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  • love you and miss you every single day.

  • I cannot believe he'd be sixty-four years old now.

  • I miss you,Ben so much...

  • Let's see.... My name is Ric Ocasek and I'm starting a band. I will need a bassist. Preferably one with a phenomenal voice, excellent bass skills, and drop dead rock star looks. "Hello, my name is Benjamin Orr and I'm here for the audition".

  • a total 10 on every count. what a sad loss, so early.

  • Lawdog Wow!You are so funny and truthful. Ben was Gods gift to everyone:)

  • Wow, 37 years old. Have you seen anyone look so good for his age? <3

  • He was such a funny guy. I loved his style of humor. :-)

    (miss you Ben)

  • gee 11 years tonight he left us...what a shame...he seemed like a wonderful, beautiful person. Thanks Benny11 forall the videos you've uploaded.

  • We miss you Ben!!!! One of the Best from Boston!!!!!

  • Benny11letters, thanks. Love the wise guy side of Ben.

    Is there any way you can get your hands on an MTV hour that Ric Ocasek and maybe Ben (if you can believe it, I can't remember) hosted in the 1980s? What I remember from it was Ric's commenting on some of Ben's wilder times after shows, but I'll bet there was a lot more interesting stuff to see/hear.

  • How can God expect us poor ladies to keep clean thoughts, and then send us someone like Benjamin Orr?

  • Great song... 1984 I was 13 and this was the best song of the 80's.. RiP Ben... Your star still shines bright

  • Happy birthday Ben. Is your spirit soaring today, like your voice did for all of your short life?

  • Will always miss this man!

  • Happy Birthday you beautiful, beautiful man. I will miss you forever.

  • Happy Birthday Ben, I sang this one for you last night at work. The crowd loved it too!! Much Love and respect. RIP Love!

  • Happy Birthday Ben

  • One of their very best songs!!

  • that smile just melts your heart and leaves you weak

    

  • ben orr r.i.p

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  • I remember even as a little kid, listening to the Heartbeat City album alot, on vinyl.

  • todos los dias de mivida nesecito ver los gestos y escuchar la voz de benjamin reflejada en este video, que es el el video y el tema de mi vida!!!!! desde Argentina.. eduardo.- eduxr2@yahoo.com.ar

  • HERMOSO....... UN MUÑECO !!!

  • Gorgeous man !!!!!♥ I love you Ben ♥ . Forever in my heart.

  • Ben Orr was Czech American. Notice the facial structure, piercing eyes, elevated eyelids and domineering jawbone. I studied anthropology and am convinced that people of white European heritage are superior in looks and intelligence and yes, that's coming from me, a Latino! LOL

  • @hectorsalinasisback he's Czech and Russian.

  • It should be a crime to look that damn good!  What a waste.

  • great voice and a good guy. Unfortunately only the good die young

  • Such a beautiful man - so talented! What an incredible voice!! Continue to rest peacefully Ben! <3

  • I mean 37 yrs old!!! Ha ha.

  • Goodness!! He was 37 hrs old here... What a complete doll!

  • 00:01-00:23 it's just not humanly possible to look like that, and he's humble to boot. so sad!

  • Love ya buddy! you'll always be in my heart

  • He was truly amazing. He is missed greatly.

  • His voice and smile are so sexy...such a beautiful man. I wish he were still with us. He was so talented.

  • R.I.P Ben. The Cars will live forever.

  • Ethereal Ben, God took you too soon.

  • Ben looks like he is wearing some sort of Jedi outfit, or hospital scrubs, and he still looks completely gorgeous.

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  • Sadly missed.

  • Ben was amazing! hes so good looking!

  • Ok... I am straight as an arrow, but I think I have a man crush on Ben. Rest in Peace.

  • Ben was the heart & soul of the Cars!

  • He knew Benjamin Orr was so hot??

  • Ben was so cute and so sexy. I love you Ben .RIP

  • Thud!! That grin...utterly heartbreaking. 

  • this is what a true Rock Star looks like..Ben

  • Ben looks like Roger Taylor from Queen!

  • Love this. RIP Ben.

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  • His looks are breathtaking ! That combined with his personality make my heat skip a beat every time I look at him.

  • @Sbmom1018 I completely agree with you.RIP Ben.

  • One of the greatest songs of all time!!!

    Anybody noticed that he looks like Master of the Universe (Dolph Lungren)?

  • @ubstarfl

    yeah and he also resembles Rutger Hauer(the osterman weekend). Ben, a class act, and one of the most distinctive voices of rock and roll.

  • time machine required....lots of people waiting in line to go back and meet this divine orrsome male !!!!

  • @benorrmagic I agree!

  • I think these are some reasons that made this song an international success:

    1 - few and repeated words on every verse + easy chorus (easier for non-english speakers to sing);

    2 - Spetacular keyboard harmony / melody + great vocals;

    3 - Popular subject (love) used in a different way if compared to other songs (its verses goes directly to some of the main thoughts I think we have when we brake up with someone we love)

  • Liked the guitar in this version more than in the original. Got this full version without the interview?

