The Cars - Just What I Needed - The Midnight Special 1978

[masturbreaker]

Benjamin Orr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[huskerspew]

Elliot Easton is the most underrated guitarists in rock. He's created some of the greatest riffs of all time and his solos are brilliant. He's in the same class as Clapton, Page and Van Halen.

[lanayadde]

wow old school

[MissMissyDeniseDenis]

Ohmygod...it's Debbie Harry's long lost brother.

[RebelSpiritof77]

cars are just what i needed back then (Colorado Senior High1978-1980)

[CheshireCatband]

'buggatti split in half' has 2.8 mil views. the thumbnail is good enough for me. Cars rule.

[mikens1]

Holy Shit, Ric without dark sunglasses!

[Fedorovification]

Damn it saddens me too whenever I see Ben in a video and see what a fucking talent he was. This song and Drive are my two favorite Cars songs. Miss you Ben may you rest in peace.

[chull1973]

@Fedorovification

Me too, Drive is the best song ever written by someone who wasn't in the Beatles

[depidydawg]

I'm a straight man but that bass player is very good looking - but alas, he's dead and probably doesn't look so good now...

[samcapo]

I think Ben and Farrah Fawcett were separated at birth. What a unique talent and gone much too soon. Both of them :(

[bwanadave76]

RIP Benjamin.

[qazxsw9871]

Definitely would've gone queer for Benjamin Orr.

[The3374]

hola a todos muy lindo tema judith en un rato me inspiro,,,,,,,,,

[kristasuz127]

Lusting after Ben Orr...can't think of a better way to pass the time! SEXIEST. MOUTH. EVER. And gorgeous eyes too. Good God Almighty he was a SEXY, SEXY MAN. RIP Ben. Wish I had met you 20 years ago. I would've found my way backstage and been all over that!!!!

[boltonox]

@kristasuz127 Ha! Ha! Ha! I love it! Though the Uni lesbian feminists and womens groups would like to kill you right now. The best time in the worlds history and music was the 80's and the Cars were fantastic, along with about 350 other great bands at that time. Today we get fake music,fake autotuned vocals from fake studio created Uuummm! (Artists) or teenage tripe rock/pop bands like those gay as fuck jonas brothers. Not a single GREAT band in the last 15 years.

[BlueRIff63]

I think they should have had Orr sing all of the tunes since he had a fuller sounding voice - and more in tune as well as great live. You can tell in this video the vocals sound fine until the others step up to the mic for back up - then it sounds out of tune.

[fletch00001]

Great band, just like Cheap Trick...a fantastic mix of Rock and Pop.....Brilliant.

[musicwitch2006]

I had for gotten how beautiful Benji was



[Archieloverful]

I loved this band in High School!

[tryithere]

Hawkes never looked like he belonged with a band like this but boy can he play keys.

[ejones1073]

Benjamin makes me believe there is a God. What a man

[poopyscoopy5]

He looks kind of like Kurt Cobain... strange

[trippinonnostalgia]

@poopyscoopy5 Yeah, I miss them both so much...

[LAwoman1956]

@poopyscoopy5

C'mon no way!

[poopyscoopy5]

@LAwoman1956

So kurt wasn't attractive? I grew up in the 90's and women were fucking kurt look alikes like there was no tomorrow.

[LAwoman1956]

@poopyscoopy5 Maybe to someone but not me. I was also older than him. I just don't know how you can compare two totally different singers which were generations apart. My niece saw Kurt wandering around Marina Del Rey CA years ago one day and she said he looked whacked out of his mind and was filthy stinky dirty. I don't find that attractive.

[tonusaitis]

@poopyscoopy5 LOL - Ben Orr looks NOTHING like Kurt Kobain.  About the only thing they have in common is that they're both blonde and white.

[centaurus777]

RIP Ben.

[BabsTen]

Ben , Just What I Needed !!!!!!! RIP my loved Benjamin .

[donasu67]

Ben Orr. Absolutely brilliant and sooo handsome. He is missed.

[mrwhitford1966]

Ben Orr was stunning. A true gem.

[hawicava]

Benjamin Orr Grande !!!

[feldwebel999]

Ben Orr was awesome - what a loss!

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

Whenever I was bullied in high school I would go home and jerk off, I jerked off everyday.

[edyken77]

@StoneyMcJuicyBuds lolwut

[StoneyMcJuicyBuds]

Critics say these guys like to suck dick!

