Posted on 09/19/2019 7:27:25 PM PDT by SamAdams76
That era of music was the last of the time of love songs before the commies started accelerating the politicization of Rock and Pop music.
Good stuff. I was a fan as well, though not at your level. Thanks.
I still remember driving around late at night in a car with my brothers trying to find a cabin in the mountains. It took us way to long, but The Cars and Tom Petty kept us company while we tooled around.
The Cars’ debut is the perfect album.
Side One was AM, short power pop classics.
Side Two was FM, longer more guitar-driven songs, that all blended into each other perfectly.
Retrowave, Synthwave and even EDM/Trance have brought that back in a big way in recent years.
Credit where credit is due. Ric was not a handsome guy, yet he somehow managed to marry Paulina Porizkova, who at the time was a stunningly beautiful Czech girl.
When the bulk of your remaining fans are past the age of 60, you’re not likely to find scores of them gathered at his front gate, dissolved in tears or wails of deep sorrow.
There aren’t a lot of remaining music giants who would cause that reaction, but there are a few. Paul McCartney, Burt Bachrach, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Diana Ross and Dolly Parton, (mainly for the songs Dolly wrote). Oh, and Weird Al Yankovich!
Born: March 23, 1949, Baltimore, MD
Died: September 15, 2019, Manhattan, New York, NY
But no worries, he'll probably outlive all of us.
Double Life, Shoo-Be-Doo and Candy-O were all one song and can only be played as such.
Candy-O - Just as perfect except for that Shooby-Doo crap near the end.
Panorama - For serious fans only. I liked it.
Shake It Up - Back to the power pop of their first two albums.
Heartbeat City - Their MTV album
Door to Door - Their swan song. They played to some half-empty arenas. They were so embarrassed that they broke up the band. A shame. I did like this album.
Correct. But in iTunes you can adjust the start and ending times.
Good point. Much like the medley on side 2 of Abbey Road.
The Cars really weren’t an arena band. Clubs were more appropriate for them.
I definitely remember reading an article about The Cars when Candy-O came out and being shocked that Ric then was in his mid-30s according to the article. So I think he was closer to 75.
a) 3/23/44-09/15/19 b. Baltimore for O(t)Casek;
3/21/49-09/13/19 b. Brooklyn for Eddie Money.
b) Shoo-Be-Doo was an experiment / Bridge song,
Buddy Holly-cum-Devo. Always liked how it cut over
to Candy-O and truth be told Cars Devo and Talking
Heads (all WEA groups) overlapped sonically at times.
They performed it on FRIDAYS led into Gimme Some Slack.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDmo1LVLsc
c) Of course younger music buyers who weren’t around
for artists the 1st goround will become interested and
older folks will rediscover and refresh their collections
d) When punk started to explode I went to Boston to college.
(AOC has devalued my degree though!)
The local music scene was thrilling and who did I swear
to this day I saw at a Hahvahd mixer in 77? The Cars who were already
fully formed and played some of their soon to be hit songs.
e) Varga(s) came out of retirement to paint the cover
and actress Candy Moore was the model
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