  • He had one kid, Ben jr.  He should be about 15 or 16 now.

  • probably waiting

  • transfixed

    

  • The most beautiful face in rock. R.I.P. Ben

  • He seemed to have a freedom of spirit that i wish i had...

  • Great voice!! hot, sexy, delicious!!!!

  • Ben we miss you so much. Now your music makes me sad.

  • I love you forever, Benjamin... I miss you :*(

  • Ben will forever live on in our hearts and memories. There has never been and never will be anyone like him.

  • It's too bad to lose him. He was great! Miss him!

  • Wwwooooooo. That man is the best, Ben I love you........Someone knows if he had kids...?

  • Ben Orr passed away from Pancreatic Cancer at 53 10 Years ago. On October 3,2000 it's hard to believe he's been gone that long at least we have these Beautiful Videos to Remember him.

  • Unmistakable voice... Beautiful!

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  • Ben deserved a longer life !!! Why God took him at 53 is a travesty !!!

  • @oceans20113 There's a song by Billy Joel called Only the Good Die Young, and I think in this case, it's true!.

  • Brings back such melancholy memories.

    In '89 I threw my druggie gf out of the car at a truck-stop to catch a ride with her prostitute "Johns" that would surely be dumping her off somewhere too in due time. I hope she overdosed and died eventually, 'cause it was her only avenue to Peace evidently.

  • This brings tears to my eyes...what a talent, what a voice, down-to-earth and earth-movingly handsome. We miss you so much, Ben xx

  • He was a stunner in every way.

  • Taken from us way to soon - Love you Ben R.I.P XX

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  • Mmmm. Always thought he was a hottie back in the day, but yeah, THAT SMILE. Oh, honey. Done too soon! :(

  • I will love him forever

  • I love his personality. Very laid back and friendly. Check out that smile. He's soo sexy. I can't get enough.

  • Sexy. I would love to see Ben Jr.

  • How cute is he???....I'm in love. RIP Ben. He was taken away from us way too early. He still had so much more to do......

  • HOT man.

  • RIP i just fell in love with another 80s singer!! ahh! always the bassist huh :)

  • Great composer, rest in peace.

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  • LADY BONER

    

  • Rest In Peace!

  • He was charming simply :)

  • soo darling

  • a great guy!

    a good guy!

    RIP.

  • ben is dead

  • i now well what jrdan41 said

  • I love his sexy voice, I miss him.

  • You mean he WAS!!!!

  • Well i would vote for him! sexiest man of the whole universe!! :)

  • I'm loving the side profile again...! :-)

  • @katie180574 Also love his sexy crooked smile. This is my favorite shot of him and my favorite song.

  • @mariofan4523 Absolutely, positively! Lovely smile.......:-)

  • Nothing against Ben, but discovered on Ben's biography that his longest relastionship with a woman, Diane Gray Page, ended in 1990 due to another woman. Don't know who left who though. Doesn't really surprise me, as he had millions waiting in line for him!

  • Everyone has their own meaning to this song, but after researching the song on wiki and google, Ric wrote it about Benjamin's brief relationship with Valerie Bertinelli in the early '80's. Apparently, she left him for Eddie Van Halen.

  • @mariofan4563

    When was this? The reason I ask is because she married Eddie Van Halen in April 1981. This song came out in '84. I didnt see anything is her biography so I was wondering.

  • @monkeysflyouttamybut I discovered this on Benjamin Orr's Discography and Lyrics. Ric Ocasek, being the songwriter, wrote this about Ben and Valerie's short-term relationship, and how she left Ben for Eddie. I guess it was around 1979 or '80. There's also a clip of her sitting with the group back stage in the Cars Unlocked DVD. You can still purchase the DVD at Amazo,. and it comes with a great CD of the Cars live in concert.

  • @mariofan4523

    Thanks for the quick answer I saw this awhile back and never could find the info on it. Thanks again!!

  • Does anyone know what caused the breakup of his six-year relationship with his fiance Diane Page, that lucky lady !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

  • Synth toms rock!!!!!

  • He's SO gorgeous. Makes me feel all melty...looking at him ~sigh~

  • He Looks Stoned or High on Something he couldn't come up with the right words to express the rewarding fruits of his success, we'll miss him anyway no matter where he is - God Bless Him.

  • @worldwildwest He's being sarcastic! Obviously you've never been on a film/television shoot. They're boring and there is A LOT of WAITING.

  • Oh..he's just the sweetest

  • LOVE Banjamin Orr, miss him BIG

  • With all the times I have watched this video...it should have at least a million views!!! :D Great video and such a deliciously sexy man! Rest in peace Dear Sweet Benjamin!

  • Delicious..........sigh...!