[azulbrital1967]

Cool and Nice Song!!..

Good Band!!...

[ArtsAlign]

Watch Benjamin Orr sing Drive if you really wanna melt... definitely grew up in the right era musically. So much crazy talent back then!

[tonlo92]

@ArtsAlign I couldn't agree more with you. Not to sound old, but today the kids have to many options & get everything in an instant. No anticipating for an album to come out. No real love for the music. Now it's just whose wearing what, dating who or what scandal is involved. There was scandal back then but it didn't outshine the music.

[1danrobbins]

Man, I dig the keyboards in this song so much.

[mph122170]

I kinda lose my mind.....yeah

[medina4322]

high school was a blast in the 70's.the MUSIC,the WEED,cruisin the DRAG in our MUSCLE CARS.sometimes things don't change for the best.

[lostinmn68]

Miss u ben thanks for what u gave us

[DinoHF79]

Whenever I hear "The Cars" it brings me back to my college days and the summer of "79". I remember hearing their music blasting from the dorm windows and see people dancing on campus below. My roomate and me would stroll through the campus on the weekend listening to all the great tunes and joining in the huge dance party!

[ericcraig5150]

A terrible loss - Benn Orr

[dkatz1964]

My favorite song by the Cars! Rock on!!!

[francesdb1]

Yes indeed he was...RIP Ben!! Oh yeah great song!!



[MrTrackfreek]

I REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT THESE ARE CHICS COMMENTING ON BEN'S LOOKS.REALLY

[KKrying]

what earrings, who can get passed his eyes :)

[gtotheunit91]

doesn't bens earring look like a "do not enter" sign?

[nowhereboy]

Didn't Ocasek sing lead on this song on the album?

[nowhereboy]

@nowhereboy I guess not. Well, it only took me 35 years to figure it out. LOL

[RockinRustle]

i was definitely born during the wrong era of music, shoulda been born about 30 years earlier

[trekcannondale11]

Yes i remember

[babyimelectric1]

one of the few lefty lead guitarist Elliot Easton

[bogaten36]

Lordy lordy Ben Orr was a sexy man!!!!!!!!!!!

[anneallman1]

I hate that we lost this singer/musician. Talented, cute as hell and dead too early. Somebody PLEASE find a cure for cancer. Screw the Moon, Mars, foreign aid and the rest of that junk - find trhe cure!!

[depidydawg]

@anneallman1 There's another arguement that says cancer could be easily cured but that would not be in the interests of the multi-billion dollar drug companies who would stand to lose everything....I don't really know,what do you think?

[FortyGordy]

Still the shit.

[rickster4u2007]

great

[gemini16th]

Ben Orr was one of Rock's hottest(and Sexest) looking dudes- he could have been a male model. Rest in peace, Ben(October, 2000, Pancreatic Cancer).

[51mcm]

best version of this song on youtube

[Floydfan717]

r.i.p. Benjamin Orr * Tha Carrs ROCK LAS VEGAS !! shooby doo!

[ManiaLP]

WTF I LOVE THE SONG

[tottart]

Another oh so talented, beautiful, perfect voice. RIP

[union79]

im 32 my dad told me about this band they are good!

[lavasmokechile]

RIP Ben. Rock and Roll misses you.

[mastersgirl414]

Oh my...here I am, watching this video again. Ben, you've cast a spell on me (and I hope I never recover). *melt*

[tottart]

I'm under the same spell.

[CatGirl2006]

For about 7 years I couldn't listen to this song because of an embarressment in elementary school but I'm glad it wasn't permanent. This song is amazing...!

[888happytails]

I never saw what they looked liked until now. Very CUTE

[7855waldo]

What a shame.

1978: Talent.

2011: Sperm Bank Mistake (Bieber).

[7855waldo]

Come to think of it, the Cars actually had a larger number of great songs than Bowie.

[jenbunny1984]

Beautiful man love him ❤

[MisterDeSoto]

He looks like he could be Farrah Fawcet's brother.

[rjwolff]

Why don't all you people just grow up, Ben and the Cars were just Awsome... Period... :)

[jenbunny1984]

Wow stop with the gay because he was not gay. Like Depeche Mode say people are people. rumors and lies ppl tell smh

[davidismeep]

best performance and song by them hands down!!!

[auggdogrules]

ben was not gay,you are !

