rocks much harder than the album version. they are all going to town on their instruments. Ric was either the luckiest or the smartest mofo on the planet to find these four guys to take his songs and turn them into this kind of magic.
I used to work with this redneck douchebag from Michigan who had a white Dean Cadillac and claimed it was stolen right out of Cobo Hall after The Cars were there in the early eighties. Ric, if you see this and are interested in finding it, I'd gladly give up his name.( I am in no way condemning all rednecks, douchebags or people from Michigan for that matter). Btw, love the CARS. Saw Panarama tour in 1980. Incredible live band.
back in the day you could walk into a club and get lucky to see a band lke this just starting out. Now everything is so pre-packaged you go to a small club and all you get are fucking DJs and wanna be rappers. Sucks ass.
@jrlv62 ok, well, I'll take your word for it, I suppose the styles and lighting does kind of look like the 70's. I was thinking this would have been 1981 though. Thanks for the info.
@Drone7b yes I have that album, I bought it when it came out. However, they still played songs in concert from earlier albums, so going by the hair style and clothes it looked like this was from 1981. But thanks for the response :-)
Substitution...mass confusion! You think you're so illustrious, you call yourself intense!? I wish the younger generation forgot most of the crappy music of the past two decades, and listened to this! Sure it's campy and geeky. The Cars were great!
Every now and then their lyrics are brilliant. This song contains a few examples, my favorite being "such a wavy midnight when you slip into insane". Great to see this live performance.
The ending of this song rocks, and shows just how important it is to listen to your other band mates. Benjamin Orr will be missed. This tune and "Drive" are my fav's.
I'm not much of a fan of their music after 1981 or so, but their early stuff is pure genius...this live version of Bye Bye Love is much better than the studio version, imo.
Oh yeah, I forgot to say Elliot Easton kicks azz! :)
I'm not much of a fan of their music after 1981 or so, but their early stuff is pure genius...this live version of Bye Bye Love is much better than the studio version, imo.
These guys were truly eclectic for their time. Especially Greg Hawkes synth/keyboard style. You have to remember what was on the radio when this album was released, a bunch of boring album-oriented rock. Punk was just getting started in the UK, disco was dying, and new wave had yet to surface. The market timing of these guys was JUST RIGHT.
@KenDyerJr The Cars > Today's crap. That I agree, but I wouldn't put it ALL on rap. Music, mainstream-wise, is more retarded than ever. Pop is shit, country's shit, rock is shit, emo's shit, all trendy music is shit, rap is shit; they're all on the same level. One would think that music could only get better when a group such as The Cars appear. I never imagined the music of the new millennium to be shit. Far as I'm concerned, The Cars are underrated and are HofF worthy. RIP Ben Orr.
Well thank god im not a young kid, i'm 13 and The Cars are my favorite band and biggest influence when i play guitar. Better yet, i'm left handed like Elliot Easton!!
@natetheguitarkid I started listening to The Cars when I was 13 back in 1984 and they were one of my favorite bands back then. I can't tell you how many times I played the cassette but my boombox got a lot of use that summer. Wow! It brings back allot of good memories from my childhood. I was listening to The Cars "Heartbeat City" album, Def Leppard "Pyromania" album, and Van Halen "1984". Good Times!!
Sounds awesome to live back then. The only flaw I would have is the video games. Obviously if i grew up in that time, i would like classic game counsels, but if I were to go through a time machine and have to be stuck in 1980, at age 13, I would miss my video games, lol.
@natetheguitarkid I can see that but since I grew up back then and was the first to have MTV in my school, (when they played music) I still have an Atari and my kids think its a joke but you have to think that our TV still turned with a knob not a remote in 1978!! lol
@natetheguitarkid - on the contrary young man - and yes games were different but arcades were huge & everywhere - when you walked into one, games loud and blasting all over - going through rolls of quarters - like the squirts and toilet paper. The Cars were huge my freshman year -1979 and even Chuck E Cheese was playing The Cars.
