyone would have their car radios set to a station in Buffalo. For us Canadians it was a short distance just across Lake Ontario. Any time the Cars came on there was this wave of sound from cars spread around just booming their songs out. Girls dancing, bonfire going later in the evening, lots of cold beer. I doubt a group of young people today could have so much fun with just a couple of simple ingredients.
Candy-O, One of the Best albums EVER!
And this is why I get annoyed when people act like Ric couldn't sing at all, he nails it here. I agree Ben had a better voice but Ric could sing damn well too.
yes yes!
vocals is but one gift a performer can use to express the music within. They all had a uniqueness that contributed to push them to the top back in the 80s. A nerdy group that absolutely rocked.
Go Dolphins!
Mike G d
But not that well ;-)
Candy-O, simply genius. Just one of those albums I could never get tired of.
It'd be awesome if you were kin to James Wiedemann from Flatonia TX, but somehow I don't feel that's gonna happen. You're right however, candy O was genius. I am still listening to CARS thru ALEXA!!!!!!
Me Too!!!!!
Candy-O is brilliant. I listen to it quite often. 40+ years on and it hasn't lost it's luster. Shake it Up would be my 2nd fave The Cars album.
The cars had so many fantastic songs incredible and Jesus Ben was a beautiful man
The cars were a phenomenon. The first two albums were revolutionary and spellbinding cause they had that MAGIC sound and were literally addictive to kids like us. We would listen to those records over and over and over.
The Cars were so good about each one knowing their limits and their role. Tic sang the songs that were right for his voice and ditto Ben. Meanwhile they stayed back when Elliott had his solos and let him shine. Rick wasn't an ego maniac and knew his limits a a guitarist and singer, that's what made the Cars great.
Very well said
...except that he got 'RIC' wrong...twice!
They really changed or helped change the face of music with their first two albums , they were the first new wave band to garner fans from both sides of the fence , but 78,79,80 were amazing pivotal years , the knack, joe Jackson, B’52’s, XTC, Bram tchovsky, the Brilliant Manfred Mann angel station also dropped, Ultravox, ELO was still making decent music, Tom petty came on the scene, Ian hunter never alone with a schitzophrenic, Amazing time to live in
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
4 decades later and I still love this music. In the seventies I was listening to Sabbath, Rush, Kiss, Zeppelin, Motorhead, Floyd, UFO, Stones, Iron Maiden, etc. Then comes along this New Wave band and blows me away. What great songs. RIP Benjamin Orr, your music lives on!!!
I still listen to it too.
There stage show was very different and cool
Skipping school and riding around in a jacked up Nova with air shocks , passing a joint around and figuring out whose house to go to that the parents weren't home so we could hang out for the day.
A killer song, my favorite also . Timeless. Pure rock!
Amazing that two of the best groups of the late 70's, early 80's came out with debut albums in 1978. The Cars, and Van Halen. Music was damn good back in those days, thankfully I was there to hear, and see it happen. Great music to cruise around to, meet the girls, party and just have fun. What a great era.
Dwight A very true
I remember choosing (Old man said he'd only buy one) between these three albums: Van Halen (first record), Cheap Trick (live at budokan), and The Cars. How's that for choices!? those were the days. I chose Cheap Trick but eventually got them all. 😎
Biggest thing is that unless you were around at the beginning of New Wave, you'll never understand how refreshing it was after the lethargic music scene of the 70's and protest era of the late 60's/early 70's. Vietnam was over and no matter how you look at it, this was fantastic after having to listen to Eric Carmen, ABBA and other disco hits. This was ground breaking at that time and that's why so many people still love this stuff.
I'm sure others will agree with me...who were there. :)
One of the most underrated bands ever. I love The Cars and still play my Cars vinyl albums to this day.
With a disc washer and zero stat.
I bet you say that about all the bands. If you have the album , you know you're comment is BS
my parrot is more origional then this over usedf dumb ass comment
Way past my bedtime, been up listening to "The Cars" R.I.P. Ric Ocaseck...😖😧😥
i commented months ago to say THIS is my very favorite song of any type by any band of all time (and i'm a 48 yr old professor with a huge collection and very picky taste) -- it's so gratifying to see so many young people recognizing how special the cars are/were and so much fun to see people posting/playing this masterpiece day to day... thanks to all of you and slance for originating
This is my favorite song by The Cars. Thanks for this!!!