[sirthrive]

One of my all time fav bands but doesn't Ben look high as hell? :) Love it.

[mastersgirl414]

The director of The Midnight Special was smart to stay zoomed in on his face for most of this clip. Stellar.

[valmikecal1]

Everyone is gay after they have died...not around to defend themselves. We fans know what kind of beautiful man he was.

[kathyuk28]

@stillborn Benjamin was my cousin. He was not gay. He chased any Woman in a skirt. Benjamin did nit need to sue any magazine. He was above that shit. And he passed away from pancreatic cancer.

[mastersgirl414]

@kathyuk28 Sorry for your family's loss. He was much loved as you can see.

[girlvegan1]

Ok....It's getting a little creepy in here........

[pomberly]

i literally watch this video because ben orr looks so amazing.

[desamator11]

GREAT BAND.

[mastersgirl414]

Yeeeeoooowwwww!!!!! I can't stop watching this vid.

[flippyflyer]

@ywillburn and your dad made you take it in the ass when?

[Moe1993x]

@ywillburn

Ben was not gay ...

[girlvegan1]

LOVE The Cars! It takes a real man to admit how unbelievably attractive and Hot Ben is. Cmon how could you not? A true rock and roll star! Nobody could ever come close. Hot Hot Hot!

We miss you Ben......,

[harwicke]

He has cool hair.

[randyrhoads4737]

What is it about this guy? EVERYONE thinks he's insanely attractive. Lol.

[EpicureMammon]

@randyrhoads4737 I'm a straight dude and I can see it here. If you can't, as a straight guy, look at another guy and understand how people might be attractive to him, you have some major gay-panic going on :)

Maybe it's because he was ripped from a modern JRPG. You can almost imagine him being a brooding, somewhat grumpy swordsman (axeman??) destined to save the world but who only grudgingly goes along with his fat.

[rulersmg1]

R.I.P Ben, you truly put good music on Earth which i hope future generations will enjoy!

[Tacomadome24]

@ywillburn Ya and you probably got turned on by Chaz Bono on dancing with the stars as well.

[Moon27]

Something seems off about Rick...oh wait..hes not wearing sunglasses! XD

[109ace]

Ben Orr, God on bass! pure perfection in every way. Miss him. Went way too early in life. Check out the look at 55 seconds.

[ashiswaycool]

Ben Orr is a fucking babe. Shit.

[LAwoman1956]

@ashiswaycool

Yup! He was HOT. I remember when they first started, I was in love!

[stacianne1]

@ashiswaycool  HE WAS GORGEOUS......

[GNFAN1987]

I remember when the Cars first came out, people referred to them as "New Wave." I don't care what anyone says, this is "Rock'n Roll." ROCK ON!!!

[shayygirl1]

damn benjamin orr is hot as holy hell

[valmikecal1]

The lead singer looks great

[Evspatriots08]

the lead singer looks stoned

[rockerdude529]

that guitar solo rocks.

[GlenDeanII]

@rockerdude529 Yeah, he's a great guitarist.... killer performance all the way around.

[stryder10171]

"A girl that pretty is never going to like me." "Come on, have you seen Ric Ocasek from The Cars? That guy's rough. You're way ahead of him."

[TheOzzierocks]

The cars were for sure ahead of their time. This is 1978 vid, hard to believe, sounds late 80s early 90s.

[keaton1895]

@TheOzzierocks No, the cars was good but if they never existed there music would have never been missed.

[keaton1895]

@keaton1895 The Cars needed the new wave but new wave could have survived without the Cars.

[Graupella]

I met Ben when I was a dork in high school, and he was super sweet :)!!!

[est3inb3rg]

the left handed guitarist is a keef lookalike on first glance

[jamo387]

"It doesn't matter where you've been, as long as it was deep...." One of the greatest voices in Rock and Roll. RIP BEN !

[kathyuk28]

@jamo387 .....yeah..

[kathyuk28]

@jamo387 .....yeah..

[Vote4RonPaulLiberty]

@jamo387 Oh man I haven't thought of those lyrics in awhile. Thanks for reminding me of them.

[jamo387]

@Vote4RonPaulLiberty Damn straight I'll vote for Ron Paul. Merry Christmas !

[Vote4RonPaulLiberty]

@jamo387 Glad to have you onboard. Merry Christmas! And, Happy New Year!

[SpecialEd302]

@jamo387 I wish that they had used Ben more on lead singing. I much prefer his voice to Ric's.

