the cars my best friends girl

[HickysBoy]

Tail end of real rock 'n roll - Cars, Police, Steve Miller Band, Blondie, Joan Jett ...

[highflyingnote]

Ha ha...I remember in June or July of 1978, in Va. Beach, this new band the Cars was playing at a small club in in Va. Beach called The Rogues Gallery. The concert was sponsered by the local radio station FM 99, so the tickets were 99 cents. I remember myself saying, "The Cars"? what a dumb name, they won't do anything! I am glad that I was not the A & R person for the record co.! I love that band now! Incidently, I wound up moving to Woburn, MA., the same town they came from!

[kja427]

In 1978, it was a little soon for The Cars to have success. They were appropriate for The 80's,but not The 70's. That's my belief.

[pitbullrp]

@kja427 Not So; 1978 and 1979 (The Cars and Candy-O) were memorable years with the songs that came off those albums. They became over produced as time went on.

[malfunkshun007]

one day i was in "cars mode" and playing a bunch of their songs. my 19 year old son went on telling me how horrible our 70's, 80's music was. so could you imagine the terror on his face 2 hours later when he realised he was walking down the hall and singing this outloud in front of me? haha hooked.

[sornan005]

Pretty awesome live performance, expecially considering what they had back then to work with too. Always cool to watch a live performance like this, so many bands these days cant perform half as decent on stage as they do in the studio where edits and effects are added.

[MrTooflyforawhiteguy]

such a unique band with many great hits!

[shabush123]

Ahhhhhh now this is what I call music! <3

[MyAruga]

back together yahoo.

[ninelivecat]

Rik's voice is cool

[TheAlice1865]

@ninelivecat but your not!

[ninelivecat]

@TheAlice1865 Learn to spell it's You're not Your

[jobjacco]

@ninelivecat OMFG we've got a grammar-nazi here D:

[ninelivecat]

All I said originally was that I liked the song

[ElectricHeartStudios]

@ninelivecat You should have said. "Learn to spell. It's you're, not your. Learn to punctuate.

[ninelivecat]

What a great little song

[junkyturd]

Most there shit was pretty much 80's tho

[EdwardJacobDiggory17]

The 70s were freakin awesome :) I wish I could have been alive in those times ):

[Angela18ish]

I love The Cars broom broom

[tacman1974]

Some groups havent got the credit they deserve. The 70s were really cool

[Bforcecommander]

I remember the first time I heard this song on the beach 1978. I had just graduated high school and it was a new fresh sound thank God! I was tired of hearing that disco crap for years then New Wave music came along and is still awesome!

RIP Ben Orr

[LeeAdamsful]

TUUUUNNNE!!!!!!!

[datingadult101]

Nice video

[ashleyscarsgard]

WoRd!

[bcancun123]

Elliot is my new fav guirarist



[TheMajorHawke]

What is this, art rock, pop and Rockabilly? Or Rockabilly and power pop? And thats how you know their a rock and roll band.

[DEVAN4LIFE]

simply awsome



[DEVAN4LIFE]

fucken awsome



[MickScarborough]

4 people had their girl stolen by their best friend

[Lochnessvkh]

haha... Not his best friend's girl anymore.....or his!! 

[DrummerDude305]

I should sing this song at my bestfriend's wedding lol.

[panamasrose]

Those were the times and this song is timeless!!!

[NewColony91]

What happened to this kind of music? 

[077glenn]

@NewColony91 ...too individual and the record labels don't want that.They want identikit,plastic,controlled dross they can sell to the masses...see hip-hop/rap etc.

[MagnusTheSnake]

@NewColony91 The world wouldn't be able to handle it. If we would have had music like this from 1978 until today we would have all imploded by it's pure awesomeness

[alertpan501]

I'm in the market for one. Doing my due diligence at fasteconomicalcars (.) com

[paulsnyder]

Jeez, the camera moves to the crowd right at Elliot's solo. Still a cool video!

[TheFlanker35]

Love this song.

[villezlovrgrl666]

THE CARS KICK SERIOUS ASS............. BEST BAND EVER WOOOOO ;)

[midnitecowboy100]

My best friends girl, I like that. Anything that make her happy, makes me happy. Her happiness is all thats important to me :)

[bbsunshine11]

this song is so cooooooooooooool! Always a "turn it up" tune!!

[BLINKFOREVAfan]

LOVE this song.

[MagnusTheSnake]

RIP Benjamin

[2thepnt]

@PhuckinScrewed -weird as it may be--God obviously gave it to him for a reason---whos a famous singer --you or him?

[Crazybuickdriver]

whats funny is this is the song for my so called-best friend :P can you guess why?

hopefully you guess that now hes with my ex lol

[MajorHawke]

People really need to give credit to ocasek, I believe he wrote all the cars songs and did a excellent job on vocals here, one of the VERY few songs I like with Ocasek on vocals.

[spoodawg]

The Beatles song is "I Will."

[40andaJProd]

how old is this performance?

[tubular618]

I sense a bit of Devo influence in Ocasek's delivery.

[LAwoman1956]

You hear the Beatles influence on this1 Love it!

[PAULgeorgeRINGOjohn1]

@LAwoman1956 What song is it? The Beatles one..

[AttackShipOnFire]

This shit takes me back. Wooh

[donr1954]

Boston put out some great bands. Boston, Aerosmith, J geiles band and the Cars.

[rumaldoangui]

i was here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kyuubidude106]

@rum  aldoangui i was too

[rcarrl]

Excellent song !!

esta cancion la dedico a una estimada amiga.

[kyuubidude106]

@rcarrl  you know it

[CandiJones69x]

love this song

[broncobra]

The Cars were so far ahead of their time! God I'm glad I like everything they ever put out. Wow.

[dstmonte2001]

this is the song that made the cars. i remember the first time i saw them on snl. ric was so cool.

[RachelLikesToRock]

MAN THIS SONG GETS ME PUMPED UP

[Fiddlehopper247]

far out man

[arminaxe]

Es una excelente rola

[reklessheart]

what a great memory ,,,,,if only

[xRoryxCorex]

Man! this is the best!

[SmallSpark]

Look like a Jag to me

[SmallSpark]

Looks like a Jag to me

[DETOXECATED]

is that a Jaguar!?

[creepingnet]

Nope, mid-late 70's Jazzmaster, probably the same one he used later on before it was painted pink.

[TheDave4108]

are these guys from nz?

[putr3zka]

Boston Massachusets..I thought they were british. LOL

[doctorwhofan328]

the cars are so COOL!!!!!! this is a good song

[wwethememusic4life]

check the hickie at 2:43

[casketkey]

The singer looks like the cop from Law and Order. Munch.

[SHAKER2112]

Whadya mean "the Singer"?? That's Ric Ocasek!!!!

[zebra9479974]

he does. he does. Richard beltzer i believe? But Ric knows how to craft a great pop song!

[TheMajorHawke]

@zebra9479974

and great rock songs.

[budoom76]

KICK ASS!!

[whitewitch8]

I like Ben's taste in clothes. Always looks perfect !

[Kaotyk9100]

<3!!!

[Anadelt]

Gracias Juan por el video. The cars sigue siendo mi banda favorita.

[whitewitch8]

SWEET !