so are the opening words?: 'I can't feel this way much longer expecting to survive'! -if so...Ditto!! perfect!xactly how i'm feelin these days aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahahhaha i love this song
All of them very talented with their instruments from Ellitot's tight solos on lead guitar, Ben's tight riff's on Bass and singing, Ric's songwriting and rhythym guitar, David's solid drumming and timely fills and Greg's underrated funky and quirky but appealing keyboard and percussion fills. And their backing vocals weren't bad either. Miss ya Ben RIP
Takes me back definitely when there seemingly was always a new "sound" or music genre being created yearly.. RIP Ben. Now today there's SOME talent but not much as most of today's young "music" fans think "talking real fast""" using "macho/tough guy/mysogynistic lyrics through a computer with an easy programmable beat that any 5 year old can do on a synthezer is "talent" Meh, I'll take the Cars and a 1000 other bands of REAL muscians over "fifta cent, J-z, justine bieber, miley ray cyrus, etc
I'm 13, i never really paid attention to music until i herd this, it was the guitar solo that got me into guitar's. I never noticed just how unique this song was until i got more into music and learned new genres. The song has a unusual mix of rock instrumentation, pop songrwriting and new wave keyboards. Not as pop-oriented as power pop, but just right at guitar rock and synth-oriented new wave and pop. Elliot Easton, being left handed like me, definetly inspired me to play guitar.
@natetheguitarkid Yes sir-ee kid, that's The Cars for ya. Even back then we knew this was something special, and though they were a big part of the 'New Wave' movement, they definitely had that 'rock edge' to them that quickly set them apart and above so many other 'New Wave' acts...and also they weren't limited by the 'New Wave' thing either. They were in a class by themselves.
And good for u, by expanding ur musical tastes,,,that will expand ur musical ability & creativity.
Thanks! And I agree, they were seperate from most of the new wave bands of the 70's. I like to think of them as the new wave of rock. They have a really unique sound, I'm glad they reunited too. Benjamin Orr would of been proud, even though i read somewhere he felt jealousy towards ric ocasek because he got more attention apparently, well, on youtube, he's the star of the show to most of the girls, lol
these guys ushered in the 80's..Ben Orr was an original..Elliot Easton..a true lefty!..I bought the 8 track of there 1st album..tells u how old i am..im kinda drunk rite now..lol.
Wow, if these guys were New Wave, they sure played there guitars like a hard rock band. I wonder if Theres any bands of today that can mix Hard rock and pop together like this? It's not Power pop, It's not New Wave, it's The Cars.
I love the Cars (esp the early stuff)...with that said....the Cars were very fortunate to have the charisma / stage presence / vocal talent of Ben Orr...lets face it, Greg (although a great keys player) is dull onstage, Elliot, although cool, is boring onstage, and Ric...well, cool, but not Mr. Personality....with all due respect, the early Cars with Ben was the best ever...i saw the cars about a month ago on the "reunion" tour...with sequenced bass...that says it all..you CANT replace Ben!
I saw the Cars in DC on 5/23. Contrary, to some of the negative reviews I have been reading, I actually enjoyed the show. Some reviewers have been "dissing" their stage presence, duh, the Cars were never known as the most enthusiastic band live. With that said, Hawkes and Elliott seemed to be grooving pretty good. Yes, I am old enough to remember them in their heyday. I was in junior high when their classic debut was released. God, I do miss Ben, BIG TIME, RIP!!!!
The people who dislike this video are pro-war idiots who support Obama's borrowing money from China and spending billions in U.S. tax dollars to invade and brutally occupy sovereign nations in the middle east, creating more deficit, more enemies and acting as an imperialist Hitler type when the money should be spent to create new jobs and help our own people while bringing home the troops and putting them to work protecting Americans on U.S. soil. Ric Ocasek for President 2012
@hectorsalinasisback Obama didn't invade anywhere, it was GW Bush & Co. you phuktard... Then they crashed the economy right after Obama was elected. You are obviously from the middle east so please just go back there, stand in a crowd and blow yourself up you doosh bag. At least that will stop you from spamming this same stupid diatribe on all the Cars videos. I do agree with you about Ocasek in 2012, but you're still an a-hoe so s t f u.
@sh4rkbyt3 Are you saying Ric Ocasek is a conservative? If so, I wasn't aware of this fact. Most people capable of reading my comment realize that I'm certainly not a conservative. Obama is a false God who turned out to be another Bush. Watch the documentary "The Obama Deception," it has some interesting tidbits on both Bush and Obama. The Cars were a great American rock band and their music symbolizes a better era when the America was producing more goods on U.S. soil.
@sh4rkbyt3 You can't deny that in March, congress passed the biggest military budget since WWII. Obama is the biggest pro-war president we've had in 20 years, even beating GWBush. Martin Luther King opposed the Vietnam war, because he said those funds should be spent to help the poor in America and programs of "social uplift." Obama increased the number of drone bombers used in Afghanistan, causing thousands of civilian deaths. Cluster bombs Obama used in Yemen also killed innocent civilians.
I just saw the Cars in Toronto, May 2011 with their new album... Loved it! If you get a chance go and see this amazing band before they're all gone! What a great band....