[pomberly]

If i met a man like Ben Orr: panties dropping

[mastersgirl414]

@pomberly I wish I could like your comment 50x. And me too....

[desamator11]

@pomberly LMAO!!!!

[fastlane133]

@pomberly OH YEA HOTT

[ZetapazMD]

@pomberly hahahahahaha!!!

[davedzone]

I would sneak out of my window, WITH THE TV, run an extension cord to the car in the driveway, put the tv in it, and watch the Midnight Special. I wasn't allowed up that late.

[spectowin]

looking at this now these guys were so ahead of there time on alot of aspects. good band

[veryrandombutterfly]

Who thumbed this down OBIVOUSLY dosen't know good music....

[Tarten46]

i snuck in on a cars concert in tulsa oklahoma when i was 13. i owned all their material and was (still am) a huge fan. the worst band ive ever seen live. i mean they sucked!!

[pspiddy]

This song wasted all of my time.

[jimphotocock]

The Cars were a brand new sound at the time.

[MegaBob77777]

this was REALLY MTV, not the shit today with snookies and bullshit. They just played Rock, period.

[nilbog44]

@MegaBob77777 actually this was filmed 3 years before mtv existed.

[MegaBob77777]

@nilbog44 I KNOW that, LOL. I was saying that the Midnite Special, now there was a REAL MTV. Hell, I started watching MS when it first aired,which will tell you how old I am. MTV IMO, sucks. It sucked when it came out,and it sucks 100 times worse now. Maybe someday, someone will create a Classic Rock Station, with JUST Classic Rock,and no bullshit.

[nilbog44]

@MegaBob77777 the cars were kind of new wave. they had elements of classic rock but they are a hell of a lot more interesting than shit like bad company etc. the beginning of mtv was awesome. i am old enough to remember too. so you didn't like duran duran, human league etc? plus bands like men at work, the police etc? and one hit wonders like dexy's midnight runners? come on dude. just plain classic rock is so boring. the cars transcended that. they were classic rock/garage/new wave

[KevinKoolx]

Back in the day when bands actually played live on TV. Now it's all backing tracks and lip syncing.

[occur1313]

RIP.  wonderful voice, great song

[DoctorJohnSmith9]

Great vocal, he makes it seem so effortless. I love the bit of echo on the third verse.

[naturaltoby]

@DoctorJohnSmith9 He sure does doesn't he? By 78 Ben was a seasoned veteran having been a pro since 65 or 66 and met Ric in the early 70's....these dudes EARNED their way to the top.

[danpfd]

Ben Orr looks like he's stoned

[LemmingOverlord]

@danpfd erm... who wasn't?

[AnisetteLeRoux]

Benjamin Orr makes me think of the greek god Apollo....so Hot!

[dobegirl01]

BEN ORR ♥ with that adoreable Pout ♥

~~sighs~~

[eriphoor]

Awesome voice. One of the best!

[smautomat]

The Cars were even better than David Booie.

[ferbert716]

he was the cute one. Loved his hair and facical features.

[sadalite]

I disagee with him saying they are compared to Queen and Bowie..... The Cars are better ;-)

[BabsTen]

Oh Ben !!! just what I needed.

[TheCrippledSilence]

Jesus. Orr looks like a golden god - and I say that as a heterosexual man. Or at least I think so, he's confusing me.

[mastersgirl414]

@TheCrippledSilence Best. Comment. Ever.

[EllisonRules]

Is it me or could Ben Orr be Debby Harry's(from Blondie) brother ?

[KylK1ng]

Ben is pretty damn amazing, so depressing.

[SowsageGaming]

I love him, talent, great looks and sweet!

[Jenniemarie23]

Ben is so beautiful!!!!

[skipper8257]

Always liked there style. An unmistakeable sound.

[6superb9]

Ben was too hot....that's why he left us.

[SurfingFemme]

Sigh....

[kokoleka808]

This song was absolutely surreal when it resonated in the background in the film "Boys Don't Cry."

[JesusFreakJene]

Oh, Benjamin....You were just so handsome.....not enough words to describe all your attributes. Miss you Ben

"when your standing, oh, so, near, I kind of lose my mind" yeah-

[klhudson1957]

Yeah! CARS ROCK!

[xRocknRollbearx]

i like his facial expressions :P......

[hurtin24me]

@xRocknRollbearx same here he is so hot with his facial expression