Love the Cars. Saw them twice in concert. Awesome! Never disappointed. RIP Ben & Ric. ROCK ON!
This is one of my favorite songs. I used to cruise to The Cars music in 1978. Love their sound.
Eliot Easton was a very under-appreciated rock guitarist. He reminds me a little of Mike Campbell from The Heartbreakers.
Oscar Banuelos No doubt! Mike Campbell ROCKS!
***** I understand. His work is uniquely Elliot Easton.
Totally agree bro. Eliot Easton was never even talked about. The Cars had their own sound, which is hard for any band to say, and they need to be in the Hall of Fame. It really is a shame.
Didn't he release an unsuccessful solo album?
Yes he did. It was called Change no Change. There are songs on YT from that album. Wide Awake, Tools of Your Labor, Walk on Walden. The Album was technically acclaimed in places but just never took off I think due to the Record Company not promoting much...which is a shame. Personally I like the songs on the album and Elliott is a great musician
I remember the sequence at about 1:37 to 1:45 being used on one of MTV's promos back in the early 80's. Always loved this song. And this particular video. It's criminal that this tune isn't on their greatest hits albums. Great upload.
The Cars are one of the most under-rated bands ever! They're so skillful and influenced many.
This is 1 of my top 5 pics cars' songs. I also love the way David Robinson just goes off on the drums...as this song progresses😊❤
What instrument Greg Hawkes can't play? He's so multi-talented 😊❤😊❤😊
Thank you again Slance1 for this fantastic version of an amazing song. I have this one on repeat!
Elliott Easton killed it on this song! David on the drums 👌 A fantastic sound that defined The Cars. So glad I grew up in the 80's and had these guys to listen to!
Ric front and guitar do all sing Ben Bass and Greg Keyboards u forgot the other 3 with those 2
Elliot is one of the most underrated. Fucking rock star inside and out.
I absolutely adore this song, and how it shifts gears at the chorus and goes harder edged & oddly dark for the hook, and then for the end of the track.
These guys are geniuses.
Still relevant. Amazing sound, amazing front men. Ben Orr had so much talent and charisma, rest in peace.
I think their first album and their Candy-O record are the best! Candy-O was the first album I ever purchased in my life-in 1979.
Wow,I was 14 years old when the first two albums from The Cars changed my life. I hadn't heard this song in many years and I must say it aged extremely well. No digital alteration or anything of that kind, just pure musical talent. The harmony and build up are also quite striking. Why aren't there bands of that quality anymore???
LOVE this tune! My favorite of Candy-O. Thanks for sharing!!
The Cars wouldn't make it today because they had too much raw talent and not enough fakeness.
Today its about being performers rather than musicians and how many followers you have on social media than talent.
True Fact.
There are lots of artists today who are only good in the studio and horrible performers. After American Idol, people now appreciate technically good singers. They'd do great today, at least in the rock scene. You couldn't deny that much talent no matter what the decade.
Really? Pear Jam, Metallica, Chris Stapleton, five finger death punch, Disturbed, the late, great Chris Cornel. Fake??
Before internet - people rocked on 2 feet - and the phone is
Bolted to the wall by the bathroom -
Hi !!! Yes - we need it again -
Busy bodies today need their asszs tanned - resort to hallmark greeting cards
Summer 78. Discovered the cars, the knack and van halen. Nothing sounds better than the end of this song.
Seen alot of concerts in the late 1970s and most of the 1980's, I wished I would have seen The Cars then. Would have liked to seen Queen in concert too. My parents got to see The Beatles back in 1965.
I saw them with RUSH at Reunion Arena in Dallas!!!!
My great singer and icon. RIP Ric and Ben. You will be missed but you're music is here and eternal. Thanks for all the great Cars music and leaving us your
beat and efforts.
