The Cars were a great band. It’s amazing how many folks don’t realize that Ben Orr sang so many of their songs, he was great.
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But he and Ric Ocasek did make a good duo. Ocasek had that unique voice when he sang.
Ben Orr may be little known because of the way Cars was structured and sold to the public. The Cars was one of those groups that only had a one main face that I recall, that being O’Casek. It could be that be the time I was paying attention to them, Rick had taken the lead and had become ‘the face of the group’.
Another group like that would be U2.
When I think of U2, I first think of Bono. For someone more attuned to their music, you would know the names of the other guys. To me, they just never became anywhere as distinct a persona as Bono. Same with Sting, formerly of Police.
Who can name anybody else in Police other than Sting?
Not me.