This is one of my favorites because growing up this came out when I was a junior in HS.. we did not have MTV back then! Me and my friends cranked them in our cars! Seeing this is a little like heaven!!
I'm wondering if anyone writing these posts have ever actually seen the bands to which they refer live. I've been around for quite awhile, and have seen the greats LIVE, since the days of the Beatles, and before. It is my true belief that Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to have ever graced the earth. But am I going to post that here? Betchurasses, kids!!
other words, they jammed the shit out of their electric guitars like they were a arena rock/hard rock band, but then you hear the synths and go, what the f***. This song though, has the melody of a pop song and the energy of a hard rock song, that's the beauty of The Cars and diverse rock and roll.
Ahhh cranking these tunes in my '70 SS 350 4-speed Camaro was fricken magical in the early '80s. Girls, cars, music enhancers and The Cars....dang really miss those days.
I gotta tell ya, I bought this DVD off Amazon, and after seeing the samples from it on here and then watching it, it is a different experience. It also offers an interview with the band, Ben Orr's last. I think Ben Orr was sexy and brilliant just like everyone else, but I was able to appreciate Elliot Easton more for some reason. Buy it, you'll be glad you did. And no, I do not work for Amazon!
Wake the kids up quick! Kids this is what real bands do when they perform in a real rock band. They play their own instruments live with good timing, sing very well without digital voice enhancers. Ok, you can go to bed now. I'm just reminiscing about what my Dad used to do to me and my sisters almost 40 years ago when the Midnight Special was on.
Man they just don't make em like The Cars!!What an awesome song from a totally awesome and underrated band! I Fricken Love The Cars! And sorry KenDyer who I thank for sharing this video but I agree with Shanefire6. Rush might have the best drummer in the world but to me they are just ok. The Cars kick ass!
I feel fortunate to have been an impressionable young man at the time of this album's debut. I still listen to this record. It is timeless!
LewdTenantDan 1 week ago
How lucky I was to grow up in this era of rock! Feel bad for the garbage kids have today!
johniboz 2 weeks ago
if that didn't rock you then you don't rock.
fitheachsidhe 2 weeks ago
Incredible!
"It's just a broken lullaby"
I won't forget you Kayla.
radtech21 3 weeks ago
quite often my face melts from Elliot's leads, but Greg did it this time
Vivzid 3 weeks ago
it's a shame they are not yet in the rock and roll hall of fame
Vivzid 3 weeks ago
the keys were really the drive for this band, leave it out and u really don't have much, that was their sound that made them stand out
ratrodford1933 3 weeks ago
Rick O is the funkiest looking dude, but he wrote some good stuff that still last today.
ratrodford1933 3 weeks ago
WHenever this comes on the radio I must crank it and sing at the top of my lungs. This album is sick.
shack8110 4 weeks ago
This song reminds me of Super 8
ILoveRyanLeeForever 4 weeks ago
rocks much harder than the album version. they are all going to town on their instruments. Ric was either the luckiest or the smartest mofo on the planet to find these four guys to take his songs and turn them into this kind of magic.
nikisma 1 month ago
legendary songwriters
DaHotFoots 1 month ago
I used to work with this redneck douchebag from Michigan who had a white Dean Cadillac and claimed it was stolen right out of Cobo Hall after The Cars were there in the early eighties. Ric, if you see this and are interested in finding it, I'd gladly give up his name.( I am in no way condemning all rednecks, douchebags or people from Michigan for that matter). Btw, love the CARS. Saw Panarama tour in 1980. Incredible live band.
damndirtyape63 1 month ago
One of the most under appreciated bands in music history, period. They could rock with the best of them.
buffalobraves9 1 month ago
Senior Prom
aruterify 1 month ago
6 people said bye bye good taste.
jamesearlray 1 month ago
wasen't even alive when this was made...thank god for youtube! Wish there was music like this today
Lazykixx 1 month ago
Song is so true.
GreatWhiteBuffaloInc 2 months ago
Anybody think Ben Orr is trying to look like Brian Jones from the Stones with the hair cut and same type of guitar body?
robfolcroft 2 months ago
@robfolcroft rutger hauer
jflash214 1 month ago
im 13 and i just heard this song and i LOVE IT! great song even for my age!
bananaz10104 2 months ago 2
@bananaz10104 Check out the entire album you will love it!
Vote4RonPaulLiberty 1 month ago
@bananaz10104 bitchin' song from '78 lil brother.....fucking killer tune from The Cars!