Cars.Awesome.Rick, Ben and Band - you have my undying love.
These guys were so hip as the worm turned in the music industry in the late 70’s . I used to go to an after hours club in those days. This tune exemplifies those times. Makes my hair stand up, and runs a chill up my spine. What an amazing, amazing tune. One of the faces of the New Wave era.
Thank you so much for posting this. This used to be my song. Love the 80's.
One of the best songs these guys ever put together. (along with 'Its All I Can Do')
I was in high school when the Cars albums were released, and we just never knew how lucky we had it having such talented & quality fresh music coming out. History will prove that The Cars was an INCREDIBLY talented band. Originality, vocals/harmonies, composition and arrangement, lyrics, you name it. Just another one of those things where it all lined up and magic happened.
I love everything about them... the cheesy organ squeaks and squacks, the awkward rhythms, the weird vocal timbres, the dirty guitar noises.
Genius.
BrotherDevious yt
One of their very best songs ___addictive the way it builds up, layer upon
layer til the end. GENIUS. And Ben Orr in this one: beyond beautiful…..
Sorry to say I don't think we will ever have music like this again
We have a Rockwiz show here in Australia; the lead singers from Operator Please and Little Red sang Just What I Needed, gr8 duet; we may just get musos to focus and write good stuff, as soon as they leave the industrial noise behind.
I hear ya Chris,, will find a way thou,,,.that's why were here.
This generation only produces sameness. Creativity died with the millennials and additional nails are being driven by generation Y or whatever the next one is being called. Creativity requires one to take a risk and with everyone watching everyone else and ready instantly to 'call out' any type of deviation or alternative viewpoint, these generations march in a straight line. And music suffers for it.
No, there is no equivalent of Ric Ocasek. Current music all sounds alike and even the performers look and dress similarly. What a bunch of drones. I too am glad I lived through better times, musically and in many other ways.
Never ever .
You are so right....I love this music to my core..
One of my favorite Cars songs! Can I Touch You? Are you Out of Touch? I guess I never noticed that much! Brilliant lyrics! Thanks Ric! RIP Ric and Ben! This feels like the day the music died. Sad! 😭
Hawkes is a wizard.
Ocasek is tops in my book. Constantly floored by his talent.
I used to play this song as a teen on my turntable and many years later it still gives me goosebumps. Everytime I watch this video, I end up mesmerized by the climatic conclusion of the song.
On their first 2 albums, the Cars were way ahead of their time. Thankfully, MTV wasn't around yet.
I was a DJ then and remember following an evening of playing horrible disco songs (to make people dance), I would later get home and play the Cars in order to get my senses back.
Good memories at the point in time when this song came out. High school game time.
These guys were world class during their time. Thanks for the Cars.
The Cars knocked it out of the park with their Softmore album "Candy-O", proving they were a band to be reconged with. A incredibly unique sound and the most cohesive album they ever put out.
Love the Dean Cadillac that Ric is playing on this!
A lot of key elements make The Cars sound what it is. The churning cauldron of sound that is David Robinson's drums, sleek guitar from Elliott Easton, and especially those keyboards that were second-to-none from Greg Hawkes. All bubbling and crackling behind those incredible lyrics and quirky delivery of Ric Ocasek and the smooth touch of Ben Orr.
This is one of their best tunes especially how it ends.
saw these guys back in 82.I went to school in boston with ricks nephew who hooked us up with backstage passes.memories well lived
Greetings from Thailand. This is one band I wish I got to see Live. This my favorite song by them.👍😎
Another one of many timeless songs by the Cars. I miss them soooo much RIP Rick and Ben j
Great drummer, lead guitar, keyboard, vocals. Great band. RIP Ben
right on...great clips. The best of both of them. I've been a fan since a friend turned me on to then as a senior in high school. Been a great fan ever since. Ric is the definitive voice of the CARS but Benns' songs are the best. Such as great voice...and I am a guy!! RIP Benn
The Cars are the only band I can think of that I enjoy both front men equally. I do not have a favorite!!
preciousbash
How about Journey. Two great singers
Gregg Rolie was my favorite.
