Wow...I once posited that The Cars was a band every single person, regardless of their music taste, liked. Even my late father, he of the Bob Wills/Polka/Johnny Cash persuasion was quoted as saying The Cars are "ok".
I couldn't agree more. What a great band.
Rundgren knows how to get a C-flat bass guitar climbing all over the what remains of the song. I want some funny songs coming out of this.
There is actually a quote to this effect somewhere from a music beat writer. The gist was that fans of hard rock, new wave and other forms of rock all liked The Cars. They had this ability to transcend the rock / pop divide.
I have said the same thing about CCR. They were never anyone's favorite band, but everyone liked them and no one would protest if you put on one of their albums or cranked it up when a song of theirs came on the radio.