CHHSE1986 1 month ago
Wow, forgot how good these guys were. They rocked.
balzysalzy 2 months ago
ben orr=rock and roll
rubinscards 2 months ago
The keyboard player is a TRECKY
reprahdm 2 months ago
their latest album is brilliant , give it a listen....alwaysa fan since 79 :)
mfactor88 2 months ago
Real music from back in the day ! what a concept.........
jeffreyorich 3 months ago
Tight!
fdr80 3 months ago
Fuck yea!!!!
skeeman42018 3 months ago
This guitar solo still gives me the chills. One of Easton's best.
vonzeke 3 months ago
MY top 10 favorite guitar solo's. And top 5 favorite songs.
I still cant believe it has a keyboard solo.
natetheguitarkid 3 months ago
@natetheguitarkid Coolest nerd ever = Eliot Eatson
golyg 3 months ago
@golyg
I always thought Greg was the nerd, maybe you got them confused?
natetheguitarkid 3 months ago
@golyg Easton is the lead guitarist.
golyg 3 months ago
the cars will never have a reunion due to the early passing of ben orr.
...who wants to hear someone else sing 'it's an orangey sky' !
podiodi 3 months ago
Great Song!!!!!!!!
Reverendjim1 4 months ago
Ben Orr has the Brian Jones look in this one. Great video
robfolcroft 4 months ago
back in the day you could walk into a club and get lucky to see a band lke this just starting out. Now everything is so pre-packaged you go to a small club and all you get are fucking DJs and wanna be rappers. Sucks ass.
bohs1984 4 months ago
@bohs1984 You frequent the wrong clubs.
dsquid 4 months ago
mind the tempo boys! haha
seizetheweakened 4 months ago
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Little known fact: Elliot Easton is the cousin of both Nigel Tufnel and
Dwight Shrute.
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elciclon157 4 months ago
anyone know the year this is from? 1981?
sadalite 4 months ago
@sadalite
1978
jrlv62 3 months ago
@jrlv62 ok, well, I'll take your word for it, I suppose the styles and lighting does kind of look like the 70's. I was thinking this would have been 1981 though. Thanks for the info.
sadalite 3 months ago
@sadalite 1981 would have been SHAKE IT UP.
Drone7b 3 months ago
@Drone7b yes I have that album, I bought it when it came out. However, they still played songs in concert from earlier albums, so going by the hair style and clothes it looked like this was from 1981. But thanks for the response :-)
sadalite 3 months ago
This is exactly how I feel about my life... "Bye Bye Love"
radtech21 4 months ago
Awesome
giantballoon 4 months ago
only 400k views? killer live version!!
JHBguru1 4 months ago
@JHBguru1 Best Part 2:20 to 2:50, some total powerful energy being given off.
AccuracyMarked 4 months ago
Hey, wait a minute!
What is this? People actually SINGING?!?!?! No autotune????
Are those guys really playing instuments????? Really????
Where are the dancing sissy boys? The very obvious canned vocals? Where is my lip synching?
These guys call this music?
SuperDrJeckyl 4 months ago
Ben Orr, the Cars best singer, totally running things
on a Vox Wyman bass.
cinephonik 4 months ago 2
Substitution...mass confusion! You think you're so illustrious, you call yourself intense!? I wish the younger generation forgot most of the crappy music of the past two decades, and listened to this! Sure it's campy and geeky. The Cars were great!
DickLodge68 5 months ago
Every now and then their lyrics are brilliant. This song contains a few examples, my favorite being "such a wavy midnight when you slip into insane". Great to see this live performance.
Chronomorte 5 months ago
substitution mass
confusion
pcisuper1 5 months ago
epic
spakuloid 5 months ago
The ending of this song rocks, and shows just how important it is to listen to your other band mates. Benjamin Orr will be missed. This tune and "Drive" are my fav's.
classicconnexionband 5 months ago
this music rocked, not the crap of today. it has its place in time
dmntjohn1 5 months ago
Electric Angel Rock and Roll!!
lexdh9 5 months ago
The dude who looks like an insect bagged Paulina Porizkova. Rock on Ric-O and Rip Ben-O.
fubarTheMagnificent 5 months ago
Elliot freakin Rocks!!
blackwingA520 5 months ago
my fav cars song
kmars21 5 months ago
I'm not much of a fan of their music after 1981 or so, but their early stuff is pure genius...this live version of Bye Bye Love is much better than the studio version, imo.
Oh yeah, I forgot to say Elliot Easton kicks azz! :)
Rainbow7Fan 5 months ago 2
I'm not much of a fan of their music after 1981 or so, but their early stuff is pure genius...this live version of Bye Bye Love is much better than the studio version, imo.
