New Cars cd, due in may

thesurfer

Without bassist and vocalist Ben orr, this could be a major letdown, as he sang most of there best stuff, he passed away in 2000, from cancer.

Fongolio

I thought Ric Okasek was the lead singer for most of the run. Anyway, I don't anticipate much with this. Their "sound" was very 80's even though I really liked it and still do. We'll see.

indyhawg

I am curious if they will try to sound modern or 80s.

thesurfer

Fongolio wrote: »

I thought Ric Okasek was the lead singer for most of the run. Anyway, I don't anticipate much with this. Their "sound" was very 80's even though I really liked it and still do. We'll see.

The cars hit the scene in the summer of 78, there debut, is considered a masterpiece by most critics, and fans alike,, there next album, 1979,s candy-o was almost as good,, some even like it more than there debut, it is these 2 albums, they are mainly known for,, cuts off these 2 albums are played in heavy rotation on classic rock radio constantly, by 1981, there music, had become more new wave, than rock, Ben orr, sang most of the hits,

spock 2054

Here it is:

Blue Tip - The Cars

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Fongolio

thesurfer wrote: »

The cars hit the scene in the summer of 78, there debut, is considered a masterpiece by most critics, and fans alike,, there next album, 1979,s candy-o was almost as good,, some even like it more than there debut, it is these 2 albums, they are mainly known for,, cuts off these 2 albums are played in heavy rotation on classic rock radio constantly, by 1981, there music, had become more new wave, than rock, Ben orr, sang most of the hits,

I am very familiar with the Cars but thanks for the history lesson. I bought Candy-O on the day of release mainly because I had been listening to the debut for a year. Yes, they were originally a late 70's band but they were one of the first bands to have what would later be called the "80's sound". Techno meets punk meets disco meets pop. Commonly known as "new age".
As for Orr, to my knowledge these are the songs he sang lead on, Okasek sang all the others:

The Cars
Just What I Needed
Bye, Bye Love
Moving In Stereo
All Mixed Up

Candy-O
Let's Go
It's All I Can Do
Candy-O
You Can't Hold On Too Long

Panorama
Don't Tell Me No
Down Boys
You Wear Those Eyes
Running To You

Shake It Up
This Could Be Love
Cruiser
Think It Over

Heartbeat City
Drive
Stranger Eyes
It's Not The Night

Door to Door
Double Trouble
Everything You Say
Coming Up You
Go Away

Fongolio

If that's one off the new album I like it. Classic Cars sound.

thesurfer

Fongolio wrote: »

I am very familiar with the Cars but thanks for the history lesson. I bought Candy-O on the day of release mainly because I had been listening to the debut for a year. Yes, they were originally a late 70's band but they were one of the first bands to have what would later be called the "80's sound". Techno meets punk meets disco meets pop. Commonly known as "new age".
As for Orr, to my knowledge, Okasek sang all the early hits. Orr sang "Drive" which is arguably their best hit. He sang lead on a few other Cars songs but Okasek was the voice behind most of the big hits.

Yeah, it was pretty much split up,

obieone

"New Wave", NOT "New Age". New Age is an offshoot of classical, much more mellow.

George Winston, a member of the Windham-Hill group:

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Btw, the Cars time has past for me, so I'll pass.

inspiredsports

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Fongolio

obieone wrote: »

"New Wave", NOT "New Age". New Age is an offshoot of classical, much more mellow.

(Yoda voice) Corrected do I stand. Intend to say New Wave did I.

SCompRacer

obieone wrote: »

George Winston, a member of the Windham-Hill group:

I'm a big GW fan. Autumn is and always will be my fav album of his. I even made 1 24/96 vinyl rip for my digital music server.

I'll probably pass on this Cars release and just keep the old stuff I have.

thesurfer

Fongolio wrote: »

I am very familiar with the Cars but thanks for the history lesson. I bought Candy-O on the day of release mainly because I had been listening to the debut for a year. Yes, they were originally a late 70's band but they were one of the first bands to have what would later be called the "80's sound". Techno meets punk meets disco meets pop. Commonly known as "new age".
As for Orr, to my knowledge these are the songs he sang lead on, Okasek sang all the others:

The Cars
Just What I Needed
Bye, Bye Love
Moving In Stereo
All Mixed Up

Candy-O
Let's Go
It's All I Can Do
Candy-O
You Can't Hold On Too Long

Panorama
Don't Tell Me No
Down Boys
You Wear Those Eyes
Running To You

Shake It Up
This Could Be Love
Cruiser
Think It Over

Heartbeat City
Drive
Stranger Eyes
It's Not The Night

Door to Door
Double Trouble
Everything You Say
Coming Up You
Go Away

Now, thats doing your homework!!!

gudnoyez

Just picked up Heartbeat City today at wally world for 5 bucks, although I prefer Candy-O over all the others with the debut my second choice.

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gudnoyez wrote: »

Just picked up Heartbeat City today at wally world for 5 bucks, although I prefer Candy-O over all the others with the debut my second choice.

Candy-O was one of those rare instances where the sequel was as good as or better than the original. Few franchises music, movie, et al can make that claim. :cool:

thesurfer

After hearing 3 songs, on the new cd, ill have to pass, really sounded alot like Shake it up, period cars,,, Im more into the cars that rocked,, 1st 2 records, add to that, the fact without Ben Orr, Its more like a Ric Ocasek cd, Even whan ocasek sang the lead on there songs, you had orr doing backup vocals,, thats missing as well,,

Ron-P

thesurfer wrote: »

Without bassist and vocalist Ben orr, this could be a major letdown, as he sang most of there best stuff, he passed away in 2000, from cancer.

Ben WAS the cars, without him they are just not near as good. O-car-sick, IMO, was nothing even close to being as good and was a let down for me.

F1nut

After seeing the brickwalled to hell waveforms of the new Cars release, I'll pass.

F1nut

From everything I've read, the LP is just as bad.

Ron-P

Keiko wrote: »

Give it a listen, at least. You may be pleasantly surprised. Even without Ben, some of the elements are there and had me reminiscing the 80's. Here's a demo of what I think is the best track on the album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nE4p5yeAHA

You are right, they do retain some of those elements of the 80's which is very cool.

gudnoyez

Just listened to this for the third time today I guess I grew out of the cars sound , keep on knocking is pretty good the rest just does not impress me that much,I would rather listen to Candy-O this one will collect dust as door to door does at least I have them all.

Anthony Hinton

I agree, I listened through a couple of times, pretty good, but I don't see me putting it on my top 20.

thesurfer

Well, it debuted at #7, on the Billboard top 200 album charts, #2, on there rock album chart, not bad, considering no one seems to like it much, including myself,,

PSOVLSK

This is one of those rare CD's that I like less the more I listen to it. The first time I popped it in the player, I drifted back to 1980 and thought it was CD was great. While I still think it's okay since I'm a fan of The Cars, music has changed and well, it's not 1980 anymore.

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