  • Exactly

  • This guy had one of the coolest voices in rock music. Ever. It's too bad most people who aren't die-hard fans of the Cars think of Ric Ocasek as the frontman. He was cool, too, but Ben Orr sung all of the best songs, and he was cool looking too!

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  • Him singing 'Drive' here is simply divine

  • Yes, he was so sweeet when I met him too. I LOVE that man!

  • god he's gorgeous, like a beautiful angel!!

  • Whai, YESHEIS. *takes some time to drool over that man* Whyyy did he have to die...He totally didn't deserve to... D:

  • That turn of the face and kind of wink at the start is just so cute....right?!? He seems to have had a personality, but it's those devastating good looks that do it for me every time....

  • I wish I had Ben's face although I'm a girl.

  • lol... thanks sweetie but trust me, im sure ur face is far more BEAUTIFUL than mine ever was or could've been.

  • pimp!

  • Soooooo sweet... i bet he would've made a good actor too..or model.. he was TOOOO HOT!

  • Is it just me.........or does he look like Cameron Diaz's twin brother? They have the EXACT same eyes and smile.

  • He was so cute talking at the start of this video, seemed like such a sweet guy. Sad that he had to suffer with cancer, R.I.P.

  • He was a sweetheart when I met him, which was two times. Both times in different cities in different years. He was just like this... I think with him, what you see is what you get. R.I.P. Ben.

  • when he turns his face to the side and you see his profile...how hot does he look?!?

  • His face is so beautiful.....

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  • He died October 3, 2000 of pancreatic cancer. So sad for his family and friends, and for his many fans..

  • hes got a very photogenic face

  • He is that beautiful twinkling star you see in the dark night sky :) rest in peace Ben

  • Goodnight sweet prince....

  • He should win sexiest man of the year!

  • @saxtman1 - he should win sexiest man on the planet :)

  • He is adorable! Handsome, charming, funny..they just don't make guys like him anymore! Oh and talented too.....cancer sucks...

  • He IS SO FINE!

  • Great song, most handsome guy...just too sad that he went so early.

  • Amazing talent!

  • WHO has ever been sexier!?!??! Look at those fucking dimples!! EH!!! I saw him smoke a joint onstage in 1981--hands free. He was just SOOOOO cute and also aloof...which he isn't here. It was my first concert.

  • Beautiful beautiful Ben......he's almost other worldly....

  • he looks so happy here !!..childlike :)..& it makes one feel so sad just looking at him..and wondering why did he have to go so soon..

  • I so want a time machine.

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  • @michellestmarie Me too !!!!!!

  • amazing smile wow just get lost for words........

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  • TE AMO BEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ben Orr was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer...sadly,passed on in 2000 at age 53

  • luv 2 u Ben

    I was always a big fan of yours

    You will live on in our hearts

    Our children will know your music well

    See u on the other side I hope...j

  • Ben orr looked like a cross between Rutger Haur and Christopher Walkes

  • He is their beautiful love child from a place and time where he is a GOD!!!

  • JUST BRILLIANT...

  • Ben was in a great band.

  • Ben was so gorgeous and he had that infectious smile and laugh very few have. Definitely European! The world lost an amazing man the day Ben died and it will never be the same without him. I heard his teenage son is as gorgeous as he was. ( He was only 5 when his daddy died).

  • He was real good looking, I didnt know he passed. Do u know what happened?

  • Pancreatic cancer.

  • @1martuska so sad:( life is way too short

  • Sweet........love and miss you eternally Benny :(

  • Summer 1984 re-lived

  • Benjamin Orr had a striking resemblance to Roger Taylor of Queen. Especially when Roger had longer hair. Quite amazing really.

  • Hmmmm....I don't see it. Ben's face launches me into oblivion with lust. Roger,.....um..not so much!

  • ditto. well said :)

  • Roger was definitely a hottie too!

  • I can see a resemblance. I think its their eyes in a way and possibly their hairstyle. And I like both of them. I think they are both cute. Hard to say which one is cuter, probably Benjamin, he seemed to smile more. But then I don't know as much about Roger. Still both are good. :)

  • Love you Ben.  ((((hugs in heaven))))

  • OMG I never knew he had that adorable, goofy smile! It was his secret weapon. God Bless your sweet self, Ben. Thanks for the gorgeous vocals on so many songs.

  • The world lost a fantastic singer when Benjamin Orr passed away! :( Rest In Peace Dear Sweet Benjamin!

  • Rest in peace Benjamin Orr. Your Drive

    song was use on the 2007 movie Transformers.

    From Hilario ph from the Philippines

  • OMG, this is so beautiful. How gorgeous Ben looks. RIP bro!. You will live forever in our memories.

  • Remembering and cherishing all the wonderful moments we shared. A sweet man that left us all too soon. He waits patiently to see us again. What a fantastic video of Ben.  Until we meet again.......