Rainbow7Fan 5 months ago
These guys were truly eclectic for their time. Especially Greg Hawkes synth/keyboard style. You have to remember what was on the radio when this album was released, a bunch of boring album-oriented rock. Punk was just getting started in the UK, disco was dying, and new wave had yet to surface. The market timing of these guys was JUST RIGHT.
westsail42 5 months ago
my fav Cars song. Ben Orr is fantastic. RIP
tonlo92 5 months ago
The guy with the blonde hair was my fav singer in the band. RIP. Sorry, don't know his name though.
centerforce2 5 months ago in playlist Cars, The ***
I still have my Cars LP too! With the girl laughing with the reds lips on the cover! remember that??
jlc7300 5 months ago
Young kids think it's "retarded" Their brain is retarded! lol!
jlc7300 5 months ago 6
@jlc7300 beats the hell out of their rap shit
KenDyerJr 5 months ago 30
@KenDyerJr agreed
Rainflower16 5 months ago
@KenDyerJr
I wish I could give you a million thumbs up.
m1che1 3 months ago
@KenDyerJr The Cars > Today's crap. That I agree, but I wouldn't put it ALL on rap. Music, mainstream-wise, is more retarded than ever. Pop is shit, country's shit, rock is shit, emo's shit, all trendy music is shit, rap is shit; they're all on the same level. One would think that music could only get better when a group such as The Cars appear. I never imagined the music of the new millennium to be shit. Far as I'm concerned, The Cars are underrated and are HofF worthy. RIP Ben Orr.
EFunkRock 1 month ago
@KenDyerJr takes me back to the 5th grade!!!!
CHHSE1986 1 month ago
@jlc7300 im 14 and this is one of my favorite bands
killerkrab42 5 months ago
@killerkrab42 You Rock!!!
usamachinist 5 months ago
@jlc7300 Tell them to play the guitar the way Elliot Rips It and then we can talk......
The Cars Rock! Ben is soooooooo hot!
JesusFreakJene 3 months ago
@jlc7300 nfs!!!!!!!
twoaxis88 3 months ago
@jlc7300
Well thank god im not a young kid, i'm 13 and The Cars are my favorite band and biggest influence when i play guitar. Better yet, i'm left handed like Elliot Easton!!
natetheguitarkid 2 months ago
@natetheguitarkid I started listening to The Cars when I was 13 back in 1984 and they were one of my favorite bands back then. I can't tell you how many times I played the cassette but my boombox got a lot of use that summer. Wow! It brings back allot of good memories from my childhood. I was listening to The Cars "Heartbeat City" album, Def Leppard "Pyromania" album, and Van Halen "1984". Good Times!!
TTBFT 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Cars
@TTBFT
Sounds awesome to live back then. The only flaw I would have is the video games. Obviously if i grew up in that time, i would like classic game counsels, but if I were to go through a time machine and have to be stuck in 1980, at age 13, I would miss my video games, lol.
natetheguitarkid 2 months ago
@natetheguitarkid I can see that but since I grew up back then and was the first to have MTV in my school, (when they played music) I still have an Atari and my kids think its a joke but you have to think that our TV still turned with a knob not a remote in 1978!! lol
TTBFT 2 months ago
@natetheguitarkid - on the contrary young man - and yes games were different but arcades were huge & everywhere - when you walked into one, games loud and blasting all over - going through rolls of quarters - like the squirts and toilet paper. The Cars were huge my freshman year -1979 and even Chuck E Cheese was playing The Cars.
MrGreg433 2 months ago
@jlc7300 My 11 yr old son thinks this awesome.
bitterclinger100 1 month ago
@jlc7300 Not when I was a young kid. I've loved The Cars since sixth grade. My adult offspring know who they are and for that I am proud.
Vote4RonPaulLiberty 1 month ago
We used to play this song in my band. People laugh now when I show this to them!
Good quality music we had back then*****
jlc7300 5 months ago 10
@jlc7300 Why do people laugh? This kicks ass.
KenDyerJr 5 months ago 11
Nothing to laugh at here. The Cars f'n rock.
SonofBrunhilde 5 months ago
@jlc7300 My band still covers this song lol. I love it.