I like both...excellent
Great comment. Both lead magnificently.
Yeah...I bet you don't.
Ben Orr is the Man!!
one of my favorite bands and this is my favorite song from them. So many elements to this banger
Still sounds cool, been a long time and I'm still not tired of hearing it.
Killer LIVE version of a fave Cars tune! Thanks for this upload, brother!😎
Nobody does a Cars song better than the Cars.Those first two albums were killer.
RIP Ric Ocasek - 9/15/19 - thanks for the great songs from my high school years. Still have my Candy O album.
the first two cars albums are the best. i played the hell out of this album when i first got it. my best friend and i used to turn this song up really loud and we were always amazed at elliot easton's guitar work and david robinson's drum fills in the last minute or so of the song. i agree with a previous comment -- this is one of those songs where you HAVE to hear the studio version. it's mesmerizing!
Another legendary rocker with contributions too numerous to mention, not to exclude forever changing the sounds of rock and roll.. Gone. RIP Ric
This band defined an era. I miss that time. Of course I'm going to miss this time in 30 years as well.
Rad song, voices and those awesome clothes plus glasses...wow...they look too cool
Very few bands Achieve this level of phenomenal Success!
ROCK 🎸 ON!!
The Cars saved rock & roll for me! It was the height of the disco era and all us rockers thought it was over...then along comes The Cars!
the cream of the crop during THE best era of music
Dam they were Boss.
Still sounds great today!
This is a very well written song. And, unless you haven't heard, "EIGHTIES ARE SACRED"!
I had a '71 Porsche 914 and played that cassette (Candy -O ) all the way from Portland Oregon to Butte Montana. Each song was a uncharted musical experience. Man those days.
Living proof that 80's keyboard players actually believed that they were musicians and that guys like Ben were always the diamond in the rough that carried a good rock tune.
Some were musicians, Mike Score of Flock of Seagulls is the prototype for "Look, I'm pressing one key for the entire tune" non-musician.
Greg Hawkes was okay, but I taught my granddaughter the keyboard line from "The Cruiser" when she was 3. She played along on her playschool xylophone.
So what are you saying? An 80's keyboard player like Keith Emerson wasn't a musician?
Emerson was great ... I'd put him in the 70's (?).
So I guess you've never seen Greg play the saxophone or guitar, don't need to be a musician to play those either I suppose.
oldsarge101 Greg Hawkes was a musician...
Absolutely OUTSTANDING...!!!
Rap and hip hop can't possibly compete with this phenomenal legendary band ,A few years ago I got to meet Elliott Easton ,I got the pictures to prove it ,check out Stratocaster jam session,he was one of the greatest musicians I've Ever Encountered.
Eddie Miller ......please quit comparing genres competively....it makes you look stupid....it's true the cars were a killer band with fantastic writing and great musicianship and vocals......maybe Motzart and Ludwig would hold a opposing opinion.....seriously.....btw,for the open minded listener,ALL music has something good to offer....so quit talking like an idiot....ok?
Eddie Miller
Ric did a bunch of recording in millbrook, and I haven’t seen him yet but he gets spotted in alot of stores around here with his family on the weekends.
Talk about a flashback. I totally forgot about this song. Takes me right back to 7th grade. They were my favorite band at the time. Definately the best band of the early 80's in my opinion.
R.I.P Ric Ocasek this happens to be one of my favorite songs by the cars
Seeing this video when I was younger inspired me to buy a Dean Cadillac. Pat Travers played one back in the day too...along with several other popular guitarists in the late '70's-early '80's.
Amazing song, wonderfully written. Few songs have a build up which leads to a climatic moment like this one. It must have been wonderful to be in your 20s and to have such rich material to play live.
Absolutely no doubt about it...the VERY most underated rock guitarist ever!
This is my favorite Ric lead vocal. Orr had a classic rock voice, and Ric just had an unusual voice, to say the least. But it really works here.
being in high school when this album came out makes me feel so fortunate to have been young and hanging out with friends listing to music like this.. nothing against todays youth but i would much rather have memories of hanging out listening to the cars than any of todays music.