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To: LouieFisk
The Cars? Nothing against them, they had a coupla hits in the in the early late 70s or 80s - but so did a lot of other people/bands. Nothing worthy of induction to the R&R HOF. They came and went, like dozens of other bands of the time.

Not agreed.

They had 4 top 10 hits and 18 in the top 100.

They made albums from 1978 to 1987. The first 2 albums are classics. The Cars and Candy-O.

The Candy-O album cover was painted by artist Alberto Vargas, who was known for his paintings of pin-up girls that appeared in Esquire and Playboy magazines in the 1940s through the 1960s. The idea to hire Vargas came from drummer David Robinson, the band's artistic director and a collector of pin-ups. The 83-year-old Vargas had retired several years earlier but was persuaded to take the assignment by his niece, who was a fan of the Cars. The painting, depicting a woman sprawled across the hood of a car, was based on a photo shoot directed by Robinson at a Ferrari dealership. The model, coincidentally named Candy Moore (famous for having played Lucille Ball's onscreen daughter on The Lucy Show), briefly dated Robinson afterward.

117 posted on 01/15/2019 10:23:26 PM PST by greenishness
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To: greenishness

“The painting, depicting a woman sprawled across the hood of a car, was based on a photo shoot directed by Robinson at a Ferrari dealership. The model, coincidentally named Candy Moore”

I suspect you’re a Cars superfan; only superfans would care about such minutiae. I wouldn’t expect you to share my view.


123 posted on 01/15/2019 10:37:51 PM PST by LouieFisk
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