BKellyS 5 months ago
is the keys player wearing a star trek uniform?
twst1 6 months ago
If they have any future plans to perform, would love to see them attempt this song with Ric on bass & vocals.
bonn777 6 months ago
so are the opening words?: 'I can't feel this way much longer expecting to survive'! -if so...Ditto!! perfect!xactly how i'm feelin these days aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahahhaha i love this song
slavaszyarabia 6 months ago
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mfactor88 6 months ago
All of them very talented with their instruments from Ellitot's tight solos on lead guitar, Ben's tight riff's on Bass and singing, Ric's songwriting and rhythym guitar, David's solid drumming and timely fills and Greg's underrated funky and quirky but appealing keyboard and percussion fills. And their backing vocals weren't bad either. Miss ya Ben RIP
patlavert 6 months ago
Takes me back definitely when there seemingly was always a new "sound" or music genre being created yearly.. RIP Ben. Now today there's SOME talent but not much as most of today's young "music" fans think "talking real fast""" using "macho/tough guy/mysogynistic lyrics through a computer with an easy programmable beat that any 5 year old can do on a synthezer is "talent" Meh, I'll take the Cars and a 1000 other bands of REAL muscians over "fifta cent, J-z, justine bieber, miley ray cyrus, etc
patlavert 6 months ago
fuck todays corporate driven bullshit music! the cars are some of the best!!!
caddyrolla123 6 months ago
a perfect album from start to finish. m50 i was there :)
mfactor88 6 months ago
I'm 13, i never really paid attention to music until i herd this, it was the guitar solo that got me into guitar's. I never noticed just how unique this song was until i got more into music and learned new genres. The song has a unusual mix of rock instrumentation, pop songrwriting and new wave keyboards. Not as pop-oriented as power pop, but just right at guitar rock and synth-oriented new wave and pop. Elliot Easton, being left handed like me, definetly inspired me to play guitar.
natetheguitarkid 6 months ago 2
@natetheguitarkid Yes sir-ee kid, that's The Cars for ya. Even back then we knew this was something special, and though they were a big part of the 'New Wave' movement, they definitely had that 'rock edge' to them that quickly set them apart and above so many other 'New Wave' acts...and also they weren't limited by the 'New Wave' thing either. They were in a class by themselves.
And good for u, by expanding ur musical tastes,,,that will expand ur musical ability & creativity.
wyzapple 6 months ago
@wyzapple
Thanks! And I agree, they were seperate from most of the new wave bands of the 70's. I like to think of them as the new wave of rock. They have a really unique sound, I'm glad they reunited too. Benjamin Orr would of been proud, even though i read somewhere he felt jealousy towards ric ocasek because he got more attention apparently, well, on youtube, he's the star of the show to most of the girls, lol
natetheguitarkid 6 months ago
what kind of bass is ben using?
Bubba95222 6 months ago
@Bubba95222 a Vox
LukePeetsMusic 6 months ago
The key board player is from star trek 1967
golyg 6 months ago 2
Look at that boy just tear it up! Call 911...Elliot's on fire!
jellowishes 6 months ago
I love this band and this song!
joemama62 7 months ago
RIP BEN. Elliot rules. Ric is a legend
ozpicker 7 months ago
Orr sings these songs like he wrote them.... but Ocasek wrote all the hits...
ab330 7 months ago
these guys ushered in the 80's..Ben Orr was an original..Elliot Easton..a true lefty!..I bought the 8 track of there 1st album..tells u how old i am..im kinda drunk rite now..lol.
kmars21 7 months ago
Six dislikes! Please, you six people have absolutely no freakin' clue!
thechrilado 7 months ago 20
@thechrilado that's right.
Rainflower16 5 months ago
Wow, if these guys were New Wave, they sure played there guitars like a hard rock band. I wonder if Theres any bands of today that can mix Hard rock and pop together like this? It's not Power pop, It's not New Wave, it's The Cars.
TheMajorHawke 7 months ago
I am 50 years old now.... still have the 8 track...... this is a great post 4 real Cars fans...TY ps: Take the bullshit politics to the blogs. TY
BigTruckAA 7 months ago
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TheMajorHawke 7 months ago
I love the Cars (esp the early stuff)...with that said....the Cars were very fortunate to have the charisma / stage presence / vocal talent of Ben Orr...lets face it, Greg (although a great keys player) is dull onstage, Elliot, although cool, is boring onstage, and Ric...well, cool, but not Mr. Personality....with all due respect, the early Cars with Ben was the best ever...i saw the cars about a month ago on the "reunion" tour...with sequenced bass...that says it all..you CANT replace Ben!
glueforall 7 months ago 2
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Always liked the keyboard solo on this song.
machmen1000 7 months ago
A;ways like the keyboard solo on this one!
machmen1000 7 months ago
Benjamin is just the cutest thing here.
ladybluluv 7 months ago
@ladybluluv I completely agree !!!!! Ben is handsome.
BabsTen 7 months ago
BenJAMMIN ORR !!! MISS YOU MAN!!!
jxxybxxy2002 7 months ago 30
HONKY! THESE (C)ROCK DUMMIES!!!!!!! SOUND TO ME! AS IF! THEY HAVE BROKEN DOWN!!!!!!! TERRIBLE!!!!!!!
mrmikespence1964 8 months ago
@mrmikespence1964 you are terrible
13candyo 7 months ago
Substitution, mass-confusion, clouds inside your heeeeaaad!!! Cool lyrics, alll the way through. Remember being a kid!
jimmy5150ify 8 months ago
Substitution, mass-confusion, clouds inside your heeeeaaad!!!
jimmy5150ify 8 months ago
GREAT SINGERS,WRITERS,PLAYERS
timpenfield5 8 months ago
この曲好きや～
THEclimberclimber 8 months ago
Best cars song with Moving In Stereo following close behind.RIP Ben
Music65through85 8 months ago
Take the Politics to another site Pukes.... This is for people who like to watch and listen to Great Rock....Pure & Simple....
elprado1963 8 months ago
I saw the Cars in DC on 5/23. Contrary, to some of the negative reviews I have been reading, I actually enjoyed the show. Some reviewers have been "dissing" their stage presence, duh, the Cars were never known as the most enthusiastic band live. With that said, Hawkes and Elliott seemed to be grooving pretty good. Yes, I am old enough to remember them in their heyday. I was in junior high when their classic debut was released. God, I do miss Ben, BIG TIME, RIP!!!!
ronsworld250 8 months ago
People actually clicked on "dislike"? hahaha. obviously they were just fukkin around
popejeffthefirst 8 months ago
The people who dislike this video are pro-war idiots who support Obama's borrowing money from China and spending billions in U.S. tax dollars to invade and brutally occupy sovereign nations in the middle east, creating more deficit, more enemies and acting as an imperialist Hitler type when the money should be spent to create new jobs and help our own people while bringing home the troops and putting them to work protecting Americans on U.S. soil. Ric Ocasek for President 2012
hectorsalinasisback 8 months ago
@hectorsalinasisback Obama didn't invade anywhere, it was GW Bush & Co. you phuktard... Then they crashed the economy right after Obama was elected. You are obviously from the middle east so please just go back there, stand in a crowd and blow yourself up you doosh bag. At least that will stop you from spamming this same stupid diatribe on all the Cars videos. I do agree with you about Ocasek in 2012, but you're still an a-hoe so s t f u.
doktorjimmy 8 months ago 2
@hectorsalinasisback What an idiot, Bush borrowed the $400 Billion from China you stupid Conservaturd!
sh4rkbyt3 8 months ago
@sh4rkbyt3 Are you saying Ric Ocasek is a conservative? If so, I wasn't aware of this fact. Most people capable of reading my comment realize that I'm certainly not a conservative. Obama is a false God who turned out to be another Bush. Watch the documentary "The Obama Deception," it has some interesting tidbits on both Bush and Obama. The Cars were a great American rock band and their music symbolizes a better era when the America was producing more goods on U.S. soil.
hectorsalinasisback 8 months ago
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@sh4rkbyt3 You can't deny that in March, congress passed the biggest military budget since WWII. Obama is the biggest pro-war president we've had in 20 years, even beating GWBush. Martin Luther King opposed the Vietnam war, because he said those funds should be spent to help the poor in America and programs of "social uplift." Obama increased the number of drone bombers used in Afghanistan, causing thousands of civilian deaths. Cluster bombs Obama used in Yemen also killed innocent civilians.
hectorsalinasisback 8 months ago
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nhgumbah 8 months ago
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nhgumbah 8 months ago
Is it just me orr does it seem like whenever ocasek isn't singing lead, he seems a bit detached or disinterested?
nhgumbah 8 months ago
@nhgumbah Noticed that also. Elliot and Ben probably got all the girls. Allthough Pauline P. is a looker. Any Cars groupies circa 1984 care to post?
MWBrrr 8 months ago
I just saw the Cars in Toronto, May 2011 with their new album... Loved it! If you get a chance go and see this amazing band before they're all gone! What a great band....
truthbelts 8 months ago 2
Elliot Easton was the man!
MWBrrr 8 months ago
i saw ric in manhattan and by the time i realized who we was he was gone! fast walker! R.I.P. Ben.
sweetgyy 8 months ago
love. love this song. Ben is so wonderfully cool. Love how Ric just hangs back and works those riffs.
BigEighties1 8 months ago
Vote this up if the Super 8 trailer made you watch this video again.
MaoistBanker 8 months ago
the reviews for the current 2011 tour aren't good......
Easton is under used. Tickets for the shows are $100-$200
sorry, I'll move into the left lane and pass-on-bye-bye
peters9nine 8 months ago
How can the cars continue without Benjamin Orr? His songs and his vocals made them what they were. This video is awesome, thanks for sharing.
gvonpaul 8 months ago
"Super 8" brought me here. :P
Tannenschnaps 8 months ago
Come on children put your pajamas on , it's time for bed !!
jrushmen 8 months ago
This is one of my favorites because growing up this came out when I was a junior in HS.. we did not have MTV back then! Me and my friends cranked them in our cars! Seeing this is a little like heaven!!
swanladylinda 8 months ago
Benjamin Orr, one bad motherfucker!!!
RIP & ROCK ON BEN!!!!
TrickyTolles64 8 months ago
@TrickyTolles64 Very well said!!! I agree 100%:)
electricangelorr 8 months ago
I'm wondering if anyone writing these posts have ever actually seen the bands to which they refer live. I've been around for quite awhile, and have seen the greats LIVE, since the days of the Beatles, and before. It is my true belief that Led Zeppelin is the greatest band to have ever graced the earth. But am I going to post that here? Betchurasses, kids!!
dab4546 8 months ago
greg hawkes is king on those keyboards!! this band was fucking amazing!!
slipknotftw1000 8 months ago 2
greg hawkes is king on those keyboards!!
slipknotftw1000 8 months ago
their uniqueness made them great - the lyrics wow!
stevetrip100 8 months ago
waiting for the 2011 tour !!!!
gastronome1 8 months ago
6 people think they're so illustrious
WintersWar 8 months ago
When you think about it .... rock and roll just doesn't get any better than this. What a band!
Harding42 8 months ago 2
Everyone always comments that they were the first popular "synth" band, but they sure kept the fat guitar licks in their songs!
IrishMetalCop 8 months ago
@IrishMetalCop
other words, they jammed the shit out of their electric guitars like they were a arena rock/hard rock band, but then you hear the synths and go, what the f***. This song though, has the melody of a pop song and the energy of a hard rock song, that's the beauty of The Cars and diverse rock and roll.
TheMajorHawke 8 months ago in playlist Cars, The *** 2
Six people suffer from substitution mass confusion, clouds inside their heads.
Lpstd1 9 months ago 2
The best of a generation
robbase54 9 months ago
FLAWLESS.
MarcInTampa 9 months ago
another great Boston band
TheHonkcat 9 months ago
They don't make music like this anymore, so classic, love their sound
coreyinkato 9 months ago
check out Elliott giving Ben his cues!! lol thats cool they were such a great band..
MOSKII58 9 months ago 2
Ahhh cranking these tunes in my '70 SS 350 4-speed Camaro was fricken magical in the early '80s. Girls, cars, music enhancers and The Cars....dang really miss those days.
ff85258 9 months ago
This library of great music was caught up in a war of New Wave v Rock.
All rockers now love this and all Car's songs. Now go punch a redneck.
3soccerstars 9 months ago
@3soccerstars
in otherwords, your saying their a new wave and rock band, if you are, i agree
TheMajorHawke 8 months ago
Thank You Guys..
78rohan 9 months ago
what a cool bass ben orr have here!!!
fenix478 9 months ago
I gotta tell ya, I bought this DVD off Amazon, and after seeing the samples from it on here and then watching it, it is a different experience. It also offers an interview with the band, Ben Orr's last. I think Ben Orr was sexy and brilliant just like everyone else, but I was able to appreciate Elliot Easton more for some reason. Buy it, you'll be glad you did. And no, I do not work for Amazon!
kathyuk28 9 months ago
Wake the kids up quick! Kids this is what real bands do when they perform in a real rock band. They play their own instruments live with good timing, sing very well without digital voice enhancers. Ok, you can go to bed now. I'm just reminiscing about what my Dad used to do to me and my sisters almost 40 years ago when the Midnight Special was on.
fitzpatrickgf 9 months ago 2
@Mickey2206
Yeah, fuck the Beatles, Stones , Who triple threat. It's the Archies, Banana Splits, and Josie and the Pussycats.
sayne812 10 months ago
5 incredible musicians together, no question about it. Is Ric playing a BC Rich?
lookingforfun70 10 months ago
Man they just don't make em like The Cars!!What an awesome song from a totally awesome and underrated band! I Fricken Love The Cars! And sorry KenDyer who I thank for sharing this video but I agree with Shanefire6. Rush might have the best drummer in the world but to me they are just ok. The Cars kick ass!
edelenwolf69 10 months ago 2
unreal performance, they were so underrated.
dudefromtherock 10 months ago